[ivanh]

Whats the best type of food for your dog to put on weight?
am using supa greyhound but the dogs no putting on weight

This post has been edited by ivanh: 07 November 2009 - 10:30 AM

[shepp]

Tripe or anything else with plenty of fat in it.

[ivanh]

tripe aint no good its mainly water, an not sure the percentage

[pitindall1978]

i read somewhere that tripe is only about 8% protein so i can't understand why its so popular. lamb is good meat for putting weight on a dog,plenty of fat in it(plus decent protein!)

[NO1]

feed the dog meat like beef rabbit etc but more regular feeds like instead of two big feeds a day trythe dog whit 3 or 4 smaller feeds :thumbs:

[Rainmaker]

pitindall1978, on 08 November 2009 - 12:06 AM, said:

i read somewhere that tripe is only about 8% protein so i can't understand why its so popular. lamb is good meat for putting weight on a dog,plenty of fat in it(plus decent protein!)

As-is, maybe. All fresh food is around 75% water, just like you and I are. On a dry matter basis (which is what counts for an objective analysis) 8% works out quite well indeed. But for banging weight on you can't really beat fresh raw breast of lamb, and (obviously enough?) any fatty foods. Whole eggs and a spoon of fish oil won't hurt either, and are excellent for building a dog up.

[sandymere]

Feed more calories than it burns and the extra calories will be stored as fat but why would you want a fat dog?
Fat has more calories pound for pound than carbs or protein so feeding fatty/oily foods will increase the calories without adding bulk to the diet.