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[tommy9 13]

Ive been trying to fatten up my pup without much luck .No expense has been spared shes a very picky eater Ive got her on tinned puppy food and puppy beta at the moment,she just looks so skinny with her rib cage showing she seems healthy enough and has plenty of energy . Ive also wormed her any advice would be appreciated. cheers tam

[Daveo 61]

How old is she?

What cross is she?

What wormer did you use?

[sh 08 17]

put it on some propper meat mate, tinned stuff is crap

[Daveo 61]

put it on some propper meat mate, tinned stuff is crap

 

I Totally agree

[tommy9 13]

shes beddlington whippet grey three months old and got the wormer from the vet cheers tam

[tommy9 13]

shes beddlington whippet grey three months old and got the wormer from the vet cheers tam

[Guest jt750]

lurcher puppies grow 2 different ways ...they look fat and chunky one day then lean and skinny the next day to the point you feel embarrassed to take them out ...don't worry a dog won't starve itself nevermind a puppy

[Wild_and_Irish 11]

if you really need to put on weight feed in a wee bit of beef fat, butcher should give you it free, but as has been said get it on some raw meat anyway, and their weight really does go up and down like nothing right

[mike1458 14]

Pasta is also a good thing I find with my pup to help him put weight on. To keep the weight on the best thing to use in lamb breast. Cheap enough to buy from the butchers mate.

 

ATB Mike

[skycat 6,174]

Ditch the tinned and dry food: give the pup some REAL MEAT. If its only 3 months old get you to the butcher or supermarket and buy some beef mince, NOT the low fat variety, just the cheapest. Get some chicken wings, some breast of lamb and watch the little pup tuck in.

You could of course also read up on BARF: do a search on here or Google it. Believe me your attitude to commercial dog food will never be the same again!

 

By the way: tinned dog food is about % water, and Beta dog food is mostly cereals, not exactly what a growing pup needs.

 

Don't worry, most people believed that buying dog food was the right thing to do at one time or another: but once you've fed your dog as nature intended ON MEAT and BONES I'd be astounded if you ever want to feed it any other way ever again.

[Daveo 61]

Iv put somw pictures up of my pup (Wheaton cross)bit older than yours, he has been on flesh and whole rabbits etc from 6 wks and he is doing spot on.

I found a poultry wholsaler who sell minced chicken for 45p for a 3lb bag,

[sandymere 8,263]

Pups tend to go through stages with growth spurts and filling out, it may be yours is just going through a stage and will fill out shortly. I don't feed tinned , I prefere dried comletes as a basis, but know that millions of puppies have been reared successfully on it so if it's what you want to use don't let the evangelical attitude of the raw brigade bully you into believing there diet will be better than yours. A picture of the pup would allow informed advice as to its real condition, many people worry that their pups are not right but it usually turns out to be nothing in the longer term. How many feeds a day are you giving, a few smaller rather than one or two bigger may encourage but in truth you don’t want a fat bloated pup but a slimmer energetic one is the ideal. If you are really worried I take it to your vet who will be able to access from hands on perspective which will always be better than a computer one. If it loses energy, starts having problems such as diarrhoea etc then straight to the vet.

If you are planning on working the dog in the future then the diet may need tayloring a little later and make sure there are somthing to chew for teeth cleaning otherwise the soft tinned diet will lead to dental problems later.

Regards Sandymere.

[Top Lamper 2k10 169]

buy some minnced beef, rabbit and chicken thats wat i used for my pup and it endend up fat as f**k mate atb Top Lamper

[tommy9 13]

thanks lads for all your help tam

[bendrover 556]

thanks lads for all your help tam

get yer arse over to cumbernauld take the twecher turn off ,half a mile down the road on the left.greyshill knackery,brown bread ,pasta ,veg and the mince out of there is first class and cheap