Puting Weight On A Dog

[tomas 9]

Iv had a whippet dog 14 month old he came down with. A fever he has been to the vets. And had an antiinflamatry and antibiotic jab his fever has gone now but he's dropped weight I'm needing to put healthy weight back on him. He's fed a complete food which. Is 22% protine and has chicken mince and rice needing more ideas how to put weight on him ta tom

[desertbred 5,490]

breast of lamb, chicken wings and pasta

[Wales1234 5,425]

Just loads of walking bud put a few miles into him with that food he soon put his weight back on

[AirgunGuy 362]

Tripe worked for me ;+)

[baw 4,360]

Brown bread mixed in will help.

[fitchet 788]

Tinned chopped tomatoes and raw meaty bones. Atb

[desertbred 5,490]

Just loads of walking bud put a few miles into him with that food he soon put his weight back on

untill the dog has some body mass to put weight on or muscle how will walking it for miles do it other than may be increasing its appetite, Easy road work until it starts putting the weight on then increase its exercise to build the muscle

Edited March 28, 2013 by desertbred

[paulus 26]

fatty minced beef/lambs back/pasta/veg and brown bread and honey, little and often rather than just 1 feed a day. combine this with good sensible exercise and he will soon turn a corner but it does take time.

[Bigchopper 36]

My local dairy farmer gave me a Sh*t load of colostrum the milk that can't go into the human food chain he can't give it away they get rid of gallons of it. He feeds it his dogs they are fitter than a butchers dog. I've been told that since then not to over do it as they don't need it after leaving mum from pup but. My terrier was looking like a whippet he's Been on it a week and looking like different dog already. I'm going to give him what's left and stop n see if he keeps it on. Best thing is in this weather it can be kept outside without it turning into cheese. Only problem is when it comes out the back end you need a hose rather than a shovel.

[tomas 9]

That's the problem he's lost muscle content too what happen was I tried kenneling him out side before the snow hit. And when I brought him in he was lathargic and stiff so I. Exercised him more than normal then he went off his food in the end after about 4 days of him being bad I took him vets they gave him a jab now he has picked up and eating better I just need to build weight on him but he's always been a pain to keep weight on I don't feed him greyhound food its just a local working dog food would you sugest puting him on gain or redmill

[paulus 26]

took 12 weeks to go from this to this, raw and fresh is by far the better option

[tomas 9]

Great turn around what were you feeding him

[Sirius 1,358]

little and often rather than just 1 feed a day.

 

That is the most important bit And finding the best food to suit the dog.

 

However it can depend on the genetics as to a dogs natural size and build, I have owned one of these and no matter what you did you could not change it obviously, worth bearing in mind especially with certain crosses.

Edited March 28, 2013 by Sirius

[tomas 9]

Dam was a kc reg whippet sire a non ped racing whippet he's a lot taller than the dam

[dogsbollocks58 36]

Tripe worked for me ;+)

thats the stuff very good for putting on weight back on