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[Daveo 61]

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,Are you a dried food bully? 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.But it clearly is in this case A picture of the pup would allow informed advice as to its real condition,How? is that how vets diagnos? 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 futureIs this the crufts forum or THE HUNTINGLIFE? 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.I thought you said a tinned died was OK?

Regards Sandymere.

 

I Good reply from Sandymere there, cheers

[Bevwallis 7]

Beef tripe might be useful too as it is fattier than lamb tripe.

If the pup appears lively,happy and is otherwise well i would'nt panic.

As others have said it is probably just an awkward looking stage - i try to get pups onto raw from the minute i get them ,however i believe a healthy dog will do good on a reasonable diet

I have a greyhound here that is always lean,it is just her natural condition and she is a fit strong dog,perhaps yours will be the same

[skycat 6,174]

I hope you didn't think that I was bullying anyone into feeding raw S. but if a pup is a picky eater I have always found that they do tend to eat better if they are on meat, bones etc. I've yet to see a pup that wouldn't dive into minced beef or fresh tripe, even when they only want to pick at dry food. That's all.

[boyo 1,398]

tripe entices the pickiest eater to eat up and watch the weight pile on . but chicken beef liver lamb rabbit will all help to put the weight on also try some egg milk and honey as morning feed sometimes splitting meals up helps with a picky eater .

[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,Are you a dried food bully? 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.But it clearly is in this case A picture of the pup would allow informed advice as to its real condition,How? is that how vets diagnos? 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 dont 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 futureIs this the crufts forum or THE HUNTINGLIFE? 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.I thought you said a tinned died was OK?

Regards Sandymere.

 

I Good reply from Sandymere there, cheers

 

 

I Good reply from Sandymere there, cheers (Daveo) Why thank you Daveo lol, I try to think beyound the give it a bone brigade and now a couple of replys.

1, No Im not a dried food bully hence the admitting that other ways are successful.

2, Please demonstrate how another diet will be better.

3,Please explain what you mean by How is that vets diagnos? (Daveo) Lordy it makes no sense.

4, Not all will work there dogs and many supposed workers will only do a little mooching a couple of time a year, these will do fine on a pet type diet.

5, Any soft diet be it tinned or raw mince may lead to dental problems.

 

Use a little common sense we dont know the dog is underweight and if it is underweight we dont know its anything to do with diet, so just advise to change the feed is perhaps missing the problem. The computer experts can diagnose without even seeing the animal but Im only human so the minimum of a picture is helpful. Remeber fat puppies have a tendency to become fat adults. Lastly many had said increase or change I answered from a different prespective which may be a little deep for some.

 

Regards sandymere

Edited April 21, 2010 by sandymere

[THE DEMON 93]

yes mate get the pup on raw its the best i have a litter of pups here and they are 6 weeks now and they have been getting fed on whole rabbit, mince, chicken/ lamb/ and other things like rice and pasta from they started eating its the best

[Daveo 61]

I can only reply to points 1 to 3

As im bored of reading your whinings.

1. good, thats nice.

2. General opinion, look how many people suggest real meat.

Finally .3 I actually typed :How? is that how vets diagnos?

Admittedly I miss spelled diagnose and i may have done again but i think you understand the word im aiming for? or is that a little deep for you?

What i ment was, How will a picture of a skinny puppy help you decide whats wrong with it?

I miss spelled a word, you mis quoted me 2 wrongs dont make a right.

Im happy to accept a full and frank apology if you like?