How to get some meat on my pups bones???

[Teresaann24]

She isn't skinny anywhere eles but in her stomach. No my vet never said she needed to gain weight. He said her overall health was great.

I agree she may be teething...I am sorry it has been almost 3 years that I have owned a dog. My last dog was a 10lb chihuahua that passed of cancer at the age of 12 years old.

I just thought she looked to thin I understand about the making dogs to fat and I usally tend to make my animals fat and I know that is wrong. So should I change her feed and feed her less?

As you see in her pictures she is not bones I should have worded that different but she is just really thin in her stomach area.

And yes she is an awesome mix..lol She is the sweetest girl and her bark is so FUNNY! She has a yappy bark like a small breed dog would only she howls with her yap..LOL. She is one cool dog and my daughter loves her LOLLI POP!.

Thanks everyone for your great advice...All has helped me see that maybe she does not need to gain weight persay but a change of dog food may be in order....Any more advice is welcome...!!

 

[luvzmybabz]

about 7 months ago my husband and I saved a Dumped GP pup that had 1 bad eye I was so worried about her weight etc that I had the gentleman that owned the property write a letter explaining that we had resuced. I was worried we could get in trouble with animal control well we took her to the vet and her had us put her on a meat based very high protein feed. Let me tell you she started to gain and gain fast she is a little small for her guestimated age but the vet says she will probably have no lasting issues. And she is a great goat dog now. When the goats go out to range she even lets them eat from her feed dish until I can get to them and get them out of the dog food.

 

[CoopCrazy]

I give my rescue dog Fish Oil on her food and it seems to have helped her to put on some weight and make her coat extra shiny... She does look pretty healthy and VEry Cute

 

[RabbitMage]

I wanted to second the suggestion to get her on a different kind of food if you're really feeding Puppy Chow.

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/ is a good place to start to find a good food.

 

[Wifezilla]

Puppy Chow is a pretty low quality food with a lot of fillers

Exactly. Dogs are not "designed" to eat corn, soy, rice or wheat. It makes some dogs obese, and others it causes health problems from stomach issues to liver damage or, after a long time on that kind of food, cancer.

Dogs need MEAT and fat. Their carbohydrate intake should be low. Carbs are just sugar and no dog will do well in the long run eating sugar at every meal.​

 

[LoupGarou]

I've said it before in many other places: never mind the analysis sites and people's personal preferences! The best food for your dog is that which it will eat consistently and upon which it will thrive. Dog food does not need to be made with "human grade" ingredients or of exotic meats for a dog to do well on it. Your puppy will not think less of you for spending an affordable amount on her food as opposed to an exorbitant one because she has no concept of money. Any time we spend on brand loyalty and bragging rights is for our benefit only, since dogs can't read, either.

All that being said, you want to feed the best possible food that you can afford. If she is healthy on Purina Puppy Chow but is a bit thin, you might want to bump it up a notch by feeding her Purina O.N.E. It's not incredibly expensive and it's a reasonable mid-grade dog food that is readily available at Walmart and grocery stores. Purina also makes ProPlan and ProPlan Selects, which are better yet, are still readily available at pet superstores (such as Petsmart and Petco) and are used by show dog breeders and exhibitors all over. For that matter, lots of breeders and exhibitors do use Pedigree--if you aren't adverse to that brand, try it. Both the O.N.E. and Pedigree come in smaller kibble sizes--the kibble size might be her issue entirely. I wouldn't waste my time on Kibbles and Bits, Gravy Train, Old Roy, or other brands of that ilk. If she is not thriving on Puppy Chow, she won't thrive on them. Don't believe any Walmart employee who might tell you that Maxx is the same as O.N.E.; it's not. Although dogs seem to like it at first, prolonged uses typically dries out coats and leads to skin problems--at least that's what happened with Toy Fox Terriers, Chinese Shar Pei, a Collie, a terrier mix, and a gigantic MinPin of my acquaintance.

Good luck in finding the right food for your dog! She's a cutie and looks to be just about at a good weight now. Take care!

 

[SportTees]

She looks good to me but if you want her to gain weight mix some ol'roy with the puppy chow or soft dog food. If you just mix little in it won't mess up her stomach but if you completely switch to something different she will be sick at her stomach.

 

[Lorettawyandotte]

chiming in late on this but I have a life time of experience with dogs and pups...used to breed and show Dobermans, GSPs and even finished a little Frenchie...puppy chow is pretty much junk food...I have tried every dog food known to mortal dog over the years and have three favs...Canidae, Chicken Soup Puppy and Foster and Smith's Adult chicken and rice...I have tried all of them over the years and some of the designer 2$ a pound foods were looked upon by my dogs as toxic waste...would not eat it and no food is worth 2 cents if the dog wont eat it...I have rescued many and Canidae seems to settle tummies and all of that very well...and they have an all life stage formula...the price is not in the stratosphere...
Your puppy looks very good...she does not appear to be thin...and I feed adult Dobermans on a 4 cup per day basis...they range from 65 to 85 lbs...they also get treats and can all eat ice cream off a spoon as good as a kid...I don't reccomend that exactly...
but your baby looks okay and if there are no health issues via the vet visit, don't worry...I would go to a better quality kibble tho...

 

[Wifezilla]

puppy chow is pretty much junk food

It is made out of extruded grains. The processing pretty much kills any nutrients in the food.
http://www.westonaprice.org/modernfood/dirty-secrets.html
http://www.nourishingourchildren.org/parents/cereal.html​

 

[RabbitMage]

The first ingredient in Purina Puppy Chow is corn. Then corn gluten meal, wheat, and finally 'chicken by-product meal'. Chicken by-product meal is basically bone, skin, feathers, maybe some organs and a bit of meat ground up. Yummy.

Purina O.N.E. is a little better, but still contains a high amount of corn which is nothing but filler, since it's pretty well indigestible to dogs.

I feed my dog Natural Balance. No corn, digestible whole grains, actual vegetables, and (let me count) five different sources of animal protein, with chicken being the first ingredient.

Personally, I know which one I'd rather have my dog eating.