Karen and Ruby
Well-known member
Hi everyone
As some of you may know I have just taken in a new dog/pup who is very underweight at the momment- you can see his hip bones very prominantly and his ribs have no muscle mass over them at all! It is quite a difference from my little Ruby. Hee makes her look incredibly fat when she isnt at all.
My question is do I out him on Puppy or Adult. He wont eat dry only tinned and he has come to us eating that horrid Webbox Sausage meat which is about 70-805 water- EW!
Anyhow I have managed to get him eating Winalot Tinned Duck and Rabbit and I have been crushing the dry food that Ruby eats- Burns Duck and Rice Adult in to eat and he seems to be quite happy for now! Scoffing is an understatement!
I want to get him on to Burns Mini Bites ASAP which is their Puppy/Toy breed mix but I dont want to change too much too soon that would cause him any stress as he has had alot of Upheaval and stress lately already!
Burns recommend 10grams per Kilo of body weight on their adult mix but how do i best get his weight up safely with out causing any stress on his joints/bones while he is growing
He isnt neutered as yet and wont be until he settles in a bit more-
Ruby wont be a problem as she doesnt eat out of a bowl due to her SM- she eats out of a nose bag so i dont need to worry about her stealing his food as she is a real glutton!!!
Thanks All
Karen, Ruby and Charlie!!
As some of you may know I have just taken in a new dog/pup who is very underweight at the momment- you can see his hip bones very prominantly and his ribs have no muscle mass over them at all! It is quite a difference from my little Ruby. Hee makes her look incredibly fat when she isnt at all.
My question is do I out him on Puppy or Adult. He wont eat dry only tinned and he has come to us eating that horrid Webbox Sausage meat which is about 70-805 water- EW!
Anyhow I have managed to get him eating Winalot Tinned Duck and Rabbit and I have been crushing the dry food that Ruby eats- Burns Duck and Rice Adult in to eat and he seems to be quite happy for now! Scoffing is an understatement!
I want to get him on to Burns Mini Bites ASAP which is their Puppy/Toy breed mix but I dont want to change too much too soon that would cause him any stress as he has had alot of Upheaval and stress lately already!
Burns recommend 10grams per Kilo of body weight on their adult mix but how do i best get his weight up safely with out causing any stress on his joints/bones while he is growing
He isnt neutered as yet and wont be until he settles in a bit more-
Ruby wont be a problem as she doesnt eat out of a bowl due to her SM- she eats out of a nose bag so i dont need to worry about her stealing his food as she is a real glutton!!!
Thanks All
Karen, Ruby and Charlie!!