The puppy food is great for adding weight but also you can buy a tube of stuff at the pet store called "Nutrical". It helps put weight on them, they love the flavor, and it is full of vitamins and nutrients. We used it a lot on dogs and pups that had been sick or just needed extra weight and had great results.
Kim On 7/10/07, Michele Burr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
When Bessie isn't eating enough - she's my little 2.8 pounder and she's just not that interested in "dog food" - she'll eat kibble, and eats the Royal Canin Chihuahua 28 well ... just sometimes she'll lose a little of what fat she normally has over her hips (she only HAS fat on her hips covering the bones a little - not much, and some on her head near her ears as far as I can tell - otherwise there isn't any you can feel). Anyway, when she gets a little pointy there - I'll start giving her puppy canned food twice a day in addition to free feeding the kibble (Nutro is one of the few puppy canned there is, Innova is another - but Bessie won't eat any canned food with chunks - she's a picky girl). I've actually only had to do it one time, and it was recently ... I think because I had switched back to Solid Gold, and she didn't like it (they used to eat it before the RC) ... I actually threw out a lot of a bag and went back to the Royal Canin because I was worried she wasn't eating it as well. I'm keeping the canned puppy food on hand in case I need it again. It only took a few days to get her back to normal, but she wasn't far off. I figured if that's what you do for preggo or nursing dogs to up their calories, it would work for Bessie too. Shell On 7/9/07, Venus Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just wonder... what is the best way to help this little guy to put on > some weight? He is really really skinny. He is eating the food we feed the > rest of our little guys. Nutro Ultra Holistic dog food. > > Venus > >
