Posted by: "Jan Hodges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi Sandy,
It sounds to me like he needs more food. If his weight is too low and he is
acting starving, he probably isn't getting enough. My 7 year old female
eats five cups of very high calorie food a day. Innova is a really good
food, but a young male needs a lot more usually than an old female. I would
suggest that even though Innova makes a wonderful food, that doesn't mean
they know how much a Dane needs to eat. The person who adopted Vader from
me is feeding him 10 cups a day of Back to Basics (which is the very high
calorie food I use, it has more calories than Innova, looks like). He might
not need as much as you were feeding before, I would start increasing it
gradually, a 1/2 cup a day, since he is not used to the volume anymore.
It would add calories to put peanut butter in it, I recall Ruby talking
about that last week.
Jan
New Mexico
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: DaneBytes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 7:04 PM
Subject: [DaneBytes] Bottomless pit
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>Posted by: Larry Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>I was hoping someone might give me some advice. My little guy, Jerry,
>who is 2 yrs old is like a bottomless pit for food. He was on proplan
>and eating 8 cups a day. He got an allergy from the lamb and rice and I
>switched to innova and he now is eating 4 cups a day. He doesn't do
>much running but seems to always want more food. I read the bag and it
>stated if they are active, they should get a little over 4 cups a day.
>Should I try feeding him more? He also get treats and fruit. I mix his
>food with yogurt but he still doesn't seem full and he is only 127#. He
>dad, Noah, who is 6 yrs old, is 193# and eating only 4 cups of
>perscription KD per day. I had Jerry neutered after he was 1 yr old and
>it didn't help him gain weight at all. When I had Noah neutered at 4
>yrs old, he gained and finally filled out. Will Jerry ever gain more
>weight? He doesn't look bad, he just seems quite small and had the
>neverending hunger for more food.
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>Thanks
>Sandy Stanley
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