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[Penny23]

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I'm getting a bit worried as I've been looking at everyone's photos and Obi seems really skinny in comparison. He is only two and a half, I was wondering if he will fill out naturally as he gets older?

Also, he has been staying with my Mum for a bit while I finish my degree and move house, and now refuses to eat dried food which I've always fed as I've heard it is better. She refuses to feed anything other than Chappie :angry: which I'm sure is terrible nutritionally but she swears that the vet recommended it (I'm a little skeptical about this!) for dogs with sensitive stomachs and she feeds it to her dogs. What are the best meat based foods to build him up with once he is with me again? I would cook for him myself but I'm vegan and a little squeamish! :x

 

[talisman]

HI

Yes Chappie is great for sensative tums so the vet is correct there. Maybe he needs something added to it like rice or pasta or mixer if he will eat it.

Tripe is good for putting on weight. You can buy it frozen at Pets At home and feed it raw so no need to cook anything if you dont like. They also do other frozen meats and very handy.

I would of thought at two and a half he is past the filling our stage but someone with more whippet knowledge will tell you better. He may have lost condition because he is away from home and his routine has changed. Since having a whippet I have descovered how sensative they are

Why dont you post a pic of him and we can tell you if he is thin or you are worrying about nothing.

Wendy

 

[haycroft]

Does he need worming....one of my whippets started to loose a little weight/condition due to worms and i worm every 3 mths, now im worming every mth

 

[~JO~]

Does he need worming....one of my whippets started to loose a little weight/condition  due to worms  and i worm every 3 mths, now im worming every mth

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It really is not advisable to be worming every month, this is way too much for a dog - wormers are very strong chemicals

 

[Cornish]

I always thought Sidney was on ther thin side in comparison to other whippies on K9 but I think it is the case, just like us humans, that some are stocky and big boned and some are just naturaly thin.

Sidney eats dried food fro breaky then has lunch and after snack then meat (sometimes steak, fish or chicken, with veggies and pasta or even doggy food) and then a supper but he is still 14Kilos which the vet said is fine.

Sidney is wormed every 4/6 months and fleed every 6 months

He has a bit of a thing for doggy choc drops which was the way we managed to get him to go OUTSIDE to the loo LOL he has one when he comes back inside and now he is 19 months old he expects it and you have no chance of getting away with NOT gioving him one even if he has just had his meal LOL

He has his walks, in the woods, on the beach etc

When he lies on his side you can see his ribs...... he spine is all nobbly ~ 4 nobbles showing...........but he is sooo happy and the vet who is a good friend reasures me each time I go to see him.

If you need reasurance go and see you vet, get your pup weighed and have a natter with him/her

 

[jezza]

Have a look at this thread which I posted a while back Skinny Molly I got a lot of good advice here.

I've stopped worrying now, she is just a skinny little monkey and she always will be, I am just jealous that I can't eat what I want and stay thin :lol:

For the record, I started giving her goats milk on her biscuits and she eats them all up straight away. She has also had a few stews in her which she likes! Shes looking a lot better now

 

[~Sarah~]

When he lies on his side you can see his ribs...... he spine is all nobbly ~ 4 nobbles showing...........but he is sooo happy and the vet who is a good friend reasures me each time I go to see him.
If you need reasurance go and see you vet, get your pup weighed and have a natter with him/her

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My Dolly, who is 3 yrs old, sounds similar to Sidney - you can see her ribs and some of her spine, but when she has been to the vet, they have said she is in good condition. She is spayed, but that doesn't seem to have changed her weight at all.

I did feed just dried food (Red Mills) but she never really seemed that keen on it, so I now feed tripe or tripe/chicken (bought frozen) plus pasta/potatoes, and she is a lot keener with her food, but I don't think she has really put on any noticeable weight. I do leave dried food down as well, as Dolly and Remmy both seem to like to 'snack'.

Bobby, who is a Collie X, stays plump on very little food. :- "

 

[Evie]

Green tripe is fantastic at putting a bit of weight on. :thumbsup:

I have a little JRT that was skin and bones when I got him. His weight improved a little when I got him on a decent dried food, but still very ribby and his hips still showed. I started feeding him green tripe and in about a week he's much better covered. 8)

Chappie is great for dogs with a sensitive tum, but I wouldn't want to feed my dog on it constantly unless it's tum didn't settle with anything else. You could try mixing in a little dried food with it and make the change gradually, reducing the chappie and increasing the dried food over time. You can also buy "gravy" in pet food stores that you can add to the dried food to make it a little more tasty. Even a little warm water can help, makes it smell abit more attractive to the dog.

 

[haycroft]

It really is not advisable to be worming every month, this is way too much for a dog - wormers are very strong chemicals

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Thanks for the advice,but my whippet got tapeworm after a mth of being wormed with drontal plus,both my whippet s eat alsorts out in fields etc and catch the odd bunny, i know some people with working dogs worm more regular

I dont really dont want my dog to through the experience of having worms again..believe me it wasnt nice

 

[Penny23]

Thanks so much for all the advice.

The 'Skinny molly' thread was really helpful, he looks a similar size to her (shame I don't have his measurements at the mo), possibly slightly more pointy. I'd post a photo but I've only got ones of him at his heaviest that I posted a link to when I joined.

I think he just might be a skinny little one like Sidney and Dolly, I'm new to whippets and I'm used to terriers and labradors who eat everything all the time and end up too big! :lol:

He's wormed quite regularly as he has a 'bad habit' that I'm sure some of you are familiar with! :x

I'll try slowly weaning him from chappie on to something slightly nutritious. i'm sure I'll find something that agrees with him! Adding rice for now is a good idea.

Thanks again,

Penny.

 

[imperative]

My boys are same! Especially Kai.Just like humans.Some slow motab others fast (w00t)

 

[Seraphina]

It really is not advisable to be worming every month, this is way too much for a dog - wormers are very strong chemicals

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Thanks for the advice,but my whippet got tapeworm after a mth of being wormed with drontal plus,both my whippet s eat alsorts out in fields etc and catch the odd bunny, i know some people with working dogs worm more regular

I dont really dont want my dog to through the experience of having worms again..believe me it wasnt nice

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Dog worms have certain life cycle, which in the case of tapeworm includes fleas. Dogs get tapeworms from swallowing a flea. If your dog still had tapeworm month after treatment with Drontal, it must have had the immature worms at the time of worming and for some reason the treatment did not work. That may be because you did not give her an appropriate dose. Do not rely on your estimate of your dog's weight, always weigh her on reliable scales (at the vets) and give her the maximum dose. Another possibility is that she spat or vomited the tablets up somewhere without your noticing.

 

You will never get completely rid of worms, but small number of worms will not harm your dog, there is even an evidence that worms are natural part of dogs' digestive system, and worming too often can lead to problems.

 

[dessie]

Nothing wrong with Chappie!! Our old bitser lived to nearly 18 years old eating Chappie every day of his life. (Sensible) Vets do recommend using Chappie as it is very bland especially now as you can get it in either fish or chicken. When our ESS got old and their digestive system could no longer tolerate complete feed, I used Chappie as a medium to wean them off complete onto tripe etc that the Whippets have. They looked very good on it. I usually keep some 'in stock' if any of the dogs have had an upset tummy and then they have that for their supper for a couple of days.