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Unable to Live Without Chocolate or Coffee
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| Anyone use Dynamite supplements for thier dogs? Is there anything for weight gain? I have had this dog for a year and she just hardly has any appetite and i don't even feed her that much. She gets exercise. i have tried lots of different foods, even canned and i am not feeding her straight canned i refuse lol. She is not super thin but she is ribby. She is a mcnab, only holds still when shes alseep and is all muscle. not a pinch of fat on her. but ribby :/ |
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 Firecracker Dog Lover
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| What kind of dog food is she on? I agree - canned dog food, ick. LOL. Have you wormed her recently - worminess can sometimes suppress appetite. Also - how old is she? I have very active bird dogs and until they both turned almost 3, it was difficult to keep their weight up where it should have been. Good luck.
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Unable to Live Without Chocolate or Coffee
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| she is 3, currently she is on taste of the wild puppy. sometimes i give her sportmix chicken and rice since that is what all my other dogs get. she is on heartguard once a month. |
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
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| K-9 SuperFuel.
100% guaranteed to put weight on. We use it on our coyote dogs. When in shape they'll run 50 miles a night. 12 hours. GPS tracked, so not making this up. They need LOTS of food, naturally, after that, but the superfuel gives them what they need without out stuffing them to the gills.
Have had dogs with ribs and hips showing to fat in less than 2 weeks. The running dogs get really run down.
Edit to add: Never had a dog that wouldn't eat it. It's a powder, but most would eat it plain. Can also add to water.
Edited by Nateracer 2017-03-01 4:42 PM
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Elite Veteran
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| I have a mini Aussie who is VERY active and no matter what/how much I fed her she did not gain weight and always stayed thin. We moved and now I have to keep her kenneled while I work and she has put on weight and looks great! She was just running off everything she ate, I still don't think I've actually ever seen her sleep, but she's not zooming around all day! Not sure if that is an option for you, but might help? |
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Unable to Live Without Chocolate or Coffee
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| Nateracer - 2017-03-01 2:40 AM K-9 SuperFuel.
100% guaranteed to put weight on. We use it on our coyote dogs. When in shape they'll run 50 miles a night. 12 hours. GPS tracked, so not making this up. They need LOTS of food, naturally, after that, but the superfuel gives them what they need without out stuffing them to the gills.
Have had dogs with ribs and hips showing to fat in less than 2 weeks. The running dogs get really run down.
Edit to add: Never had a dog that wouldn't eat it. It's a powder, but most would eat it plain. Can also add to water.
Do they make K9 couch potato? LOL I swear this dog is crazy. she is like a navy seal and gets out of her pen literally scales the chain link |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Northwest | My Dynamite rep gives her dog the Dyna Pro. A little squirt on the dog's food each day I believe. I give it to my horses too.
We feed our dogs a high protein dog food by Red Flannel and they do really well on it, they run all day so they need the extra protein. I did have a dog a few years ago who would simply not gain weight. He was a rescue and had been neglected in the past but he was also part Akbash which tend to be on the lean side anyways. I'd have strangers tell me that I needed to feed my dog more, ummm... thanks for your opinion that I didn't ask for, and he has the best home, food and vet care available. Some dogs are always going to be thin. |
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 Serious Snap Trapper
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | Not to steal the thread, but what about dogs that's don't have a lot of action during the day? I have an English mastiff female that I posted about a while back. She can eat. Between our two mastiffs, we go thru 120 lbs of food a month. But she's Ribby. Always has been unless I throw a bunch of mix ins in. Will the above supps work the same way as a more inactive dog? |
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 pressure dripper
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Location: the end of the rainbow | I've been pretty impressed with the Healthy Coat for dogs. My husky mix who can't be still unless he's asleep has gained nice weight and my easy keeper Shepard mix has maintained his weight but his coat is a ton better and he has stopped iitching so bad. My 2 geriatric dogs are holding good weight on it too. |
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