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04-05-2008, 09:20 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oregon
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| New addition-he's just skin and bones, what should I feed to get some meat on him? Hi, I just adopted an ex puppymill boy...The lady who took him from the puppymill, (and btw, I had no idea there were large puppymills here in OR. BYBs yes, I knew we had those here, but this lady said that there were rows upon rows of stacked rabbit cages with hundreds of dogs in them located in Bend, OR.!!) now has to move due to her husband's work and can no longer keep the poor guy, so I took him in. She's had him since January and she said that when she got him, you could take your thumb and middle finger and circle his waist...He's not quite that skinny now, but you can still feel every bone in his neck, spine, ribs, and his poor hip bones, we are afraid to pet him too much because he feels so fragile. When I circle his tummy with thumb and finger, there is about an inch between the two fingers now. He hasn't used a ramp or stairs at his previous house at all so he's used to jumping up and down from stuff, I am doing my best to keep him from doing that and showing him how to walk the ramp here and he's kind of getting it, but still jumps if I'm not right there, and the way his poor bones in his neck stick out, this is just a major accident waiting to happen! I took him to the vet this morn, everything looks good, heart sounds good, but his teeth are in bad shape. Vet said looking at his frame he should be close to 5 pounds, but he is only just over 3 pounds right now. THe lady gave me his can of Nutrical, so I'm giving that to him morn and nite. I have Chicken SOup for the Puppy Lover's soul for my little ones which is a 5 star food, and he's been eating that quite well, but I was wondering if there was something else that I can add to everything to build up his fat and muscle...cheese? yogurt? cooked chicken? cooked eggs? Or will these things just be overkill and mess him up? Thank you for any input!!! P.S. I forgot to add that he is a Yorkie..... |
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04-05-2008, 09:49 AM | #2 |
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| Try filling a Kong with the Natural Balance roll. If is a complete meal but he will see it as a treat, it should help put some wieght on him without giving him garbage. Good Luck, it is wonderfull of you to rescue him. |
04-05-2008, 09:55 AM | #3 | |
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I asked the same questions here, and someone suggested human baby foods (meat). I don't know if that is good advice or not, but I did it. Hang in there....Mazie QUICKLY put on a pound after we got her, but remained bony and fragile feeling for a long time. Now, two years later....she is working on being a little butterball! lol
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04-05-2008, 10:01 AM | #4 |
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| Bless you for taking in this baby!! I wouldn't suggest giving him all those "people" foods as he will turn into a picky eater and hold out for that and not eat his dog food. You may want to find some healthy treats to give him in between meals but feeding him all of that would only be a temporary thing and you will pay for it in the long run when he won't eat what he needs to. These babies are so smart and he will have your wrapped around his little paw in no time!! Good luck!! |
04-05-2008, 10:51 AM | #5 |
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| Don't know what you need to feed him but wanted to say that is wonderful that you took him in! Good Luck with fattening him up! At least he'll know what a good home with love is all about now!
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04-05-2008, 12:27 PM | #6 |
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| We feed Innova and we've never had any 'skinny dog' issues here so you might try it. I would give a little Innova canned food either by itself a couple of times a day with dry food out all day...or...ad some of the soft food to the dry food and feed that a couple times a day with dry food out in between. If you put the canned food over the dry food you can also ad a little water to make it like a gravy and soften up the hard food since his teeth are also bad. Innova seems to put weight on pretty quick and it's an excellent food so maybe it will help. I would stay away from processed baby foods...they can be high in sodium and that's not good. |
04-05-2008, 03:37 PM | #7 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oregon
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| Thanks so much for all the helpful ideas, and warnings! Our local Co-op has the Natural Balance rolls so I may try that, his teeth are so bad though, that I may have to just feed it straight to him, I don't think he could chew on a Kong at all, and, he doesn't really know what the toys or chew things are, he doesn't know what to do with them.... Thanks again! I will give updates on his weight, and I'll take some pics as soon as my husband gets back to town with the camera! |
04-05-2008, 03:39 PM | #8 |
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| I would feed him a good quality food (I feed raw). And there are something called "satin balls" that you can feed to help dogs gain weight...I know I've seen a recipe on here before..I'll see if I can find it.
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04-05-2008, 03:41 PM | #9 |
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| Here is the recipe http://theherbs.info/Pets/satinball.html
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04-05-2008, 04:59 PM | #10 |
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| Hi Janice. Congrats on your boy. It's very rewarding taking in a puppymill rescue. How old is he? I have four rescues. As soon as he's able he should have a good dental done. All puppymill dogs have bad teeth and most lose quite a few if not all. He may have trouble eating hard food if his teeth are bad. You may want to keep him on soft until his teeth are taken care of. How is he socially? Many are petrified and it can take years to bring them around. There is a yahoo group called puppymill rescue that you may want to join. It's a group full of puppymill foster homes as well as forever homes. The group itself is www.puppymillrescue.com and they are a rescue and then they have the yahoo group puppymill rescue. They have a lot of great info. and many there to help with any problems. They've seen it all. Elaine |
04-06-2008, 01:38 PM | #11 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oregon
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| I think he is 3 years old....I am not the one who took him from the puppymill, another lady did and she put most of the work into socializing him. He has been with her for 3 months (she said that she got him in January) and he is the one of the sweetest dogs I have ever met, I give kudos to this lady for saving him and working with him! I adopted a senior Yorkie many years ago, she came to us with no teeth in her mouth, but she never had a problem with eating food...The boy that we just took in is going to have to lose most of his teeth, so hopefully he will be able to get along just as good as Lily did. Thanks so much for the recipe link, it doesn't sound too hard at all, I'll have to give it a try... |
04-06-2008, 01:45 PM | #12 |
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| How kind of you to rescue this little guy! Bless your heart. Good luck fattening him up!
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04-06-2008, 03:09 PM | #13 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | That's so wonderful that he has a home with you now. Just send him to me for a month I tend to fatten mine up too much. But I would feed him small frequent meals and some soft treats.
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