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Old 10-31-2007, 08:35 AM   #1
Ashley V
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Default gaining weight and other advice on rescue adoption

We just adopted a rescue yorkie. He's very sweet and has had a hard life from day one of being born in a puppy mill. Since then he's been shifted from home to home to home. We are his 5th home since he was born and he's only about 6 months old.

My first question - he's tall, but very skinny. At his size, he looks like he should easily weigh at least 12-13 lbs, but he's only 9 lbs and his tummy goes in. You can see his ribs a lot. I think he's always going to be lanky, but he does need to gain some weight. How should we do this?

Second question - How can we get Chip to like him more? As of now, Chip is really is not liking the idea that he's there. Smokey (the new pup) wants to be friends and Chip is mad at us. HELP!
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