[jancie]

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.....