It's not exactly short order. I have talked to this group and my other groups about it before but the one time before this that Satin Balls was mentioned, I reacted the same, I am afraid of all that fat in them. I have been told that hambuger fat directly affects the liver, also that it tends to accumulate around the liver. This is scary to me. My dogs throw tinies and quite often I have to treat for low blood sugar, the last thing I want is for some of my dogs to come down with pancreatitis and have to treat them too.
My vet says my dogs are a little underweight but he's not worried about it. Can you feel the hip bones above your dogs tail? Are they clearly defined? My dogs bones are. To me this is too thin. The one girl I am talking about above, has NO padding over her spine between those hip bones. Most of the others have very little. I do have one or two who do have what I consider the right amount of padding there and I would not call them overweight at all.
In my opinion, my dogs can not be healthy if they are underweight enough to worry me. And since there is no way everyone here on the board can see or feel my dogs and reassure me that they are fine, then I must go with my own feelings.
Quite often I am up all night, they have no set bedtime. They are up and down all day and night. I wouldn't know when the best time to give them a bedtime treat. Sylvia
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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  I was curious as to why you wanted to fatten your dogs up in short order. Most vets recommend that a dog be slightly underweight than overweight; it's easier on the joints. It usually best to lose weight gradually and the same is true for gaining weight. Athletes don't add lots of fat to their diet when they want to gain; they add lean protein and carbohydrates. Furthermore, since yorkies are prone to pancreatitis, I would be very careful of any treat that was high in fat. Recent research indicates the best method of gaining weight is food before bedtime. So a nighttime treat would be in order. |