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Originally Posted by 2Morkies  I give mine Wellness and I worry about mine gaining weight too. I don't want their knees to be bad because of excess weight. They are Morkies and they weren't suppose to get over 4lbs and 6lbs. Now they are nearly 6 lbs and 8lbs. (I know that being a mixed you can never know) Is there a way to tell how much they should weigh according to their height? | My two biewers are the same height/length but one weighs about 6 pounds more than the other. They are both at healthy weights, one just has a much larger frame and bone structure - even his feet are about 3 times the size of the other's. The best way I've heard to determine if they're at a healthy weight is by feeling their ribs. If you can feel them easily, without having to push into the flesh to find them, then they are at a good weight. At least, that's the way my vet has taught me to keep check of their weight levels.
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Last edited by BonBon; 05-08-2010 at 06:48 AM.
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