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My Cody is adopted, I have him now 7 months. When I got him I felt he was under weight, his spine, ribs & hip bone were protruding big time, I wanted to put a little weight on him (he was 9 1/2 lbs age 2 1/2 y/o) When I first got him I went through the same thing. I started him off with dry dog food, he wouldn't eat it, I gave him just canned food, he wouldn't eat it. I started mixing canned food (1/4 cup) with dry food. The dry food (1/3 cup) I would add a little warm water drain it off then add 1/4 cup can food. He wouldn't eat it, to moist. The next feeding I didn't add water to the dry, just the canned food, he ate it. I was constantly rubbing and feeling his body to see if I could still feel his spine, ribs & hip bones. I can't recall how long I was feeding him 1/4 cup of the canned food mixed with the dry maybe 4 weeks. His weight increased to 12 lbs, I also weighed him everyday to see if he was gaining weight. He reached 12 lbs, I could barely feel his spine, ribs & hip bones, I was happy with his weight and kept him on the same amount of food weighing him every 3rd day. He went up to 13 lbs, not what I wanted, I started cutting back on the canned food at 1/2 a TSP at a time until I was at 1 1/2 TBLS mixed with the dry food. His weight came back to 12 lbs. My vet was ok at 13 lbs, but I was not lol. He is stable at 12 lbs, 1 1/2 TBLS of canned food mixed with & 1/3 cup dry food, feed 2 times a day. So you can gradually cut back on the canned food, depending on how my food you feed her,when you see she will not eat, then you will know what she prefers. It's not a long process, well for me it wasn't. I am even thinking of cutting back on the canned 1/2 TBLS and increasing a little bit more on the dry. I prefer giving more dry then canned and he is a hungry lil boy. Well that's my experience, it's all trail & error, it worked for me. Good luck