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02-27-2019, 01:37 PM | #1 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| Losing weight So Ollie turned a year old in January. Well 4 weeks ago Ollie went in for a vaccine and was 11.6 pounds. He is skinny but not like sickly skinny. He is a picky eater doesn’t like chicken and some stuff. Well we free feed and he picks a little here and there especially if we are playing. Well today he went in for the second part of the vaccine and he was down a full pound to 10.6 pounds. We just saw the tech today and she listened to his heart and everything and said to just keep an eye on it. Should I be concerned? Should I be trying like to get him to eat more with like canned food or something? Besides Callie with her health issue and when her Cushings made her drop several pounds when she was overweight I haven’t had to deal with weight loss issues. He still is a playful pup nothing has changed with that.
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02-28-2019, 01:38 PM | #2 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| I'm wondering if maybe I should start giving him like a multivitamin?
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03-01-2019, 01:27 PM | #3 |
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| Maybe ask for a blood panel & fecal for worms just to be sure nothing has cropped up and you could catch it early. Is his pee pale yellow or dark? Might try to check his urine somehow if he potties outside. A whole pound in that short of a time sounds like worms.
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03-01-2019, 04:27 PM | #4 | |
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03-02-2019, 05:31 PM | #5 |
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| Well, I know he's in good hands and gets only the best care. Here's hoping he only played/ran it off or it was baby fat he lost. Or he's just temporarily dissatisfied with his food. Tibbe has lost down to 6.5 at times but those were when we were super-active and I was purposefully serving him exactly the amount of food the vet says to feed. Now I always fudge him a bit as he's older and demands more most meals. He was 7.2 lb. last week at vet - a bit high for him so I'm trimming it a bit each meal since and so far he's only demanded more 3 - 4 times in the week, not every meal.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |
03-03-2019, 10:40 AM | #6 | |
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03-03-2019, 01:01 PM | #7 |
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| Thumper and Bella fluctuate between a pound here or there each time I bring them to the vet. Sometimes it is up and sometimes it is down. However, I do not free feed as Thumper would eat the entire bowl if I left it out If he is in the normal healthy range I wouldn't worry too much and just keep an eye on it. You might want to buy a scale yourself so you can weigh him periodically to make sure he is not losing too much weight. I did that when I had Boomer and he was sick. I just bought a baby scale off amazon and it worked.
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03-11-2019, 06:04 AM | #8 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Can you add some canned/moist a couple times a day...mixed in with kibble?
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03-11-2019, 09:42 AM | #9 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| He hates pate if it’s wet food it has to be in like real bites or he won’t touch it. I bought a bag of the beef and lamb meat pieces by fresh pet and he ate a few then stopped. I cook a lean beef roast in the crock pot and he isn’t reliable eating that either. I noticed Stella and chewys has new little bites freeze dried food now and I thinking of trying that. He hates chicken and it seems like most stuff is chicken. He’s brother was really really picky until pretty recently but Joey never lost weight.
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
03-21-2019, 09:31 AM | #10 |
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| Taylor, has Ollie grown in height or length that would count for a loss in weight.
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03-21-2019, 09:58 AM | #11 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| It definitely doesn’t seem he has. I finally found a food he will eat. I also think in April I’m going to buy myself a dog/baby scale for my birthday present to me.
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
03-21-2019, 03:48 PM | #12 | |
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Since I weigh myself every day I was looking at the digital ones with pounds and ounces for when I weigh me then weigh me and Cody, ounces matter to me. I will still have him weighed at the vet monthly when he gets his allergy shot but, there were a few times I forgot to ask or cos he's a Mr. Cujo they want him out ASAP lol and he doesn't get weighed. At least I'll have a scale that shows ounces at home. I hope Mr. Ollie continues to eat the new food, bad to the bone lil boy lol.
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03-21-2019, 05:23 PM | #13 | |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! | |
03-23-2019, 07:39 AM | #14 |
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| I found a digital scale at WalMart that gives pounds and ounces. |
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