hiya everyone,

i have a lurcher that has been diagnosed with hip dysplaicure. she is on pain relif and is ok. her food and water is down 24 hours a day and yet she is still looking underweight. her ribs are noticable and is her back bone. i dont know what is wrong as she has food and water whenever she wants.

the only things that it could be is that we have 2 puppies that are very energetic and are always playing with her. it also could be her medication that she is on and finally it could be that we live on a large property with a 2 acre field and she spends alot of the time galloping about there.

i have mentioned to my dad about this weight gaining food that we fed our springer spaniel as when we bought her she was very badly done. but the problem is that we are not fore having times when the food or water goes down and because we have puppies they cannot have this weight gaining food. please can anyone help as i am begining to think somethiong is seriously wrong internally.

xx M.4.E

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"morgan4eva" wrote in message
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hiya everyone,

i have a lurcher that has been diagnosed with hip dysplaicure. she is
on pain relif and is ok. her food and water is down 24 hours a day and
yet she is still looking underweight. her ribs are noticable and is her
back bone. i dont know what is wrong as she has food and water whenever
she wants.

the only things that it could be is that we have 2 puppies that are
very energetic and are always playing with her. it also could be her
medication that she is on and finally it could be that we live on a
large property with a 2 acre field and she spends alot of the time
galloping about there.

i have mentioned to my dad about this weight gaining food that we fed
our springer spaniel as when we bought her she was very badly done. but
the problem is that we are not fore having times when the food or water
goes down and because we have puppies they cannot have this weight
gaining food. please can anyone help as i am begining to think
somethiong is seriously wrong internally.

Since there are so many possibilities it makes sense to eliminate the bad
ones by going to a vet first. If there's nothing medically wrong with her
and exercise is the cause of her lower weight then you can increase her
current daily intake of the same food to provide her with more nourishment.


--
Tara

On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 11:00:14 +0000, morgan4eva
, clicked their heels and said:

i dont know what is wrong as she has food and water whenever
she wants.

This can be a problem as much as anything. Bite the bullet and offer
her food 2x day for a limited time. Make her look forward to mealtime
(no in between meal snacks until she's eating her food when
presented). Wth 3 dogs in the house, free feeding is a very poor
idea. Put them all on strict feeding schedules where everyone eats
from their own bowl only, and when it's provided, and everyone will
benefit.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 11:00:14 +0000, morgan4eva
wrote:

i have mentioned to my dad about this weight gaining food that we fed
our springer spaniel as when we bought her she was very badly done. but
the problem is that we are not fore having times when the food or water
goes down and because we have puppies they cannot have this weight
gaining food. please can anyone help as i am begining to think
somethiong is seriously wrong internally.

If you have any suspicion there something wrong internally, take the
dog to the vet first. It would be horrible to be messing around with
her food and exercise while she gets sicker and sicker from something
else. If the vet finds nothing wrong, ask about the recommended
weight for your dog. Lurchers are going to look skinny even when they
are at proper weight if they have the build of their greyhound
ancestors. If you still need to worry about feeding the dog more
after that, you can always feed the dog separately from the others. I
would do this even if I weren't feeding weight gaining food. Sometimes
one dog is not as aggressive as the others so the others get fat while
he gets skinny when they are all feeding out of the same bowl. Just
take the dog into another room in the morning and give it the weight
gaining food or whatever you decide it should be eating. Even if the
dog doesn't finish the bowl at that sitting, take the food up or shut
the door to that room so none of the dogs have access to it. You need
to be sure of what that dog is eating if you are seriously trying to
ensure it gains weight.

--
Paula
"Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy,
so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay