Best food for my dog to gain weight

Firstly can I say that he is a gorgeous dog and you are so kind to have taken him in.

Have you not asked your vet to suggest foods, though with pets they are most likely to be too fat then too thin due to their owners, and this is where you get your answer - why are too many dogs fat, well because their owners over indulge them, from the sounds of it your dog isn't a big eater which is a good and bad thing so you need to give him something that is healthy to give to him that will also help him gain a few pounds.

Now to help him eat more you need to make the dinner really tasty, now you can get sauces and gravy specialy designed for dogs - make sure you don't use human ones - these are often too salty, then secondly give him caned mix - not dried. If I were a dog I wouldn't want to touch the dry - its doesn't look apertising.

Now as for fatty foods suitable chicken seems a good starting place. It will be a little pricy, but to get him up to a nice weight it should be worth it. I suggest to try it for 2 weeks and then take him to be weighed again. And see if there are any results.

Can I stress though that its important to remove all bones from the chicken as they can splinter if eaten!

Oh I forgot, also encouragement. If he doesn't eat all of his dinner then you need to encourage him to eat bigger quantities. The best way may be to put a little food down and once he has finished it praise him lots and lots so that he knows he is a good boy for eating his dinner and keep doing this building up the portions so that he is still capable of eating all of it and once again when he has finished it all praise him lots, hopefully this will help

Hope this helps

What a pretty dog! I would try to feed it a high quality puppy chow because it contains a lot more protein than regular dog food which will help with weight gain. Canned puppy food is also a good choice because it is often more appealing to dogs. Just remember to always buy products that have a first ingrediant that is meat, not grain. This is a lot more healthy for any dog. You could also try feeding it real meat; if you do this, beef is the best choice because it has a higher fat content. Good luck and let us know how everything goes.

Hi thanks for the info, the vet didn't give me much info with regards to food fr gaining, he said if he had have been overweight he would have been easy to fix lol

Pip has a mix of canned and dry but the dry is always soaked in the dog gravy or chicken sauces, we also mix in pasta , any meats we have available including chicken, beef, and all the left over scraps of food , he is on a working dog mix of dry biscuits as it contains a lot of protien, he doesn't eat a great deal so we had to feed him little and often,even then he doesn't eat all of it , I take it away after so long then put it back down later.. If we put a full bowl down he will leave most of it and it is tipped away in the bin ..as he will point blank refuse to eat

I haven't fed him n nothing but chicken before s will try that mixed in with pasta and a couple of bits of veg and if my brother can get any (i know this sounds desgusting ) rabbit meat from the butchers..

I never feed my dog anything with small brittle bones in always make sure they are completely removed

He has made a lot of improvement since I had him as he was nearly dead but I know his weight is a problem when he gets depressed he loses even more and looks like a skeleton.. He was starved when we got him and severly beaten, tied up with barbed wire around the neck and cuts all over due to barb wire etc he was covered in fleas and allergy rash and had no hair at all
Just hoping I can sort his weight out !
Thanks for the help and I'm willing to give anything a try at any cost just hping I can get something to work as I have tried a million different types of dog food and non seem to help

The dark stripe down his spine is where he has a scar under it and s his hair grows the wrong way, they get him mistaken with a cross ridgeback sometimes then I have to explain lol

Excuse the spelling errors as my 0 key is only working when it wants to ..

Again thanks

Well like I said with the depression, like a human needs to be treated by both medication and by psychological means, so you need to support your dog and praise him when he eats. After all dogs need love!

I agree with the attending Vet with his Diagnosis he is under weight, Just think that's years or schooling giving you that info, lol

I don't know why Mrs sittingduck that drew so much humor but it did, Since yeah have to go out and purchase the food anyways, might benefit from asking the suppler of the food you are going to purchase from. They have to hear what every thing is an what it does each an every time some little goofy salesman makes his routine delivery of stock. We can spit of brands an ingredients till cows swim but it might not even be available for you to purchase anyways.
His obvious nutritional needs according to the suplyed picture, are very simple, High Caloric, and Protein based foods commonly found in most any puppy food.

Thats extream loss of muscle mass, wow good luck!

Looks like puppyfood for him then... Will give him a try for a few months as well as chicken and beef etc thrown in for good taste hopefully helping him in the process,

Im wondering and I know this sounds stupid, but when I cook my meats the fat that is left over , is this ok t mix in with his gravy ? Or will it poison him or something , or seriously desturb his digestive bits...
Well if you don't ask.. Yeah don't know do you ? Lol
The only stupid questions are the ones never asked !

Thanks for all your help will get some puppy food first thing in the morning

Katie

Humm I personally don't think its great to. Even though you do want to get him eating more fat you still have to remember that too much is still unhealthy for any animal.

I agree completely with this and this is what I have been doing with him,

Also with his depression it can be triggered by certain things which we have learnt to avoid as much as possible

However he still has unpredictable bouts of it and sometimes their is no hiding from trigger objects as loud bangs and chains rattling unsettle him and make him depressed

Katie

DONTTTTTTTTT do that,., cholesterol from that is so tasty it could actually cause fatal results!