Needs to gain weight

**Kymcole25** · 10-03-2005, 01:44 PM

We have the same problem with Jagger, after he get's sick. Our vet gave us a "bulk-up diet" that works great, it took Jag from 6.2 lbs to 10.4 in a month.
I could post the recipe if your interested.

**wolfsoul** · 10-03-2005, 02:10 PM

The recipe sounds interesting, could you please post it?

**Kymcole25** · 10-03-2005, 02:35 PM

1/2 cup Cream of Wheat, cooked to make 2 cups
1 1/2 cups creamed cottage cheese
1 large hard-bolied egg
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 tablespoon vegatable oil

Cook Cream of Wheat according to package directions, including salt. Cool. In another bowl add remaining ingredients and mix well. Keep covered in refrigerator.

We normaly give him just the "White Stuff" as we like to call it, but at times we mix some of his wet food in with it. It really dosen't matter how you feed it!

Hope it works for you, like it worked for us!

**wolfsoul** · 10-03-2005, 02:40 PM

Thanks!

I will go shopping for those ingredients today.

**bckrazy** · 10-04-2005, 04:06 PM

I cant believe the breeder is threatening to take her away!

You should definitely tell her everything you've told us... how old is Visa? With many herding breeds, it's almost impossible to keep weight on them until they've fully matured. Gonzo weighed about 25-30 lbs until he was 18 months old, he was the same height he is today and now he weighs 45 lbs. He looked like we were starving him, but we fed him lots of high quality food ~ the vet wouldn't even let us neuter him until he got up to 35.

I think going from 2 cups to 8 cups is a BIG change, maybe try to make that more gradual? I've heard that drastically changing their food intake can do more harm than good for a skinny dog ~ they tend to get upset tummy's and lose even more weight from it. I would slowly change the 8 cups of kibble to half high quality, high calorie canned food with half kibble. Satin balls with rice is a GOOD idea! Give her plenty of high-calorie treats, like RMB's and cookies and pig ears, but I think 2 boxes of treats a day MIGHT be over-doing it

LOL! A really high-calorie treat or food is Red Barn (or a similar brand) soft dog food in a roll. good luck!

**cali** · 10-04-2005, 09:37 PM

lol Visa is young is she not? as a herding breed she will likley be skinny for a while and fill out as she matures, Misty was pretty tiney for a while, she was around 25lbs, same as Happy, for like 2.5 years, she only now has started to fill out and her weight becoming a little more normal, she is 37lbs now a still nice and lean.

**wolfsoul** · 10-05-2005, 08:45 PM

Visa will be 3 years in January. When I first got her, she was almost a good weight. She only needed to gain a few pounds. So it's not that she is a young herding breed, because she was better before. She did need to gain some, but atleast she was in show condition. Her breeder is upset that Visa couldn't be shown these past couple of weeks.

I don't like the idea of feeding her that much food either -- -I would have rather have put her on RAW (which is what I was going to do). However, her breeder told me that I need to keep feeding Visa as much as she will eat. Visa was eating about 8 cups at the time -- now I can barely get her to eat 2 again. She won't even eat her treats anymore. The only thing she will eat is RMBs and the puppy's food (Science Diet, ewww). I don't know what to do.

I think she did gain a bit more weight though.