Jada needs to gain some weight!!

[lovemyshiba]

Originally posted by sammy101
oh,you leave the food out all day?? We feed Kodie once a day ( 1 can,about 2-3 cups of dry) and he keeps on pretty good weight.and he gets treats during the day so don worry.mabye you should try feeding her outside or in another room without the other dogs,ecpecially is some of them are watching their weight.

No I don't leave the food out all day, I think something got confused.

All of the dogs eat twice a day, and they all have their own "spots" that they eat in--my husband or I are there in the room while they eat, I know no one is getting her food but her.

[sammy101]

Originally posted by lovemyshiba
No I don't leave the food out all day, I think something got confused.

All of the dogs eat twice a day, and they all have their own "spots" that they eat in--my husband or I are there in the room while they eat, I know no one is getting her food but her.

oh sorry!! i tihnk i jsut got confused a little.I dont really know what you can do,if you dont want to give her canned,did you ask the vet about giving her more at a time??
And if it is Thyroid,the medicine that my RB Dalmation took,she gained alot of weight,she wasnt like really over weight,but more than she should have been.

[GoldenRetrieverLover_01]

Do you feed her people food? My dog has never been underwieght, he's avtually gaining some weight but a lot of weight is added through feeding them people food, or dog treats. Careful though not too feed her too much though, we wouldn't want her to get sick. As for her laps, that's in her nature and you can't stop her from doing that. Good luck and keep us posted!

[cali]

I cant really help, considering my definition of too thin and perfect, and fat are rather different of the opinion of most on this board lol I purposly keep my dogs thin because of the sports they do, even a little extra weight could hurt them in the long run.but here is a good tip. DONT feed Jada a set amount all the time, feed her according to how much activity she has done that day, the more activty she has had between feedings the more you should feed her, do NOT feed her more or less dem,oending on how much she will have that day, but by how much she has already had. if she has been lazy between meals cut the amount, very energetic add more. Jada needs this because of her energy she burns all her caleries when she is being really active, so when she has been increse her food intake, to make up for those calories lost. Happy is the same way, she has so much energy that she burns all her calories really fast, so she has to be fed quite a bit, and fed less when like now she is not able to go out much and burn the calories.

[lovemyshiba]

Actually, Cali, that was helpful. I honestly hadn't thought about it that way. Yesterday it was hot and muggy, and then rainy, so none of the dogs did much, not even Jada--I don't think she even did one lap around the yard . But today she's running around like a nut again.
I appreciate that advice, and I suppose the best thing to be would be to keep her breakfast consistent, since I don't know how active she'll be, and add or take away at dinnertime.

And, I think if you saw her, you would agree that she is thin.