Introducing The Gang

[sammy101]

Welcome to PT!You've got beautiful dogs! I love Katy,she's so cute

[IRescue452]

Welcome. Beautiful dogs. Miles certainly is a ham. I can relate to what its like owning an attention ham myself. That coat must cover up a lot of Travis' thinness, if I knew he cleared all health problems I'd just say he was an active racy dog, but you'd better get him checked first. We've got one or two other members on pt trying to fill out their skinny dogs too.

[Lori Jordan]

there all Beautiful!And a warm welcome to you!

[k9krazee]

Welcome to PT!! You can never post too many pictures here...we all looooove pictures!

I absolutely love Travis's face, he has the most gorgeous expressions! Katy is gorgeous, I have a Lab/Beagle mix and she reminds me *a bit* of him (in a lot smaller version of course)...They really don't look alike but for some reason she reminded me of him LOL Maybe its the eyes or that big ole smile...And Miles, he is the CUTEST little thing! I loved the picture with his feet in the air, too cute!

Again, welcome. My name is Ashley and I am owned by the Fantabulous 5 in my siggy (aka The Hoodlums).

[MajesticCollies]

Welcome to PT Travis. Keep the pics coming!!! Great dogs!!

[3GSDMom]

Again, welcome. My name is Ashley and I am owned by the Fantabulous 5 in my siggy (aka The Hoodlums).

We share a name

[lv4dogs]

I'm warning you now...I LOVE to take pictures.

Looks like you'll fit right in here then! Welcome to Pet Talk! You have a very good looking crew there!
I love Travis's eyes, what a pretty color!
And that Katie looks too sweet for words.
Miles is just completely adorable.

[Vela]

Those are great pics! I love those action shots of Travis. GSD are one of my favorite breeds. Thanks so much for sharing. If you still keep having problems with his weight you can maybe give us some more details in the future and maybe somebody here can help with some feeding advice, etc.

The little ones are adorable too, but I'm more of a big dog fan so I always gravitate towards them first, although there are many adorable small dogs here, attached to some very nice people!

[pitc9]

Yippeee!!!!! Another GSD!!
WELCOME!!! My name is Angie and I am the Pet Talk's local GSD nut!
I have Sierra (Sable) and Buddy (blk n tan) Both were resuces.
Both of mine had problems putting weight on too.
It took Sierra until she turned 4 to start looking "normal" She could never get above the mid 60's. I always had people asking me "Is she sick?" But now she's at 72 and looks great!! She just turned 5 last month.
I had blood work run for Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency or EPI . You should read up on it, and see if it's something you should talk to you vet about. It's very common in GSD's.
My Buddy was only 76 pounds when I adopted him at 1 year old. I finally had him up to a healthy 90 pounds, but just over a month ago he went through a bad spell with worms and wound up in the hospital on an IV and lost 12 pounds. So that knocked him down to 78. Like fighting an uphill battle!
He'll be 4 in December.
What kind of food do you feed him?
How much per day does he get?

[3GSDMom]

Yippeee!!!!! Another GSD!!
WELCOME!!! My name is Angie and I am the Pet Talk's local GSD nut!
I have Sierra (Sable) and Buddy (blk n tan) Both were resuces.
Both of mine had problems putting weight on too.
It took Sierra until she turned 4 to start looking "normal" She could never get above the mid 60's. I always had people asking me "Is she sick?" But now she's at 72 and looks great!! She just turned 5 last month.
I had blood work run for Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency or EPI . You should read up on it, and see if it's something you should talk to you vet about. It's very common in GSD's.
My Buddy was only 76 pounds when I adopted him at 1 year old. I finally had him up to a healthy 90 pounds, but just over a month ago he went through a bad spell with worms and wound up in the hospital on an IV and lost 12 pounds. So that knocked him down to 78. Like fighting an uphill battle!
He'll be 4 in December.
What kind of food do you feed him?
How much per day does he get?

Nice to meet someone as in love with the breed as myself!
Your dogs are gorgeous! I'd love a sable for my next GSD.
Travis is my second GSD, the first one was also a Black and Tan.

Travis weighs 76lbs (I was surprised he weighed that much)

Right now he is getting Purina, but I am looking into changing his food to a better kind. (Again, the wonderful people at the GSD forum are helping me with that )

I use a drinking glass as his food scooper (its fairly large). I'd say its about a cup and half every meal? I've recently increased his kibble amount as well.

[Vela]

To me it sounds like he's not getting enough to eat, 3 cups of purina a day is not enough for a dog his size, I don't beleive. Since you are changing to be a better quality food then 3 cups a day imight be enough, but many dogs eat 4+ cups of purina types foods a day just to try to maintain weight, as it's mostly full of fillers. What food did they recommend to you on the GSD board?

[Muddy4paws]

Your dogs are beautiful!

but..

I want to steal her!!!

[Jadapit]

I don’t know how I missed this thread. Welcome to PT! Travis is gorgeous he has amazing looking eyes. Katy and Miles are adorable.

[Suki Wingy]

Travis is HANDSOME! I love his coat and color!

[kimlovescats]

What precious doggies! Welcome to PT!