Hey Guys. Sorry I haven't been on in a while. Been in MO spending time w/ my dad and pulling long hours at work.
My youngest Angel has always been thin but now more and more people are saying rude things to me about it, especially my ex. Angel is a GSD/Golden mix. She was the runt of the litter. If you saw her (sorry never did figure how to post pics and my digital is down) you'd swear she hasn't been feed in weeks/months.
I feed her 2 cups of dry Canidee All life stages (just like I do my Golden and GSD). She is VERY active. When she's outside she just runs non-stop, part of the reason I can't get grass to grow - LOL.
So my question is I've had her tested at the vet before for worms, etc to see if she might have something that is keeping her from gaining weight. Her heart worm test has always come back negative. She didn't have anything show up in any of her tests at the vet last year. She even weights around 50 pounds and my other two are 60-70. I said something again to the vet in March when he fixed her because the vet techs were saying how they'd swear she was a starved dog and he said she looks good and that's how dogs are suppose to look. I didn't agree, I like my dogs to have a nice layer of fat.
I feed her 6 cups of food a day a couple of months back just to see if she'd gain and she didn't. I recently tried to bump her back to 4 cups of food a day and it just gives her the runs to increase her food. The vet had even suggested up to 10 cups of food a day if she'd gain, but she didn't at 6 and it was getting very expensive to feed her the additional food if it's not going to make a difference. I had her on the 6 cups of food for 2 months.
You can see every rib, hip and shoulder bone, etc. Even worse when you pet her you feel them. I've tried not letting her be very active but who knows what she does when I'm not home. I've even crated her during the day, etc.
How do I get her to gain weight? Could something be wrong with her? Should the vet run different tests? If yes, any ideas?
I'm just sick of people telling me I should put her down because of how she looks when she's healthy (as far as I know - no signs that she's not since she's always been this thin since she was delivered at my house). She's made it through a Pit Bull attack and the spinal surgeries that it took after the attack. She's happy, so I'm just lost and really need some advice/help.
My youngest Angel has always been thin but now more and more people are saying rude things to me about it, especially my ex. Angel is a GSD/Golden mix. She was the runt of the litter. If you saw her (sorry never did figure how to post pics and my digital is down) you'd swear she hasn't been feed in weeks/months.
I feed her 2 cups of dry Canidee All life stages (just like I do my Golden and GSD). She is VERY active. When she's outside she just runs non-stop, part of the reason I can't get grass to grow - LOL.
So my question is I've had her tested at the vet before for worms, etc to see if she might have something that is keeping her from gaining weight. Her heart worm test has always come back negative. She didn't have anything show up in any of her tests at the vet last year. She even weights around 50 pounds and my other two are 60-70. I said something again to the vet in March when he fixed her because the vet techs were saying how they'd swear she was a starved dog and he said she looks good and that's how dogs are suppose to look. I didn't agree, I like my dogs to have a nice layer of fat.
I feed her 6 cups of food a day a couple of months back just to see if she'd gain and she didn't. I recently tried to bump her back to 4 cups of food a day and it just gives her the runs to increase her food. The vet had even suggested up to 10 cups of food a day if she'd gain, but she didn't at 6 and it was getting very expensive to feed her the additional food if it's not going to make a difference. I had her on the 6 cups of food for 2 months.
You can see every rib, hip and shoulder bone, etc. Even worse when you pet her you feel them. I've tried not letting her be very active but who knows what she does when I'm not home. I've even crated her during the day, etc.
How do I get her to gain weight? Could something be wrong with her? Should the vet run different tests? If yes, any ideas?
I'm just sick of people telling me I should put her down because of how she looks when she's healthy (as far as I know - no signs that she's not since she's always been this thin since she was delivered at my house). She's made it through a Pit Bull attack and the spinal surgeries that it took after the attack. She's happy, so I'm just lost and really need some advice/help.
