putting weght on a dog

[KLC hog dogs]

I have a cat female that has 11 pups on her and they have relly pulled her down do any of ya'll have any sugestions!!
She acts like she feels fin but she don't look to good!!

[Woodsnwetlands08]

White bread will put weight on a dog fast

[JCook]

I've always been told feed prego dogs puppy food and idk if this would be ok sense she has puppys but try fish or krill oil

[Peachcreek]

i feed puppy food for a month before birth and them until the pups are weened. if they get to pulled down some canned food.... the puppy food usually works though.

[adamp]

i feed puppy food for a month before birth and them until the pups are weened. if they get to pulled down some canned food.... the puppy food usually works though.

X2 has never failed my female. Would also make her raw ground beef burgers with yogurt and cheese on white bread....she's spoiled I know

[kellywood]

I just went through the same thing. She still acted normal, but the pups were really bringing her down. For three weeks, I fed 6 cups of the Diamond puppy (I suppose most puppy foods would do the same). Anyway, 6 cups of puppy food, add two raw eggs, one can of soft puppy food and fill the bowl 1/4 full of hot water and mix it all together. I keep mixing the contents until the hard puppy food started to absorb the egg and water and get semi soft. She would inhale those 6 cups and then I would give her free choice hard puppy food. At three weeks I had to really cut it down because she had gone from bones to obese. I worked for a Vet for years and we used this formula quite often. You can also use powdered calf milk replacer to the mix and speed things up even more. Good luck to you.

[BA-IV]

Try cocunut oil...I got a hardgainer and it works well along with your table scraps.

[okboarhunter]

puppy food n liver or raw meat, bet u could get some vanilla whey protein to, might make pup get bigger quiker tho

[bayem~and~slay em]

Powdered milk replaced on top of a good dog food never fails it puts all th nutrients she's usin bck in her will make her an her pups alot healthier an u can do this to any dog tht needs weight put on em


#bayem&slayem

[Reuben]

high quality food with about a tablespoon of bacon grease or left over cooking oil over her food...feed her all she wants to eat twice a day as a minimum. Always have fresh water available for her. The more she eats and drinks the more milk production for the pups. This will give you bigger and healthier pups...

[KLC hog dogs]

I have been feeding her dimond puppy food for about a mounth befor she had her pups And can dogm food [purina ] Thanks for all the sugestions I will try them!!!!!!

[KLC hog dogs]

she has always had a wight problem I have had for two years and when I got her she was skin and bones it took 3-weeks to get her to look half way helthy and to get to hunt with her she is one of the best strike dogs I have ever seen work in the woods!!!! So I will do every thing to keep her going thanks agin for all the imput!!!

[Reuben]

KLC,

I have had several dogs that are naturally slender and one of those ate at least 30 to 50% more food than the rest of the pack just to maintain a decent look. That particular dog did not have an undercoat so he had to eat more than normal in the winter to maintain an acceptable weight...

[KLC hog dogs]

She has acses to dry puppy food all day ! Plus at night she gets can dog food

[halfbreed]

how old are the pups ? i start feeding puppy food with milk replacer in the form of a soupy consistency to pups at 3 weeks old takes alot of demand off the gyp . and you cant beat rice for bulking a dog up .

[KLC hog dogs]

The phosphate are 3 weeks old and eating me out of my house thay allredy eat dry dog food and at night l fix them some puppie food and milk

[adamp]

She could be anemic, had one dog taken to the vet before surgery and he came up anemic, 3 days of panacur followed buy constant available food and he put on 15lbs in a week and a half

[Reuben]

how old are the pups ? i start feeding puppy food with milk replacer in the form of a soupy consistency to pups at 3 weeks old takes alot of demand off the gyp . and you cant beat rice for bulking a dog up .

x2...also I do it the lazy mans way... I soak some puppy food with just enough water for it to soften up for the next day...I use enough food for 2 meals.

The next morning I take enough for the first meal and I add a small amount of milk to make it mushy and a little soupy and warm it up in the microwave.

Repeat in the evening but then I make a new batch for the next day and let the soaking over night work for me...Can use calf milk replacer but the the pups don't like it as much as a little cow milk in the food. Besides, a high quality puppy food has all the nutrition needed for a puppy...

[rspivey]

I use a product from K9 Power, it's their Puppy Gold Formula. It is expensive but I always have to pull weight off of my females after they wean their pups. I start using it along with a high quality puppy food thirty days after they have been bred. I have been using it for several years and have always had great results.

[jimco]

            http://www.tractorsupply.com/sav-a-caf-reg-grade-a-reg-ultra-24-multi-species-milk-replacer-8-lb--2211429


  This stuff has worked real well for me to put weight on dogs nursing pups. It is a little expensive but it goes a long ways.
 Also you should worm her real good and worm the pups every 2 weeks.