how to make dogs more bulkier

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i have a dog which was given to me by a friend. but the problem is the dog is very thin (as in very thin) so can you please post things which i can do to improve her condition. thanks

 

If you mean thin as in you can see ribs, then she probably just needs to be feed more or change her food. If she is that thin you want to put some fat on her first before you start working her out on a mill or anything because she will loose more weight by doing that.

 

thank for the info. i greatly appreciate it. other than adding food and changing her feed. how can i add some fat? thanks

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yes your right, i can see her ribs and spinal columns.

 

I'd worm out the dog good first if I were you, just to make sure there are no parasites taking away from the dog. What kinda of feed are you feeding? Feed a good food, and you'll be suprised at the change in your dog. Be careful adding fat, as fat cells don't go away once you have them. We keep all of our dogs somewhat lean, as a fat dog can be lost due to heat stroke and heat exhaustion and it gets hot and humid out here. Good luck...
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First of all how old is the dog? I would start with a good worming and if the dog is over a year old I would ask the person that you got it from if he had the dog on heart worm prevention. Once I got the dog wormed out put a little weight on and happy I then would ease into a conditioning program. One thing you have to keep in mind though is not all bulldogs have the body structure of being thick there are alot of them that are just streamlined. Good luck with your new bulldog and keep us up on the progress.

 

A good way to ad weight to your dog is to give 1-2 raw eggs every 2 days and use a B vitamin complex( best to go with injectible). It may take a while before you really notice the weight being put on but using this with regular feeding and worming is a good way to add on weight.

 

Along with what LA said, I've also used Karo's Corn Syrup (dark); and mix that in with your dog's feed.

Knock 'Em Out

 

Here's a good wormer you can use and most feed store's carry it....

ZIMECTRIN OR ZIMECTRIN GOLD...

There around 12 13 dollors....It also takes care of heart worm's...You can also mix in a table spoon of corn oil along with 2 egg's an a cup of rice in her feed and you will see her put some weight on fairly quickly...Mixed with a good puppy food would be ideal.....Or feed her CANIDATE....Thats one of the best dog foods out there right now...Hope this helps you.....

 

if all that fails to put on wieght after worming and high carb diet as most have suggested and the change isnt happening. just dont worry about it i have have dogs that looked like they were amaciated and the city threatened to take them away cause of there thin body structure. but a letter from the vet saved me, from him stating all the stuff we went through to try to put wieght on the dog but it would not gain wieght and was 100% parisite free and healthy that it was his expert oppinion that it was just the dogs body structure.

like someone mentioned some dogs are just thin no mater what. it is like the skin and bones kid in school who no matter what he tried he couldnt put on a lb of wieght wether it be fat or muscle. sometimes there is just nothing u can do and things are the way they are.

 

Yeah thats true,

I have one similar to that also. I took her to the vet and the vet gave her a clean bill of health also, but I was still concerned about people seeing her and causing problems for me and my other dogs, so I put her in a kennel and started her on 8 to 12 cups of feed a day ...Well she is fat now!! lol...I droped her feed down to 4 cups now and she stays in the kennel. If I put her back on the chain the weight will come right off, do to her high metabolism and her non stop running....

 

thanks for the info guys. i truly appreciate it, your a lot of help for a 15 yr old kid like me. by the way i have already tried worming her but i haven't tried the egg thing. what egg will i feed her?(boiled, scrambled or what?) thank again.

 

this dog never ate a whole lot and we even kept him inside for about 8-10 months and still was a twig. i normally only take my dogs to the vet for rabbies shots and do my own vacination and worming but this dog had us worried. he is no longer on my yard i gave him away to a friend of the family and he is still skin and bones
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I've got a dog like Bone's......on the chain he stays lean and mean. I put him inside a kennel pen (10 x 10) and within 4 days he gain 10 pounds. This dog loves to jump at the end of his chain and to test it's strength. He's already broke two horse snaps. When he's on the chain he can't sit still. Put him in the kennel and he just gets lazy.

 

Hey Red, raw egg will do just fine and if you really want to take the time boiled chicken is great.

 

As moderator of this forum I want to thank all the staff as well as our junior members for their contributions to this forum. I feel this forum helps us to all better our dogs and ourselves.....

Thanks for all the input!

JMAN

 

When you boil up meat, you are killing alot of the nutrients and the beneficial stuff for the dog. Dogs cannot get salomenila (or however you spell it). Alot of the nutrients from the chicken will be in the bone marrow. We fed the BARF diet for about 1.5yrs, and LOVED it. We are feeding kibble at the moment due to some problems we had run into out here, but hope to be back on BARF by winter. Good luck wtih the dog...
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Enlighten me...what do you mean by the BARF diet?

JMAN

 

The BARF diet stands for Bones and Raw Food. Its a diet based on how the dog would live in the wild. Monday-Friday, we would feed meat, deer or cattle mostly, occassionally chicken. Saturdays we would feed what basically looked like slop, but was a combo of greens, some fruits, and tune fish. Every other Sunday we would fast, and then start the cycle up again on Monday. No dog kibble was added to our diet. Basically, its turning the dogs diet back to nature, and how the would eat in nature. Our dogs never looked better, IMO....
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That's a good way to feed , but the chicken bones I cannot see. Chickens,as with all other birds, Have hollow bones. When a dog bites into one of the bones it can splintter causing serious damage to the interior digestive system of your dog. I would suggest the if you feed chicken you de-bone it first.

 

Boiled or cooked chicken bones WILL splinter, raw chicken bones will not and won't hurt the dog. Think about a dog, wolf, coyote, or anything else like that, they hit a chicken farm and kill the farmers birds...the chicken won't hurt em. This is coming from someone that has fed the BARF diet with much luck...
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