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by Sheru on 07 August 2010 - 05:08
Name- Frodo
Age- 9 months
Father- Eros delle Antiche Muse
Mother- Daughter of Bob Von Der Grafenburg
Height-27 inch
Weight- 34 kg
I'm feeding him
Morning-2 boiled egg + soya bean+ rice
Noon-yoghurt
Evening- 400g beef
Exersice-
Morning-1KM slow walk +1 KM jog + 1 KM cycling trotting
Evening- 1KM walk (pulls very very hard)
We don't have swimming pool in our area.
problem with my puppy is that, mussels on his hind legs are weak I can easly feel joint near his hip...
currently I'm giving him Hip & joint complex, his movement is improved but no development in mussels...
Can i give him creatine for the development of mussels? Or any other supplement which are available in India.
Here is his pic. I know his is a v poor stack....
by prasac on 07 August 2010 - 07:08
sheru,
your dog looks fine to me. i dont think, looking at the pic, that his muscle development is poor. his stack is not poor either, its just that the hind legs and the forelegs are a bit to far stretched for a gsd.
well, first thing, beef although has a good protein content but has a lot of fat which is not good for a dog raised in india. if it was a colder place, i would have not had a problem with it. I have a gsd and used to feed him 500gm of beef everyday which resulted in a good size and structure but my dog developed kidney and liver problems due to the fat content.
creatine: is a human supplement and not for dogs. try a dog supplement instead if you really want to do that.
If you want a better size and muscle development and overall good health of your dog, either put him on to royal canin gsd formula or eukanuba or other high quality dog food and supplement it with meat once a day about 400 to 500 gms, if you can afford it.
you say your dog is 9 months old and is 27 inches in height. is it from the shoulders?? if yes, your dog is an inch over sized for a gsd, but i think its still acceptable in india.
regarding your excercise routine, i think you are over doing it for a 9 month old dog. he is still a puppy. let him grow with his own sweet time. the muscle development will automatically improve with a good diet, enough exercise and above all, with his age.
dont push him. he looks really fine to me.
post some more pictures, head shots etc. there are other people on this forum who would add more to your question.
by Donald Deluxe on 07 August 2010 - 07:08
If you are talking about the point of his hip bone sticking out, you should be able to feel that for the rest of his life. If at any point you can't, then he is too fat.
" "i think you are over doing it for a 9 month old dog."
Agreed. He should not be trotting alongside the bicycle until he is at least a year old.
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