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by TingiesandTails on 29 October 2010 - 16:10

by LadyFrost on 29 October 2010 - 16:10
Tails...unfortunatley i am not home in the middle of the day..i will do 3x a day on weekend...i do add salmon oil to her food...thanks.

by TingiesandTails on 29 October 2010 - 16:10

by LadyFrost on 29 October 2010 - 16:10
I am planning on having her fixed in spring by the time she is 10-12 months...I just though maybe doing it sooner will calm her down a bit...but i think i will stick w/ original plan.
thank you

by RLHAR on 29 October 2010 - 16:10
My working line bitch was impossible to put weight on for the first 3 years of her life, especially when we were ramping up to a trial and working every day.
I started to count calories much like the counter Blackthorne posted and started to look for food that was high cal/cup ratios, even going back to mixing in puppy food for a bit to get the amount I wanted.
I spayed her at 18 months and honestly expected her to plump up and she still hasn't, often I wish she'd share her metabolism with me!
Long story short, until I started looking at the cal/cup ratios and feeding off that number I was all over the place with amounts of food, types of food, etc. Once I found that 'magic number' for her in cal/cup every thing leveled off nicely.

by LadyFrost on 29 October 2010 - 17:10
we are VERY active, about 1 hrs of walking/running at 5 am on weekdays, 1 hrs ball playing every afternoon, then walking/running 1 hr, and weekends are usually trails, downtown and park walks, plus once a month we go walking on rail road in the mountains, 4-5 hrs walk..well i walk she is up and down mountain side sometimes chasing cows....
so, what if i limit her activity to lets say 2 hrs a day..maybe walk in the morning and ball play in afternoon...i dont want to frustrate her, i have 2 other grown dogs that will go along i would just have to leave her home on weekends...if thats all that it would take for her to maintain her weight and up her amount of feeding..that would be an easy fix!

by RLHAR on 29 October 2010 - 17:10

by jc.carroll on 29 October 2010 - 21:10
Some dogs just have a hard time keeping or gaining weight. Like Keith and others have said, I wouldn't worry about it if she's happy, healthy, and has a bounce in her step.
I've had more than a few females who didn't start putting weight on till past their second birthday. Like lanky teenagers who don't fill out till their 20s.
by beast on 29 October 2010 - 22:10
My female is about 55lbs in the summer....she's very small. I was very worried that she had some sort of internal problem when she was a pup, as she was tiny compared to most GSD. Maybe your rescue is just going to be a small girl....at any rate, I'd take her to the vet to make sure everything is in order.

by Ruger1 on 30 October 2010 - 00:10
Lady frost,,,,It is hard to say from the pics, but she looks long and lean...Not super thin,,,I would check with the vet just to be safe,,,,Besides all that, she is very pretty and looks healthy IMO,,,,,,
Deanna...: )
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