Thread: dog losing weight on high performance food

ezzy333 wrote: Wlfdg wrote: It can in no way be good to feed to carnivores. Dogs are not omnivores. It's as simple as 2+2=4. Another time you are wrong. Back in time you were probably right though. Ezzy Back in time? Dogs have not evolved into omnivores. Evolution takes millions of years. We haven't evolved since the Paleolithic age. Dogs have only been with us since the Pleistocene age. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog Canis Lupus...

Wlfdg wrote: It can in no way be good to feed to carnivores. Dogs are not omnivores. It's as simple as 2+2=4. Another time you are wrong. Back in time you were probably right though. Ezzy

I did, I suggested Olive Oil because it is known to add weight because it is a long-chain fat.

ok i am back. just got back from a 6 day hunt. could only hunt 3-4 hours a day but still that is pretty good. just got too warm by noon. any way he didnt loose any more weight from before we started this hunt so that is a good sign. between feeding him a little more and adding the nyzymes he gained some of his weight back . not as much as i was looking for in the beginning but i can accept it his stools and coat look great. no gas. so i came...

When we go huckleberry picking my wolfdog eats nearly as many off the bush as we pick. Dogs are not omnivores. It's as simple as 2+2=4. wouldn't that make your dog an omnivore???

There are a whole bunch of theories as to why some dogs eat their stools and other dogs' stools. It's called "pica" . See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_%28disorder%29

dugger13 wrote: can someone tell me how much oil to start with if i want to add weight to my dog. Currently the dog is around 60 pounds and all ribs are showing. I have supplemented with a tablespoon or two of corn oil, but I had better luck with an ounce or two of lamb/goat milk replacer. Supplement gradually so you don't screw up your dog's gut.

ezzy333 wrote: mcbosco wrote: Ezzy, is this the university research you are talking about? "Dogs fed a higher percentage of total protein derived from corn gluten meal were less able to maintain muscle than those fed similar diets containing chicken protein. The loss in the ability to maintain muscle coincided with a decrease in a high-molecular-weight calpastatin band detected on western blots. The canines that were fed a 28% crude...

can someone tell me how much oil to start with if i want to add weight to my dog. Currently the dog is around 60 pounds and all ribs are showing.

So a dog is losing weight on high performance food, but how do you know if the dog just simply isn't shedding unnecessary pounds? I don't think it is uncommon at all for a higher performance food to take off the unnecessary pounds. If you are unsatisfied with the appearance after the switch, go back to the other product and the unnecessary pounds should come back on. Hate to make correlations between dog/human, but consider the...