Feeding

Hi

My dogs 22 months now and need some opinions on feeding. Ive had her on 3 food types james wellbeloved puppy she ate it but only when she really had to i felt so changed her to beta and she was on that for a while but found she gained a good bit weight and pooped about 4 times a day so decided to try burns and shes been on that for about 6 months at least now. When she started burns i gave her the recommended amount and she dropped weight so what Ive done is i get a 2kg a week and split it evenly works out about 300g per day and still i think shes to thin. Her stats are 19.8 kg 19" tall PS vet said "keep her this weight and I'll be happy"

I'LL post some pics below Cheers





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She is NOT thin people are used to seeing fat dogs, i would not want any more weight on here at all.

she looks good

Hi thanks for the replies. I read somewhere if you can see the spine and ribs this is to thin and i can see a bit of her spine and ribs. I just thought maybe she could do with a few extra pounds?

She looks good to me, also if you copy and paste the img code into the thread the pics will come up rather than the link Xx

What a gorgeous dog! As Ella says - she doesn't look thin at all and we do see so many fat dogs that it almost becomes "normal". Your vet is spot on.

Oh, and btw I don't take any notice of the amounts that food manufacturers advise to feed, it is always too much (well, they would - wouldn't they ?)

Hi thanks for the tip on the pics. Yeah i think i,ll just stick to the 2kg a week and see how we get on shes been getting around 300g per day for a few weeks now. Do you guys think shes still got some filling out to do? Shes my first staff so nothing to compare with.

Cheers

I still say mine is developing so yes.

It's difficult because different people have different ideas. Personally I don't like to see the spine, but that's just me.

If you are happy with her weight, she's fit & healthy, then stick with that!

She still has some puppy flab behind the neck and stuff thats why i ask if she could still fill out. Her mum and dad weren't the stockiest.

Cheers

I have copied your photo images into your post. Hope you dont mind.

BTW she looks perfectly OK to me too. Enjoy all the time you have together

Thanks Kathy

It's personal choice how lean you like a dog.

I purposely keep my dogs lean enough to see their ribs as to ME that's how a dog should look but that's isn't to everyones taste

She looks good to me .. though I dont think you should be able to see the spine either .. the last two ribs yes, but not the spine IMO

and yes she will deffo still fill out a bit at 22mths, though she does look like a taller and slender girl so prob wont be that wide specially if mom and dad arnt typically stocky .. she has gorgeous big brown eye's

Looks fine too me, dosnt look too thin looks perfect weight imo.
i wouldnt feed the guided amount i feed mine what i think they need.
James wellbeloved is a great food thou if i were u i would go back too that.
if you want too put weight on her which is your decision tripes good for that . x

Looks good to me