Denzil has arrived, so happy and few questions too :)

For anyone who didn't see my topic in new members we have just been lucky enough to rehome a staffy by the name of Denzil. Initially we were going to start a weeks trial next week, but a few things changed in his situation and he is now with us for the trial as of last night. His previous owners were loving, however they had too many pets and children and he has been underfed (his back end is quite thin, he has plenty of energy but I cannot wait to get some meat on him!) and under exercised. He is amazing, very sweet natured, loving and really keen to get involved with everything we are doing as a family so far (he doesn't know who to follow round first!) He walks well on his lead, and despite being barked at by a few doggies on a walk this morning he didn't bat an eyelid just politely kept on walking and doing his own thing. The main question I have is I want to make sure we are feeding him enough, he was on plain old Butchers tripe mix at his old house (clearly not enough of it though) so we have got that for now, I do want to get him onto better quality food though. The dry mix I bought is Vets kitchen chicken and brown rice, it was the best thing sainsburys had at short notice but has pre biotics and a lot of natural ingredients so will do for now I think. Food brand suggestions would be welcome, and an idea of how much to give him of wet and/or dry twice a day. Cheers in advance you lovely people

Here is a list of good dry foods

http://staffy-bull-terrier.co.uk/dryfood.html

Just go by the guidelines on the packaging and maybe a bit more if he is underweight. Than just go by his looks.

Thank you, I have posted a few photos below




This one is just to show the thin part of his body, I'm hoping he will pad out quickly on regular meals.

Quite a few of us feed Fish4dogs , highly recommended and there is an offer on their website at the moment. It's a personal choice for us as good food as long as cost isn't an issue to you (we have just changed from Wainwrights (Pets at Home) which is a good reasonable price food

Both Tilly and Tommy did well on the wainwrights but got a little bored , have to say they had good coats and no health probs with it , now they have fantastic coats .
If you go to their website and email them they will send you out some free samples. We are using "Finest fish complete (adult) large bite"

http://www.fish4dogs.com/Categories/Dog-Shop/dog-food.aspx

type in Dailymirror20 at the voucher code fro 20% off

Can you get some full body pictures standing , difficult to see from these pics but he doesn't look massively underweight to me , he should be (though I have to say Tilly isnt ) light on his back end

http://staffy-bull-terrier.co.uk/standardataglance.html

And so the fun begins......... >

Just had a quick look at the ingredients in Vets Kitchen dog food & it certainly isn't one of the worst! But you might want to just look around & see what's out there.

To be honest, he doesn't look that thin to me - it depends on how you like to see your dog, really. Some people prefer to see the rib cage, some want to feel it but not see it. Staffs do have very narrow waists, though!

He doesn't look underweight in that photo.

Rocky is now eating Barking Heads TLC as he isn't that keen on fish flavoured kibble, recently changed from James Wellbeloved as he got bored of it. We feed about 160g per day (split into 3 meals) with a little (about a tablespoonful) fresh cooked, cooled chicken in with it and he eats it very well. Rocky now weighs about 18 kilos.

Rocky is also now a lot calmer since being fed the Barking Heads food.

http://www.barkingheads.co.uk/

Congratulations on your new addition amazing

That's very reassuring, the rescue centre staff did say he was only slightly underweight and it's good to hear that he looks ok to you in the photo - I will get a standing picture later when he has finished dozing We can't stop smiling, seriously my jaw aches from grinning so much!

PygmyParrot wrote: We can't stop smiling, seriously my jaw aches from grinning so much!

I know that feeling very well

Hi from Ledger and me. Denzil looks great, Ledger was quite trim when I got him the vet said he was the lower end of healthy but could afford a couple of extra pounds on the basis that if he had a tummy upset for any reason he wouldn't drop into underweight.

We switched from James Wellbeloved to Pero Staffordshire Bull terrier food and he is thriving on it bulked out a bit and his coat is really good they also do trial bags which come with a free box of treats and a voucher for money off the next order and also a further 10% off if you buy in bulk

Sounds good, lots to check out then - brilliant.

Just had our second walk of the day, exploring the park and it was happy grunts the whole time. Great first day, I'm beyond over the moon.

Posting a couple of photos below with him standing, hope its a bit clearer was harder than I thought to get a good angle!









Thanks again everyone, it's a real comfort knowing I can get advice on here!

He's slim but not skinny from those photos.
Just one extra kilo will make a difference but it's not an emergency.

I'm sure he'll be fine once into a good routine with you, feeding and exercise wise.

Molly is the same but you can only see the last pair of ribs but hopefully she'll get some bulk for if she gets ill ever. He doesn't look too bad