CAN ANY1 GIVE ADVICE PLZ

Hi my staffy shadow is about 2 year n 3months old he wieghs about 22kg he's a cross i think he is abit tall his not short and stocky,anyway the thing is he has alot of loose hair falling of when i wash him there is alot of hair in the bath all his jabs and fleas treatment are all up to date does anyone no what could be casuseing it n also what can i feed him to make him put on weight and muscle DONT take it the wrong way i dont want use him as a fashion symbol it just that he looks abit skinny to me he its pero dog food at the moment and nature diet wet food but what else do you think i should give him thanks.

he could be getting his sumer coat my are forever losing hair you can give him a omega 3 every day

He may just be malting how much fur is alot of fur like chunks and bald patches? I know my Ty is loosing quite abit at the moment but I wouldnt say it was alot. And on the eating I am not to sure but I am sure some of the nice helpful people on here will be along to help you soon.

Tys mummy wrote:He may just be malting how much fur is alot of fur like chunks and bald patches? I know my Ty is loosing quite abit at the moment but I wouldnt say it was alot. And on the eating I am not to sure but I am sure some of the nice helpful people on here will be along to help you soon.

its not chunks of hair and it aint bald paches anywhere.

Steve wrote:he could be getting his sumer coat my are forever losing hair you can give him a omega 3 every day

thanks for your rply it might be summer coat as there aint chunks of hair or bald paches but there are loose hair on his body when you look at him.

I'm guessing you are giving him the Pero SBT mix. Which Nature Diet are you feeding?
Are you feeding Shadow a 50/50 mix of wet and dry food in each feed?
If so, I would recommend about 200g ish of dry and half a tub of wet. That's pretty much what I feed Prince.
Also, don't worry about the fur shedding, unless Shadow starts getting bald patches. Prince is loosing quite a bit of fur when he is being stroked. Best thing to do is, go outside and give Shadow some rough stroking against the fur. That way, you help with the malting and it doesn't go all over your house.

Night Crawler wrote:I'm guessing you are giving him the Pero SBT mix. Which Nature Diet are you feeding?
Are you feeding Shadow a 50/50 mix of wet and dry food in each feed?
If so, I would recommend about 200g ish of dry and half a tub of wet. That's pretty much what I feed Prince.
Also, don't worry about the fur shedding, unless Shadow starts getting bald patches. Prince is loosing quite a bit of fur when he is being stroked. Best thing to do is, go outside and give Shadow some rough stroking against the fur. That way, you help with the malting and it doesn't go all over your house.

i give him i give him 150g of pero sbt and 150g nature diet wet food chicken n rice per serving and i feed him twice a day.i have been told shadow might be looseing hair due to his summer coat.do you feed ur dog pero sbt too?

Ignore my last post on how much to feed. I read it wrong
150g of Pero mixed with 1/2 a tub of wet is fine.

Nah, I don't use Pero. We only had Prince a couple of weeks, so were feeding him what his previous owners were feeding him. Although I have been using Nature Diet food and have always given 1/2 a tub per feed.

Yea, its just his summer coat. In the colder months, they grow more fur for more insulation and because its now warmer, they don't need the fur and decide to leave it all over our clothes and carpet )

Night Crawler wrote:Ignore my last post on how much to feed. I read it wrong
150g of Pero mixed with 1/2 a tub of wet is fine.

Nah, I don't use Pero. We only had Prince a couple of weeks, so were feeding him what his previous owners were feeding him. Although I have been using Nature Diet food and have always given 1/2 a tub per feed.

Yea, its just his summer coat. In the colder months, they grow more fur for more insulation and because its now warmer, they don't need the fur and decide to leave it all over our clothes and carpet )

thanks for your reply i have shadow hair on my sofa carpet everywhere lol thnks for ur advice.

I always thought I was lucky I had dogs with short hair, till I had white floor tiles. OMG what a mess

Dogalogs88 wrote:I always thought I was lucky I had dogs with short hair, till I had white floor tiles. OMG what a mess

you dont relise how much hair you have everywhere till u start hoovering the house i got hair on the sofa on the curtain basicly anywhere he he walks pass has hair and the hair also moves from one place to another when you move thing in the house i found hair food once.

People think cause they have short hair they dont molt a lot but they do it gets everywere.
If your boy is happy and healthy I wouldnt worry about his size he is what he is we cant change genetics.

gem wrote:People think cause they have short hair they dont molt a lot but they do it gets everywere.
If your boy is happy and healthy I wouldnt worry about his size he is what he is we cant change genetics.

he is happy but he looks abit thin to me looks to me he needs to put on abit more wight im gona take him to da vets next week to get hm checked make sure his weight is fine.

I don't think 22kg is under weight. Prince is 24.5kg, but he is quite well built. It was suggested to bring him down to about 20kg, but Prince looks happy and healthy.
Is there any chance you could measure him and get back to us?

Night Crawler wrote:I don't think 22kg is under weight. Prince is 24.5kg, but he is quite well built. It was suggested to bring him down to about 20kg, but Prince looks happy and healthy.
Is there any chance you could measure him and get back to us?

how you want me to measure him what part of the body you want me to measure

Its easier said than done.
First off, you want him standing up and still.
Check out this link
http://staffy-bull-terrier.co.uk/howtomeasureyourstaffords.html
Also, measure around his chest and around his waist.

Night Crawler wrote:Its easier said than done.
First off, you want him standing up and still.
Check out this link
http://staffy-bull-terrier.co.uk/howtomeasureyourstaffords.html
Also, measure around his chest and around his waist.

i cant keep him still but done the best i can it might be abit wrong but give u a rough idea his chest is 26" waist bout 22" and hight bout 21" its not 100% correct but rough idea hope this helps.

Is his hight 21" or is that his length? Just seems a bit tall.
Apart from that, he seems fine. A bit slimmer than Prince, but Shadow is younger.
I wouldn't worry about his weight. He is still young and will slowly fill out. As long as he is fit, happy and looks healthy, you have nothing to worry about.
Just out of curiosity, how often do you walk Shadow and how far? Also, how much running does he do?

Night Crawler wrote:Is his hight 21" or is that his length? Just seems a bit tall.
Apart from that, he seems fine. A bit slimmer than Prince, but Shadow is younger.
I wouldn't worry about his weight. He is still young and will slowly fill out. As long as he is fit, happy and looks healthy, you have nothing to worry about.
Just out of curiosity, how often do you walk Shadow and how far? Also, how much running does he do?

21" is his hight but agian its hard to keep him still but he is a cross he generaly taller then normal staff.walk him twice a day for about 30 min each time but simetimes may be for an hour but he play in the garden most of the time i live in a flat but i have a commuinal garden not to big though,he dont alot of running as have to keep on a lead just incase as he is a rescue dog had him less then 2 months so just wana teach him to come bk when i call him but when i do let him off the lead he does run around till he is tierd then he will come home n go to sleep.

Everything your doing seems to be fine.
Just keep it up and see how he gets on. Only problem is, things don't change instantly. So its sometimes a bit of a waiting game.
Ok, I'm no expert but I do quite a bit of research and stuff.
Oh, 1 thing I have been told. If you can see their ribs quite easily, then feed a bit more. If you can just feel the ribs with slight pressure, then everything is fine.
Main thing. If Shadow looks happy, then you should be happy

Night Crawler wrote:Everything your doing seems to be fine.
Just keep it up and see how he gets on. Only problem is, things don't change instantly. So its sometimes a bit of a waiting game.
Ok, I'm no expert but I do quite a bit of research and stuff.
Oh, 1 thing I have been told. If you can see their ribs quite easily, then feed a bit more. If you can just feel the ribs with slight pressure, then everything is fine.
Main thing. If Shadow looks happy, then you should be happy

Thanks for your help you cant see his ribs so i guess he is fine it might just me he is happy his sleeping at right now thanks agian for your help.

Dogalogs88 wrote:I always thought I was lucky I had dogs with short hair, till I had white floor tiles. OMG what a mess

Our kitchen tile are a light colour and my Oh keeps saying who's cut their hair and i said its bruno hair

Not a problem That's what we are here for
Worrying about your dog isn't a problem. It just shows you care.

If you have any other questions or concerns, just post away and someone will try to help.
Were no experts, but we know what's good for our dogs

Night Crawler wrote:Not a problem That's what we are here for
Worrying about your dog isn't a problem. It just shows you care.

If you have any other questions or concerns, just post away and someone will try to help.
Were no experts, but we know what's good for our dogs

thankyou.

It's deffo shedding of fur.

Last night my daughter said "omg mom, Lola's losing her hair"

I said Lauren ya daft sod she's malting and lsoing her winter fur not hair haha.

But it's amazing how much she is losing for a short haired dog. When we play I'm covered

lackeman wrote:
But it's amazing how much she is losing for a short haired dog. When we play I'm covered

Hahaha count yourself lucky you're not the proud owner of a Newfoundland or anything with Huskie mixed in, in the middle of summer.

Never again I keep telling myself. Never again. STB's are a hair-haters dream come true. They might shed, but remember, like a hangover, it can always be worse.

Kerrby wrote:
Hahaha count yourself lucky you're not the proud owner of a Newfoundland or anything with Huskie mixed in, in the middle of summer.

Never again I keep telling myself. Never again. STB's are a hair-haters dream come true. They might shed, but remember, like a hangover, it can always be worse.

If you really think he should gain a little weight, try adding some tripe to his food (you can buy it frozen at most of the larger pet shop chains). But take care, it piles on pounds quickly!

OMG !!! someone must have been adding abit of sneaky tripe into me doughnuts, choc eclairs, choc chip cookies, and me other little snacks !!!!!! hahaha ...

Ye can't trust anyone eh Caryll ... tut tut ... lol !!

hollymolly wrote:OMG !!! someone must have been adding abit of sneaky tripe into me doughnuts, choc eclairs, choc chip cookies, and me other little snacks !!!!!! hahaha ...

Ye can't trust anyone eh Caryll ... tut tut ... lol !!

It must be the tripe, cause everything you've mentioned is low fat!

[quote="hollymolly"]OMG !!! someone must have been adding abit of sneaky tripe into me doughnuts, choc eclairs, choc chip cookies, and me other little snacks !!!!!! hahaha ...

Ye can't trust anyone eh Caryll ... tut tut ... lol !!

Think av just bin abit sick into me mouth at the thought of eating tripe !!!!! ...

No, no, it's just all those low fat snacks you've been eating!

Caryll i feel you know me so well... you have me down to a tee with me eating loads of low fat snacks and not bingein on chocy choc choc....

P.S how is dempsey after his encounter with the doberman xx

Your boy looks very staffy like to me my bro staffy is a leggy one compared to kaiser he is only very short but my bros is about the same height as yours and he has papers and has championship bloodlines and weighs about 3 1/2 stone but he probably is a bit over weight and is very muscly so doesnt mean yours aint a full staff they come in all shapes and sizes i feed kaiser meat with his dry food 3 times a week usually things like chicken breasts and chicken livers and sometime steak too the lucky boy he is lol and he is looking really well from it

Thankyou all for ur response i will try some tripe and will feed him some raw meat to sometimes n see how that goes.