Growth beyond 6 months

[pcchenard]

Have you tried adding canned pumpkin to her food? Not the pie filling but regular pumpkin?

I'm assuming you are talking about the canned 100% Pumpkin? Which happens to be right next to the easy pumpkin pie mix in the store.

How long should it take to see a difference?

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I would also give her some plain yogurt every day. It will also help her digestion. Mine (the smaller ones) get a tablespoon w a little food before bed every night. You could give it any time of day. They love it! I would not cut her food down. She is still a pup.

I'll keep this in mind. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[dolphin]

I'm assuming you are talking about the canned 100% Pumpkin? Which happens to be right next to the easy pumpkin pie mix in the store.

How long should it take to see a difference?

Right, you don't want to giver her pie mix, it'll take a week or 2 to see the difference. How is she doing?

 

[pcchenard]

Right, you don't want to giver her pie mix, it'll take a week or 2 to see the difference. How is she doing?

She is doing OK. I have given her 1 teaspoon twice per day (with each meal) for the last two days. She just isn't growing. I just weighed her today at lunch time and she was still only 26.6 pounds. She seems to be putting on about 0.2 pounds per week.

I would like to increase her food back up to at least 2 cups per day to see if it will help her grow, but every time I increase past 1.5 cups (0.75 cups twice per day) she gets really soft stool.

I think she is just going to be tiny. Oh, I did find out that her dad is in the 55 pound range for weight.

 

[dolphin]

IMHO she is an absolute doll and I love her tiny or big she is a dream to me.

 

[Shihtzustaff]

You could try supplementing with some raw chicken. Dogs chew up raw chicken bones like eating potato chips. The bone content, besides giving the best nutrition your dog can get, will also firm up stool.

I am not sure what the foods are that you are feeding but if they are kibble-based they are not the best nutrition for your dog. A raw diet with some veggie/fruit matter is best for dogs. I know a lot of people are uncomfortable feeding raw but it really does not get any better.

 

[pcchenard]

Right, you don't want to giver her pie mix, it'll take a week or 2 to see the difference. How is she doing?

She is doing good. A little over a week with the pumpkin (a heaping teaspoon 2x per day, although some meals I forget) and her stool has definitely firmed up quite a bit. I weighted her this morning after her potty break and she weighed 26.8 pounds. So she is still on the 0.2 lbs per week weight gain path. If that holds true for the next few months she will be about 30.6 lbs at one year old.

 

[bullmama]

Glad her poo has settled. How does she look though? Does she look thin? If not she just may be a little lady .

Something you could try is adding a splash of goat milk to her food. Its like moms milk so it shouldn't cause any digestive issues but if you try it, do it slowly because you just got the poo sorted.


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[pcchenard]

Glad her poo has settled. How does she look though? Does she look thin? If not she just may be a little lady .

Something you could try is adding a splash of goat milk to her food. Its like moms milk so it shouldn't cause any digestive issues but if you try it, do it slowly because you just got the poo sorted.


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I think she looks pretty good...not too thin. She's just small. Here are a few pictures from a couple of weeks ago.

 

[dolphin]

I love this!!!! She is such a DOLL!

 

[bullmama]

I think she looks pretty good...not too thin. She's just small. Here are a few pictures from a couple of weeks ago.

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Agree, she's a doll and does not look too thin, she's just a petite little lady. You will be thankful when she's a year old and is still a lapdog

 

[pcchenard]

I love this!!!! She is such a DOLL!

That's her "Why do you not bow before the queen!? Off with their heads!!!" look.

 

[pcchenard]

The pumpkin has definitely helped firm up her poo, which has allowed me to increase her food a little bit. For the last couple of weeks she has been eating just a little less that 1 cup 2x per day. I weighed her two days ago and she was up to 28.2 pounds and she looks a little thicker. Obviously some of the weight is fat but she still looks good and I can still feel her ribs with no problem.

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[bullmama]

The pumpkin has definitely helped firm up her poo, which has allowed me to increase her food a little bit. For the last couple of weeks she has been eating just a little less that 1 cup 2x per day. I weighed her two days ago and she was up to 28.2 pounds and she looks a little thicker. Obviously some of the weight is fat but she still looks good and I can still feel her ribs with no problem.

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Great update! Slow and steady growth is much better. Excellent.


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[Bulldozersma]

She looks adorable, I'm so glad she's feeling better

 

[pcchenard]

Just an update on Lola. She is currently 19 months old and weighed in at 37.4 pounds today. Her vet says she is just a few pounds over weight and she would like to see her stay around 33 pounds. I'm still in search of a food that won't make her skin itchy and pink. She has also developed two patches that are balding. The two patches are in almost identical spots on the sides of her body. I did give her coconut oil a while back to see if it would help with her itchy skin and after a couple of months it didn't seem to make any difference so I stopped giving it to her. I may try that again though. Here are a few pictures I took today. You will notice the balding patch and I also included a close up of one of the patches. Overall she is doing really well (except for her skin issues). The last few months she has been eating Natural Planet™ Rabbit & Salmon Entree Grain Free food.