Ross Rapoport wrote 11/15/2010 11:06 AM Enough food? #303080 - 11/15/2010 11:06 AM
Ross Rapoport Webboard User Reg: 07-24-2010 Posts: 421 Loc: Offline	Roger is eating 3-4 cups of food per day. I try to break it up into more than 2 mealtimes whenever possible. He looks normal to me, and appears to fit with what this forum recommends. Ribs are definitely visible and his hips are somewhat visible as well. However, the vet said he looked a bit skinny...and I get that from pretty much anyone who meets us. Should I up his food intake?
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Connie Sutherland wrote 11/15/2010 11:07 AM Re: Enough food? [Re: Ross Rapoport ] #303081 - 11/15/2010 11:07 AM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Can you link us to a picture taken from above as he stands and one from the side as he stands? All ribs and hips visible may actually be a bit thin. PS I ignore most people who say a dog is "a bit too thin." I betcha they have a Lab at home whose back looks like a couch. Or a dog with the dreaded pickle shape.
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Ana Kozlowsky wrote 11/15/2010 11:11 AM Re: Enough food? [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #303082 - 11/15/2010 11:11 AM
Ana Kozlowsky Webboard User Reg: 01-21-2010 Posts: 1049 Loc: Offline	Quote: Connie Sutherland ...Or a dog with the dreaded pickle shape. What's pickle shape? We have realized that Haydn is too fat so he is getting no food other than training treats + (yogurt+Sal Oil+E) + (cleaned chicken bones+organs). All muscle meat gets used for training treats
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Ross Rapoport wrote 11/15/2010 11:46 AM Re: Enough food? [Re: Ana Kozlowsky ] #303091 - 11/15/2010 11:46 AM
Ross Rapoport Webboard User Reg: 07-24-2010 Posts: 421 Loc: Offline	I'll try to take some snaps and post them to my facebook or something. And Connie, ditto on the "most people" comment. A lot of the complaints I got were from a baby shower I took Roger to this weekend...there were 4 other dogs there, 3 of which were ridiculously fat. Not to mention some of the people... And their owners are in total denial. One of the 3 other dogs is a Pit Bull/Boston Terrorist mix who I hadn't seen in months...and she was worse than a pickle. I was actually really sad when I saw her because she used to be very athletic and now stumps around like a senior citizen despite being 3 years old. On a side note, Roger was a bit edgy when I brought him to the shower, but adjusted to the distractions astonishingly well, and by the end of the gathering he was just sitting stock-still by my side as people and dogs walked around. I basically got him to the point of ignoring it all. I really lucked out w/this dog.
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Connie Sutherland wrote 11/15/2010 11:53 AM Re: Enough food? [Re: Ana Kozlowsky ] #303093 - 11/15/2010 11:53 AM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: Ana Kozlowsky  Quote: Connie Sutherland ...Or a dog with the dreaded pickle shape. What's pickle shape? This shape: http://www.yournextgift.com/2008/06/electronic_yodelling_pickle.php (Many pickles do NOT yodel, however.)
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Ross Rapoport wrote 11/15/2010 12:18 PM Re: Enough food? [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #303096 - 11/15/2010 12:18 PM
Ross Rapoport Webboard User Reg: 07-24-2010 Posts: 421 Loc: Offline	Here's an actual dog with the "pickle shape": http://imway2fat.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/fat-dog.jpg?w=300&h=216
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Ana Kozlowsky wrote 11/15/2010 12:40 PM Re: Enough food? [Re: Ross Rapoport ] #303099 - 11/15/2010 12:40 PM
Ana Kozlowsky Webboard User Reg: 01-21-2010 Posts: 1049 Loc: Offline	Quote: ross rapoport Here's an actual dog with the "pickle shape": http://imway2fat.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/fat-dog.jpg?w=300&h=216 *Gasp*!
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Betty Landercasp wrote 11/15/2010 12:49 PM Re: Enough food? [Re: Ross Rapoport ] #303101 - 11/15/2010 12:49 PM
Betty Landercasp Webboard User Reg: 11-30-2009 Posts: 3724 Loc: minnesota Offline	A 52 lb mini- dachshund came in once with road rash -- from walking. It could hardly move. You could not tell when it was sitting. http://s922.photobucket.com/albums/ad67/Grasvaly/
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Connie Sutherland wrote 11/15/2010 12:56 PM Re: Enough food? [Re: Ross Rapoport ] #303104 - 11/15/2010 12:56 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: ross rapoport Here's an actual dog with the "pickle shape": http://imway2fat.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/fat-dog.jpg?w=300&h=216 That's "barrel shape," which is several gradations from "pickle shape."
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Anne Jones wrote 11/15/2010 01:35 PM Re: Enough food? [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #303109 - 11/15/2010 01:35 PM
Anne Jones Webboard User Reg: 04-29-2004 Posts: 3825 Loc: Northeast Offline	I think it is more like a mini blimp! Good god, how could someone do that to their dog. Many vets are so used to seeing fat dogs, they don't know what a well-worked, healthy well-muscled dog looks like either. MY DOGS...MY RULES
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