Severly underweight rescue dog

Padstow

hethmar wrote: »

Skinners seems to be a food that a lot of people use for working dogs - may be worth looking at. I give my boys Orijen which is very good food but very expensive

Orijen would be my first choice too and I will be going back to it soon.
As it's high in protein it will help to build muscle, that along with walks and games.
Mine was skin and bone with a sticking through spine when he came out of kennels. The first sign of improvement was his neck muscles started to develop.
So good muscletone and a slight covering of fat to keep them warm is the ideal, just like us.:) I wouldn't try rushing it though, he's not going to starve in the meantime.
There is a table showing the nutitional value of dog food, Orijen being right at the top. Someone here will know where it is.

hethmar

Dont forget to join topcashback and buy the food you choose through the site for cash back.

I remember our Diggs with his sticking through spine bless him and that was after 5 weeks of being built up by the rescue. Now I have to watch his weight

virgin_moneysaver

Padstow wrote: »

Orijen would be my first choice too and I will be going back to it soon.
As it's high in protein it will help to build muscle, that along with walks and games.
Mine was skin and bone with a sticking through spine when he came out of kennels. The first sign of improvement was his neck muscles started to develop.
So good muscletone and a slight covering of fat to keep them warm is the ideal, just like us.:) I wouldn't try rushing it though, he's not going to starve in the meantime.
There is a table showing the nutitional value of dog food, Orijen being right at the top. Someone here will know where it is.

would be interested to see that table if someone could find the link

Padstow

virgin_moneysaver wrote: »

would be interested to see that table if someone could find the link

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/

Not a UK site so many familar names will be missing.

Green_eyes_3

I feed my rescue staffy James Wellbeloved, with either some chopped chicken, or steak on the top, or a tray of cesar. It is a complete food, but he won't eat his dinner without some additional meat.

Its a very good quality dog food, although not the cheapest. Keeps my dog healthy though.

rising_from_the_ashes

So glad you decided to give the boy a new home - have only just caught up with your previous post but remember when you were trying to decide when the right time would be.

I'd certainly agree with the others that small & often is the way to go and to try to mix the remain food you've got with the new food to avoid any upset tums.

Mr B gets Skinners Field & Trial (Duck & Rice) and I can't recommend it enough - he's also been on Wainwrights, James Wellbeloved, Judge's Choice etc and the Skinners suits him the best and, as it's a working dog food, it's a lot easier on the pocket. http://www.skinnerspetfoods.co.uk/products/Field---Trial-Products/Duck---Rice/

It's funny as I was in the supermarket the other day and out of curiosity looked at the price of dog food there - I was totally shocked to discover the likes of B*kers, P*digree etc are more expensive than the price I pay for the Skinners and aren't a patch on the quality of food.

Good luck with your new pal, wishing you many enjoyable years together

hethmar

Yes avoid Bakers and other "very well advertised" makes - go for the dry foods/wet foods that dog forum members recommend. Have you found a Red Setter forum group?


http://irishsetterforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=121

virgin_moneysaver

the last few days his stools have been loose, been giving him a mix of the Iams puppy & the dry food the kennels gave us - this morning after cleaning up 2 lots of diarreoh I just gave him the food from the kennel & have binned the Iams, the food the kennels gave us was for working/sporting dogs. After plenty of advice form here I think I'm going to go with the Skinners & see how he goes with this - does anywhere sell it other than online as I could do with buying it today/tomorrow

OnAndUp

Haven't fed skinners personally but I do think that the Field & Trial (cheaper as VAT free!) duck & rice / salmon & rice / turkey & rice are excellent value for a quality food and they are hypoallergenic too, the ingredients don't look as good in some of their other foods.

I think they only sell it in independent pet shops? I would phone around any that are local to you, do you have anywhere like a "farm & pet place" they sell it too.

virgin_moneysaver

OnAndUp wrote: »

Haven't fed skinners personally but I do think that the Field & Trial (cheaper as VAT free!) duck & rice / salmon & rice / turkey & rice are excellent value for a quality food and they are hypoallergenic too, the ingredients don't look as good in some of their other foods.

I think they only sell it in independent pet shops? I would phone around any that are local to you, do you have anywhere like a "farm & pet place" they sell it too.

we have a Countrywide thats fairly near, they may stock it