Another day, another question.
Due to some growing pains issues with Wellie last week I brought him to the vet on Tuesday. The vet said he was extremely skinny. I did not get much more advice on that point. She is used to many many doodles though (I live in London, it's mostly only doodles) and obviously they are usually much broader than my spoo so that's something to take into account and which she mentioned herself.
At the moment, W eats a mix of raw food and kibbles (half raw/half kibbles). I wonder if I have not been giving him too little kibbles all this time. He was born 14/06/2021 so he is 6 months and a half and is 60 cm (23.6 inch) at the withers and 16.5kg (36.4 pounds). According to the chart which I have been following since the beginning, he is going to be just under 25kg (55 pounds). The kibble pack unhelpfully gives indication based on the weight they will be, not the weight they are. At the moment I am giving him the equivalent of 300 g per day (in reality 150g because the rest if raw) because he is very high energy (at least 1.5 hours of playing in the park per day usually). Do you think I should be giving 410g per day instead because he could be 25kg one day if I fed him more? I would add a picture so that you can see his body but he does not have a typical poodle clip so it might hard for you to ascertain. Maybe I should ask to be referred to a dietician. My partner is of the mind that we should move to 410g and if he gains too much weight then we will go down again.
I appreciate you might not be able to give me any definitive answer, but if you could give me an indication as to whether you think his weight might be abnormal for his size/age, that would be pawsome.
PS: May I add that he is always hungry.
PPS: The kibble he is eating are what the breeder used to give him as a baby, they are not for big dogs especially.
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They are very good in terms of quality, I would like to stay in these.
Many thanks guys 🐩
Due to some growing pains issues with Wellie last week I brought him to the vet on Tuesday. The vet said he was extremely skinny. I did not get much more advice on that point. She is used to many many doodles though (I live in London, it's mostly only doodles) and obviously they are usually much broader than my spoo so that's something to take into account and which she mentioned herself.
At the moment, W eats a mix of raw food and kibbles (half raw/half kibbles). I wonder if I have not been giving him too little kibbles all this time. He was born 14/06/2021 so he is 6 months and a half and is 60 cm (23.6 inch) at the withers and 16.5kg (36.4 pounds). According to the chart which I have been following since the beginning, he is going to be just under 25kg (55 pounds). The kibble pack unhelpfully gives indication based on the weight they will be, not the weight they are. At the moment I am giving him the equivalent of 300 g per day (in reality 150g because the rest if raw) because he is very high energy (at least 1.5 hours of playing in the park per day usually). Do you think I should be giving 410g per day instead because he could be 25kg one day if I fed him more? I would add a picture so that you can see his body but he does not have a typical poodle clip so it might hard for you to ascertain. Maybe I should ask to be referred to a dietician. My partner is of the mind that we should move to 410g and if he gains too much weight then we will go down again.
I appreciate you might not be able to give me any definitive answer, but if you could give me an indication as to whether you think his weight might be abnormal for his size/age, that would be pawsome.
PS: May I add that he is always hungry.
PPS: The kibble he is eating are what the breeder used to give him as a baby, they are not for big dogs especially.
They are very good in terms of quality, I would like to stay in these.
Many thanks guys 🐩
