4mnth old boxer

[cinders01]

we have a 4mnth old boxer and we feed her 3 times a day with dogfood plus hand full of dry mixed in.but she does not seem to be putting on weight and looks quite thin for a boxer. any ideas on how we can make her gain weight?

[amonty1144]

I assume by dogfood, you mean tinned. If you look at the label you will see it is mainly water, you may well be advised to switch to a good quality dried food. I would also suggest that you get her wormed as pups can carry quite a large worm burden. you don't really want a fat dog as it puts extra strain on hips, backs and joints. If she doesn't gain weight, get her checked by a vet. I have owned gsd's for 20+ years, my old dog never put weight on in 13 years and there was nothing physically wrong with her.

[lankeela]

Agree with amonty, good quality dry puppy food (add a LITTLE tinned meat if she won't eat it on its own). Make sure she doesn't run off any weight she is putting on, only very short walks and restricted exercise until she is at least 9 or ten months old. Keep her on puppy food until she is at least a year then on a junior variety till18 months. Most good quality foods (Eukanuba, Purina, James Wellbeloved) have puppy/junior varieties.

Worm her (breeder should have given you details of what she has been done with and when).

Give her plenty of things to chew on as she will be teething for the next couple of months (knuckle bones, pigs ears, rope ragger toys etc).

[Metz]

Hiya why not join us ,we have loads of members some are boxer breeders that will give help and advice :o) http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ukboxerdogs /