Very underweight dog

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My mum volunteers for a local dog rescue charity.
Yesterday she rescued a dog 'free to good home' kind of thing. He's a lovely lad but very thin. He's a lurcher/whippet type so is obviously meant to be quite fine, but you can see every rib, vertebrae and his hip bones.
He's not greedy either. Left half of his breakfast this morning. He's on a hypoallergenic very good quality dry food which is what my mums other two dogs have.
He's hopefully got an appointment at the vets later today but I just wondered if anyone had any tips or advice to help him gain weight?
Mum rescued him and was going to foster him... He's already not going anywhere and has accidentally found his home for life! :)
 
I've just rescued a dog, while she's not skin and bone she isn't carrying and excess weight. After a week of her just picking at her kibble we decided to change tack and put her on a RAW diet. Two days in and she is wolfing all her food down and checking the bowl to see if any more has appeared.

Could be worth considering?
 
I'd try raw too. Small portions offered several times a day.

I've not gone the whole hog raw, but feed raw meat alongside kibble.

I suppose the important thing at this stage is to get the dog eating...
 
Our new dog that we got a few months ago was really really thin too. His previous owners said he was really fussy and would hardly touch the food they put down. We put him straight on raw and he wolfed his tea down in approx 3 seconds. He's gradually putting weight on with the raw and looks really well on it, and the only problem we have now is trying to slow him down as he eats so incredibly quick... we can't believe they said he was fussy!
 
My rescue pup was severely underweight when I got her... And shockingly that is AFTER the rescue had put quite a bit on. You could see all her spine and ribs (she is a Stafford x). Normally I go for JWB but she was put on Canagan puppy to help get weight on. On vets advice, I was literally feeding her 6 times a day..little and often. I would mix in some of the jelly from the older dogs tinned food (none of the meat). Kept it simple and basic till she reached a weight the vets felt was more in line with what she should be for her age and breed but the key was little and often.
 
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