Weimeraner not eating properly

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My Weimeraner who I posted about the other day is still not particularly fussed about food, in general, and can be quite flat in himself. we have had to cut his exercise just to maintain some weight. We have been giving him his food and taking it away rather than leaving it down which does seem to be working but he still isn't eating enough.
He does have energy and will still bounce around it's just he's not eating to maintain that
Vet will be next step if he doen't pick up but do they do multi vitamin supplements for dogs or am I thinking too horsey!! as I wondered if that may help?
 
In the nicest possible way, you have posted loads of times about this dog and his eating - please be aware your worries - watching, checking, encouraging - may be putting stress on him and making him less likely to eat x

Also don't go by the guidelines on a packet as to how much food he should be eating a day - it's an inanimate bag or tin which does not know your own dog.
He is maybe just a skinny dog.
 
Yes they do multi vitamins however I don't think that will help. It's calories you need to put weight on.

What are you feeding? Can you change to raw? Or at least natures diet type stuff?
 
I have a GSP who is on the skinny side. He weighs 29kgs (a GSP should be between 27-32 and he is a tall one). My vet however is not concerned at all. But when he's flopped out and you can see his ribs it would be nice for them to be more covered! So I feel your pain!

Harley has 2 meals of Arden Grange a day and eats it all. He has a good apetite. He also sometimes gets a canful of tuna or something high protein/oily at lunchtime. When we move house and I have more storage I will put him on RAW.

don't see it was a negative. Just be grateful you can give him as many treats/cheese/naughty things as your like without being worried he'll put on weight!! that's how I now look at it! :)
 
I have an 11 year old weimeraner who is the same. We used to really struggle to keep weight on him, not helped by having a very greedy lab who would be constantly poised to steal the food the second my back was turned.

The easiest thing to I found to get weight on mine (and mine is also a very fussy eater, who's fairly disinterested in food) is corn oil. It's very high in calories but very palatable too, mine wolfs it down. Can't advise how much I'm afraid mine just gets a big glug added to his dinner.

Anyway since we discovered the corn oil we've not looked back. He had major surgery in November and went right back to looking like a toast rack but a couple of months of recuperation with the oil added to his food plus the odd tin of sardines or corned beef if I'm feeling generous and for an old man he's looking fab again.
 
Thanks for all you advice, I think he may well just be a skinny dog, he just looks so tiny compared to my other 2.
I'm going to put him back on tripe when i go to the butchers tomorrow and hopefully that will stimulate his appetite a bit!
Hes normally on skinners field and trial with beef/chicken mince twice a day, and has had james wellbeloved and is currently on Wainwrights food pouches.
I suppose that is the good way to look at it that he can have treats, whereas my bitch only has to look at food and she puts weight on which is a lot more difficult!
Thank you all, I will stop stressing about him!
 
When we got our Weimer we were warned not to feed too much at once because they are prone to bloat. The do have small "waists", more greyhound than chunky lab so probably can't eat much in one go anyway. Because of this she gets her food split into two meals, which seems to suit her. Like horses, some dogs are better doers than others!
 
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