More food?
OK, I know this may sound strange but I have 3 corgis that may be a little too skinny! I had Sage to the vet recently(low energy) and she checked out fine. Wynn and Bella also seem a bit thin also. You can feel their ribs but I know they should have a thin coat of muscle that you can feel over their ribs.They don't have worms either but do get plenty of exercise! I feed them Taste of the Wild, a grain free food a handful 3 times per day. I am thinking that feeding them a bit more would be good. Any thoughts?
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Permalink Reply by Nicola Porter on
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I actually feed my boys three times a day, it is like they know the time now. 6am, 1pm and 6pm. The 1pm is barely a snack. But LO is still lean and bootsie is losing a little.
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Permalink Reply by Melissa and Franklin! on
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I am having the same problem with Franklin! I feed Taste of the Wild too. I feed him 3/4 of a cup a day and he went from 30 pounds in July to 26 pounds a few days ago. I used to feed him more but he seemed a bit chunky so I cut back his food. Now I'm at a point where I am going to increase his food by probably 1/8 or 1/4 of a cup a day and keep an eye on his weight. He looks great, feels great, and just had bloodwork done and everything came out perfect so I know it has to do with how much I feed and how much exercise he gets. I think I got so wrapped up in the "corgis are obese" thing that I started to unintentionally under feed him for his energy level. You are probably safe increasing their food a tidge and re-weighing in a month or two and see how they are doing.
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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I tend to starve poor Jack, too. But since he's in agility I like to keep him on the thin side, so there is less wear-and-tear on his joints.
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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on
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I also started using the lamb after Bella got so sick as we thought it was maybe a chicken allergy...never checked the calories! Wonder if that has anything to do with it?
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Permalink Reply by Roger/Laurie on
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More food at your house...........my boys just bought their airline tickets!!!
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Hey Laurie...better yet...my girlfriends husband is flying out to NCand will be returning to MN Thur. so they can catch a ride all the way to my house:) tell them that I'll even make dessert!
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Don't teazzzzzzzze, they are giving me the official corgi stare saying please Mom please....they are even having dessert. Like either one of my boys can afford and extra 1/8 oz.
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Well, I had the vet tech check today and the bison has more protein and a bit more fat so I guess we'll be trying that next and have also increased their portions by about a 1/3 cup per day. I want to stay away from chicken and waterfowl as I still don't know if that was part of Bella's problem or not!
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Permalink Reply by David on
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"Winter is coming, the Corgis need a layer of fat to get thru winter." said Yoda. I gently reminded him that we live in Taiwan with sub-tropical climate, and he needs to come up with better excuses!
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Maybe he wants to take a vacation to the cold north:)
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