how to make dogs more bulkier

i have always given my dogs 2-3 raw chicken quarters a week for the same reason BBK mentioned about the positive bacteria. i swear u will notice the difference in a dog in 2 weeks just from the sheen on the dogs coat and its stool. i dont thaw mine out i take it right from the freezer and give it to them. during the summer i usually give them almost 1 quater a day frozen. its kinda like buying your kid a popsicle on those hot summer days. also once a week i go out and buy a couple heads of lettuce and a few tomatos and make my dogs a salad basically and mix it with there dog food. hell they even get bannanas, apples and oranges regularly. granted they arent food they would find in the wild but they like it and they are very healthy so i just give them it. especially bannanas after a long 2hr walk in the evenings just for general exercise.
MMK

 

Greens & the bananas...gooooood stuff for them.
As far as meat goes, find you a butcher shop and haul scraps for him, all the meat you could need....and deer has the highest levels of natural creatine in it, make sure they have plenty of good clean water
BB

 

How are you kepping the dog on chain or kennel ? You can get dog bloom if they still make it and it will help a dog gain weight . Now some dog's on a chain are so active that they will look like a condition dog. And have you tape worm the dog ? Also when worming you need to repeat it in about 10 day's to get the egg's that hatch after the first worming. Does the dog eat all it's food if not add can of dog food in with the dry feed.

 

BBK
pm me or email me in private i got a few questions regarding feed i would like to ask u.
MMK

 

I PMed you back, if you'd like to talk further, email me. I hope I was able to help some...and good luck with the boy...
BB

 

Your hitting the whole food triangle! LOL

 

i try but there is always more to learn, sounds like bbk definetly has more knowledge when it comes to nutrition than i do, but i noticed the more opinions and the more experience u here from others helps u come up with your own feed plan that will work better on your own yard. not ever persons feed plan will work for you as well as it did for them so u got to experiment to find something that u personally like.
MMK

 

thank you very much guys!!! i placed her in a kennel and started feeding her with all the feed she could take. right now, she has gained about 3 pounds and still gaining some. it feels great everytime i look at her. i cant see her ribs anymore(almost). thanks again guys, i couldn't have thought(done) of it without your help.


more power to this site!!!

 

Man it does make us feel good to know we were able to help you out still keep us posted....

 

I'm not sure how you like your dogs, be it fat, thin, in shape..yada yada...once you have a fat dog, you need to remember, fat cells do not go away...and it will be harder and harder for your dog to lose weight. Also remember, its not smart to have a FAT dog in the summer...extra weight can add to heat exhaustion or a heat stroke, we like our dogs somewhat lean...but not skin and bones either...
BB

 

Glad we could help. Those are some good points BBK!!

 

You must be consistent with your worming program also. I live in Florida and I worm twice a month.

 

Its a good idea to switch up wormers from time to time as well. Also remember, ivomectin is a heartworm PREVENTIVE...it does VERY little for other types of worms so even tho you ivomect once a month, its still a good idea to hit them up with a pyrantel or panacur or something like that....
BB

 

I have used ivomectin for 15 years and found that it is very effective on all worms except for tape worms using a 10-1 mixture and 1 cc per 40lbs twice a month.

 

I used to believe it was allright for all worms myself, but a fella that I am close to that has been in the dogs for 31+yrs told me otherwise....Ivomect will get SOME of the other worms, but not all, as it is only a heartworm preventive...
BB

 

I have been around dogs for so many years I cant remember and I cant imagine life without it.

 

I'm not sure raw eggs are the best due to possible Salmonella or other bacteria, maybe scrambled?

 

Dogs won't get salomenela (or however you spell it). Remember, dogs at one time were wild, therefore they could eat stuff we wouldn't think about eating and their stomachs and such aren't the same as ours. They were built to withstand stuff like that, thats also why you can safely feed a dog raw chicken. Eggs is a good source of protein for the mutts...
BB

 

Awhile back I had a dog that wouldnt gain weight for anything.. Well a person I know told me to try a mixture of 3 things and it actually worked.. It was cottage cheese, corn flakes and eggs.. The dog actually gained weight in no time and when he got to the weight I wanted I gave him that mixture one a week for a month or so and after that he just kept it on.. I dont know if it was the mixture or luck but it worked.. LOL

 

Thank-you, BBK. I never knew dogs can't get Salmonella. I had been told only cooked eggs. This why this site is awesome!!