johnf Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I have a 2 year old black and tan mt. feist that a friend of mine gave me. She has always been thin but recently she is just skin and bones. We've wormed her and I've checked her droppings and they aren't showing any signs that she had them. We did recently move from in town with a 30x60' fenced in back yard to out in the country where she roams free. She does act like she just smoked a speedball pretty much 24 hours a day. We feed her daily, but she generally always has a little food in the bowl when we go out to give her more. Could she just be running her food off? I don't have any pics of her, but she's built like this dog with a longer doberman type snout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 What are you feeding the dog? If not a high quality food, might try a eukanuba or iams food to fit the dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Here's a better picture. Looks just like her only more fat. Web page says it's a black and tan smoot fox terrier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Ol' Roy Meaty Chunks and Gravey. Basically the same thing as gravey train. We also feed her all of our scraps which we didn't do at the old house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhunter39 Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 ol'roy has more filler products then anything else . we feed the 2 blk labs , kirkland , rachael rays brand dog food and nuteral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 She's eaten the same thing her whole life. I've done a little dog food research today and most of the better brands that don't break the bank are unavailable in my area. I have found a place about 30 miles away that sells diamond brand which is the manufacturer of kirkland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I'd take her off the Ol Roy asap. We had a Pomeranian that went in for gall surgery and they removed 5 stones from her. Vet said it was caused by her age and the Ol Roy brand food played a roll as well. Like mentioned above, its mostly fillers and very little nutritional value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Could be a lot of things, including overactive thyroid. A few tests could rule out a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Talked to the vet and she said to get her on some better food and wait for a month or so. She said the combination of her hyper activity and food would cause her to get pretty skinny. Her breed is built like that anyway and she's running and playing a lot more out there. Lots of birds, squirrels and deer to run after that she didn't have in town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 send her to me. i'm feeding my daughters black lab and last week she weighed in at 108. good thing she's only 2 years old. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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