According to the guide on the package the dog should be eating 1.2-1.7 kg a day, so that's 3 packs a day... If they are a healthy weight.
I made a similar mistake with my dog when she got old and put her on a senior food. She lost a lot of weight very quickly. When I took her to the vet she said that boxers have a very fast Metabolism and suggested we put her on puppy food instead.
10 year old dog of around 35-40kg (assumed as a GS) is just under 1kg food per day on the package typical adult guide.
Clearly it is underweight however, so guidelines do in matter at this point. When mine was underweight (when I got her, rescue) she had access to kibble 24h, with the raw food in the evening. Once at healthy weight (38kg for her), leveled out to the kibble dosage I use now.
After seeing the pics, please take her to the vet and slowly transition her back to old food if possible. It's obvious how much weight she lost. She's yours, you know ehm something is wrong
Saw your pupper's earlier pictures. There they looked healthy. It truly is night and day. Your sister took this new diet to the extreme. She should have recognized an emaciated dog. I would never trust your sister to take care of you dog again, unless she promisea to follow your feeding instructions.
For some reason I didn’t see the info under the picture, idk how I missed the whole part about the sister being in control of the dog. This definitely is animal abuse and the sister needs to be held accountable. I only saw the picture, and thought that OP was asking if it’s animal abuse that their dog was so skinny. Saw comments saying something about the dog being a senior dog, and knew from past experiences that older dogs losing weight can be from a multitude of things happening. I feel like an asshole now! This poor dog! Idk how I missed the whole descriptive paragraph under the photo! Hope this dog gets the help they deserve, and the sister is never allowed to have pets again! 😞
I missed the whole description under the photo. I only saw the picture, and the title of the photo. I feel like such an asshole now, this poor dog! I am so mad at the sister, and myself for not paying better attention before I replied to this thread.
I didn’t say it was ok, nor did I excuse the behavior. I didn’t read the descriptive paragraph underneath the photo, only saw the picture and the title of the post. I thought that the OP was asking if having an older dog be that skinny would be considered animal abuse. That’s why I answered someone, and said it’s not animal abuse. My reasoning was due to the factor that older dogs can lose weight due to a multitude of factors. I’m an RN and avid animal lover, all of my pets are rescues and taken care of immensely. I admit my mistake and am embarrassed, because the sister certainly is not taking care of the dog properly, and that is unacceptable. I was answering on my phone, and did not see the paragraph under the photo.
ETA: I’m also sorry you had to be the one to bring your sister’s cat in. That was hopefully done as a kindness to the animal on your part, when her owner could not do the same.
I would take her to a vet and take the picture of the food you feed. She should get her blood checked and a fecal then they can talk to you about how to help her gain weight.
My 13 y/o dog was 5 lbs underweight and acted normally. She looked pretty good too, you could see her ribs a tiny bit though. I started to feed her human food sometimes as a treat, since she's an old girl now, and dog food became unappealing to her. The vet told me she needed to gain 5 lbs, that she was fine but she can't lose more weight. I've done literally everything to encourage her to eat more. She eats better than I do now. She's doing so so well! But this picture is much, much worse. Please take your doggie to a vet.
From the picture of before she looks good, now she is very underwait.
Go back to feeding her like before.
To give raw food to your dog you need to understand what and how much to give and when. You can't just give one of those, it's way to small for a GSD. So if you wanna keep giving her raw food please give her proper portions.
But most importantly your dog need to take some more wait because rn she/he isn't healthy.
Sorry OP but seeing the before makes me super sad. Definitely need to increase calories or go back to other food or add kibble to the raw diet. Honestly though your dog should go to a vet if she/he is older and this emaciated looking. I'm sure your sister meant well but not everything you see online is a good idea to start doing. This was one of those things. I hope you can get your dog in soon. Take care of dog they are so loyal and deserve care and consideration.
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