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  1. J

    Is my 9 month old underweight/bad vet advice?

    Thank you all for your replies. We're going to try switching him to adult food and we'll see how that goes.
  2. J

    Is my 9 month old underweight/bad vet advice?

    He's on Holistic Select for Large and Giant Breed Puppies. I feed him a 50/50 mix of the standard version and the grain free. Both have 1.3% calcium, 1.0% phosphorus min.
  3. J

    Is my 9 month old underweight/bad vet advice?

    You can definitely see some of his back ribs when he's standing, but they're not poking out at all. He seems to be on track with regard to body condition, if not weight. And the vet agreed that he was healthy. I'm not trying to manufacture a bigger dog than he's supposed to be, and I understand...
  4. J

    Is my 9 month old underweight/bad vet advice?

    I don't know the exact weights. I can try to get that info tonight. I can say that his mom was probably a little above average. His father seemed a little small to me, but that may have just been because he was next to an absolutely massive male. Our pup was the largest of the litter.
  5. J

    Is my 9 month old underweight/bad vet advice?

    Thanks. I don’t think he’s underweight in the “too skinny” sense, just that he’s smaller than what I would expect a male mastiff to be at this stage. I know that not all dogs are the same, but it seems curious to me that the vet would want to slow his growth. Here’s a pic of him standing from...
  6. J

    Is my 9 month old underweight/bad vet advice?

    I don't have anything recent of him standing, but these are from a week ago.
  7. J

    Is my 9 month old underweight/bad vet advice?

    We took our nearly 9 month old EM to the vet today for a checkup and to address some period limping. It's his first visit since he completed his final round of puppy checkups and vaccinations several months ago. He's been limping periodically, which I understand is a fairly common symptom of...