skinny neo pup :(

[teodora]

my neo girls are getting bigger ever day - but Luna is skinny! CC was more stocky while growing up.
Is this normal for neos - given the fact that they grow so quick?
They eat well, they're free fed with Nutrience grain free which has 5 stars on food adviser, but Luna, who is the largest one, has quite visible ribs and with her lots of skin hanging she looks somehow like a work in progress .
Do I need to limit the amount of play she gets? (they play with Jack in the yard most day)

 

[Smokeycat]

I don't know about Neos but Kryten looked like I wasn't feeding him at times. He seemed to alternate between skinny and super skinny as he was growing up.

 

[Liz_M]

My last Rottweiler pup looked positively emaciated at times, he had a blast-furnace metabolism and (was feeding 100 percent raw at the time) at just a few months old was eating 4-5lbs per day, no joke! And still kept looking ribby...he did eventually fill out to a muscular powerhouse of a dog and required less food to keep him going. I've also had a couple who were of similar size and activity level who would gain at $1.8lbs of food per day.


Booker ( 15 week old EM) eats like food is going out of style but I can see all of his ribs and he is currently going through a lanky phase, seems he shoots up a couple of inches and gets gawky every couple of weeks. I remember these "ugly" phases from previous Rottweiler pups, they look periodically horrible up to about a year.


I certainly would not limit self-monitored exercise absent evidence of over-exertion (limping etc.)

 

[teodora]

thanks, good to know that my pup is not the only one looking underfed. Probably this is just her style but i feel like a bad mother everytime I look at her ribs. She's significantly taller and longer than her twin sister, so she's growing up quickly but she goes through a very pathetic stage: somehow she looks that she barely holds her bones and her plenty of skin together....

 

[dpenning]

Awww, she is beautiful!

 

[teodora]

thank you. But she's skinny! The others 2 are not fat, but they're filling up (Luna is the pup in the back, cuddled on her big bro):

 

[Liz_M]

I do not see skinny there. Can't even make out a single rib in that pic. She's probably just going through a lanky phase.

 

[teodora]

Luna is the one in the back... she's not very visible though. Jack and Sophia are well built.
I'll get some more relevant photos with her (many) ribs.

 

[Hector]

Maybe she's not getting enough food due to free feeding or maybe she just needs more than the others. Try feeding separately and see how that improves. I wouldn't limit exercise.

 

[Yamizuma]

Tali went through a bony stage while growing, but apparently it's not uncommon.


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[teodora]

Hector - their bowls are always full. Also, Luna is quite assertive with both Jack and Sophia so I would suspect Sophia would be Cinderella, if any of them. Sophia is quite chubby, though.

 

[DDSK]

So sweet looking pups

 

[marke]

dogs do come with different metabolisms , I have a really thick/fat one that really doesn't eat much , her thin sister usually gets half her food , because she's never been a good eater .................... I think thyroid can make them thin when there is too much , which i think is not that common . I know a heart condition can make them thin , but i assume they were checked for murmurs ? i wouldn't worry about it too much ...... then there is always parasites , a stool sample is easy enough .......jmo

 

[joee5]

thanks, good to know that my pup is not the only one looking underfed. Probably this is just her style but i feel like a bad mother everytime I look at her ribs. She's significantly taller and longer than her twin sister, so she's growing up quickly but she goes through a very pathetic stage: somehow she looks that she barely holds her bones and her plenty of skin together....

pretty

 

[Liz_M]

Indeed, I had a GSDx once who was a bundle of energy and always extremely thin no matter how much I fed her. I'd take her for long bike rides and hikes with both dogs wearing back packs, people would ask me if she was sick because she looked so ribby. The Rottweiler (not the one I mentioned above) outweighed her by a good 50 lbs, but she ate as much as he did.

But Phoebe was always in perfect health, and she lived to - not exactly sure because she was an adult rescue when I got her - we figured 13-15 years old. I had her for almost 12 years. She did pack on some weight in her last couple of years.



Your dogs are gorgeous.

 

[Liz_M]

I know EMs have a different body type, but this is Booker two weeks ago playing on the job, you can see his ribs pretty easily.

 

[tmricciuto]

Both of my girls would be considered thin, and that's good when they are young. I agree to check for parasites in the stool but other than that I wouldn't worry too much about it. they are sisters but they both had different genetics. One of mine is always taller and 10lbs heavier than her sister.

She also could be getting ready to grow. I notice mine thin out before they shoot up and then they plump up and repeat the process.

 

[teodora]

OK so here's a better photo of her :

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[Jeri]

My Neo Camo was very thin when I got him. He'll be 4yrs old this November & he's still lean. Nothing to worry about. Lean is good with these big heavy dogs.

 

[tmricciuto]

I can't see any ribs on her, just excess skin.


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