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Puppy stopped gaining weight

Hi everyone! I have not posted in awhile. Been tough here the last few months. My female Boxer Sabre Anne was diagnosed with cancer 3 months ago and passed away after a short but hard battle. She was a trooper, and her little brother Bruce is taking it very hard. He stopped eating, stopped playing and just lays around now. I know he misses her terribly, and I have taken him to the vet to get him checked out (blood work, urine samples, poop samples) and the vet says he is perfectly healthy. He weighed 105 pounds when he was 10 months old, now he is 14 months old and lost weight (down to 101) he started to eat a little again but I am just worried about what is going on with him. His dad was big (145 pounds) and his mom was big, but skinny and on the taller side of CC's but I just don't know what to do with him. Should I expect another growth spurt? I don't think that he could be done growing already at his current age 15 months. Appreciate anyone's thoughts!
 

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Hi everyone! I have not posted in awhile. Been tough here the last few months. My female Boxer Sabre Anne was diagnosed with cancer 3 months ago and passed away after a short but hard battle. She was a trooper, and her little brother Bruce is taking it very hard. He stopped eating, stopped playing and just lays around now. I know he misses her terribly, and I have taken him to the vet to get him checked out (blood work, urine samples, poop samples) and the vet says he is perfectly healthy. He weighed 105 pounds when he was 10 months old, now he is 14 months old and lost weight (down to 101) he started to eat a little again but I am just worried about what is going on with him. His dad was big (145 pounds) and his mom was big, but skinny and on the taller side of CC's but I just don't know what to do with him. Should I expect another growth spurt? I don't think that he could be done growing already at his current age 15 months. Appreciate anyone's thoughts!
So sorry for your loss, my boy budcuss as just been diagnosed with cancer.
Bruce is greiving, we lost gandalf in december, bud greived,, they also pick up on your sadness.
Bruce will be ok, youve said hes started to eat again which is a good sign, if they were fed together he would even miss that part of her with him.
Try taking him out more, have fun meet ups with friends with friendly dogs.
He just needs time,