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yulia86 Puppy
Join date : 2012-11-20 Location : Dublin,Ireland
| Subject: Is Maxi fat? Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:11 pm | |
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cmanding Nutrition Subject Moderator
Join date : 2010-10-12 Location : Denver, CO
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:34 pm | |
| You should easily be able to feel his ribs, have a taper in his waist when you look at his body from the top, and from the side, he should have an abdomen tuck meaning from his ribs going toward his hips, his abdomen should not be the same level as his ribs. _________________ |
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yulia86 Puppy
Join date : 2012-11-20 Location : Dublin,Ireland
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:37 pm | |
| Well Claudia i can feel his ribs I can even see them without feeling. His tummy is not the same level with the ribs...so should i understand he is ok? |
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cmanding Nutrition Subject Moderator
Join date : 2010-10-12 Location : Denver, CO
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:44 pm | |
| Yes, he sounds like he's OK. If you can see a few of his ribs through his fur, he could be a little on the thin side. Since he's only 5 months and still growing, you could give him a little more food if he still seems like he's hungry. _________________ |
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yulia86 Puppy
Join date : 2012-11-20 Location : Dublin,Ireland
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:55 pm | |
| He eats when he feels like it, I can't manage to make him a schedule for feeding. I give him dry food in the morning some times he eats it sometime he eats that for lunch and sometimes he eats that for all the day. On the kibble bag (i feed him royal cannine maxi junior) it says to give him 3 cups per day, there are days when he eats just 1. I do give him every 2 days also raw bones to chew (chicken or pork). In my opinion he eats to few... you can't see his ribs like in a bad thing,it's more like you know they are there so you understand the lines the fur makes. He has a really thick coat it's hard to actually see anything. |
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cmanding Nutrition Subject Moderator
Join date : 2010-10-12 Location : Denver, CO
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:57 pm | |
| I think he's fine. As a guide, you should be able to easily feel his ribs, but you should not see his ribs through his fur. If he regulates himself with food, that's fine too. _________________ |
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yulia86 Puppy
Join date : 2012-11-20 Location : Dublin,Ireland
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Sun Dec 02, 2012 1:22 pm | |
| Thank you so much, that makes me feel better I don't want him to get fat and sick. |
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Hayden_69 Senior
Join date : 2011-12-26 Location : Alexandria, VA
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yulia86 Puppy
Join date : 2012-11-20 Location : Dublin,Ireland
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zizzuki Puppy
Join date : 2012-11-28 Location : New Jersey
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Sun Dec 02, 2012 2:07 pm | |
| on a side note, he is soooooooo cute!!! |
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yulia86 Puppy
Join date : 2012-11-20 Location : Dublin,Ireland
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Sun Dec 02, 2012 2:20 pm | |
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SaraB Rescue Subject Moderator
Join date : 2010-09-09 Location : Deltona, FL
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:39 pm | |
| Those pictures are hard to tell by. Can you post a photo of him standing taken from the side? That will better show if he has any 'tuck' or waist. _________________ -Sara |
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Heather! Senior
Join date : 2012-05-13 Location : Colorado Springs, CO
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:42 pm | |
| Koda at 7-8 months went through a tubby puppy fat/excess skin phase, and by 10-12 months lost it all. Maxi looks like his stomach hangs low, but I'd bet it'll go away in the next few months. |
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Myndi Teenager
Join date : 2012-01-15 Location : West Virginia
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:53 pm | |
| He's only 5 months old so I wouldn't really worry about it. It looks like he's just got some "baby fat" still and I bet it'll go away within a few months. All puppies look a little tubby when they're that young |
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Heather! Senior
Join date : 2012-05-13 Location : Colorado Springs, CO
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:25 pm | |
| Edit! Didn't notice it says 5 months in the post, is your ticker wrong? |
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Charsmom Teenager
Join date : 2012-07-19 Location : Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Sun Dec 02, 2012 11:45 pm | |
| I don't think her ticker is wrong, in Europe the date sequence is dd/mm/yy. |
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Heather! Senior
Join date : 2012-05-13 Location : Colorado Springs, CO
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Sun Dec 02, 2012 11:49 pm | |
| He'd still be only going on 4 months then. Hmmm. |
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anastasiya'smom Adult
Join date : 2012-08-11 Location : Columbia, SC
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Sun Dec 02, 2012 11:52 pm | |
| - Heather! wrote:
- He'd still be only going on 4 months then. Hmmm.
I was going to say that. I had to count like five times just to make sure I wasn't wrong. |
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Charsmom Teenager
Join date : 2012-07-19 Location : Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:12 am | |
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- He'd still be only going on 4 months then. Hmmm.
You caught me, I didn't do the math.lol Maybe it is the date of the pictures. |
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Mobezilla Senior
Join date : 2012-08-29 Location : Ohio
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:32 am | |
| - yulia86 wrote:
- Jessica you can see more of him here
https://www.itsahuskything.com/t7086-maxi-s-pictures-and-updates Okay now I'm really curious, when is Maxi's birthdate? XD The ticker, if it represents his birthdate, suggests either April 8th, which can't be right as he doesn't look 9 months old, or August 4th, which would only make him 4 months old, but you said he's five months? I'm soo confused! xD |
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yulia86 Puppy
Join date : 2012-11-20 Location : Dublin,Ireland
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:50 am | |
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Heather! Senior
Join date : 2012-05-13 Location : Colorado Springs, CO
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:47 am | |
| August 4th would be 4 months, though... |
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yulia86 Puppy
Join date : 2012-11-20 Location : Dublin,Ireland
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yulia86 Puppy
Join date : 2012-11-20 Location : Dublin,Ireland
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:03 am | |
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SaraB Rescue Subject Moderator
Join date : 2010-09-09 Location : Deltona, FL
| Subject: Re: Is Maxi fat? Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:33 pm | |
| He just looks a tab heavy set to me, but not terrible. But how thick is his coat. Elara looks fat a lot of the time, but she really isn't, it's her coat that makes her look like that. You get her wet in a bath and she sure looks skinny! _________________ -Sara |
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