Hi,

Does anyone know how to feed up a very skinny whippet with a sensitive tummy? He is currently fed on Burgess's supa dog (sensitive), which he has morning and evening, our scraps, chews and toast for supper! I have to be careful with him otherwise he gets the runs. He was the runt of the litter so is quite small but you can see his hip bones, which makes him look like a cruelty case! We also have his brother and he is fine. Any ideas would be great.

Why not try him on some fresh horse pooh (preferably from wormed horses) - this might improve the bacterial balance in his stomach enough for him to be able to eat and digest normally.

Has he been checked out by a vet to see why he is delicate?

Christine

Christine, were you serious about encouraging the dog to eat horse pooh?

My friends dog died after eating horse pooh :-( She later found out that the horse in question had been recently wormed!

Guest, try green tripe and a mixer biscuit ;-)

Hi Leigh

Yes, I was - one of my "pups" had problems as an adult after contracting campo.... and their vet suggested regular horse droppings to help him, I have also read somewhere (can't remember where) that it can help.

Christine

I have found that my whippets do not do well on complete foods and always benefit from a meat diet. Try the usual things like live yoghurt and products like prozyme to balance the gut flora. It could also have something to do with the inherited bloodlines. Unfortunately some whippets are just not good 'doers' and remain on the lean side all their lives. Out of interest how old is your whippet?

Hi Jan, Isnt it funny how dogs vary? My friend and I have two litter sisters, they are Lurchers (whippet x greyhound) Mine tends to verge on being a podge, whereas my friends one is literally skin and bone. She has just about had every test imaginable done at the vets, dosnt suffer from tummy upsets, is healthy vigorous and fit, but we just cant get any weight on her. Bit like people really I suppose:)

We have three sets of litter sisters each pair having a stuffer and a poor doer.
Thats not quite true as the older poor doer has changed her mind and is becoming a stuffer. Mind she is nearly 10 and has only been like this a year or so <G>
Agree with Jan that the use of meat is beneficial to these dogs. We include meat in the main meals along with the mixer. They also have Red-Mills Racer or Tracker down all day in the kennel. Most of the stuffers dont tend to go mad (surprisingly) but the poor doers do well (there's always one though - a stuffer who would really stuff out if she was in the same kennel as the food!!!!!!!!!!!!)