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I have a young Plott coming 2 seems to be a little lite on weight how can I get more weight on him? He's worm free.

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I'm going to up the feed on this dog to see if that helps, he acts healthy just under weight!

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Some dogs have a natural light ideal weight and if you can put on a little weight it will just come right back off really fast

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Try adding some cream and eggs to his feed. Some dogs just have a higher metabolic rate and will not get fat no matter the feed. Dog could have a thyroid problem, overactive thyroid can cause or make gaining weight impossible. Dave

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Thanks, trying some olive oil on his food and feeding him 2 times a day.

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I always had luck with feeding a high fat dry dog food and adding a can of Mackerel 2X a week for about a month.

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Thanks for the info

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Putting weight on
I always had luck with feeding a high fat dry dog food and adding a can of Mackerel 2X a week for about a month

Tim is correct on this. The mackerel will add it on. I always did a half can morning and night every other day. Works good!!

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Thanks for the info!

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If you�re just looking to add weight, cook up some pasta (macaroni or shells) and mix a couple of cups of that with his dog food. That will put weight on quickly. How ever, if you�re hunting the dog hard that won�t do the job.

If you�re hunting him hare you likely need to be feeding a higher grade of dog food. Purina Pro Plan was always a good one when I was hunting 4-6 nights a week. There are a number of really good foods out there but your going to pay more for them.

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If you�re just looking to add weight, cook up some pasta (macaroni or shells) and mix a couple of cups of that with his dog food. That will put weight on quickly. How ever, if you�re hunting the dog hard that won�t do the job.

If you�re hunting him hare you likely need to be feeding a higher grade of dog food. Purina Pro Plan was always a good one when I was hunting 4-6 nights a week. There are a number of really good foods out there but your going to pay more for them.

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Don't marathon runners eat pasta? A coon dog seldom goes 26 miles in a night.

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Try adding some cream and eggs to his feed. Some dogs just have a higher metabolic rate and will not get fat no matter the feed. Dog could have a thyroid problem, overactive thyroid can cause or make gaining weight impossible. Dave

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Lol. Donald, pasta is a slow metabolic food giving longer lasting energy over a long time frame. How many marathon runners have you ever seen that were fat? Dave

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Add some calf milk replacer to his food or mix in with it's water.

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