My dog is losing a lot of weight, need help please!?

Make sure he gets enough protein to help build back muscle matter.

Cook him up a big pot of chicken & rice or hamburger & rice & give a cup full in the morning & a cup full at night. Used by lots of people to bring a malnourished dog back up to weight.

Sometimes it is the dogs diet for a few months & some times it is just added to what they already eat.

Your Ridgeback might be able to handle a little stronger of a diet but I would check with a Rhodesian Ridgeback expert just to be sure. Second opinions are always good.

You might want to have him checked over for elbow dysplasia, dermoid sinus, or other conditions but tweaking what you're feeding him might be a best bet anyways, but only if the ribs are excessively visible. They run a bit then by rule of thumb so some extra calories might do the trick.

If he is staying active and seems otherwise healthy I would try a papered diet before too many more tests.

Just be sure not to over due it, your breed of dog could have worse problems from being overweight. The pdf in these sources has some case examples and photos.

Rhodesian Ridgeback Weight

well I know it sounds weird but instead of a vet go to a neurologist for the dog. Vets don't really know much, but neurologists only study the brain of dogs the spine and they also know a ton about things dog can have. I went for my dog when the vet said she was going to die, and the neurologist figured out what it was and now my puppy is running around and healthy.plus if your dog is a certain weight it needs a certain amount of calories a day.

11 pounds- 456 cal

22 pounds - 725 cal

44 pounds- 1151 cal

66 pounds- 1508 cal

88 pounds- 1827 cal

132 pounds- 2397 cal you can round of course.

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Rhodesian ridgebacks are supposed to be very lean through the mid section. I wouldn't worry unless he is lacking energy. Dogs are supposed to carry 2/3 of their weight in the front half of their body.

If it were me, I'd check to make sure that the bloodwork covered a Thyroid test and I then I would add soft food to his diet for the extra calories (and I'm sure he'll love it), I would also buy a couple of tubes of "Nutri-Cal". It's loaded with extra calories for em!!! Good luck, hope this helps.

replace your scale with a tape measure aim for 32 1 2 inches or less for women and 35 inches or less for men

chug 12 8 ounce glasses of ice water a day it has the same effect on your metabolism as green tea

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