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  • nala121498N

    Gosh they are cute! I love their coats in the last picture!

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  • RajandDukeR

    Thank you to all of you for all your advice and insight! It really helps!
    I was thinking about seeing if they make like a dog weight gainer. Maybe that in addition to the blood tests will help and give some answers.

    Thank you again!
    PS- This site is addicting! I think I might become a regular poster!

    Mom to Raj and Duke

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  • Ninabeana26N

    @RajandDuke:

    PS- This site is addicting! I think I might become a regular poster!

    I agree but tell my boyfriend that it's a "healthy addiction" ;)

    Nina & my baby boy Dallas

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  • lvossL

    They have some supplements but I have one who runs thin and the best thing I found for keeping her weight up was a high quality, high calorie food. She does really well on puppy food, Wellness Puppy, mixed with some Merrick's canned food. She just burns a lot of calories so needs the extra fat that is in the puppy food.

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  • tanzaT

    Very cute boys… and yes, I can see the difference between the two pictures of him... He looks to be about 2lbs under weight and hopfully the blood panel will shed some light on what the problem might be... and it could be as easy as he is just burning more calories then Raj. For sure feed them separate. What are you feeding?

    Pat Fragassi

    Tanza Basenjis

    www.tanzabasenjis.net

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  • RajandDukeR

    UPDATE-
    Duke's blood tests all came back normal. Looks like he might just be a higher energy dog than his brother, thus he needs a higher calorie diet. We're going to probably pick up some other food this weekend. I've been looking at Blue Buffalo. In addition to this, I'm trying all sorts of veggies on both of them. Thus far Duke love carrots, so it's a nice additive to his diet.

    Thanks to everyone for all your help and advice!! :D

    Mom to Raj and Duke

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  • hdolbowH

    rocky stopped eating a lot after we got mia..made me really nervous..

    i just switched to blue buffalo yesterday and i caught him snacking earlier today :D

    maybe hes just tired of his old food? i think thats what it was with rocky.

    Heather.

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  • tanzaT

    @RajandDuke:

    UPDATE-
    Duke's blood tests all came back normal. Looks like he might just be a higher energy dog than his brother, thus he needs a higher calorie diet. We're going to probably pick up some other food this weekend. I've been looking at Blue Buffalo. In addition to this, I'm trying all sorts of veggies on both of them. Thus far Duke love carrots, so it's a nice additive to his diet.

    Thanks to everyone for all your help and advice!! :D

    That is great, did they do a full thyroid panel? To do a full panel it needs to be sent out, as the part that is done with a regular blood panel is not the complete test. Low Thyroid is very common to Basenjis and can cause a bunch of different symtoms….

    Pat Fragassi

    Tanza Basenjis

    www.tanzabasenjis.net

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  • tanzaT

    @hdolbow:

    rocky stopped eating a lot after we got mia..made me really nervous..

    i just switched to blue buffalo yesterday and i caught him snacking earlier today :D

    maybe hes just tired of his old food? i think thats what it was with rocky.

    I would bet with Rocky it was the pup, not the food….;)

    Pat Fragassi

    Tanza Basenjis

    www.tanzabasenjis.net

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  • hdolbowH

    @tanza:

    I would bet with Rocky it was the pup, not the food….;)

    hahah you're probably right.. lol :D :D

    Heather.

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