We rescued Bailey

mistygirl · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:38 am Post subject: We rescued Bailey

We rescued Bailey a 13 month female weim she is silver from the Pinal County Anmimal Shelter 10 days ago. This is our 3rd Weim but first rescue. It has been excitting & at the same time very sad and I cannot help getting so mad at her last owner. ( gladly I don't know them because I would give them a piece of my mind) She is sooooo skinny and still has her dew clause, and tail. We took her to the vet and we wanted to take her to have her dew clause taken off and teeth clean, the vet said she needs to gain weight before she can be put under to do proceedure. Besides being skinny she is a very beautiful dog. She is not shy or scared. She is great with kids and is fairly getting use to the other dogs in our family. We have 6 children and she is the 3rd dog. There is always something going on, and she is adjusting well. She seems to hate the cage I think she spend to much time in one. We have been mixing can and dry food together to try to add weight to her. amd treats throughout the day. Does anyone have any ideas on how to put on weight on Bailey.

youhavenoidea · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:46 am Post subject:

Google "satin balls" and try that. They're supposed to help put weight on.

NenaGunther · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:18 am Post subject:

IMO, I would not remove her dew claws. They can be very hard to heal.

Our Gunther and Nena are both rescues, they both have their dew claws and Gunther has a natural tail.

I've heard good things about the satin balls for putting weight on.

PamK · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:29 am Post subject:

Here is the recipe I use for Derek. He loves it. I make it in half batches and keep it frozen. He gets one frozen ball for breakfast. When he needed to gain weight I was giving him up to 4 balls a day. I don't add the garlic.

10# hamburger meat
1 jar wheat germ
1 lg box of oatmeal (uncooked)
1 1/4 Cup vegetable oil
10 eggs
10 sm pkgs unflavored gelatin
1 1/4 Cup unflavored molasses
A pinch of salt
1 lg box Total cereal (2lb's)
(You may also add a pinch of garlic powder to add flavor)

Mix all ingredients together well, much like a meatloaf....put into separate freezer bags and freeze, thawing out as needed. It puts weight on in a very short time, not to mention the gloss in their coat. You can use it every day when they have a show to do and it does not produce diarrhea. It can be fed alone or with kibble.