underweight

hello! I recently bought a new rough collie puppy... he was pretty underweight. The pup was the runt of his litter and hence the breeder didn't look after him properly. When I came over to choose a puppy my heart instantly melted and I took him rather than his healthier litter mates. He is an...

Hi Everyone, 4 days ago I adopted an 11-week old Golden Retriever pup. On the car ride home he was really mellow and just slept like a baby the entire time. The next day he still continued to sleep for majority of the day and didn't do much. I just thought it was due to stress of being taken...

People often confuse a dog's weight with her or his fitness - but the 2 are very different. :) Posting "my dog weighs X-pounds, is s/he in good shape?" is rather like asking how tall is a tree, how wide is a door, or how long is a road - purebred dogs will fall within a certain range...

Dexter is a (supposed) 11 week old Kelpie/Heeler (Australian cattle dog) mix, and he weighs 6.4 lbs/2.9kg. From what I can tell, most other kelpies AND heelers are much larger than he is at 11 weeks. According to the weight chart that i found online for both breeds he's pretty far below...

I have a little boy chihuahua, between four and six years old and about three pounds. Chi's are notorious for obesity, but not my little guy. He's extraordinarily picky, but because of his small size the "he can go hungry for a few meals if he doesn't like the food" method just isn't safe. Right...

Hi, My dog is a 3.5 yro female Newfie mix. She was losing weight slowly over time and the vet could not figure it out with all the usual testing. I managed to stop the weight loss and add a couple pounds. So she's hovering around 73.5 pounds right now. The vet says she should be ideally around...

I think my dog is perfect for his size i've had a few people tell me he is skinny, including my Dad. Most of these people have overweight dogs themselves but I want my dog to be completely healthy not too skinny or too large. The vet has never mentioned anything apart from saying he is very...

My dog is a *female (spayed) *1 year old *corgi/terrier/lab mix (best info we have from where she was being fostered as a puppy...her litter was initially rescued from a shelter) A couple months ago she seemingly randomly experiencing diarrhea. She was on Purrina puppy chow at the time. I...