Can't Keep on the Weight - Exclusively Setters2024-03-29T00:21:19Zhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/forum/topics/can-t-keep-on-the-weight?commentId=865021%3AComment%3A932260&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi Rob,
Maybe when you can st…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2012-05-07:865021:Comment:9334212012-05-07T02:42:14.760ZDenise Brend - (Devacott)http://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/DeniseBrend
<p>Hi Rob,</p>
<p>Maybe when you can start to give 3 meals make this extra one last thing at night so that Keba has a full tummy when going to bed and hopefully will get everything in his system from that feed instead of burning it all off asap, just a thought!!! Good luck x</p>
<p>Hi Rob,</p>
<p>Maybe when you can start to give 3 meals make this extra one last thing at night so that Keba has a full tummy when going to bed and hopefully will get everything in his system from that feed instead of burning it all off asap, just a thought!!! Good luck x</p> Hi Finn
I do keep an eye on m…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2012-05-06:865021:Comment:9329492012-05-06T08:19:14.091ZJennie Bensteadhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/JennieBenstead
<p>Hi Finn</p>
<p>I do keep an eye on mine while they are eating their dinner as Riley is a slow eater, but Cassie just sits and waits for him to finish (never used too had to teach her).....they are both very good and have been known to share a bowl of food without any probs......But I do keep an eye on them as years ago I had two girls who would fight at meal times if kept together...Cassie is the boss and has proved to be much easier to train than Riley.....Who I must say is coming along…</p>
<p>Hi Finn</p>
<p>I do keep an eye on mine while they are eating their dinner as Riley is a slow eater, but Cassie just sits and waits for him to finish (never used too had to teach her).....they are both very good and have been known to share a bowl of food without any probs......But I do keep an eye on them as years ago I had two girls who would fight at meal times if kept together...Cassie is the boss and has proved to be much easier to train than Riley.....Who I must say is coming along nicely.....I dont think it is just raw fed dogs...as my old girls (not the ones who would fight) did the same and if you gave them the others ones bowl by mistake (one was a slight different shape) they would always go to their own bowls..I would put in different places just to see if they knew and they always did....they lived long lives together and not once did they ever growl at each other....they were not raw fed they would cost me a fortune in food as very fussy eaters.....not the case this time... :0)</p> Hi Jennie,
I feed them in the…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2012-05-04:865021:Comment:9322602012-05-04T14:57:16.974Zrob winemakerhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/robwinemaker
<p>Hi Jennie,</p>
<p>I feed them in their respective kennels so there is no competition for food and hopefully that slows their eating a little. The treat thing is just too funny. It's like they are dissing each other by 'taking it to the other's house'. I let them out individually too when outside and they have to wait to be released and then they just race to the back field. I like to say 'they be brothers.'</p>
<p>rob</p>
<p>Hi Jennie,</p>
<p>I feed them in their respective kennels so there is no competition for food and hopefully that slows their eating a little. The treat thing is just too funny. It's like they are dissing each other by 'taking it to the other's house'. I let them out individually too when outside and they have to wait to be released and then they just race to the back field. I like to say 'they be brothers.'</p>
<p>rob</p> Hi Rob
Cant help on the weigh…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2012-05-04:865021:Comment:9322522012-05-04T12:34:51.052ZJennie Bensteadhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/JennieBenstead
<p>Hi Rob</p>
<p>Cant help on the weight gain as I dont have any probs with that, mine eat every morsel they are given and are very very healthy on a raw diet....but had to add mine dont have kennels but they always swop bowls near the end of finishing their dinner...it always makes me laugh the way they check who's got what...am sure they are just checking they have the same...which they have...Bet they are just checking there is nothing hiding in the others kennel.....lol</p>
<p>Hi Rob</p>
<p>Cant help on the weight gain as I dont have any probs with that, mine eat every morsel they are given and are very very healthy on a raw diet....but had to add mine dont have kennels but they always swop bowls near the end of finishing their dinner...it always makes me laugh the way they check who's got what...am sure they are just checking they have the same...which they have...Bet they are just checking there is nothing hiding in the others kennel.....lol</p> Pitanga was just like that! I…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2012-05-03:865021:Comment:9318532012-05-03T19:46:55.119ZTeresahttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/Teresa
<p>Pitanga was just like that! I kept worrying and worrying... Tried a million foods and all sort of feeding sistems, but she only ate what she wanted, and not a grain more. She used to weight 19kg, and she is quite tall! Then age came along... You should see her now! she is an eating machine and weights some very nice 25kg! </p>
<p>I also think you have no reason to worry Howard, Arthur will eventually get a nice "meat suit" under his gorgeous coat! =)</p>
<p>Pitanga was just like that! I kept worrying and worrying... Tried a million foods and all sort of feeding sistems, but she only ate what she wanted, and not a grain more. She used to weight 19kg, and she is quite tall! Then age came along... You should see her now! she is an eating machine and weights some very nice 25kg! </p>
<p>I also think you have no reason to worry Howard, Arthur will eventually get a nice "meat suit" under his gorgeous coat! =)</p> I think that is 32 to 34K. I…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2012-05-03:865021:Comment:9318352012-05-03T18:34:33.470ZHoward Glansfieldhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/HowardGlansfield
<p>I think that is 32 to 34K. I must point out that Arthur is taller and longer than Fred.Fred is hefty but not considered overweight by my vet.He was a well built puppy and has remained that way.Arthur is thin and I think he always will be.</p>
<p>I have friends who have lurchers and they leave a bowl of dried food out for them all the time.If I did that Fred and Ellie would eat the lot in one go!</p>
<p>I think that is 32 to 34K. I must point out that Arthur is taller and longer than Fred.Fred is hefty but not considered overweight by my vet.He was a well built puppy and has remained that way.Arthur is thin and I think he always will be.</p>
<p>I have friends who have lurchers and they leave a bowl of dried food out for them all the time.If I did that Fred and Ellie would eat the lot in one go!</p> Howard, sounds like Fred is a…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2012-05-03:865021:Comment:9319002012-05-03T17:51:43.427Zrob winemakerhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/robwinemaker
<p>Howard, sounds like Fred is a pretty big boy. Most of my guys in the past have been in that 70-75 lb range. I know, I know, us damn Yanks don't use metric.</p>
<p>Howard, sounds like Fred is a pretty big boy. Most of my guys in the past have been in that 70-75 lb range. I know, I know, us damn Yanks don't use metric.</p> Arthur certainly eats more th…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2012-05-03:865021:Comment:9318272012-05-03T16:39:34.805ZHoward Glansfieldhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/HowardGlansfield
<p>Arthur certainly eats more the more exercise he does but he burns a lot of that energy off the next time he is out so,with him, it is a vicious circle! Consequently he remains pretty constant at 27K.Fred and Ellie will eat and eat if I let them,their appetite is always there no matter what they do.Fred is 38K and Ellie 33K.</p>
<p>Arthur certainly eats more the more exercise he does but he burns a lot of that energy off the next time he is out so,with him, it is a vicious circle! Consequently he remains pretty constant at 27K.Fred and Ellie will eat and eat if I let them,their appetite is always there no matter what they do.Fred is 38K and Ellie 33K.</p> More good advice. Thank you C…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2012-05-03:865021:Comment:9318132012-05-03T12:20:12.194Zrob winemakerhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/robwinemaker
<p>More good advice. Thank you Cornelia.</p>
<p>rob</p>
<p>More good advice. Thank you Cornelia.</p>
<p>rob</p> His brother on the other hand…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2012-05-02:865021:Comment:9317702012-05-02T17:45:20.662Zrob winemakerhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/robwinemaker
<p>His brother on the other hand couldn't be more different, he's usually under foot w/ everything and it's Rooooker!! Go see what your brother is chasing!</p>
<p>His brother on the other hand couldn't be more different, he's usually under foot w/ everything and it's Rooooker!! Go see what your brother is chasing!</p>