velmadobe

I don't know anything about the situation other than reading it on the lists - but IMHO putting 25 pounds on over a 5 month period is not what I would expect from a "skinny" underfed dog........... I would expect the 25 pounds to go on in under 2 months if it was truly an underweight dog. I don't know how old he was when he was turned back over to the breeder, but if he was a young dog not full grown, then I would expect some weight gain even if he was not skinny.

I guess I'm just skeptical until I know the whole story.

Puppies get skinny sometimes, it can happen very fast and the owner does not even realize it. I've seen some fairly skinny growing puppies whose owners were good people.......... just had a puppy out grow what they were feeding and they needed someone to point it out to them. Or they were a picky eater and the novice owner was having a hard time figuring out how to get the dog to eat enough............not uncommon in young adolescent dogs - especially intact males.

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