So my friends - What do you classify your Doberman ? Large or Medium breed ? Reason I ask this is that when selecting dog foods - there is both listed - For example - I was looking on the Purina site and there are 2 foods sold - both with the same name - yet one is for Large and the other Medium - the difference is one had 25% protein and the other was 15 % -- BTW - it was for Adult food , I guess it depends on the level of activity that your dog does .
Ok , I'll be honest here . Mr. B has been a problem child to maintain the right weight on him - After Ali passed - he just quit doing anything , We took him out more to town , you name it . Trying to help him in his depression , But when we got home - he was back on the couch - doing nothing . We took him back to the Vets and have run every kind on test done - just to make sure he is ok , All tests came back great .
We are working with our Vet to slim him down and I hope to get him weighted today - think were close to his weight target ( 95 to 100 ) He is a heavy boned and Muscle Boy . I did talk to his breeder and asked how big his dad was , In show trim he was 95 .
One other thing - Kadin used lots and lots of energy playing - or bein chased by Ali - that is hard for a person to replace , even with more trips to town or even training , Nothing like another play mate - lol
Hope to have a new little sis for him this spring - fingers very crossed !
One other thing - I do think that the difference in the amount of protein between the 2 foods ( Med . Large ) is a player in weight management with our dogs
Doc
Ok , I'll be honest here . Mr. B has been a problem child to maintain the right weight on him - After Ali passed - he just quit doing anything , We took him out more to town , you name it . Trying to help him in his depression , But when we got home - he was back on the couch - doing nothing . We took him back to the Vets and have run every kind on test done - just to make sure he is ok , All tests came back great .
We are working with our Vet to slim him down and I hope to get him weighted today - think were close to his weight target ( 95 to 100 ) He is a heavy boned and Muscle Boy . I did talk to his breeder and asked how big his dad was , In show trim he was 95 .
One other thing - Kadin used lots and lots of energy playing - or bein chased by Ali - that is hard for a person to replace , even with more trips to town or even training , Nothing like another play mate - lol
Hope to have a new little sis for him this spring - fingers very crossed !
One other thing - I do think that the difference in the amount of protein between the 2 foods ( Med . Large ) is a player in weight management with our dogs
Doc