[Dailydrool] Skinny Basset

[Dave Wethington]

I am the proud daddy of two Basset hounds.  Wrinkles is now 7 and a perfect weight.  Patches is now 10, going to be 11 soon.  He has always been on the thin side, but in the last few months he has gotten even more so.  His ribs are showing and he obviously needs to gain 5 or maybe even 10 pounds.  While I realize that I don't want him overweight and all the problems it brings on, I do what him to be normal weight for his size and age.

For the last 7-8 years we have been feeding the Evo brand dried dog food.  All the info I can find shows it to be one of the best - human grade quality, correct balance of meats and veggies, etc.  Wrinkles is fine with it but Patches is painfully thin.

Oh one more thing - yes I have taken him to the vet.  Didn't get any satisfactory info and spent a sizable amount of money on the brand of dog food he sold - no results except it made the vet a little richer and me a little poorer!

All ideas will be welcome.

Thanks in advance from the 3 of us!  

Dave Wethington
Honolulu