Doberman puppy owners - track your weight gain here

[AresMyDobie]

I can recall reading through this thread and seeing a member that had a pup from Kimbertal, I believe, that was talking about doing that and I was half expecting to read a post that the poor dog had burst! That kennel is just bad news, IMO, and they push for their dogs to be these massive oversized dobermans. I hate that when you do a search in my area they are the first ones that pop up.

The Doctor gets around 4.5 cups of TOTW a day, anymore than that and he doesn't eat it all, plus coconut oil. He gets plenty of exercise so I tend to let him have a chew stick in the afternoon after his nap and he always has his Kong brand rawhide chews to help with his teething. Those bad boys were worth every penny!!

@JanS You always have the best pictures! I need to be better about keeping my phone on me to take pictures.

Agreed bad kennel !!! I don't like rawhide... I refuse to give that to my dogs it's bad news. Ares likes antlers and knuckle bones, he gets marrow bones here and there to much will cause the runs. I'm gonna break down and start getting bully sticks.

 

[TheDoctor'sMom]

I told my husband he needed to bag some deer this year because The Doctor needed antlers!

 

[JanS]

I told my husband he needed to bag some deer this year because The Doctor needed antlers!

LOL, I still have some out there from prior years that need to be cut up. Hubby keeps the nicer racks, but he leaves the others so it saves some bucks over buying them. We also have a friend who hunts for sheds and he'll give me any broken ones he gets. I'm still waiting for him to find a broken moose shed.

 

[MischasMomma]

I can recall reading through this thread and seeing a member that had a pup from Kimbertal, I believe, that was talking about doing that and I was half expecting to read a post that the poor dog had burst! That kennel is just bad news, IMO, and they push for their dogs to be these massive oversized dobermans. I hate that when you do a search in my area they are the first ones that pop up.

The Doctor gets around 4.5 cups of TOTW a day, anymore than that and he doesn't eat it all, plus coconut oil. He gets plenty of exercise so I tend to let him have a chew stick in the afternoon after his nap and he always has his Kong brand rawhide chews to help with his teething. Those bad boys were worth every penny!!

@JanS You always have the best pictures! I need to be better about keeping my phone on me to take pictures.

I'm not too far from you... Kimbertal was the first one that popped up when we began our search too. Thank god I did some research and talked to my vet (who actually worked there years ago and quit pretty quickly after seeing how they run things) and I did not buy a pup from them!

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[JanS]

I can recall reading through this thread and seeing a member that had a pup from Kimbertal, I believe, that was talking about doing that and I was half expecting to read a post that the poor dog had burst! That kennel is just bad news, IMO, and they push for their dogs to be these massive oversized dobermans. I hate that when you do a search in my area they are the first ones that pop up.

Agreed bad kennel !!! I

I'm not too far from you... Kimbertal was the first one that popped up when we began our search too. Thank god I did some research and talked to my vet (who actually worked there years ago and quit pretty quickly after seeing how they run things) and I did not buy a pup from them!

I don't want this thread to veer too far off topic, but there is a thread on Kimbertal here if you want to discuss more about them. https://doberman-chat.com/threads/kimbertal.19091/

 

[JanS]

I moved the last 40 or so posts to a new thread since the discussion was getting so long and this thread is more for keeping track of weight gain.
Here is the new thread. Doberman maturity rates and feeding variations

 

[bobboo]

Agreed bad kennel !!! I don't like rawhide... I refuse to give that to my dogs it's bad news. Ares likes antlers and knuckle bones, he gets marrow bones here and there to much will cause the runs. I'm gonna break down and start getting bully sticks.

Too many Billy sucks will cause the runs to.

 

[bobboo]

Too many Billy sucks will cause the runs to.

Bully sticks

 

[henleyb8]

Looks like his growth is tapering off.

 

[TheDoctor'sMom]

The Doctor turned 4 months on Monday and according to the vet's scales he weighed 34.7 lbs. My scales put him at 39 lbs and I know mine match up to 3 doctor's offices [emoji6].



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[Oh Little Oji]

The Doctor turned 4 months on Monday and according to the vet's scales he weighed 34.7 lbs. My scales put him at 39 lbs and I know mine match up to 3 doctor's offices [emoji6].



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The scale at my vet seems to real a few pounds low too. It's surprising. You'd think vet's scales would be accurate!

 

[JanS]

You'd think vet's scales would be accurate!

They say they aren't always well calibrated since they mostly need a general guideline for med doses and things like that.

 

[TheDoctor'sMom]

They say they aren't always well calibrated since they mostly need a general guideline for med doses and things like that.

Well, I would hope that they want to dose out my dogs' medicines as accurately as my doctor wants mine to be! I would think that a 5 lb difference would matter, IMO. I had them weigh The Doctor 3 times and each time it said something different and they weren't even within a pound of each other, but they went from 30-34 lbs. He weighs 39 lbs!!! Let's note that he had to leave there with medication.

 

[MischasMomma]

Well, I would hope that they want to dose out my dogs' medicines as accurately as my doctor wants mine to be! I would think that a 5 lb difference would matter, IMO. I had them weigh The Doctor 3 times and each time it said something different and they weren't even within a pound of each other, but they went from 30-34 lbs. He weighs 39 lbs!!! Let's note that he had to leave there with medication.

I would think so too... I mean I don't know HOW different the next dose up is but mischas heartworm stuff goes to the next dose at 50lbs. If she weighs 52 but the vets scale says 48 and they give her too low of a dose wouldn't that be bad?

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[AresMyDobie]

Blah I need to get him weighed ... It's been awhile lol

 

[Drogon]

I would think that a 5 lb difference would matter, IMO.

Especially for a little dog.

 

[TheDoctor'sMom]

I would think so too... I mean I don't know HOW different the next dose up is but mischas heartworm stuff goes to the next dose at 50lbs. If she weighs 52 but the vets scale says 48 and they give her too low of a dose wouldn't that be bad?

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I plan on weighing The Doctor right before his next dose is due and then going in and telling them what his weight is and not having them weigh him.


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[MischasMomma]

That's what I did. I call it in every month and tell them her weight. Then I just go pick it up. Until her weight evens out I'm getting her doses one month at a time

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[TheDoctor'sMom]

That's what I did. I call it in every month and tell them her weight. Then I just go pick it up. Until her weight evens out I'm getting her doses one month at a time

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Once he hits 50, I figure I will go ahead and buy them since it goes 51-100.


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[MischasMomma]

Ah good point. I didn't know what the span was, just that her current one goes up to 49lbs.

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