Is my little girl too skinny?

[Calliesmom]

Right now she is on Purina One but I have heard bad stuff about it from a few people so I am kind of up in the air to what I am going to switch her over to. I picked up a small bag of Nutro Ultra Small Breed Adult Formula but I have not started her on it yet. I kinda wanted to see what everyone else feeds before I crack into the bag in case I need to take it back. She has been very finicky in the past with eating so I don't want to keep changing her unless I have to. I just want the best I can get for her!

You also might want to consider a puppy formula since she is still a puppy.

 

[drunkmike]

see it was recommended to me to start her on adult food after her being spayed so that is when I switched. She took to the adult food alot better at first so I was assuming that everything was ok. She is about 9 1/2 months old now so should I switch her back to puppy food for a few more months? She also was not spayed until she was almost 8 months old because of alot emergencies at our vet on or before the day of her spaying so it kept being pushed back. Should I switch her back to pup food for a few months?

 

[elaine2004]

She is still a pup, drunkmike

She should still be feeding on puppy nutrition. As far as type of food do yourself a favor and start reading ingredients on the packages. If it shows by-products, corn, pass it on by. The corn is only some dogs. Callies Mom has ity 100 % correct. Wellness is also the brand I chose for my pup Kiara, she is 3 months old. she loves it.

 

[Kelly]

You may notice with the higher quality food that she doesn't eat as much. Don't worry! This is because higher quality foods have less fillers and will meet more of her nutritional requirements, therefore she won't need to eat as much.

Or poop as much either! That is one benefit I've noticed when feeding the highest quality food!

I wrote an article on Wellness for Sheltie Nation called "Do you know what is in your Sheltie's food?" & guest author Ann wrote "A pet food recall overview. Remember to be vigilant". Both offer some good things to bear in mind when choosing a food for our fur kids.

 

[blacknblue]

Hi, I also have heard (from my shelties breeder) that coats can take 2 to 3 years to come in fully...one of mine has a full coat and has since a year old, but my other sheltie is just starting to get a nice coat at 18 months. Your sheltie looks great to me, by the way, one of mine is a tri-color too.

As far as food, my shelties have been eating Purina One for a while now and have done fine on it, my Border Collie though, not so good, his coat looks bad and I have to feed him a ton to keep weight on him. I am switching to Canidae, I have heard good things about it, but I'm switching very slowly so I can't tell you what the results are yet, but it's only a couple dollars more a bag than the Purina.

 

[Hugo]

Meh, she's just fine.

I was told that the coat can take 2 years to grow. My sheltie is a little over a year old and is still on the scruffy side (except on the chest).

From Wikipedia :

There is no agreed-upon weight range for a Sheltie. Many websites range from 14 to 17 lbs,[4] to a range of 12 to 18 lbs.[5] Since the Sheltie is a descendent of both small and large breeds, the weight can range from under 10 pounds for very undersized Shelties to over 40 pounds for Shelties that are over 20 inches.[6]. The Blue Ridge Shetland Sheepdog Club gives the weight as being "proportionate to height",[7] which means a small Sheltie will weigh much less than a large Sheltie. (DUH!!!)

Your dog is fine.

 

[Chris]

I have heard quite a few good things about the food that they offer. What about treats? Would you recommend anything that they supply or something else? I usually just give her milkbones right now and she goes crazy for them!

I feed a condroiten snack from Breeder's Choice. Also, everybody enjoys Milkbone Time at noon every day.