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Update!!!! Ralph is a Whopping 61.8 lbs!!!! yay!!!! he has gained 2.7 pounds in the past week!!! I am so greatful for all of your info!! Thanks everyone.. We now have him on 3/4 tsp per 2 cups of food and it seems to be working wonderful with him... Poops are good!! I think it might have been to much enzymes!! I was hoping for 1 pound and we got almost 3!! I take him into his vet every week to get weighed and his B 12 shots so we will be weighing him every week!! I am hoping we can get 2 more by next week!!
Thank you all for the warm welcomes and the help!! If it wasnt for all of you I would not know what to do with Ralph We still have a ways to go but I feel we will get there soon!!! | |
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Woo Hoo! Almost 3 lbs in a week! That's really wonderful! Just keep an eye on things and if you start to see things take a turn for the worse, you may have to adjust the enzymes again. | |
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-- Mom to Pixie, 7 year old sheltie,inherited from my mother-in-law 3/11. Dx of EPI 9/09. TLI in 10/09 was 0.4 ug/L. As of 12/2/11, Folate fasting levels was 13.6 ug/L, and Cobalamin fasting was 615. Current weight 21.7 lbs (4/13), solid member of the Chunky Monkey Club! Ideal weight around 17, I think, but she's not obese at this weight, so maybe 17 is a little low. Feeding grain free - Natural Balance canned lamb and Nature's Variety Instinct Limited Ingredient Lamb kibble. Giving slightly less than 1/2 tsp Pancreatin 8X per 1/2 cup of food. Tylan currently 1x/day. Also takes 1/2 tablet pepcid for stomach upset 2x/day. Primal Defense probiotics 1/8 tsp, 3x/week. Getting bi-weekly B-12 shots. Our little pack also includes my husband, our 12 year old sheltie, Lucy, and our 9 year old sheltie, Einstein.
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Yippeee! Three whopping pounds. Awesome! We didn't see that kind of weight gain for quite a while. Impressive! Congratulations. Keep the good news coming. Barb | |
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*Update* Sorry it took so long to come back on!! Took Ralph to the doctor last Thursday for his B12 and they weighed him.. Drum Roll Please............................................... He was a WHOPPING 66.8 lbs!!!! I couldnt believe my eyes!!!! You can barely feel his butt bone anymore!! And his coat is so sleek and shiny!! I started to cry in the car on the way home just couldnt believe my eyes!!! Another questions I have is where do you all fix their meals?? I usually do mine in the kitchen and wipe up afterwards...
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*Update* Sorry it took so long to come back on!! Took Ralph to the doctor last Thursday for his B12 and they weighed him.. Drum Roll Please............................................... He was a WHOPPING 66.8 lbs!!!! I couldnt believe my eyes!!!! You can barely feel his butt bone anymore!! And his coat is so sleek and shiny!! I started to cry in the car on the way home just couldnt believe my eyes!!! Another questions I have is where do you all fix their meals?? I usually do mine in the kitchen and wipe up afterwards...
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Rena, that is wonderful news! What an amazing weight gain! Congratulations! Time for the Happy Weight Dance....... Yep, I fix Kolby's meals in the kitchen...which is also where he eats. Yay, Ralph.....we would love to see some pictures....... Barb | |
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Congratulations on the weight gain! That's wonderful! We fix Pixie's food on the kitchen counter, and luckily my dogs aren't tall enough to counter surf, so we just leave her bowl there while it incubates. | |
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-- Mom to Pixie, 7 year old sheltie,inherited from my mother-in-law 3/11. Dx of EPI 9/09. TLI in 10/09 was 0.4 ug/L. As of 12/2/11, Folate fasting levels was 13.6 ug/L, and Cobalamin fasting was 615. Current weight 21.7 lbs (4/13), solid member of the Chunky Monkey Club! Ideal weight around 17, I think, but she's not obese at this weight, so maybe 17 is a little low. Feeding grain free - Natural Balance canned lamb and Nature's Variety Instinct Limited Ingredient Lamb kibble. Giving slightly less than 1/2 tsp Pancreatin 8X per 1/2 cup of food. Tylan currently 1x/day. Also takes 1/2 tablet pepcid for stomach upset 2x/day. Primal Defense probiotics 1/8 tsp, 3x/week. Getting bi-weekly B-12 shots. Our little pack also includes my husband, our 12 year old sheltie, Lucy, and our 9 year old sheltie, Einstein.
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Woooo... A great gain and a Happy Poop Dance. You are doing fabulous and we all celebrate with you... tears in the car?... oh, yes I can understand that it took me a year to get Razzy back from 34 kgs to 42 kgs and I have never celebrated better. Yep, all the food is prepared in the kitchen for dog meals... only the raw is prepared and put in the freezer in the utility room. More space there and a lot of raw to deal with. The utility has become my 'play-room' where I do dog stuff, make jam and start home-made wine fermenting, hubby says at this time of year it smells like a brewers kitchen. Val | |
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-- Razzy, GSD. EPI for 4 1/2 years... sadly lost to cancer 30th July 2011 aged 9 1/2 years.
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Great weight gain..........i rember those tears of joy when you see the scales go up not down...........you have got it right. I prepare my food in the kitchen but i feed mine outside on the patio the racket of the stainless steel bowls on my kitchen floor is more than my ears can stand. Ann | |
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-- ANN (UK)
Maddie DOB 01-10-2007 she is now 5 DX 04/11 .B12 140 now 644 TLI <1.00 Folate 14.2. B12 RETESTED 0N 21-05-2013 Value 902 after 15 months of daily piils Yipheeee Weight was 22.3kg now 33.2kg (04-05-12) she is a small GSDbut she gained .(24lbs) Feed a mixture of foods she does better on fibre 3% and below she has b12 tablets daily (imported from the USAhttp://www.wonderlabs.com/itemleft.php?itemnum=6881) now changing to the uk version from http://www.chemeyes.co.uk/ Also omega3 and Vitamin E daily. Use Panzym 1/4 a tsp per 200 grams of food .Got SIBO under control after antibiotics ( stormormgyl) used synbotic by protexin. a pre-probotic
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the racket of the stainless steel bowls on my kitchen floor is more than my ears can stand. *************************** Ah, I solved that years ago when Rob made me wooden dish holders that keep the dishes off the floor and I think I read somewhere once that a raised dish helps GSDs to eat more slowly and reduces the risk of bloat... that is one thing that really does scare me, even the thought of bloat gives me nightmares. I guess we all have one fear that bugs us. Val | |
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-- Razzy, GSD. EPI for 4 1/2 years... sadly lost to cancer 30th July 2011 aged 9 1/2 years.
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Member Posts: 2061 | My eyes filled with tears, too when I saw the phenomenal weight gain! What great news! So happy for you and Ralph! | |
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-- Paula and Maya (bday 12/21/06) (diagnosed 10/26/10 TLi 1.5, B12 659 (ref:249-733), weight 52 lbs. After 30 days, retested B12/folate - B12 plummeted to 200, which greatly affected her personality. After following B12 protocol, currently giving weekly B12 shots at home. Weight in July 2012: 75 lbs - the picture of health.
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What a great update!! Well done !! Ralph is such a beautiful pup and I'm late here but just wanted to add my welcome and to say you're doing a wonderful job! Devika | |
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-- Mahi, the Indian EPI dog, diagnosed at 10 months, now 3 years old. Was 60 (28 kgs) lbs, went down to 46 lbs (19 kgs), but now with YOUR help, on 29th July 2012 touched 66 lbs(30 kgs) Officially stable for six months as on 10th June 2013 and weighed in at 31 kgs. Fed 3 times a day - homecooked diet of 1 kg potatoes, 70 gms lentils, 150 gms tapioca, squash, beetroot, carrots mashed together, 2 boiled eggs, 500 ml yoghurt and 3 cups of Taste of The Wild Pacific Stream. 1 Salmon Omega 3 tablet given per day. 1 tablet of Creon 25K given 20 mins before every meal. B12 injections bi-weekly. Very, very active - knock on wood, and seems to have gone from a level 10 of "hungry" to maybe an 8. On 27th July 2011, officially downgraded "hungry" level to 7. On 29th July 2012, officially downgraded "hungry" level to 6!! On 10th June "hungry" level downgraded to five :-)
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I've not signed on for awhile, as Goldie has been doing so well. It's been almost a year now....hard to believe. I'm so glad you and Ralph found this site, it helped me tremendously and the folks here are great and so supportive. Goldie rebounded fast too, sometimes it's hard to read the posts from people who have a harder time, I don't know why she was so lucky. I'm glad Ralph is doing so well and will try to check back more often with everyone. | |
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