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Is our little girl too skinny?

11K views 16 replies 12 participants last post by  Marzi  
She sounds well - fit, active and eating well. With a toy poodle dad you would expect her to be a smaller poo, but as you say there does seem to be quite a variation in how big they end up and she may favour her mum. Time will tell.
Kiki's afternoon poop often was a bit soft, but I always put that down to the fact that she was also totally mad in the afternoons and obviously didn't give her belly quiet digestion time.
If you are worried pop her into the vets and ask the nurse to weigh her prior to worming her next week - that way you can be sure of giving her the right dose of wormer and they will be able to reassure you that she is beautiful, fit and lovely!
 
I think Kiki is thin - but the vet assures me that she is 'a lovely size'.
She said make a fist with one hand. Rub fingers of the other hand across the back of the hand of the clenched fist - if that is what your dog's ribs feel like he is too fat. Rub fingers across knuckles - if that is what your dog's ribs feels like then he is too thin. Rub fingers acrss the clenched fingers - that is what your dogs ribs should feel like when you rub along the side of your dog.
Don't know if that helps, but that was what she said...