Weight Gain Diet & Tips for Papillons-Phalenes and other small Toy Dogs

If you have a dog recovering from
any kind of sickness, or whelping,
purred baby food, containing meat,
(comes in glass jars), is a good
source of food.
Keep these jars and “Nutri Cal”( is a
high –calorie dietary supplement
for dogs + puppies) handy at all
times. They are life savers!!

Small dogs have smaller stomachs and small appetites. You will need to make sure your dog gets the proper nutrition in
his small meals. Feed more often (3x per day or more) and provide high- calorie diet, with sufficient nutrition.
Small dogs need more calories to maintain their body heat: they produce less heat than big dogs, and radiate more of
their surface (skin).

Small dogs tend to be more pampered and some of them are less active than big dogs. Therefore they can be overfed
easily and hence; will gain too much weight.

There are plenty of Papillons and other small dogs, who are active, playful, and where food is not so interesting to them
than other things, hence their calorie output exceeds their intake.
You can feed your dog more often, and more of the “goodies”, but there comes the point, where you would create an
upset stomach in your dog, and with that, the dog having diarrhea, you may have achieved the opposite of the spectrum:
weight-loss, de-hydration, and possible hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).

Here are some ideas for a higher calorie, higher fat diet than regular dog food.
I would recommend following supplements to add to your good quality dog kibbles:

High fat hamburger meat
Oats
Molasses
Wheat germ
Eggs- the yolks carry all the fat!!
High fat cottage cheese
High fat Cream Cheese
All Natural Crunchy Peanut butter
Corn Oil, or any other vegetable oil, or olive oil

Of course, sprinkle these ingredients ever so lightly over your kibbles. Very small amounts, especially in the beginning,
then build up.

There are some dogs, who just don’
t want to eat, including treats, or
any other goodies.

Here are some things you can try
to tempt his taste buds:

Small amounts from chicken-, tuna-
, and sardine cans.
Eggs, slightly scrambled with extra
cream cheese, little veggie oil.
Chicken liver (cooked) sautéed in
butter
Just hard boiled eggs over their
kibbles
Whole wheat noodles with cheese
and minced beef, or hamburger

Weight Gain Diet & Tips for Papillons/Phalenes and other small Toy Dogs