Weight Gain Diet & Tips for Papillons 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!!

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

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