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And if I told you before that be careful if your dog is fat, it could also be that something is wrong if he is thin. That's me always putting in the finishing touches. Hello, I'm Carlos, a clinical veterinarian at Small Animals. Welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. As I always say, veterinarians seem to be obsessed with your dog's figure. And every time you come to the office, the first thing we do is weigh him and tell you, be careful, he's very fat, and tell you off. But that doesn't mean that we want your dog to be like a stick, completely anorexic, because being thin is not always good, especially if it's too thin. Because if your dog is thin, it could be that he's hiding an illness that's making him lose weight, or it could be that you're not doing things very well with him when it comes to feeding him, and that's what's making him thin. Both are very important to learn, to identify. Because we can do things to improve your dog's quality of life, or if it seems like an illness, try to cure it. But how do you know if your dog is really thin? Dramatic pause to know if your dog is thin, regardless of its size, breed, normal weight, or even age, what you have to do, as I always tell you, is look and feel. If you see that your dog's ribs are very prominent, the muscles in its body seem wasted, or you even see that its spine is very prominent, you can see these little bumps on its. Its back. That is undoubtedly a sign that your dog is thin. And if on top of that, when you pet it, you notice that its bones are very prominent, it is because your dog really needs to gain a few pounds. But I don't understand. We made a video recently where you said that if your dog didn't notice this, it was too fat, because you have to find a middle ground. The important thing in these cases is not that your dog's ribs are completely invisible, but that you can feel them and distinguish them when you touch them, but that when you look at them from the outside and they don't look too marked, that is, that they're not too prominent, because if you can see them, that means there's too much flesh missing. I have the feeling that a bit of a mache is needed here, right? No, it's very simple. I'm telling you. Okay, now you know if your dog is too thin or not. And now comes the most important part. Why? Of course. That's why you're here to watch this video and for me to explain why. There are basically two types of possibilities. The first is that your dog doesn't want to eat at all, and that's why he's losing weight. Often our dogs who are very smart get used to eating things they shouldn't. Why? Because there's someone at home who gives them to them. Obviously, your dog's godmother isn't going to come and offer you a succulent sirloin steak. Instead, when you're cooking something on the stove, you throw a little bit of it at him, which is very tasty. And your dog would rather wait until it falls on him than eat his own food. Your dog is very clever and manipulates you. It's like he's your child. If your child doesn't eat the chard, he'll have it for lunch the next day, and if not, for dinner until he finally eats it. But if you're not capable of doing that with your dog, and when you see that he doesn't want to eat from his plate, you immediately offer him something more succulent. He'll quickly learn that this is a strategy to stop eating those balls that are a little drier and that perhaps don't taste as good and to wait until something falls from your hand. And on top of that, you're paying him a lot of attention. So if you want to prevent your dog from learning these behaviors, what you have to do is not do it at all. It doesn't make sense to me. Carlos, in another video, you recently told us that if you do that to your dog, you. What you're going to do is make him gain weight, not lose weight. If you do that to your dog, what you're going to do is make him gain weight if he keeps eating his kibble afterwards. But if it happens, for example, like with many chihuahuas who get used to eating that delicious food, and when you put the kibble in front of them, they close their beaks and don't want to eat anything at all. It could be that he goes a long time without eating his kibble and that in the end he's malnourished. But I think they'll do something when they see that their dog isn't eating right. Sure, giving them their own food again. And in the end, what you're doing is perpetuating your dog's poor nutrition because they're only getting cold cuts and things like that. Very soft and very tasty. And the kibble, which is what has all the ingredients Your dog needs to be well nourished and in good condition is left there. But I think that the owners should be aware of that, right? Sure. And they tell you, no, my dog doesn't eat kibble. Your dog doesn't eat kibble? Why if they used to eat it? Well, because one day they had a bit of an upset stomach and I started giving them soft food. If you only give them soft food, it in the end your dog could gain weight. But if you're not giving them anything and you're only giving them what you drop from your hands, then your dog might just wait until dinner time to see what falls on the counter. Another possibility closely related to this is that the food you are giving your dog is not complete. What do I mean by this? Very, very cheap brand name feeds usually include low quality foods. And these ingredients do not ultimately nourish your dog as he needs. That is why I always tell you to pay close attention to the feed label. I have a suggestion for you. If you see that your dog is leaving his bowl without eating, without touching anything at all, and you do not see anything else that makes you suspect that he is sick, you can try changing his feed. If you want, you can ask your vet to compare the composition of the current feed with a better composition and try to use that feed to stimulate his appetite a little more and help your dog gain a little weight. Yes, you, you are talking about nutrition. But cheap feeds actually make you gain more weight because they contain more crap, but they actually feed you less. But that would not necessarily make you lose weight. Sure, but I mean your dog doesn't like that food at all and doesn't want to eat it and always leaves lumps behind. Or it simply isn't nourishing him properly. It could be that in the end what it does is make him lose weight because he's consuming, for example, muscle tissue. Although he might put on a little more fat later. No, I don't understand. I mean, when you eat junk food you gain weight. Sure, but there are many times when dogs come and close their mouths and don't want to eat. And in the end your dog eats less because he doesn't like it. Yes, but then maybe it won't depend on the quality. It will simply depend on what the dog likes the most. It will depend on what he finds tastier. But man, since you're changing, try to change to a higher quality one or else let him eat it. Well, do whatever you want. But if you want to give it to him with full knowledge of the facts. I recommend that you watch my videos first. He ask for them from the diet various. Okay, I recommend that you watch my videos first. My bar diet videos. Oh yes, okay. I recommend that you watch my bar diet videos first. Look, I'll leave it here for you. Another thing, Jo. Bar. Look, I'll leave it here for you. But it's not all that simple. Otherwise we wouldn't be working in veterinary medicine because everything could be fixed with a simple recipe. It could be that your dog doesn't want to eat its kibble because it's also sick. There are diseases such as kidney problems that can reduce your dog's appetite. The kidneys are the organs that are responsible for removing all the toxins from the body. Where do these toxins come from? Well, directly from the metabolism of food, the body, which is very wise. What it does is that if the kidneys don't work well and are not able to expel all these substances from your dog's body, it reduces its appetite so that it doesn't continue to poison itself by eating. Many times we will suspect kidney problems when we see very, very thin dogs that have started to urinate more, drink more, or that also have some episodes of vomiting. Another thing you have to look at if your dog is leaving balls of feed in its bowl is its mouth, because sometimes its teeth are in quite bad shape. Most dogs have a so called periodontal disease which is a disease inside their mouth and that makes chewing hard balls of feed hurt their teeth. And that is why they do not want to eat and prefer to eat softer things. And there is no disease that despite eating normally, still does not lose weight. That is the second point. The second consideration that we have in this video is that you see that your dog eats normally and is still losing weight. If you remember I told you there were two points. Well, I forgot. Well, this part is also very frustrating for you because you see that your dog is eating and finishing his bowl of food and even asks you for more, but he still doesn't gain weight. What's happening? Are you doing something wrong or is something wrong inside your dog's body? Well, look, it could be something from both sides, because if you, for example, give your dog enough food, but your dog exercises a lot, what could be happening is that your dog is burning many more calories than he is consuming. It could be that you are perfectly following the dosage chart that comes with his bag of food and you say no, he should eat 100 grams for his weight, but he is using up energy for 200 grams. And then your dog starts to consume his own muscles and his own flesh. It's what happens to us a bit when we want to lose those extra pounds and we go to the gym. And in the meantime we practice the closed beak diet. To resolve this issue, I recommend that you examine your conscience and determine if your dog is exercising too much, if you are too demanding with him when he plays in the park, if you throw the ball at him a lot, or if you let him out in the dog park and he spends the whole afternoon running after other dogs. They pee. A dog park is where dogs go to pee. Very technical vocabulary. They pee. I think you get the idea. Okay, if you have realized that this is the problem, what you need to do is increase the amount of food you are giving him. Maybe not in the same feeding. Maybe what you need to do is include one more feeding per day. If you want, and you are only giving him two feedings per day, you can include a third feeding at midday. And in this way you will help your dog eat more food and therefore lose less weight. But if that were the only reason your dog was losing weight or not gaining weight, then we would have finished the video. But that's what I'm here for. I'm a veterinarian and I always have to talk to you about some disease. There are diseases that cause your dog to eat normally and still lose weight. Let me see what order you had them in. Cheat sheet. For example, a very common one in the area where we are in Spain or also in South America, is leishmaniasis. Leishmaniasis, as you know, is a disease caused by a parasite that is in your dog's blood and is transmitted by mosquitoes. Many of these dogs eat normally and are still losing weight. In addition, we can suspect it if we see that the coat looks quite poor, or we also see that it has some wounds that do not heal, or some of the lymph nodes in its body are inflamed. Yes, I have already told you about these diseases in another video and I will leave it here this time. And there is also another reason why your dog may be losing weight. It is intestinal parasites. Intestinal parasites live in your dog's intestines and what they feed on is what your dog eats. So you don't have to be very smart to know that your dog may be eating normally. But if half of what he eats is not being eaten by him, but by the worms that live in his intestines, that is absolutely no use. To him. You may notice that your dog is a little chubby because of his swollen belly, but you can tell that he lacks meat in the rest of his body, in his ribs, in his hips. I insist that you need to study a degree just to know if your dog is healthy. And it is more difficult to keep a dog than your child. Now you have reached my point. That is why I studied veterinary medicine, because you need to know a lot to know if your dog is healthy. But anyway, with the advice I give you, at least I can guide you a little so that you know when you have to act and take your dog to the vet. Another very, very important reason I want to talk to you about, which could be why your dog is losing weight even though they are eating the same amount or even more, is diabetes. Diabetes is a disease that prevents your dog's body from using the sugar they eat. Sugar doesn't just come from the sugar you add to their morning coffee. It also comes from other food sources that your pet eats, such as cereals or even tubers like potatoes, which are used in their feed. And it's very important for the body's functions to function properly. In a diabetic animal, what happens is that they eat enough or even more, because diabetes stimulates the appetite and makes your dog always hungry. But their cells aren't able to use the food and energy they are receiving, and they end up wasting themselves and your dog, therefore losing weight. You might also suspect that your dog has diabetes because you've started to notice that they're drinking and urinating much more than before. That can't be anything else that you've already mentioned. Yes, the kidney, but that's how it is. We can't have a different sign for every disease. How difficult you make it, how difficult life is. By the way, Jose, I think we're going to have to start putting a disclaimer on our videos to say that they're not for hypochondriacs. Yes, because I'm starting to think that I have all the diseases that dogs have.

Well, no, don't worry, I won't. Have you noticed how many different things can cause your dog to lose weight or not gain weight? Have you ever stopped to think that it could be because of so many different things? Or did you just think it was because of the food? What I want with the video is not for you to end up identifying and diagnosing what's wrong with your dog, because that's impossible. As you're realizing, there can be many very different Diseases that show up in a similar way. But if you are realizing that something is not working properly in your dog, that he is losing weight, that he is urinating more, that is that he vomits from time to time, or that he has diarrhea, do not let it go, because it may be something that needs to be caught in time. That is why it is very important that with the videos that I give you, which are simple overviews, you are awakened a little bit of that curiosity to be more aware of what is happening to your dog and take him to the vet if something does not seem right.

What does not seem right to me is that we started the video where it seemed like we were in Siberia and suddenly spring has returned. Spring.

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