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Hi Nathan,
the weight you give seems to indicate a substantial Malinois male for 10months.
Are you worried the dog is not healthy/active?
My Malinois female out eats my Rottweiler and is still lean as. I wish I had her constitution!
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Last edited by Craig Murray; 01-09-2011 at 05:56 PM.
Originally Posted by Nathan Cram
I have a ten month old female Mali and she's 21kg so if your lad is 25kg and he's a big dog I'd say he's OK. Malinois are a lean dog Nathan. I also have an adult male and although not a big dog he's all muscle and weighs in at 25/27kg, so your pup is about right IMO.
yup Brad, when my Mali was a baby I threw her a whole pigs head for a couple of days. She just sat on it and munched her way through everything (in winter of course) A few people say pork is bad for dogs but I dont see why, I dont feed it that often. They also got venison legs last week when a deer at work broke its leg and had to be shot ... plus I got some too. I have the luxury of ferreting out fresh wild rabbits from clean areas and the dogs love eating them whole (I gut them first but leave in clean organs), really good for cleaning out the dogs insides as well. On a side not small children may have a slight problem watching a dog walk about with bunny ears poking out of the side of its mouth.
Dry food is a start, but unless a dog has serious problems I dont see why it shouldnt be receiving fresh meaty bones and animal bits. Everyone has strong, clean white teeth here too plus great jaw strength from all that crunching and tearing. Quite disconcerting to watch a dog munch through deer ribs like they're butter though :P
As for owners not wanting to feed out raw stuffs - they bought a dog. Big ripping, tearing teeth and a predator. If it's in the dogs best interest they just need to suck it up (and be prepared to occasionally find pig teeth hidden in the couch cushions)
yup my Mali out does my 60kg Dogue de Bordeaux at times, especially when on dry food. I find fresh meat and fats keep better condition on her then dry food only.My Malinois female out eats my Rottweiler and is still lean as.
Last edited by Julie Kopunovich; 09-02-2010 at 09:45 AM.
The Malinois and Douge must make an odd couple.
Have never feed commercial dry food, always raw meat with Veg, rice, some grains and bones.
Works well for my MAL female she's 62cm and 28KG at 2yrs.
You have already got all the advice you need here, just keep doing what you are...Doesn't sound like diet needs changed IMO
My GSD WL male right on 6 months was 26kg with the impression that GSD's are generally heavier than a Mal, I would think yours is quite a substantial Mal Nathan???.
yeah he is a big... boy wasnt expexting him to be as large as he is and he also has a very wide head not as big as his fathers but larger than the norm
he is from a repeat mating and the last couple of litter has produce at least 1 very big large in each litter
Regards
Nathan
"Cave Canem"
The larger male Mals I have seen appear a bit taller than a GSD but a bit leaner. I just measured and weighed my WL GSD at 6.5 months, he's 61cm's and 27.5kg. He looks small next to my 68cm 40kg showline male lol!!!. I would expect my GSD to be around 32kg at 10 months. Your Mal I think will definitely be a big boy???. We feed the pup 2 meals per day, Royal Canin GSD Junior with plain yoghurt in the morning and a mince, rice and veges home preparation in the evening and seems to be doing well on it from all aspects.
Darryl
Last edited by Darryl Abbott; 09-05-2010 at 06:54 PM.
Hey Nath,
I've found that the Vets All Natural Complete Mix (when added to raw meet) at the prescribed quantities on the bag stacks on the weight for some unknown reason.... My male Dobe has had his quantities significantly reduced (genetically he must be designed to be a fat-boy) whilst my girl is getting slightly increasing quantities in an effort to put some weight on her. That said, her muscle tone is nice, her energy levels are up in the stratosphere, her stools look healthy and maybe that is just how she is... maybe your Mal is same. I don't know a thing about Mals', though, so just my 2 cents worth.
I like Eagle Pack Hollistic dry... if you really want to feed kibble
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