Steve Snell’s Gundog Blog

It’s Sunday morning.  I got up about 5:30, and we were on the road around 6:30.  Headed over to hunt some more Kansas walk in ground.

There’s a fine line in dogs between the healthy weight of a bird dog and a little too thin.  I’ve been working on an article about feeding dogs and what you are supposed to do to maintain proper weight.  Most folks tend to let their dogs get fat in the off season.  I lower the amount of food that my dogs get in the off season since they are not as active and don’t burn as many calories in warmer weather.  I guess over the last month I have just let them deteriorate a little more than I should have and shame on me for that.

If I had to pick between fat and thin, I’ll take thin, but I’m not happy with this.

We are going to up their food in take a little more than normal.  That will be tricky on the road. If you drastically increase the amount of food over night, you will get some serious stomach issues.

If I do it gradually they should not have any issues.

We’ll also be adding a couple things.  There’s one or two supplements that I want to try out.  I generally don’t use a lot of supplements, vitamins, or anything along those lines.  Feeding the best dog food you can afford is the better way to go. There are a couple digestive aids that we’ve been looking at, and a new performance enhancer that I want to try out.  So it might be a good time to learn a little bit about that.

It is 50 degrees at 6:40.  Sunrise is about 7:15.  So not a giant rush.  We are going to take it kind of easy today, put in maybe a half day.

Then I have a six hour drive to add on top of this, so I don’t want to overdo it too much.  I’ve got to pick up a couple of puppies in South Dakota and then head north.  It should be a good day.