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My healthy Yorkie puppy is skinny. How can I help her gain weight?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Yorkshire Terrier | Female | spayed | 8 months and 2 days old

My Yorkie is on Fromm puppy food and she's perfectly healthy and energetic to me, but she's skinny.. how can I get her to gain more weight? She's about 3 lbs.

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on April 5th, 2017

I would make sure you are feeding Mila according to the package instructions on the dog food bag, and also make sure she is up to date on her deworming treatments as intestinal worms can causing her to be skinny. I would also have her seen by your vet for them to determine if she is too skinny, and the vet can recommend additional things to help her gain weight.

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