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My high-energy dog is thin on grain-free food. What should I feed?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Female | unspayed | 1 year old | 59 lbs

Iam feeding my dog grain free dry food high energy cause she is very active but she is getting thiner not fatter what should i do feed her dry food with grain or what?? Note: she doesnt have any problem in her enzymes

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Answered By Dr. Dayna, DVM, CVA

Veterinarian, Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist

Published on December 30th, 2017

As long as she does not have any medical problem for the weight loss, then my favorite for very active high energy dogs has been Purina High Performance dog food. This is formulated for athletes. I have a very active standard poodle who finally gained some weight on this food. As with any diet change please do this slowly over a Week or more to decrease the likelihood of diarrhea. Best of luck and thank you for using Pet Coach.

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