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My athletic dog is skinny. How can he gain healthy weight safely?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Bull Terrier | Male | unneutered | 1 year and 6 months old

Hi, how can we help uno to gain some more weight like 2-3 kg's at least ? He is so athletic and running a lot but kinda looks skinny , thanks !

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on March 6th, 2017

You can speak to your vet about increasing Uno's daily food allowance, or look into a food for high energy and active dogs. I suggest speaking to your vet about it first because you don't want to give him too much food and cause him to gain too much weight :-)

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