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My 1-year-old Golden Retriever is underweight. What can I do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Golden Retriever | Female | unspayed | 11 months and 26 days old | 43 lbs

Hello I have a 1 year old golden retriever. She is underweight. What can I do?

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on April 11th, 2018

She does look a little underweight, first of all i would recommend taking her to the vet for a checkup, there might be a medical reason for her being undeweight and this must be ruled out first thing. if she is cleared by the vet, you should switch her food to a high quality grain free diet such as Orijen, Evolve or Taste of the wild, you can feed her 3 times a day until she starts gaining weight.

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