Diesel as found	Diesel being examined	Diesel washed and clipped

Diesel, a Newfoundland dog was found abandoned in Suffolk with three of his siblings in an extremely poor state.  Diesel was covered in faeces indicating that the poor dog had been kept in such a restricted area that he couldn’t move freely.  The faeces were dried and hardened to such an extent that the dog had to be shaved to remove them on arrival at Pampered Pets of Hacheston, a local animal rescue centre.

Diesel was assessed as being around 9-10 months old and weighed a mere 34 kilos.  His condition on examination was found to be extremely poor, both physically and physiologically.

Ron and Margaret Parker who had recently lost their mastiff, adopted Diesel into a wonderful, loving and caring home.  At the age of 70, Ron and Margaret have put their efforts in rescuing this poor wretch of a dog, showing with care, love and a good diet, Diesel’s life could be saved and enhanced to the degree that today Diesel is a buoyant, healthy, muscular, shiny coated wonder of the Newfoundland breed.

After some weeks Diesel felt physiologically confident enough to bark and play within his role as an active member of the family as opposed to a quivering wreck.

From his rescue date of May 2007, Diesel was under the watchful eye of Lesley at Orwell Vets, Ipswich and later that year was given the all clear, weighing in at 50 kilo and with a height of 28” having gained approximately 2.6kg per month.  His muscle gain has been exceptional with steady and regular increases in weight of muscle.

Diesel’s diet has gone from scavenging food in the wild to a healthy, professionally formulated nutritional diet, where clearly all Diesel’s nutritional requirements for stabilisation and positive balanced growth from poor condition to present day have been successfully achieved by the use of Salters Energy food. Now this has been accomplished he is fed on Salters Maintenance to maintain the right nutritional balance for his life stage.

Diesel now

 

UPDATE!!!

Diesel now weighs in at a mighty 54kg and is “solid muscle” achieved with the owners help Mr & Mrs Parker and Lesley at Orwell Vets Ipswich.  He was fed solely on Salters Energy turning high quality nutrients into solid muscle at approximately 2.6 kg per month. He is now maintaining growth in adulthood with Salters Canine Maintenance.