Looking for a recipe for emaciated dog

Here are a couple threads to check out for this...
[linkhttp://www.seefido.com/dog-discussion-forum/viewtopic.php?p=10889]http://www.seefido.com/dog-discussion-forum/viewtopic.php?p=10889[/link]
[linkhttp://www.kerryblues.info/index.html?http%3A//www.kerryblues.info/HEALTH/FATTEN.HTML]http://www.kerryblues.info/index.html?http%3A//www.kerryblues.info/HEALTH/FATTEN.HTML[/link]
Hope this helps! 

Thanks for the sites. At this point I think the ingredients are too much for her too fast. Right now I am feeding her four small meals a day because she is so emaciated, and has the runs ta boot! Oh joy.
I will keep her on a bland diet then try the suggested recipe you so kindly posted for me. Thanks so much.
Angel.
She is on the thread, dogs looking for homes which was posted months ago. She came back to me in this condition. Not sure why she lost all this weight. The only thing I suspect is they kept her penned up all the time and she got distraught.  I don't know??

Has anyone had this experience with a foster dog adopted to a family and returned in this condition?

We have fostered a couple times and yes, they do get "emotionally attached" to their foster parents at times and end up despondent. Usually they end up snapping back once their worlds have settled some.  Have you had her checked by the vet yet?  I'll send some prayers your way.  Sounds like you caught this before it started spiralling down.  Take care and if there is anything we can do, let us know.  Hope you get an answer to your question about whether anyone else has experienced this specific thing. 

I do a lot of rescue's and fostering. This is the very first dog I rescued then fostered until her new owners came to get her that reverted back like this. Just blows my mind. Yes, I took her in yesterday to have her checked out. Other than being extremely emaciated, she checked out ok. With getting her weight back on her and hopefully it stays on her, or we will check to see if it a digestive problem from there. One step at a time I guess.
I honestly broke down a cried when I saw her for the first time. Breaks your heart. The issue I have with the adoptive parents is they never called to say she was loosing weight or had a problem with her. If I had not driven by to see the condition she was in, I would have never known. I pulled her from their yard and had them sign her back over to me. I cried all the way home with her laying her head on the top of my shoulder.
Last night was exhausting, with getting up and taking her out every so often because of the runs, but she sure slept well, almost a sigh of relief from her, as if to say,  I'm safe now...  I'm still crying... I honestly cannot look at her without breaking down. She went from almost 70 lbs to just under 40lbs. I think she is the last dog on my dogster listed, Ella is her name. Think I will change that too.
I am monitoring her closely because she is so emaciated, and drinks a heck of a lot of water. I don't exactly know if it is because she didn't have fresh water offered to her all the time or if she is just a little bit dehydrated. It was hard to tell at the vets office because her scruff is so loose from her neck from loosing so much weight. She didn't have the runs yesterday just started with it today.
All I can do is love her more, feed her little by little until she has the strength then I will try that recipe you posted.
I'll watch her closely. Just kills me. Thanks for putting in your thoughts here. That does help and she will need prayers to get healthy again. Not so sure I will adopt her out again. I don't know. We'll see what happens and what I find out from the previous adoptors.

OH it just literally rips my heart out when I see how "inhumane" people can get towards these devoted animals.  []All I can say is there is a special place in a VERY WARM place down there for people like that.  What exactly did they do to her?  I mean did they say?  Prayers, puppy hugs and SO VERY MUCH love coming her way!  This is heartwrenching but thankfully, you hopefully, caught this in time.  So many selfless good angels out there to help such innocent beings as these. 

I have not called them or spoken to them since I brought Ella home with me. I have taken pictures of her in their yard, at home and at the vet's office. Once she is on the even keel, I'll investigate them further and if it warants charges being filed or taking them to court since they did sign an adoption contract with me in August over this, then I'll follow through.
Yes, it DOES break your heart. I don't understand this one bit because in my clause it says, "If you or the care taker of this adopted pet (breed) name, age and sex, ID number, for what ever reason, it is the adoptors responsiblity to transport the pet back to One Tail At A Time Rescue, and my name, address etc... with NO QUESTIONS ASKED" They failed to do that. I don't know what they've done to her, or why... Just know they almost destroyed a once gorgeous healthy happy go lucky dog and hurt me deeply.
I had a background check done on them, talked to their vet and references. All checked out great. I even did a home inspection and did visit them three weeks after they got her from me. Everything was fine then.
I don't know what possessed me to check on her yesterday, just thought I would to see if I could see her or see what her progress was. I do that often to my adoptive fosters. This is the very first time I actually lost my cool and climbed over their fence to get to her, and remove an animal in someones care like this.
I had one foster returned because they no longer wanted the dog. That was fine. But this.... I am still in shock...
I know you are not supposed to bathe a sick dog, but she was covered in mud, flea's and stunk to high heaven. I did blow dry her and kept her warm in towels I heated up in the dryer until she was completely dry.
I also hope no damage was done to her internally. Only time will tell I guess. Like I need more to add to my already difficult plate of up's and down's...

Well, rest assured, if I had seen that happening to one of my fosters, I would have scaled that fencing too.  Did they put up any resistence to you taking Ella?  I'm just curious because if you checked everything you, on your end, could and YET this happened, what more could you have possibly done?  Nothing in my view.  You did everything right that I can think of.  I chock it up to the Good Lord watching out for little Ella.  She is in the right hands now.  Poor baby and poor you!  Just take one thing at a time and don't let it overwhelm you.  Our prayers are with you!

I don't really know what else I could have done. I was just so shocked at her condition. They didn't really say anything, no explanation, they did start to say something until I said you signed a contract with me and it is in there that YOU gave me permission to take this dog if I deemed it in dispare, emaciated or ill kept. That is one reason I went straight to my vet's office with her. He seems to think it is poor nutrition and lack there of. But we'll see if there is a medical condition if she does not retain the weight gain and take it from there.
I think I uploaded the right picture of her here a before picture. Now take a look at the after picture. I'm having trouble trying to download this. I'll keep trying.

What is she in?  It is hard to tell what state she is in in this pix.  She DOES appear thin though for sure.  I believe you did the right thing.  It is all you could do.  Thank heavens you were there and you can thank heaven for whatever instinct guided you to that place on that day.  She is too large a boned dog to be 40lbs.  You will take care of her, I am sure. 

OK my file is too large so I will reconfigure it and post her after shot. The picture above was back in July when I pulled her from the pound. She was a little under weight then but not by much. She totally looks like a complete different dog in her after picture. She almost looks like she has aged 10 yrs. As soon as I can get the picture uploaded correctly you will see what I mean about being way under weight. She is in a kennel box in the above picture. Not a pretty sight but safe from the death pound none the less.

I think I have the right picture of her after shot now. I hope. sorry about the toes and the huge picture. Anyway you get the idea of just how skinny she has become.

OMG OH THAT IS DREADFUL!!! I want to burst into tears seeing this and seeing the before.  [X(] How happy she was there and now... OMG.  Thank goodness you were there to save her.  WHAT WERE THESE PEOPLE THINKING? 
 
 

I wasn't sure it was her when I first rolled up. You can imagine the shock and horror on my face. When I called her name she looked at me with such sad eyes and swaggered her way over to me very slowly. When I was sure it was her, I scaled the fence and got her out and into my SUV all the while in tears. I cried all the way home with her head on my right shoulder. Now you understand when I say it is really hard for me to look at her without breaking down and crying. Poor girl doesn't understand why I am so sad and angry at these people.
I still have not heard a word from them, nore have they returned my call either. I wanted to advise them what the vet said about her condition. But they wont call. I'm sure of it. I have a good mind to send them the vet bill. But that wouldn't fly in my clause either. I talked to my attorney this afternoon she seems to think I have a good case against them and can file at the states attorney's office for cruelty and negligence to include violating the written contract. As soon as all other possible health reason's are ruled out, I may just do that.
It's discouraging to me that if an applicant applies and passes with flying colors there is still a chance for abuse and neglect. I don't know how else to go about this adoption thing, cause now I'm scared to release my fosters to anyone.
What would you suggest? Any ideas??

I apologize.  I sign in here at work and so I don't get the chance to get to this website from home so... . but I'm back. 
 
I was crying when I read Ella's story.  My heart hurt SO badly for her and for you.  The pain you are experiencing for her has got to be so very deep!  []
 
If you think there is any type of case and plausible clause here, you really may wish to pursue this as your attorney advises.  The reason I suggest this (and since I am only seeing the issues here not feeling them as deeply as you) is that this may hopefully prevent them from adopting yet another animal and inflicting more abuse upon another hapless sweet soul.  It is easy for me to spend someone else's $$$ but truly consider some way of preventing them from ever having another animal in their care.  Since there was no way to prevent this in my view, there has to be a way to prevent it from ever happening to another animal again, if only by these people.
 
Honestly, I do not know of a single thing more you could have done to prevent this.  Truly, you did everything I would have done as well.  Does anyone else have any suggestions as to how this could have possibly been prevented in anyway? 
 
How is Ella today and how are you?