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What else can i do to help him put weight on? I asked my vet if there could be a medical reason why he isn't putting weight on and she thinks it is unlikely. I've worked really hard with him and feel insulted and deflated. I'm so anxious to help him as much as i can, if anyone can help please do, it would be so much appreciated.
thanks for all your help an answers everyone, i'm going to let the people decide who should be voted the best.

He needs more fat in his diet, and perhaps some nutrients he is not getting in the homemmade food. It's easy to leave things out when cooking for an animal.

I would suggest that just for a while, you switch him over to puppy food- trade a few kibble of the new for the old every day, just three perhaps, until he is switched over completely. You don't want to upset his tummy. the puppy food will have more in it - higher fat and additional vitamins and minerals - that will help.

You can add a garnish of the other stuff, but for now, I would get him on puppy food almost completely, and let him put on some weight. Several small meals during the day will also help, rather than two big ones.

You should also try putting him on a fish oil capsule supplement - it will improve his skin, cell metabolism, and immune system. It will help him actually use the food you are feeding him.

Do not free feed this dog - he needs to eat, and for some reason some dogs just take it for granted if it's there all the time. That will also give you a way to keep track of what he is eating.

Don't be insulted about the home made diet not working for the moment - no doubt he needed easy to digest food in the beginning, and it isn't that you did a bad job, just that he needed a complex list of things that are quite honstly hard to keep up with. A healthy dog can do well on a straightforward diet, but think of the fact that the dog food manufacturers spend millions every year on prescri[tion diets and other formulae that are made specifically for different groups of dogs such as those with joint problems, puppies, and senior dogs - it's quite a complicated subject!

If you want to continue cooking for him when he gets back to a bettr weight, take a look at this website-
www.BalanceIt.com
The vet will need to prescribe the vitamins for you, but they also have a recipe tool that will help you balance the diet properly, with ingredients you select - and perhaps that will allow you to keep on caring for him as you did before.

It isn't that easy to make up a diet for a dog, especially a rescue - it's quite possible that just a tiny bit of a few ingredients, vitamins or minerals - were missing, and that's all it took to throw things off. It's also possible that his system adpted to bagged food, and the extra good quality stuff didn't have enough 'junk' in it - believe it or not, many dogs from meager beginnings actually do better on low quality food!

It;s also possible that the dog has an issue that has yet to be discovered - thryoid or adrenal glands - but I would try putting him on the puppy food for a while, with extras, and see if it makes a difference. It really should.

Good luck - this dog is a lucky guy. If he gains weight on the puppy food, maybe you should come here and cook for me so I lose weight instead- I'd be happy to offer him a fat transplant!

Thanks.
I am not an inexperienced pet owner. I have two other dogs currently. I'm aware of all the potential medical conditions.

I've been given conflicting answers about how big Shar Pei's get. Just checking.

There is such a thing as Miniature Shar Pei's.

Miniature Shar Peis have a shoulder height up to 43 cm (17 in) and weigh up to 17 kg (38 lbs). Like their larger brethren, they are known for their blue-black tongue and profusely wrinkled head, neck, and shoulders. They have large heads with small, highly set ears, and thick tails which curl over the back. Miniature Shar Peis have large, wide muzzles, and small, sunken eyes. Puppies have wrinkles all over their bodies.

Total matter of opinion—my Mom had a Shar-Pei and it wasnt a medical nightmare. She was, I believe, about 40 pounds and stood about knee-high to an adult. The previous poster is correct, however, about the skin problems. My Mom's dog turned out to be allergic to soy products so, once she found a food that didnt contain soy, the problem was solved. But, there was not an aggressive bone in her body. Shar-Pei's were originally bred to fight (hense the skin wrinkles, to make it hard for the opponent to do serious deep damage, and the small ears) but that notion was abandoned when it was found that the dogs just didnt have the temperment needed to fight. Shar-Pei's are very prone to that condition that causes the eyelashes to turn inwards and irritate the eye, requiring surgery but other than that (and the skin allergies) they dont have any more or less breed-specific problems than any others.

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