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| Poorly Labrador Buck gains weight thanks to high-chair feeds | Poorly Labrador Buck gains weight thanks to high-chair feeds |
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| A dog that weighed half of what he should do because of a health condition is improving thanks to a specialist feeding chair. | A dog that weighed half of what he should do because of a health condition is improving thanks to a specialist feeding chair. |
| Buck, an 18-month-old Labrador, has a condition called megaoesophagus which means he struggles to swallow food. | Buck, an 18-month-old Labrador, has a condition called megaoesophagus which means he struggles to swallow food. |
| He has put on about two kilograms since he started using the chair from mid-November, making him 19.6kg (43 lbs). | He has put on about two kilograms since he started using the chair from mid-November, making him 19.6kg (43 lbs). |
| After a Nottinghamshire charity appealed for help, a vet and a designer built a bespoke chair within days. | After a Nottinghamshire charity appealed for help, a vet and a designer built a bespoke chair within days. |
| Wendy Hopewell, founder of Team Edward Labrador Rescue, said even though Buck was still underweight, he was now "lively" and wanting to go for walks. | Wendy Hopewell, founder of Team Edward Labrador Rescue, said even though Buck was still underweight, he was now "lively" and wanting to go for walks. |
| She said: "Before he was very quiet and subdued. It is only a couple of kilos, but he is a totally totally different dog. | She said: "Before he was very quiet and subdued. It is only a couple of kilos, but he is a totally totally different dog. |
| "He is not [as] stable as we would like him yet." | |
| She said they ideally wanted him to weigh 28 to 30kg, but when he arrived he was 17kg and could not walk. | She said they ideally wanted him to weigh 28 to 30kg, but when he arrived he was 17kg and could not walk. |
| After he was diagnosed with megaoesophagus, Miss Hopewell read that he needed to eat upright to allow the food to drop down with gravity. | After he was diagnosed with megaoesophagus, Miss Hopewell read that he needed to eat upright to allow the food to drop down with gravity. |
| Following a plea on Facebook, Emma Drinkall, from Nottingham's Vet School, and partner Nick Rowan, a senior lecturer at De Montfort University in product design and engineering, came forward offering to make a chair. | Following a plea on Facebook, Emma Drinkall, from Nottingham's Vet School, and partner Nick Rowan, a senior lecturer at De Montfort University in product design and engineering, came forward offering to make a chair. |
| Miss Hopewell said Buck was living with a foster couple in Nottingham who had been hand feeding him in the chair, then keeping him there for 10 to 15 minutes afterwards while he digested the food. | Miss Hopewell said Buck was living with a foster couple in Nottingham who had been hand feeding him in the chair, then keeping him there for 10 to 15 minutes afterwards while he digested the food. |
| She said: "The chair seems to be helping a lot. He is fed in the chair two or three times per day. | She said: "The chair seems to be helping a lot. He is fed in the chair two or three times per day. |
| "It is only through determination he is where he is today." | "It is only through determination he is where he is today." |
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