Rottie
08-06-2001, 06:39 PM
First of all, we monitor Carl's weight very closely. If he starts to get fat at all, we cut back on his food, and if he's getting skinny we give him a little more. If we let him eat as much as he wants, he could easily be 160 pounds, instead of a nice steady 90. :D
Okay, so Saturday we went to a Rottweiler picnic hosted by http://www.rottweiler.net It was really fun, seeing a whole bunch of other Rotts, and meeting people from the board, you know - attaching a face to a name. :D
I could not believe how fat some of these dogs were! There were probably about 20 Rotts there. I'd say 1/3 of them were over weight. There was one who looked like a tootsie roll with legs, I'm not kidding! :eek: He was probably just as tall as Carl, if not shorter, and he weighed at least 160/170 pounds!!!!
This dog was absolutly huge!!!!! It was so sad though, watching him struggling to stand up. Obviously, this lady loves her dog, otherwise she would not have been there. But overfeeding it, overfeeding it by 50 some pounds, is not what I call love. Don't people understand that an obese dog is prone to many more health problems that a fit one. :mad: :confused:
I could see if the dog had some health problem that made him gain weight. But this was obviously not the problem as her 3 other Rotts were just the same. She just overfeeds them. :(
Sorry to vent, I just really, really hate seeing a fat dog. A little exta fat is okay, but when you can't feel the ribs, even when you dig your hand down there, is just unacceptable.
Okay, so Saturday we went to a Rottweiler picnic hosted by http://www.rottweiler.net It was really fun, seeing a whole bunch of other Rotts, and meeting people from the board, you know - attaching a face to a name. :D
I could not believe how fat some of these dogs were! There were probably about 20 Rotts there. I'd say 1/3 of them were over weight. There was one who looked like a tootsie roll with legs, I'm not kidding! :eek: He was probably just as tall as Carl, if not shorter, and he weighed at least 160/170 pounds!!!!
This dog was absolutly huge!!!!! It was so sad though, watching him struggling to stand up. Obviously, this lady loves her dog, otherwise she would not have been there. But overfeeding it, overfeeding it by 50 some pounds, is not what I call love. Don't people understand that an obese dog is prone to many more health problems that a fit one. :mad: :confused:
I could see if the dog had some health problem that made him gain weight. But this was obviously not the problem as her 3 other Rotts were just the same. She just overfeeds them. :(
Sorry to vent, I just really, really hate seeing a fat dog. A little exta fat is okay, but when you can't feel the ribs, even when you dig your hand down there, is just unacceptable.