Would you consider your pet overweight?

[JenBKR]

What if they had a medical problem that made them that way?

Exactly, and that can be kind of difficult to control at times - most animals are not actually at a perfect weight, and neither are humans.

[k9krazee]

I can kinda-sorta agree with Cali,severely overweight dogs is a huge pet peeve of mine. If there is absolutely no medical reason for the dog to be obese than it really shouldn't...IMO...

My Shadow is overweight, a bit, but she is not obese. She could stand to lose a few pounds, and keeping all that weight on her is not healthy for her joints or general health at all. BUT another peeve of mine is dogs that are too skinny....like my Kyra. She does not eat well or consitantly and I absolutely hate it but there isn't much we can do. And Micki, he has arthritis really bad and has bad elbows, if there is very much extra weight on him it would make him even more uncomfortable so I have been trying to slim him down a bit. Jack is perfect to me, you can just feel his ribs if you take your hands down his sides but his backbone or any other bones aren't protruding or anything.