Would you consider your pet overweight?

[G.P.girl]

gosh Cali if you feel that way about pets, how do you feel about overweight people then?

i think peopl are a bit different from dogs in that regard; because you would have to conciously feed a dog (or not put him/her on a diet) in order for him to be obese. a.k.a. the dog can't really do anything about it, and its obviously not realistic to expect a dog to refuse food in order to lose wieght. so i guess what i'm saying is that severely overwieght animals (excluding ones with health issues where it cant be prevented) are the result of irresponisble owners. my friend has a golden retriever who is morbidly obese, but still they continue to feed him steaks adn scraps from teh table adn just think its funny that hes that fat.

[CagneyDog]

i think peopl are a bit different from dogs in that regard; because you would have to conciously feed a dog (or not put him/her on a diet) in order for him to be obese. a.k.a. the dog can't really do anything about it, and its obviously not realistic to expect a dog to refuse food in order to lose wieght. so i guess what i'm saying is that severely overwieght animals (excluding ones with health issues where it cant be prevented) are the result of irresponisble owners. my friend has a golden retriever who is morbidly obese, but still they continue to feed him steaks adn scraps from teh table adn just think its funny that hes that fat.

Cagney is overweight, I am most certainly NOT a irresponsible Pet parent, so that's not true at all. It isn't always just a simple, you feed too much your dog gets obese. Cagney is older, he doesn't like too much activity. Sometimes he will randomley stop eating so he needs to get table scraps. He's getting the same amount of food as he did when he was young, he just doesn't want to exercise much now. We can't cut down on his food because as it is he hardly eats any of it. And as carole said, they all come in different shapes and sizes.

[G.P.girl]

There's a difference between an overweight pet and an obese pet. and like i said before, i was only talking about pets that didnt have any kind of health problem that would affect thier weight (getting older, artheritis, cant move well, and other more serious problems)

[cali]

overwieght pets just drive me nuts, when it comes to animals I am a HUGE fitness freak, probably because I am invloved in so many dog sports, I am completly obbessive about keeping my pets trim, I honestly check every single day and if they are even an ounce overweight they are on a diet, and I make no exeptions to other peoples pets that enter my house, and I aint quiet about it when I see fat dogs in RL, I am always checking my friends pets too and raise a stink if they get overweight lol

[Jessika]

Wlel how do you know just by meeting random dogs in Real Life whether their obesity has to do with overeating or if they have a medical problem? Otherwise its pretty rude to say something if you don't know the reason WHY they are overweight to begin with.

[CagneyDog]

I am completly obbessive about keeping my pets trim, I honestly check every single day and if they are even an ounce overweight they are on a diet

That's a bit odd.

If you see a overweight pet in RL how do you know if it doesn't have a health promblem? Going on a diet because they are an ounce overweight isn't very healthy.

gosh Cali if you feel that way about pets, how do you feel about overweight people then?

That's what I'm wondering

First of all, it's rude for you to sa that you wouldn't let a "fat" dog to set foot in your house but to go around in RL lecturing people about their obese dogs is awful! If someone did that to me about Cagney I'd be really upset!

[G.P.girl]

Like i said before, Batman is is actually underweight, right now (he's just got over major illness/surgery) bu the's getting back on track to his right weight. I like dogs alittle bit chubby, well not chubby, more like sturdy and muscular rather than skinny

[cali]

oh no if it is caused by a health problem I fully understand! but again I come from a sport dog background and I am very competive, I dont do it strictly for fun, I want to WIN, its just one of the things I am obbessive about, my dogs are not underweight, they are kept in sporting condition, I am slightly more leniant for dogs that are strictly pets, but I am obbessive about keeping dogs trim and muscular, I take my girls out to the bike path regularly and use the circles in the path to condition them, I ride super fast around the rings and have the girls run along side me(they are not leashed for this lol) they love it, it builds muscle, it tires them out, and it makes them faster. when my friends dogs stay with me or I am dog sitting them I give them a more apporiate amount of food, and walk them 3 times a day, plus take them for runs. I do nothing unhealthy the amount of food they receive is in direct relation to how much exersize they recieve. I would never ever feed a dog the same amount no mater how much exersize they get, that is exactly why so many dogs are overweight, you have to adjust it, not or how much exersize they are going to get but for much much they already had, if a dog did not get much much exerise you dont feed them as much as you would after a 4 hour run, that is how you keep weight in check. I dont lecture anyone about their dogs weight till I know more about them and their dogs, I lecture when people refuse to admit that their dog is fat or if they know their dogs is fat and really dont care.

as for fat people? I could not care less about people do it does not bother me a whole lot lol


**for informoretion my dogs are NOT strictly pets and never have been, Ripley is our one and only dog thtat we adopted as a pet, the rest were chosen specificly to be athletes, while we wont make the dogs do anything they dont enjoy , we did not get the dogs as pets then decide to try some sports for fun, we were already involved in dog sports and chose dogs based on this, the ONLY reason I got Misty was because Happy had retired from flyball and I needed a new flyball dog, I would never get ride of a dog for not being a good athlete, and my dogs are every bit as loved as dogs that are strictly pets, but you must remeber that this is the dog world that I grew up in, my mom has been invloved in dog sports since she was a teenager, I was raised in the world of canine athletes, and this is where my perspective comes from.

[CathyBogart]

Star could actually stand to gain a pound or two. Both of my dogs are trim, but not as fit as I would like them to be. Cupcake (the kitty) has started to gain a little weight since she's getting older and slowing down, but I asked the vet about it and he said she is still withing the healthy weight range, so we're keeping a close eye on her food intake to make sure she doesn't get pudgy.

[wolf_Q]

Although sometimes I'm paranoid and try to convince myself they are, I really don't think any of them are overweight. Nebo looks skinnier in the summer and bigger in the winter but it's just that his fur gets thicker. I think his ideal weight is 60 lbs (which he's at now) he's been a few pounds over and under that before. I make sure my dog eats the best dog food and the right amount (he only eats 2 cups per day) but I don't seem to care what I eat.

I'm not obsessive about it but it does bother me when people let their dogs become obese...if it's a medical condition, that's understandable but otherwise...but no that doesn't mean I'd dislike the dog or the owner...and no, it doesn't bother me with overweight people (I'm one of them) dogs don't have a choice what they eat, we do.

[crazy_caique]

Zippy is just a bigger cat she is not overweight she could maybe lose a pound or 2 but that's it.Pumpkin is the perfect weight.Emmy is also the perfect weight.