what a great thread *i will try not to bitch*
in my opinion if a dog is perfectly healty other than being over weight then there is no reason for the owner not to do somthing about it, it is amazing what a run at the park will do to a dog *over time obviously*
it makes me mad when i see overweight dogs and there usualy lazy owners.
now to my 3 kids
Penny has lost some weight *winter weight* and is now getting lighter by the day (she refuses to go for walks in winter/when its raining and cold) but we have been playing inside with her alot to get the weight off *yay*
clover is a good weight, but i need to start her on fitness and endurance training, and she has always had a pot guts on her even as a pup we could never get rid of her lil tum, i can feel her ribs and she has an hourglass figure (so she should with all the exercise she gets)
as for Mr Theodore he is much bigger than his breed standard (chihuahua) but i still think he looks skinny but wont put on the weight as he runs it off strait away ( he is hyperactive lol).
when friends of mine rescued/reclaimed one of their labradors he was morbidly obese it was horifying to look at the poor boy, but to look at him now you would never be able to tell he at a good weight , though i think he could lose a few more kilo's for his own good
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