Originally posted by shais_mom
But I have a petpeeve on the opposite end of the overweight thing.
- I get annoyed when people assume that my dog is overweight b/c I overfeed her. She has a thyroid problem and my vet told me that I could have NOT fed her and she would have still not lost any weight. She has lost 4 pounds and has 10 more to go. Like my sister was telling her father in law "Yea Keegan's a chunky girl" I shot back " Hey she has a thyroid condition and IS losing weight." I camethisclose tosaying So what's your excuse?
but I didn't!!
I can understand why you would get angry about that.

I didn't mean people like you who know their dog is overweight and have brought it to the vet to get it checked out, and have it on medication and are actively working towards getting their dog to a healthy weight. Good for you and Keegan, btw.

I was referring in my post to people who bring their dogs into work that are hugely obese. We always gently bring it up to owners and ask if they have considered that the dog may have a thyroid problem. They respond that the dog is healthy and it just likes to eat, or it is just chubby.
Or they say yeah it has a thyroid problem, but they use it as an excuse and aren't doing anything about it.