Overweight Lab

[Karen]

Absolutely, unless there's some underlying medical condition, the right diet and exercise, and should shed the pounds. A five-year-old Lab is meant to be busy, not neglected! I am sure with love and attention, she'd perk right up.

[borzoimom]

Dukedogsmom- a high fiber diet like Beneful would have put the excess weight on. A better diet with more digestable protein would solve the problem.
As far as which dog, I cant offer more than a single sentence. Sometimes people do not adopt an older dog, when actually under good care, they can live longer than you would expect. And sentence number two- and end their lives in love..

[caseysmom]

Val, I think of beneful like I think of mcdonalds...pure junk...although casey gets california natural and tends to put on excess weight. Casey is the most laid back dog I have ever been around but she does like to run at the dog park so I try to do that as much as I can.

Follow your heart...so what if you make another mistake you give a dog a warm bed for a week or so...think of it as rescue...its time for you to be a bit selfish and help yourself heal.

I worry about you a lot, I hope things are going better.