Re: overweight dogs

[Justine&Rafe]

Totally agree.

People don’t understand how cruel it is… The labs where I work were both overweight – one so much that she was really struggling with arthritis.  In 6 months they’d both slimmed down to a respectable size, infact, the fattie had gone a bit on the skinny side, but vet ok’d her as long as she didn’t lose any more as she now fit as a fiddle and not a click of an arthritic joint.  Think she must have lost a good 6/7kg.

It isn’t hard.  Feed them less.  Weigh them regularly.

Soooo many obese dogs about and they always look as though they’re struggling in some way or other.