American pets almost as fat as humans
We love fat pets, according to the Wall Street Journal, a daily tome that keeps track of such things.
Crestor is his Ace up his sleeve.
It makes sense a Krispy Kreme-lovin’, exercise-hating society that is itself busting at the seams would have chubby furry pals. According to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention more than half of all dogs and cats are overweight, 20 percent are obese, a kinder way of saying “really fat.”
The pets are doing better than their two-legged friends – WebMD says 63 percent of Americans are overweight, 36 percent obese — but only because they can’t open the fridge themselves at 2 a.m. and grab a midnight ice cream snack.
Or perhaps they have secret access to these $600 puppy treadmills?
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Claudia
February 25th, 2011
8:29 am
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Vettech
February 27th, 2011
8:24 am
Obviously Oscar (and a couple other posters) is a troll. Yanking everyone’s chain. In in fact, he is NOT, he should be turned in for animal cruelty. His dogs live 3-4 years and he just goes out and gets another one? Avg. life span for a mixed breed dog of avg. weight is 12 years. Smaller breeds live an avg. of 15 yrs. If he is getting his dogs from a shelter, surely a red flag has gone up about him picking up a new dog every 3-4 yrs. because they die. I think he’s just a troll, as well as 3-4 others on here.
Katie
February 27th, 2011
1:26 pm
As a breeder I hear horror stories about oversized pets. There is a reason we have breed standards!!! People who don’t know what they are doing think its cute to make a litter of puppies and then they make fat, rolly polly puppies which is disaster for a pet (and people too).
A few of you have recommended home diets. A half a cup of cottage cheese and celery sticks in NOT a balanced dog diet!!! Dogs of varying breed standard need a variety of total calories as well as balance of calories. A large breed animal would not only starve on that suggestion, but would potentially have kidney problems as well. You need a protein balance of 24 – 28% and a fat content of 12- 16%; lower in summer – higher in winter. Unless you can test your food or have a recipe that is tested, it is just plain irresponsible to suggest these silly diets.
Controlling intake from a super premium food is the way to keep a dog happy, healthy, and the right weight.
Katie
February 27th, 2011
1:33 pm
@Shneesmom
You can find commercial dog foods without corn in them – and you are so correct! It is not a food for dogs.
Try Wellness or Blue Buffalo or Solid Gold. The dog food world has people so snowed over by what a ‘Premium food’ is. The ones people think of Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet pedigree etc are NOT premium dog foods, they are expensive dog foods. Premium foods (the real ones anyway) are premium because of the high grade ingredients in them. You will find no true premium contains corn, and most do not contain wheat either.
For all: Onions, Grapes, chocolate ARE highly toxic for your dog. People here may have had dogs survive having eaten them, but they are toxic and potentially deadly.
tc
February 27th, 2011
2:37 pm
Who cares if they are fat. They are animals.
Rodney
July 7th, 2011
9:38 am
I like big cats and I cannot lie. You other brothers can’t deny. When a cat walks in with an itty bitty head and a round thing in your face, you get sprung.