Do you have a fat pet?
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Really? I guess most of my friends take better care of their animals.
My cousin keeps food out all the time for her 2 dogs, & both are considered UNDER weight. Probably because she runs with them every day? lol
I also always keep food out for both my dog and cat and they are both a healthy and consistent weight. My cat seems to graze, popping by his bowl every couple of hours for a few nibbles at a time. My dog ignores his food until he sees my boyfriend or me eating, then he runs over to his bowl and eats as well. It's really cute!
hahahaha My Sophie does that too! If I sit down to eat dinner and she doesn't have her's she goes and sits by her bowl and scratches at it like "Uhhh HELLO!? Where's MINE?!"
Sophie sounds (and looks) adorable. ^__^
Hey!! I lived in Orlando for four years and am back and forth a few times a month!
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Sadly, I do. Here is a current photo (he's sorely in need of a bath). This is a Jack Russell Terrier and the little guy (relatively speaking) has Cushing's Disease.
And here he is just two years ago.
I couldn't understand why he was gaining weight or why he was getting ridiculously long hair. After I couldn't seem to handle it on my own, we went to the vet and got the diagnosis. The poor guy barely gets anything on his restricted diet but he's slowly losing weight. I don't have a pic of him at his heaviest. He's doing well, no complications yet besides the weight and non shedding. We hope that continues for a long time.
Our GSP on the other hand is in great shape and in an ideal weight range!
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my pet is not fat, he's just big boned!
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my pet is not fat, he's just big boned!
Well your burro looks like he's in a perfect weight range. That's something at least.0 -
I think my cat prefers the term "furry".
But seriously, I've actually been impressed with him, he portion controls and only eats when he's hungry. Gotta keep up the trophy cat appearance!0 -
I have 4dogs, 7 cats ( along with others- we have property the cats keep the snakes away)
Anyways out of all of my pets I only have two that are fat. They are cats, brother and sister about 7yrs old. Jack isnt really fat, hes just a big cat, but his sister rose is a fatty. She was never fat until about 3 yrs ago. One day just BAM! Vet says shes healthy though. I really dont get why shes fat shes always out and about running up the hills.0 -
my dog was two pounds overweight. we both started exercising, she lost 2, I lost 90. pwn!
That's awesome! What a great way to lose weight.
There are so many cute pups on this thread!!
You can see my little girl in my ticker. She's a French Bulldog and the perfect weight for her breed per my vet. She runs around for hours a day like a little rabbit! Her favorite thing to play with is coconuts - they're about half her size and she picks them up and runs around with them - so she's getting her strength training in, too! :laugh: She definitely keeps me motivated and makes sure I get my play time in every day.
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i had a friend in high school who had a 26 pound cat. and not a maine coon. this was a fat mother ****ing cat. the thing would literally wobble back and forth as it slid its belly across the ground to get to its food bowl.0
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oh goodness! i agree! this dog looks like so much fun!0 -
i had a friend in high school who had a 26 pound cat. and not a maine coon. this was a fat mother ****ing cat. the thing would literally wobble back and forth as it slid its belly across the ground to get to its food bowl.
^ cat shaming.
not cool. 0 -
i had a friend in high school who had a 26 pound cat. and not a maine coon. this was a fat mother ****ing cat. the thing would literally wobble back and forth as it slid its belly across the ground to get to its food bowl.
^ cat shaming.
not cool.
not really. more like truth telling.0 -
I have 3 cats and leave food out for them all the time. The 2 queens are both overweight - one of them is really fat - but the tom cat is skinny as hell. The difference is that the queens lie around the house all day doing nothing but sleep and eat whereas the tom is very rarely at home, disappears for days at a time and, I'm pretty sure, catches his own food. Presumably he prefers fresh meat. My queens also have bad teeth but the tom has excellent white sharp teeth - I think from scraping all the meat off those bones. I'm now limiting the food that the queens have access to but when I put them out at night I also put out some food in case the tom comes home. I think the queens eat it!0
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My pitbull Bonnie's weight is around 65 lbs, and the vet rated her "5" on the 1-9 body shape chart. For a 7 yr old neutered female she is at a good weight.
You all have beautiful pooches. Wow.0 -
This is my Billy and at 12lbs hes technically over weight, but hes an ex show dog on a 2 year break, so hasn't got the same routine and training as when he was showing... Hes just started walking with me every day and dropping weigh at he comes back out next year.
Doesn't help that my 2 year old little monkey is always trying to feed him his dinner, and the fact billy can open the fridge and found him tucking into the fresh side of salmon i was going to do for dinner :grumble:0 -
He's just big boned.0
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Shh, don't call my ***** fat. She's just pregnant.
Well, she was pregnant three days ago. Now she's just plain ol' fat.0 -
I have three dogs and three cats. All of them are at a perfect weight except for my female cat. She's really fat.
I do dog training and boarding and I see a LOT of fat dogs. Funny thing is, the owners will say that the dogs are super picky and really don't eat much. They are normally free fed and fed way too much. Once they are with us for a week or so, they start eating normally and eat the food when we put it down, mainly because we pick the dishes up after 20 minutes whether they have eaten all of their food or not.
I have a golden mix who is boarding with me right now. He's a beautiful dog who was a foster puppy of mine a couple of years ago. The owner/adopter was telling me that their previous golden mix was a "big" dog who weighed 115 lbs, but wasn't fat. He also doesn't think the current dog is fat. He is. He's probably 15 lbs overweight. I have explained this to the owner but he wants to believe it's all hair. It's not. He feeds him 2 cups of dry twice a day and puts canned food over the top to encourage him to eat. The reason he doesn't eat well for the owner is because he's not hungry! It's crazy.0 -
My parrot is a pig and he certainly isn't fat.0
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Not fat
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My beagle/basset is a tad overweight. He was REALLY overweight 2 years ago. Then I got him down 15lbs and the vet is happy again. He, as a 100% food obsessed creature. . .is NOT very happy, though.0
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One of my cats is a chubster... not obese though, just a little chubby... 16.5ish lbs... and the vet said this is okay.... he actually got really sick once, stopped eating and lost weight to the point he was about 11.5-12 pounds... normal cat weight, but he looked on the brink of death... vet said he should be a good 15lbs. He's on a very restricted diet due to allergies & he's getting older & plays less (and if you have a cat you know, if they don't want to move, they're not going to move!). Oh, and he loves food. Can't blame the guy! My other cat is very active & a finicky eater... he's a trim 10 lbs!
I do hear more and more about pets being overweight... i wonder if it has anything to do wtih all the new diets coming out in pet food? Like all the natural stuff and extra vegetables and higher carbs? Or it could be the generally (generally!) less active lifestyle of americans leading to less exercise in them & their pets.0 -
My vet ain't worried, I ain't worried.According to the stats 30-50% cats and dogs are overweight. In my experience I think it is much higher. Pet owners are often unaware that their pets are overweight or even morbidly obese. We seem to have blinders on when it come to accessing our pets body condition.
I do have a cat that's 24 pounds, but he's also the height and length of a small panther, so he's just a really big cat.0 -
I have 2 English springer spaniels, one is lean and active/fit, the other we had adopted when he was 9 months old and huge!
He is now 7 and despite walks, swimming, and food being rationed, he hasn't slimmed a bit, the more you try to make him lose weight, he just moves less as he clues in instantly to what your trying to do lol. Vet says he is just a stocky dog and not to worry.
OMG really, he lays down in the middle of walks and refuses to budge, I cant carry a 65 lb dog back home. My other dog is 45 lbs and lean pure muscle but will run all day chasing a ball, swim also doing agility training and is hyper active in a good way, he struggles to settle down at times but a buster cube helps him focus and relax. Same breed two totally different builds and personalities, love them both so much!0 -
I have one overweight cat and one underweight cat - and they've always been like that since they reached adulthood (they are now 15 and 17).0
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My pekingese Beavis really does fall into the category "He's not fat, he's fluffy." He looks like a tub of lard when his coat is long, but he's a burly, muscular little guy under it all.
Some of the cats are chunkers, though.0 -
I once had an overweight cat, but that was because I imagine she was being fed by neighbors when she shot out the back door. I'd worked very hard to keep her indoors for a few months following and she'd slimmed down greatly without changes in her home diet and exercise. She's now back to an ideal weight, yay! On the other hand, I currently have an obese rabbit but she simply hates exercise. Every time I let her out in the backyard (under my supervision, I should add), she plants her furry butt in a sunny spot and takes a nap. In order to get her moving, you have to chase her and engage her in a game (or let her out in the house when you're dancing or moving around). I feel awful seeing her like that.0
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I have one cat that bullies the other at feeding time. Guess what. I have one fat cat, and one normal weight cat.0
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Are we sharing pets photos now? I want in!
He looks small in this photo but he's officially a tad overweight. His name is Jid. Weird name, I know.0 -
I do...but its weird...at the moment I have multiple pets; for example I have 2 dogs. They are fed the same and given the same exercise, but one is thin and one is fat. The fat one is actually a much bigger dog overall too.
I also currently have seven cats (they aren't all mine, some are my mom's and she's ill at the moment) and again, only one is fat. The fat one was very malnourished as a kitten with a severe parasite infestation. Clearly he recovered, but he hangs on to every ounce of what he eats.
I find it interesting, since they honestly eat the same things; I provide it to them, and they can't sneak out to McDonalds. I supervise feeding time, so as a rule, they don't steal food from eat other either. It does make me consider that there is a lot more to what you weigh than just food in/activity out.0 -
Yep, I have a fat cat. I learned a hard lesson about "dry food". My previous cat, who lived to be 18 years, would only nibble her dry food when she was hungry. I kept it filled up, no problems. The cat I have now does not have that self control. Before I really had much more than noticed he was overweight, he had diabetes. The vet explained that feeding only dry food (especially for a cat with no willpower) was like a human eating cereal all the time. By changing to wet food only, he is finally off medication and losing weight. But man, that cat loves food.0
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