Do you have a fat pet?

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!

my pet is not fat, he's just big boned!

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!

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.

@Healthytobex2



He's a big bear!! I wanna squeeze him! :flowerforyou:

oh goodness! i agree! this dog looks like so much fun!

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.

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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.

He's just big boned.

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.

Not fat

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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.

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!

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.

I have one cat that bullies the other at feeding time. Guess what. I have one fat cat, and one normal weight cat.

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.