As usual, Faith has put on her winter two or three, and Jeff and I are working to get them off her. The tools are simple: a measuring cup and a longer walk. Now that she's nine, it's even more important that she not be carrying any extra weight. We want her to feel good moving, and feel good living.
Meanwhile, an estimated 17 million dogs in the U.S. are overweight, and it's...not cute. So the AKC has put some special oomph into lessening the number of pudgy pooches. They offer a terrific, easy, self-assessment (dog assessment) quiz here, at their Stop Canine Obesity site.
As I've mentioned before, when we adopted Faith, she was overweight, and we didn't do such a great job getting the weight off--which led directly to some painful, expensive orthopedic problems. The good news was that Faith was a young dog, and while we were middle-aged, we could learn new tricks--like measuring her food, and swimming her on a regular basis, and walking hard. And she has never had a recurrence of those problems. You're extending your dog's life and her comfort by helping her lose weight. And isn't that what you want?
Hi Martha, thank you so much for supporting the National Canine Weight Check and keeping people informed about this important issue! I'm glad to hear that Faith is still doing well! For those that don't know, There's one week left - it's a great opportunity to get your dog weighed for free. I know we're all partial to our own vets, so see if your vet is one of the 4,000+ that are participating in the NCWC during February. Or visit the Find a Vet page to locate another vet in your area, www.stopcanineobesity/findavet. Either way, it's a good cause to promote dog health and our dogs' health should always remain important. Once again, thanks again for your support :)
Posted by: BARC | February 27, 2008 at 03:11 PM
That's good efforts taken by you to loose weight of your dog. I learned few tips from that.
- Annabella
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