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The Hidden Dangers of an Overweight Dog
Obesity is a worldwide problem - how many strong-willed people have lost to an uncontrollable appetite.
What are the harms of an overweight dog?
Obesity raises risks of heart disease, joint problems, and diabetes, and shortens life. Extra fat burdens the heart and circulation; excess weight stresses joints causing arthritis and pain; fat disrupts insulin causing diabetes.
How to Help an Overweight Dog Lose Weight
Extra fat harms a dog's joints, heart, liver, and kidneys, and traps it in a no-exercise cycle. Weigh it every three months, then control diet by balancing food calories against two hours of exercise, feeding fewer calories than maintenance. Swap treats for carrots and apples, stay firm, distract it from food, and add regular activity.
How to Tell If Your Dog Is Overweight
Check your dog's weight with a BMI calculation, body shape, and a hands-on rib test. A healthy dog has a full but not saggy chest, ribs felt but not protruding, and no excess tail fat. Both underweight and overweight dogs face health risks, so keep weight in the healthy range.
How can I tell if my dog is overweight?
Assess by: looking from above — if the belly bulges out (oval or round), it is likely overweight; from the side — a sagging, soft belly where ribs are hard to feel means overweight; and weigh it against the breed standard — far above means it needs to lose weight.
How can you tell if a dog is overweight?
You can determine whether a dog is overweight by observing its body shape. An ideal figure has a slightly tucked abdomen; if the belly, chest, and hips form a straight line, the dog is overweight, and a clearly protruding belly means severe excess weight. Excess weight raises the risk of heart disease, joint disease, diabetes, and more.
Can Dogs Get Cancer Too?
Cancer takes countless human lives each year - and it doesn't spare other animals like dogs. Beyond obesity and its diseases, cancer is a leading cause of dog death worldwide.
Should Dogs Climb Stairs?
Today we look at whether dogs should climb stairs.
Can Dogs Eat Sweet Potatoes?
Sweet potatoes are cheap and nutritious. In any DIY dog-food recipe you'll see them - boiled or dried, they're essential. Most commercial foods contain them too, as an important carb source.
Is Feeding Your Dog Human Food Love or Harm?
To raise, love and train a dog. A tip a day keeps the dog from mischief at home and obedient outside. Master training so the dog fits family life and society. Training is a happy growth we achieve with the dog, needing constant learning; hope our content helps you build your own 'wonder dog'.