Comments on: Fat cats: Losing one ounce at a time http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2006/11/27/fat-cats-losing-one-ounce-at-a-time/ Blogging by a team of pet-care experts led by Dr. Marty Becker. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:41:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kabbage http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2006/11/27/fat-cats-losing-one-ounce-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1306 kabbage Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:28:01 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2006/11/27/fat-cats-losing-one-ounce-at-a-time/#comment-1306 My brother and SIL once had the fattest labrador retriever I'd ever seen. He was pear-shaped from every angle. You know things are bad when you are planning to visit them and your SIL says, "Just so you know, Puppy is a little overweight right now. He weighs about a hundred pounds." Then my brother got on the phone to say, "She's crazy. The dog's 125 if he's an ounce." He was a yellow lab, which made his pear shape even more ironic. You would often see him half-sitting on his bed instead of lying down. I think it's because if he tried lying down, his humongous belly pushed his diaphragm so far up there was no room for his lungs to expand while breathing. They live in the northern Midwest, and the dog was not well leash-trained. In the summer, he didn't get walked for fear of heatstroke. In the winter he didn't get walked because my SIL would've been dragged on her face down icy sidewalks and my brother is not really a dog person. The dog ended up with diabetes and died at the age of 9. They've got a young lab now, and I hope they learned from the last one. My brother and SIL once had the fattest labrador retriever I’d ever seen. He was pear-shaped from every angle. You know things are bad when you are planning to visit them and your SIL says, “Just so you know, Puppy is a little overweight right now. He weighs about a hundred pounds.” Then my brother got on the phone to say, “She’s crazy. The dog’s 125 if he’s an ounce.” He was a yellow lab, which made his pear shape even more ironic. You would often see him half-sitting on his bed instead of lying down. I think it’s because if he tried lying down, his humongous belly pushed his diaphragm so far up there was no room for his lungs to expand while breathing. They live in the northern Midwest, and the dog was not well leash-trained. In the summer, he didn’t get walked for fear of heatstroke. In the winter he didn’t get walked because my SIL would’ve been dragged on her face down icy sidewalks and my brother is not really a dog person. The dog ended up with diabetes and died at the age of 9. They’ve got a young lab now, and I hope they learned from the last one.

]]> By: Georg http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2006/11/27/fat-cats-losing-one-ounce-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1302 Georg Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:24:21 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2006/11/27/fat-cats-losing-one-ounce-at-a-time/#comment-1302 Sassy went to Fat Camp for a year. (a friend also had a fat cat, and agreed to take my cat for a while and feed them diet food that I provided, and I paid for regular vet checks and maintained visiting rights). She went from 17.5 pounds to 10 pounds in a year. Unfortunately, moving back into our free-feeding household, she's gone back up to 12. A year later, she's been diagnosed with diabetes and it makes managing her weight even more critical. She's now at 13. Her food allergies are complicating things, but she's almost 15, and doing well otherwise. Sassy went to Fat Camp for a year. (a friend also had a fat cat, and agreed to take my cat for a while and feed them diet food that I provided, and I paid for regular vet checks and maintained visiting rights). She went from 17.5 pounds to 10 pounds in a year. Unfortunately, moving back into our free-feeding household, she’s gone back up to 12. A year later, she’s been diagnosed with diabetes and it makes managing her weight even more critical. She’s now at 13. Her food allergies are complicating things, but she’s almost 15, and doing well otherwise.

]]> By: Gina Spadafori http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2006/11/27/fat-cats-losing-one-ounce-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1301 Gina Spadafori Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:04:30 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2006/11/27/fat-cats-losing-one-ounce-at-a-time/#comment-1301 That's amazing! She sure looks good now. :) That’s amazing! She sure looks good now. :)

]]> By: Judi http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2006/11/27/fat-cats-losing-one-ounce-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1299 Judi Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:19:15 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2006/11/27/fat-cats-losing-one-ounce-at-a-time/#comment-1299 Gina - check out the fattest Dobe we ever had come into our rescue - and check her out when she was adopted! We tracked her progress here: http://tinyurl.com/gypq7 Gina - check out the fattest Dobe we ever had come into our rescue - and check her out when she was adopted! We tracked her progress here:

http://tinyurl.com/gypq7

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