Sentences with phrase «clinically obese dogs»

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Many dog owners are unaware that, according to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, close to half the dogs in the USA are considered overweight and 6.7 million of those dogs are designated as clinically obese.

According to research conducted by The Association for Pet Obesity Prevention in 2015, 58 % of cats and 54 % of dogs in the United States are overweight or clinically obese.

It is estimated that 54 million cats and 34 million dogs in the US are clinically obese.

6.7 million dogs and 8.1 million cats are now classified as clinically obese (body condition score 5).

It's an unfortunate fact that nearly 54 % of dogs and 59 % of cats are considered clinically obese.

More than half the dogs in the United States are clinically overweight or obese, which makes them susceptible to secondary problems (like the aforementioned joint issues, plus diabetes, cardio and respiratory disease).

Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Karen Overall, of Philadelphia, PA, suggests that some obese dogs and cats are also clinically depressed, since all they ever do is take a brief jaunt in the yard to do their business or use the litter box, then eat, sleep and eat some more.

In APOP's 2017 clinical survey, 56 % of dogs and 60 % of cats were classified as clinically overweight (body condition score (BCS) 6 - 7) or obese (BCS 8 - 9) by their veterinary healthcare professional.