Sentences with phrase «dog obesity means»
Helping to decrease dog obesity means keeping your puppy at ideal body condition throughout its growth and early adulthood.
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The Head of the Tufts Obesity Clinic for animals, board - certified veterinary nutritionist Deborah Linder, DVM, points out that while people often say they don't mind a fat dog because it just means there's more of their pet to love, that leaves less time to love her.
This means you can prevent obesity in your dog by feeding it the correct food.
His small size means you should plan to feed him several meals throughout the day and if your dog came to you as a puppy, be sure to wean him from high calorie puppy food to adult food as soon as he approaches maturity to avoid obesity.
According to Dr. Jean in an article for Only Natural Pet, «The high grain content of many pet foods is a primary contributor to the growing obesity and allergy problems in pets (this does not mean that all grains are bad for dogs and cats).»
Unfortunately canine obesity is the # 1 nutrition related dog health problem with half of all dogs in the United States being overweight, which means that their body weight is more than 15 % higher than optimal.