Sentences with phrase «easily feel ribs»

You can barely see but easily feel the ribs without applying pressure on the chest.

If your cat is overweight, you will not be able to easily feel the ribs under the layer of fat.

If you can easily feel the ribs and there is a degree of tapering near the dogs mid section (just in front of the hind legs) your pet is probably not overweight.

If you can not easily feel its ribs because it is buried under a role fat, your Pitbull is overweight.

If you can easily feel its rib cage, it's probably at a healthy weight.

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Ideal Weight: Her ribs and spine are easily felt, but not necessarily seen.

You should be able to easily feel your dog's ribs and even see the outline of the last few floating ribs at the end of the ribcage that attaches to the vertebrae of the spine closest to the hips.

If you have to push through too much fat and can not feel the ribs easily, your cat is likely overweight.

If your pet is at a healthy weight, you should be able to easily feel, but not see, their rib cage and spine.

If you're unable to easily feel your pet's ribs and spine, they're likely carrying too much weight.

If you can't easily feel your dog's ribs under a thin layer of skin and there is no significant waistline dip between her ribs and her hips, then chances are your pooch may be anywhere from slightly overweight to obese.

If you can feel you pet's ribs easily by sliding your hands under the hair, the weight is probably right.

The ribs should not be easily felt under a thin layer of flesh and not visible to the naked eye.

You should not be able to see your pet's ribs and spine, but you should be able to easily feel them.

«You should be able to feel your pet's ribs easily as you slide your hand over his sides,» Pitcairn says.

If your pet is too thin, the ribs can be felt so easily that it is like running your hand along a washboard.

To help your dog maintain an ideal body condition, monitor your dog's weight on a regular basis, making sure that his ribs are easily felt and the waist is visible when viewed from above.

I always tell people that they should easily be able to feel their dog's ribs (without seeing them), and most breeds should have a defined waist.

You want to easily be able to feel the ribs.

If you can feel the individual rib bones easily your pet is most likely not overweight.

You should be able to feel your cat's ribs easily when you stroke their body lightly and you should clearly see a waistline when you look at them from above.

With a proper weight, a dogs rib cage should be felt or seen easily, without much effort.

As a general rule, your pet is a healthy weight if you can feel his ribs easily, if you can see the shape of his waist from above, and if his tummy isn't sagging.

• Just behind the shoulder blades, you should be able to feel individual ribs easily with the flats of your fingers.

There should only be a thin layer of fat over his ribs, and you should be able to feel the bones easily.

There should be a slight layer of fat over the ribs, spine and hip bones, but you should be able to feel the ribs quite easily without pressing hard.

At an ideal weight, the individual ribs should be easily felt with no excess fat covering.

At an ideal weight, the individual ribs should be easily felt with minimal fat covering.

If the ribs are easily felt your pet is probably normal, but if it is difficult to feel the ribs he / she may be overweight.

You should be able to feel the ribs easily, without excessive padding between the skin and ribs.

If you can't feel your dog's or cat's ribs easily, there's a good chance she's overweight.

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However, for ensuring that your pet is in optimal body condition, you should easily be able to feel the ribs, and your pet should have an hourglass shape when viewed from above.

You should be able to feel his ribs easily with your hands, but they should not obvious to the eye.

You should easily be able to feel the ribs of a healthy pet.

If you can't easily and distinctly feel your dog's ribs, he's overweight.

The ribs should be easily felt, but not seen.

Finally, we should be able to easily feel (not see) the ribs on the sides of the chest just behind the shoulder blades.

Your cat should have ribs that are easily felt but not seen, a defined waist line that tapers in behind the rib cage and a tucked up abdomen.

An ideal BCS score of 5 (out of 9) means that you can visualize your cat's waist behind their ribs, you can easily feel your cat's ribs with only a small amount of fat covering them, and that there is a very small «pat pad» on their underside.

A cat at an ideal body weight (3/5) would have ribs that are easily felt without pushing through a layer of fat, an abdomen that is tucked up when viewed from the side and a visible last rib.

You should be able to feel your pets ribs easily, but not see them.

He's too heavy if you can not easily see or feel the ribs and spine.

A kitten is too thin if you can easily see and feel the ribs and spine.

Can you feel ribs and spine easily?

If you can not feel the ribs easily in this area, your pet may be overweight.