There were significantly
fewer obese dog walkers (17 %) when compared to both owners who did not walk their dogs (28 %) and non-owners (22 %).
Not exact matches
While over half of American
dogs are overweight or
obese,
fewer than 15 % of their owners realize it.
This means that your
dog is able to fill up a lot faster (and stay full a lot longer) while consuming
fewer calories — which can be important in a time when over half of our
dogs are overweight or
obese.
Some pet owners are doing their best to help their fat
dogs,
obese cats, and chubby bunnies drop a
few pounds.
Dogs fed diets with too
few digestible nutrients or too much sugar will either suffer energy deprivation or will become
obese.
Senior
dogs are less active and will require
fewer calories, so that they won't become
obese.
There is also no doubt that a
few patients, specifically very
obese or giant breed
dogs and animals with severe restrictions to the functioning of their other limbs, may have greater difficulty in adapting after amputation.
At this point, it's like us Western SEGA Nerds are a sick, starving
dog sitting hungrily next to the dinner table hoping our
obese, hairy owner will throw a chicken leg our way but would happily settle for a
few miserable scraps.