Sentences with phrase «overweight dog around»

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A recent study shows that almost half of dogs are overweight or obese, and local veterinarians say it's the owners that need to take control if they want to keep Fido around for years to come.

It's not uncommon to put your overweight dog on a diet and they spend the day nosing around the kitchen or trying to steal food from your kids because they're feeling hungry.

For more seriously overweight or obese dogs, I recommend a food that contains between 250 and 350 calories per 8 ounce cup or 13 ounce can, is high in protein (30 % or greater), has lower fat (ideally around 10 %) and lower carbohydrate levels to keep the overall calorie count controlled.

Around 51 percent of dogs and cats (approximately 89 million pets) in the United States are overweight or obese according to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP).

As such many veterinarians and dog experts actually recommend the use of dog ramps especially if your pooch happens to be overweight or obese, is suffering from an illness especially in and around the joints, or is already in its golden years.

Pet obesity is something seen every day in veterinary practices across the country and our research shows around one in three dogs, and one in four cats are overweight.

Lipomas are made of fatty adipose tissue — in other words they are simply unusual deposits of fat around the body that are most common in older or overweight dogs.

If you can place both hands around a dog's midsection and can't feel their ribs, it is a good indication that they may be overweight.

Other signs of being overweight are extra padding and folds at the base of the tail, and, depending on breed (especially where dogs are concerned), visible folds of skin around the face and under the chin.