Dogs have weight problems too!

Hey pet owners...just like your kids, you have to watch your dogs weight too. It isn't good for them! Exercise! Exercise! Exercise! Dogs don't enjoy being fat...one may think their dog is happy because "he gets to eat what he wants-he's a dog!", but the aftermath is terrible! They can't move around very well and their health deteriorates. So, please, watch what they eat, get on a schedule feed and EXERCISE your dog!

May 3, 2006 — America's weight control crisis is now affecting our pets.

About 50 percent of all pets are overweight, according to Marty Becker, a veterinarian who has written a book called "Fitness Unleashed" to help both pet and owner lose weight together and keep it off

Corpulent canines aren't cute. They are unhealthy and in danger of an early trip to pet purgatory, Becker said.

"If you keep your pets thin, studies show they'll live 15 percent longer — that's about two extra years on the average," Becker said. "I'm not exaggerating when I say that pets almost never come to the veterinarian's office too thin."...more...

Tags: dog obesity, weight, Fitness Unleashed, exercise