Loving your animal to death
#156301 - 09/26/2007 10:56 AM |
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Just came across this story about obesity on CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/09/24/fat.pets/index.html
Check out that 168lb Lab! :shocked:
Had a laugh that Purina sponsored the study...their food is probably most responsible for all the over-weight, unhealthy animals walking around today.
The last paragraph is worth noting: "Homemade meals tend to be lower in calories and healthier than prepared pet foods, because they don't contain fillers."
Not exactly endorsing raw but moving in the right direction.
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#156305 - 09/26/2007 11:04 AM |
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Had a laugh that Purina sponsored the study...their food is probably most responsible for all the over-weight, unhealthy animals walking around today.
Purina is the worst at saying how good their food is and it is not.....ICK!!!
But this article is my parents through and through......they were doing great with raw, until the dog did not eat his breakfast two mornings in a row (but ate his evening meals) and so mom freaked out and put him back on shit food.....UGHHHH!!!!
After talking with them, they at least have him on Canidae now.
He is a BC that weighs in at 70lbs.......
Edited by Carol Boche (09/26/2007 11:04 AM)
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#156308 - 09/26/2007 11:17 AM |
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my god, i don't have any words for the picture of that lab. how can you let it reach that point?
it is interesting that they're suggesting homemade foods are better b/c of lack of filler, while above more or less suggesting rice as the first component of a homemade diet.
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#156322 - 09/26/2007 01:36 PM |
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Holy Cow.....I did not read that article at first because I knew it would make me sick....but the picture of that Lab takes the cake.....how can anyone do that to a dog?
And the owner is probably in the percentile of "Oh my dog looks great".....geesh, IMHO, that is animal cruelty right there.
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#156326 - 09/26/2007 01:55 PM |
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Not exactly endorsing raw but moving in the right direction.
Except for the comment from the vet: ". . . Dr. Kristine Yee, a veterinarian at California Animal Hospital in Los Angeles . . . "But dogs don't need people food; they're perfectly happy with their own food."
What? And she knows this because she's interviewed dogs?
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#156328 - 09/26/2007 01:57 PM |
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Well DUH Mike, you know if your dog would talk they would say "yeah, gimme shit kibble while you eat that steak, it's all good"
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#156330 - 09/26/2007 02:57 PM |
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Made me laugh!! The vet is probably eating tofu , so maybe the kibble her dog is eating IS better, poor thing...
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#156337 - 09/26/2007 03:51 PM |
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my god, i don't have any words for the picture of that lab. how can you let it reach that point?
I can tell you, from personal experience, one way.
1) Have a husband who had the misfortune to go hungry a lot as a child.
2) Have said husband be retired so that he is at home with the dog(s) all day while you are at work.
3) Have a dog that practically starved to death before being rescued from the pound, who also is food aggressive, but in general just a glutton.
4) Have glutton dog beg from hubby, who absolutely cannot stand to see anything act hungry.
Add all 4 together and you have one overweight dog.
My Harley is overweight, much to my distress. I feed him less than half of what I feed CeeCee and CeeCee is a perfect waight, but Harley is a chunky butt.
I've talked until I'm blue in the face to my husband, and I've just given up on it. I wish I could bring Harley to work with me during the day...
I love my husband so I can't just shoot him *sigh*.
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#156362 - 09/26/2007 07:25 PM |
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And some dogs are so great at the "I'm starving" act. Mine will try to pull it immediately after being fed! He goes to the food bin, nudges it, puts on his saddest face and tries to convince me I never, ever have fed him enough, he is STARVING! It is quite comical, but everyone in my family is afraid of what I will do if they feed him.....(evil laugh)
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#156364 - 09/26/2007 07:29 PM |
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I keep baby carrots and celery chunks on hand now and allow my Dad to feed those as treats.
Makes Dad happy and keeps the dogs where I want them.
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