Pet Obesity

Overweight pets tend to live shorter lives and endure more complications due to their excess weight.

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Problems for both cats and dogs:

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Problems for dogs:

• Healthy lean dogs can live up to 15% (about 1.8 years) longer than overweight dogs

• Onset of chronic old-age diseases is delayed in healthy lean dogs

• Obese pets are more difficult to examine and therefore find abnormalities

  • The layers of fat make it difficult to listen to the chest and palpate the abdomen, among other issues

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Problems for cats:

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Why so many pets are overweight - improper feeding instructions on food labels