Fat Pets
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nipperS2K

Original Poster:

84 posts

205 months

Thursday 28th January 2010
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OK I have heard it all now, woman who has a 14 1/2 stone rotweiller who is in her opinion isn't fat "she is just well rounded" OMG!!!!!!
Poor dog. I love the fact the owner hasn't worked for eighteen years and lives on incapacity benefits due to a nervous breakdown. Amazing because she is smoking like a chimney, buys 16lb of meat every 5 days for the dog and is dripping in gold jewellery. This is the nearest I have got to shouting at the TV for ages!

Edited by nipperS2K on Thursday 28th January 20:30

becksW

14,690 posts

234 months

Friday 29th January 2010
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Seen it before. I am currently trying to help a cat to lose weight that weighs in at 11.6kg. It's an uphill battle!

I see all overweight pets that the vets refer and these are exactly the sort of things I have to deal with, though I should say I also have a lot of owners who work really hard to help their pets lose weight. I currently have about 50 pets on my list and that really is a tiny proportion.

The rotti owner is the extreme, nasty piece of work, unfortunately it is not even worth trying to talk to them!

Jasandjules

71,955 posts

252 months

Friday 29th January 2010
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It is something for which there is no excuse IMHO, because it's not like a dog can go and cook a nice fry-up or open a bag of crisps.

They can only eat what they are given, and the exercise is dictated by the owner. Therefore it is always to my mind 100% the fault of the owner.