Pudgy pets
Does this not just break your heart?
I'm not even a cat person and I feel like meowing in pain.
It looks like the obesity epidemic has outgrown the human race and is infltrating the world of pets. Diabetes is on the rise among dogs and kitties (as many as one in 50 are currently suffering from the insulin-relate disease) a trend my neighbors insist on perpetuating by feeding their pugs mayo-drenched chicken salad and then going for a walk...oh, never.
Animals shouldn't be eating human food - a rule firmly entrenched in my mind ever since my old, sweet Lab-mix Missy once got into a trayful of cupcakes and proceeded to poop-barf all over the family room. (May she RIP.) They need to run, to jump, to be taken out for fresh air and taught tricks and cavort with fellow pups, like at my neighborhood hotspot, Wiggley Field. I mean, does this look like a happy camper to you? Or this bruiser?
Instead, some pet-owners now have to perform regular blood sugar tests on Fifi and Mr. Snuffalufagus. I'm sure repeatedly piricking an obese cat is extremely pleasant and not at all like a scene from The Exorcist. Of course, if your pet happens to be, shall we say, a bit curvaceous, there are animal weight loss camps - I kid you not - or you can put your kitty on Catkins, a high-protein, low-carb diet that I just learned about today and wlll insist on incorporating into three out of every four future blogs.
*Note: Please avoid showing these pictures to your own animals. I do not want to be held responsible for any developing body image issues in your young, impressionable Snickerdoodle.
Comments
That is heartbreaking. And to think that dieticans recommend getting pets as an incentive to exercise more!
As for diets there is the new Raw diet for animals but that is more focused on the fact that dog food was "invented" during the Depression so it's really low grade meat and some people believe that it is horrible for pets. I just wish I had the time for one. I love dogs, especially big ones that can run with me :)
wow. It's like i saw a sad human face in the cat. I cant believe the whole catkins thing. Crazy.
As for diets there is the new Raw diet for animals but that is more focused on the fact that dog food was "invented" during the Depression so it's really low grade meat and some people believe that it is horrible for pets. I just wish I had the time for one. I love dogs, especially big ones that can run with me
I'm sure repeatedly piricking an obese cat is extremely pleasant and not at all like a scene from The Exorcist. Of course, if your pet happens to be, shall we say.
