Help! My dog is carrying too much weight, what can I do? August 06, 2003 Overweight dogs. Dogs being overweight is becoming more of an issue these days, and a very serious health problem for the dog if not corrected. Mainly dogs get fat or obese or just a bit overweight because they eat too much and don't get enough exercise. It's the same with humans. Too many calories and a couch potato lifestyle will cause a person and a dog to gain weight. Daily exercise is very important. Feeding a very high quality food is important. Also, remember when feeding a high quality dog food, it may be more expensive, but the dog eats less of it because he's getting more nutrients in every bite. Feeding a dog food that is high in corn is a leading cause of dogs being overweight. Remember, farmers feed corn to hogs to fatten them up for market. Feeding a corn based food to your dog can have the same effect. Dogs that are overweight also have higher risks of developing certain illnesses such as heart problems, respiratory problems, joint problems, diabetes, and skin problems. So what's a dog owner to do? Again exercise is a must and feeding a dog food that is high quality and not corn based. See our recommendation for an excellent weight loss dog food formula that is proven to work. Here's an easy to read chart that will help you determine if your dog is overweight or not: Dog Overweight Chart Food for Overweight Dogs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have five wonderful pets!! I tell every one of them that I love them many times a day!! They give me so much love and pleasure. I have a little, female Yorkie named Trixie who thinks she is a cat.  I, also, have four cats - all have been rescued! Their names are Tommy, he has extra toes, my only male and has a fabulous personality; dawn who is the oldest, she is 11 years old and has just started to be a lap - cat - she was so badly abused that we almost lost her when we rescued her; Sammy, part Persian and Japanese Bobtail, they left her before she was weaned and she is such a doll, and our newest addition, Chaquita, part - Siamese and who knows what else. She is very pretty with blue eyes and is very dainty - she is crazy about my husband. She does not seem to realize that I was the one who devoted almost an entire day to enticing her to come to me. All of my animals are house animals as I want the ability to protect them at all times. They are all very happy to be house cats. Of course, my little Yorkshire Terrier is housebroken and like walks. My husband said that all animals seem to know that I want to protect and feed all the strays as they seem to always come here. We are feeding several strays everyday. I enjoy your emails!! Thank you so much!! Lois Keith Tippy & Alfred have tons of free pages for all pet owners on just about every aspect of pet health care and pet fun stuff you could ever imagine. They have dedicated their furry little lives to helping other pets and have done so by spending all their free time, minus eating, sleeping, napping and playing..... to researching and providing all these web pages on pets for you and your family. We are very pleased and believe we have one of the best pet sites out there on the internet. We carry more information about pets and on a wider range of pets than most other sites do. All our pages are easily accessed and all our pages are family viewer friendly. You won't have to be concerned about any off color or indecent reading or pictures when your children are on our site. In fact this is an excellent site for science projects or researching pet information. Go Here to get your Journey Started

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