How Fast Is Too Fast For My Pet To Lose Weight?
...rule for the desired rate of weight loss. For dogs this is 1-2% of their total body weight per week. For cats this is 0.5-2% of their body weight per...
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Why are so many of our pets overweight?
...consequences for pets. Overweight pets have worse scores in vitality, quality of life, pain and emotional disturbance. However, the good news is those values can improve with weight loss. Furthermore,...
Battling the Bulge? Troubleshooting Tips for Pet Weight Loss
...do not allow cats to go longer than 24 hours without consuming any meals. Strategies modified from the 2014 AAHA Weight Management Guidelines, which can be found at: https://www.aaha.org/public_documents/professional/guidelines/weight_management_guidelines.pdf....
Five Ways Being Overweight Can Harm Your Dog’s Health
...their slightly overweight siblings (15% overweight). These slim dogs also had delayed onset of chronic illnesses. Also, a new study has shown decreased quality of life when pets are overweight...
Five Pet Weight Loss Tips That Work!
Getting and keeping cats at a healthy weight often requires a little creativity to work cats’ minds and bodies. Watch Sunshine’s journey through weight loss by using some of the...
Five Ways Being Overweight Can Harm Your Cat’s Health
With up to 63% of cats currently overweight, we now know about the problems that cats face when they are too heavy. If your cat is overweight, your cat is...
Tufts Obesity Clinic for Animals
...care veterinarian will also receive updates and can be a part of your weight management team. We recommend weight loss at a rate of 1% of body weight per week...
Think You Have a Fat Cat? The Ten Things You Need to Know
...more than the ideal weight and obese if over 20% of the ideal weight. 2. What are the risk factors for obesity in cats? One study showed overweight cats were...
When a Big Loss is a Huge Gain: The Role of Diet in Managing Orthopedic Conditions
...Linder has seen many overweight dogs. She explained how critical the owner’s commitment is to achieving weight-loss goals and stressed the importance of looking at all the foods pets consume,...
Recent Publications – July 2016
...survival times than normal weight or overweight dogs, but there was no difference in survival for normal weight and overweight dogs for either type of cancer. However, most of the...