Fat Dog

This is sad, no one should feed their dog (or any pet) so much they get this fat.

I guess that would be different from McDonald's feeding overweight people with Big Mac? Do you want fries with that?

Yes, it would be different, duh. People can choose what they eat. Pets can't. Think.

If you don't want to be fat, you can WALK OUT of McDonald's and go buy a bag of carrots. What's a dog going to do? Order takeout?

Dogs can't be held to the same standard of accountability as humans are. If they were, they'd be arrested for public nudity.

Or were you comparing fat people to dogs? Why, because they're not really people? How nice of you....

This is sad. I've seen dogs this fat. My stepdad had a cat that was so fat it could barely walk. Most of the time they end up with diabetes or other life threatening diseases. Unfortunatly, obesity isn't just for humans.

My family always had an outside dog...so we fed it table scraps & dogfood...it was able to exercise all of the time, so none of them ever got overweight.

A few years ago, my mom wanted a little dog to live inside. So when she picked out a dog, she went to the vet & he did whatever he does, and he said, "This dog, cannot be fed people food!" So, we stuck to that. Well...we have some friends that visited. They gave our dog some little "snacks" b/c he was begging (which was strange, b/c he never begged before). After his little treat, he had accidents on the carpet. Not the kind you can just pick up & throw out...these were practically liquid. It was super disgusting & after that we made sure everyone knew that the DOG should not eat food made for PEOPLE. I think that's the biggest problem. People treat their animal like it's a human. There is a serious distinction some people fail to realize.

Yeah...why are dogs naked?

we dont allow dogs to wear cloathes because they dont deserve it... they are nearly animals


i remember in school being told that animals dont get pleasure from eating food, they merely eat to refuel... i think this is whats called "a lie"

it was on an educational video... surely that makes it a hoax

where exactly do we draw the line between "people food" and "dog food?"

dog food...comes in a can or bag & says, "dog food".

Err...READS, "Dog food".

"Dogs can't be held to the same standard of accountability as humans are. If they were, they'd be arrested for public nudity."

Hey, I'm glad to see the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals is still active after all these years. Remember, friends, a nude horse is a rude horse.
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The dog in question looks like a Corgi, and I don't think I've ever seen a Corgi that wasn't overweight. Most of them, especially older ones, are so obese they resemble the dog in the picture. I guess it's in their genes, or else something about the breed just attracts people who keep stuffing food down them (but by that theory, all toy poodles should be fat, which isn't true).

it's pretty asinine to thank that if it bears the label "dog food" it's the best food for dogs to eat. commercial dog food hasn't been around for a long time. before that, dogs ate whatever they could get and thrived. it seems to me that uncooked, unseasoned meat, raw eggs, milk, etc will go down pretty well with most dogs. selective breeding has produced a lot of dogs with sensitive constitutions, though.

I could go on a mega-rant about this dog. I see quite a lot of fat animals, a few as obese as this poor dog. Many people just don't see it as a problem, or can't bring themselves to deny the animal food every time it wants to eat (one of my dogs would eat till he exploded if I let him).

I've rarely seen a dog that obese live past the age of 10 or 12 at the most. Very sad...especially as the owners of these dogs tend to be very attached to them.

There are breeds of dog that seem more prone to put on excess weight, and spaying/neutering does increase the risk a tiny bit, but it's not inevitable. Just like people--less food, more exercise.

Ok, off the soapbox now. 😊

It looks as though that chubby fellow may have some Australian sheep Dog in him, and they have very large chests/rib cages in proportion to their legs. That photo is on full frontal perspective, so it's hard too tell how wide in ratio to how long he is. If he's kinda flabby, it would bunch up around him like that when he reposes. Happens to me all the time. I had an Australian Sheep dog and he was shaped like a blimp, but he could jump a couch like a sidewalk crack. I figure that they were bred thick-chested like that so they can bump those sheep into their pens. That Japanese dog probably works for the subway.

On closer inspection... he's just really fat. Cripes, how does he lift his leg to paint his name? That's why elephants can't jump.

Could it be a heavily pregnant she-dog?

Do the Japanese have a Dick Gregory to help this fat dog? Or maybe it's going to Cambodian market for a family of ten.

WoW..family of ten? are you saying cambodians eat dogs? Cambodians are skinny bunch... i think it can feed more..like 15 people.

"are you saying cambodians eat dogs? Cambodians are skinny bunch..."

You heard it here first, folks, the Cambodian diet for losing weight and keeping it off: eat dogs (it's not any wierder than the Atkins diet).

Last year, I remember seeing a newswire story where a Cambodian government minister was quoted as encouraging his people to chow down on more chow-chows, so to speak, because Phnom Penh was terribly infested with feral dogs, at least in his opinion.

By that logic, there should be a big campaign for New Yorkers to eat pigeon. (I'm told that pigeons that live on trash taste terrible. You gotta feed 'em corn and such if you're going to eat them.)

Who told you this, cvirtue? Who do you know who has eaten trashivore pigeons, and admits it?
It seems logical that they wouldn't taste too good, but I'm sure not going to test this hypothesis myself, at least not willingly.
The pigeons we see on the street are also too old, according to every pigeon recipe I've seen. The ones served in fancy restaurants and European poultry markets are squabs, which is to say young pigeons that are nearly full-grown but haven't left the nest yet. These would be pretty inaccessible to most of us groundlings, since city pigeons like to nest in high nooks and crannies of buildings and highway bridges. If anybody could catch some of the young, though, they could test whether pigeons fed on trash taste better or worse than pigeons fed regurgitated trash (what urban pigeons feed their young).

>>>Hey, I'm glad to see the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals is still active after all these years.<<<

Ha, that's funny. I was reading Alex' page about the SINA just the other day, but it never crossed my mind when making that first post. Instead I was borrowing a line from an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, 'The Painted Hills', wherein the third Lassie hunts down and kills the man that murdered her owner (growls at him till he falls over a cliff, no mauling).

After the movie, the bots were discussing legal charges, punishments, and jury selection for Lassie, and Joel pointed out that animals can't be held accountable to the same moral standards as people, therefore, no murder charges for dogs.

I know they used to hang pigs during the Inquisition, but that's purely an anomaly...

Actually, it wasn't just during the Inquisition. Animals here in Colonial America were tried, convicted, and punished for transgressions. They were sometimes dressed as humans as their punishment was administered, such as whipping, or being placed in stocks. No soup jokes, please.

Yeah i heard hundreds of years ago two pigs were dressed in suits and hung for killing a kid. o_o
oh and i've eaten pigeons before, taste quite good.... but it was bred to be eaten. i see nothing wrong because it's part of the food chain, so i don't have anthing agaisnt eating dogs or cats ...etc, if we can eat cows we can eat dogs. But i think that is the only reason we should kill an animal, for survival purposes.
purposes like furs or decoration are disgusting and meaningless. =/

I'm old enough to remember my Grandmother donning a dead fox as a shoulder wrap, complete with head and feet. It had a spring in its mouth which then clasped the feet (or tail) when worn. Those freaky blue eyes still haunt me. And the fox eyes were scary too.

when I was a kid, some neighbours got a Norwegian Elkhound pup, who grew into a blimp. Unpleasant dog, fed on dogfood and table scraps, had dandruff that looked like those dehydrated potato flakes, waddled instead of walked, couldn't run...damn thing seemed to live forever.

...I realize that commercial dog food hasn't been around that long, so to be more distinct...if you can find out what the dog's natural habitat would have been (this would be difficult, b/c a lot of breeds were bred for captivity & so wouldn't have a natural 'outside' habitat), and find out what the dog would have eaten in that habitat. I can probably assume it wasn't beef, but more likely rabbits, hare, small rodents...These would need to be fed fresh to the dog.

On another note...there must be something about commercial dog food that is really just for dogs. You can't feed it to chickens, because it makes them aggressive, other animals have been known to eat dog food & above normal agressiveness was observed. No, I'm not saying dog food makes dogs agressive, but that non-dogs that have eaten it, have become more agressive than is standard.

Gary: A fellow who had been a hunter in upstate NY, moved to the city, and found himself down on his luck, gave city pigeon a try. Once.

About commercial dog food being "just for dogs"-

I think dogs have nutritional needs fairly close to us... they are omnivores. Actually they'll eat anything that will fit in their mouths, generally.
Dog food should not be given to cats because it LACKS things that cats need- extra protein (cats are almost complete carnivores) and taurine.

I don't know if there's any basis for this 'ate dog food, now agressive' thing.

I can't think why the wrong food would make an animal aggressive, unless it was undernourished. Individual dogs/cats/whatever may feel better on a particular brand of food than they would on others, so I suppose it might be possible.

If that's a pregnant dog, she's still obese. Pregnant dogs carry all the weight in the abdomen, they don't normally develop fat rolls all the way up to their heads. That poor dog looks so uncomfortable.

>>>other animals have been known to eat dog food & above normal agressiveness was observed.<<<

Never heard that one.

Wait--taurine? The same stuff in my Red Bull? Where do cats naturally get it?

Related to the "eating pigeons" story, Louisiana is encouraging its citizens to eat nutria, an exotic giant rodent (up to 20 pounds) that has become a pest there.

And dogs evolved to eat human garbage, as extensively discussed in a different area here. They've been scavenging around human settlements for at least 50,000 years.

Cats get taurine from mice. So, if you're tired of paying the price for Red Bull, just eat mice. (I'm kidding, okay? I don't actually know). But, I do know that my cats aren't total omnivores, because they'll bug me during my (vegetarian) dinner. They eat zucchini, tomatoes, corn, green beans, rice, and even saurkraut! Goofy cats! I've heard cats can't taste sugar, but they've gotten into the chocolate before. They also know how to open cupboards, drawers, and the refrigerator. And they hate dogfood...turn up their noses at it, while the dog will gladly eat catfood. Dogs can survive on a strict vegetarian diet, cats cannot. The lack of complex proteins can make them go blind. And make them break more antiques than ever before.

My dog is fatter.....

That is one handsome dog. I can only hope my own pets that big some day.

that is so cruel ,,,,in reguards to the dog i hope it gives them eternal gastric reflux ,,,,cause we know whats going to happen ...

AND YOU KNOW THE OWNERS OF THOSE PETS ARE GOING TO BE BROUGHT BACK IN THE NEXT LIFE VERY VERY OVER WEIGHT PEOPLE !!!!!! I WONDER IF THEY

SOYA SAUCE AND NODDLES

That is just so sad! Its owners must be gobbleguts or careless and lazy. M y dogs, Zeffy and Tishkin would never get as fat as that! Ally my cat lazes around though, but she chases birds. I'll never do that to MY pets: Cider and Greatheart(horses) Honey Bunny, Biscuit (guinea pig) nor Zeffy, Ally or Tishkin. I have a great big farm and lots of pets!

poor animal, it should be put out of its misery!
*! How could anyone be so cruel to own such a greeat overblown sasauge of a dog? Poor thing! I wanna recue it!

Mark and your gf, pease go away. hes my bro. GOD please go away for the sake of Spots( his horse) PLEASE!

That's disgusting. I've seen some overweight dogs in my time, but not THAT overweight. His owners probably feed him pizza and ice cream because they can deny him nothing when he turns those limpid eyes on them.

I believe that in order to be a good dog owner, you have to be a bit hard-hearted. Not abusive mind you, but not so soft that you go to pieces when they give you "the look" (you dog owners will know what I'm talking about).

Just this last Fourth, I saw a couple feeding their cocker spaniel ice cream and wanted to scream at them.

A co-worker once told me about a couple that had a huskey puppy that they fed ice cream, EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. They had to put him down before he was two because he was so sickly from it.

Hopefully there are dog owners out there who realize that food =/= love.

Dogs shouldnt be fat, however cute it is. But I draw the line at people. People should be fat if they want and skinny if they want. Just ticks me off to see people every day going 'skinny is sexy' pssssh. I'de never date a skinny guy...bleck. Lets just say if I were a dog, this guy would be a perfect match. Besides, 60% of America is fat and its spreading to Europe...were winning.

maybe this dog is sick, but it is the most beautiful dog i've ever seen .

How can i fatten up my dog to make it look like this? What the breed it is?

Ah what a cute dog

A dog's friend is fatter than that dog, he told me: "I make it fat like that in 4 months feeding him with a lot of spaghetti, hamburguers, pizza and cake" and his dog still growing and fattening up with that food, his dog is lovely and very, very fat; with some pounds more his weight will be 180 pounds, I swear it! 😊

How now, round Chow? I fed my tiny weiner (Chihuahua-Dachshund mix) nut'n but people food, yet he stayed skinny the whole time I had him, and he only got the squirties when he ate something he wasn't used to. The key: he got plenty of EXERCISE. It's a shame that more humans, myself included, don't follow that simple plan. Maybe then we wouldn't cop out by pointing the chubby finger in the direction of Mikki D's, which actually offers a number of low-cal items like chicken salad and diet drinks, and allows us to buy as much or as little as we desire, as often or as seldom as we choose. 😛

that dog is the skinniest in the world what r u guys talkin about stupids

That is sad. very sad. I hate that people would eat dogs. I told my mom that and she said its because they dont have pig and cow. i think its true what she said but that doesnt give a right to eat dog, cat, and rabbit. They should be eating greens and frut...not animals that could rescue you in a nature accident. dogs have no reason to be that fat... poor dog, i bet it's suffering

Psycologists say that you should'nt allow dogs to wear cloathes because it disrupts the smell and look of the dogs so that they don't recognise eachother, and that it is dimeaning to the dog. But i'd like to see a pet owner that refuses to wash they're dog and also one that won't brush they're dog or style they're hair. I find it strange. Any thoughts?
Chrissy

I think that you all should stop cutting on people who actully like to feed there animals to make sure that they have a full belly and like you other people who keep there pets looking like anorexic