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Dogs Get Diabetes, Too
Diabetes in dogs is caused by obesity. When your pet dog is obese, their pancreas have to work harder to produce insulin, which can lead to diabetes. Symptoms of diabetes in dogs include increased thirst, urination, and appetite. If your…
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Is Your Cat Fat?
One way to measure if you cat is fat is by gauging the fat coverage over the ribs. Veterinary experts have a simple trick: Compare your cat’s ribs to the knuckles of your hand. Hold one hand out, palm facing down, and run the fingers of…
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Fetch! Help Your Pet Lose Weight
Helping your pet dog lose weight by playing games like fetch. It’s easiest to teach them outside, so your dog’s chase drive will be high. If your pet is uninterested in retrieving a ball or runs off with it, make a slit in a tennis ball and…
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Go Easy On the Table Scraps
If your dog begs, whines and paw at you at the dinner table, don’t oblige. Very often feeding table scraps to your pet, in addition to their regular meals, makes them put on weight. Also, not all human foods good for your pet. Use these…
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Rewarding Your Pet
Don’t use treats. So, for instance, you’re trying to teach your dog to fetch, using food within minutes is a bad idea. Too many treats can make your pet put on weight. The reward for a proper fetch should be the toy or object you’re playing…
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Cats And Weight Issues
Are cats getting fatter? University of Guelph researchers think so. Their findings, published in the ‘Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association’, reveal that even after cats mature from the kitten phase, their weight still…
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Overweight Pet? Get The Family Involved
To reach and maintain a healthy weight for your pet needs a commitment from your whole family. A weight loss plan for your pet, however well-formulated, is not going to succeed if one family member keeps sneaking your pet extra treats.…
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Work Out With Your Pet: Play Fetch!
Turn your dog’s favorite pastime into a fitness workout for you. When they’re chasing the ball or the disc get yourself moving, too. Quit checking your phone and, instead, work in a few lunges, squats, or pushups. You could even mix in a…
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Go On A Run With Your Pet
One great way of losing weight and also helping your dog lose weight is to go on a run with your pet. Here are a few things to keep in mind:
Coordinating the leash and pace and direction can be tricky and needs constant attention.…
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Tips To Feed Your Cat
Many cat owners have been told their animals need several small meals a day. But research from the University of Guelph has found that feeding cats one large meal a day may help control hunger better than feeding them several times a day.…
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