Maybe I am wrong, if so, please tell me.
But I get so irritated when people post about how their dog is grossly obese (For example, a mini schnauzer that needs to lose about 50% of it's weight) and so many people say things like oh you just need to exercise her more. Or take her for two 20 minute walks each day and such without even talking about how the owner clearly needs to feed less.
In my mind, I think a grossly obese dog is clearly fed too much (unless there is some medical reason). So I think the most obvious answer is to feed less.
I do think exercise could help them lose some weight, but I do not see it helping a grossly obese dog losing all of it's weight this way? Do you agree? Or am I wrong? I mean I suppose maybe the dog would lose all the weight if it was exercised 24/7.. but practically I do not think this would actually be an effective way of dealing with a grossly obese dog if this is the ONLY thing you did?
I see exercise as being better for building muscle tone and other conditioning and stamina.
Thoughts?
But I get so irritated when people post about how their dog is grossly obese (For example, a mini schnauzer that needs to lose about 50% of it's weight) and so many people say things like oh you just need to exercise her more. Or take her for two 20 minute walks each day and such without even talking about how the owner clearly needs to feed less.
In my mind, I think a grossly obese dog is clearly fed too much (unless there is some medical reason). So I think the most obvious answer is to feed less.
I do think exercise could help them lose some weight, but I do not see it helping a grossly obese dog losing all of it's weight this way? Do you agree? Or am I wrong? I mean I suppose maybe the dog would lose all the weight if it was exercised 24/7.. but practically I do not think this would actually be an effective way of dealing with a grossly obese dog if this is the ONLY thing you did?
I see exercise as being better for building muscle tone and other conditioning and stamina.
Thoughts?