The canine obesity situation and new dog food trends have animal health pros scrambling to keep up with new products, recalls, special packaging and meeting the needs of pet owners concerned about the right food. We compiled several articles that relate to overweight dogs.
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- What and how to feed your overweight dog, Dogster, December 26, 2018. Link. Ernie Ward, DVM addresses myths about canine obesity. For more information visit the Association for the Prevention of Pet Obesity’s website at petobesityprevention.org.
- Association between life span and body condition in neutered client‐owned dogs, Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, December 11, 2018. (abstract only) Link. For all breeds, instantaneous risk of death for dogs in overweight body condition was greater than those in normal body condition throughout the age range studied.
- Care of dogs a family affair, Bark, December 2018. Link. Karen London, PhD discusses the division of labor and benefits for dogs.