On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:39:13 -0400, "tiny dancer"
wrote:

Muttley did look a bit over-weight to me.

No, not a bit overweight - a *lot* overweight.

Don't be kind to him here, because it's not being kind to Muttley.

And if Schoen doesn't get started on a weight reduction program soon
(less food, more exercise), it'll be virtually impossible to do it
when Muttley gets older and starts to have energy and structural
problems, etc.

He's a large dog, and large dogs tend to have those
sorts of problems as they age.

No, no more than small dogs do, TD, who have owners who think that
food = love.

It's never the dog, it's always the dog owner.

Additionally, I've rarely seen a fat dog who didn't have a fat owner.

I think I'll even apply for government funding one day to "study" that
phenomenon.

I'd imagine especially in colder climates.

There's no good reason for a dog to ever be thaaaat over-weight, no
matter what the temperature is.

Waterfowl hunters in colder parts of the country usually start to put
a few pounds on their dogs in the late summer or early fall, in
anticipation of the hunting season, but only a few pounds. And by the
time the hunting season is over, the extra poundage is long gone.

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