Simple Solutions Obesity E-Book

Arden Moore

• Herausgeber: CompanionHouse Books
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Serie: Simple Solutions Series
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013

Seitenzahl: 24

Beschreibung

Making light of a difficult topic, Obesity discusses an issue that too many dog owners refuse to acknowledge, or even see. Because excessive weight on a dog's body can shorten his life, obesity is an issue that all owners must face, and author Arden Moore presents it with sensitivity, intelligence, and humor, launching into the book with an opening chapter called "Facing the Fat Facts. As all Simple Solutions books do, Obesity offers many remedies for the problem at hand, including fixing diets, making mealtime fun (without refilling the bowl), exercise regimens, play sessions, daily walks and more.

Leseprobe

Karla Austin, Business Operations Manager

Nick Clemente, Special Consultant

Jarelle S. Stein, Editor

Kendra Strey, Assistant Editor

Jill Dupont, Production

Michael Vincent Capozzi, Design

Copyright © 2005 by I-5 Press™

Illustrations copyright © 2005 by Buck Jones

The dogs in this book are referred to as he and she in alternating chapters.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of I-5 Press™, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.

Library of Congress-in-Publication Data

Moore, Arden.

Obesity / by Arden Moore ; illustrations by Buck Jones.

p. cm. – (Simple solutions)

ISBN 1-931993-62-9

eISBN: 9781620080740

1. Dog–Food. 2. Dogs–Diseases–Nutritional aspects. 3. Obesity in animals. I. Title. II. Series: Simple solutions (Irvine, Calif.)

SF427.4.M658 2005

636.7'0896398–dc22

2005004089

I-5 Press™

A Division of I-5 Publishing, LLC™

3 Burroughs

Irvine, California 92618

Printed and bound in Singapore

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Contents

Introduction

Facing the Fat Facts

Is My Dog Fit or Fat?

Feeding the Right Amount

Two Fido Friends: Fiber and Water

Halt Those Beggin’ Eyes

Play Some Food Mind Games

Put The P Back in Play

Walk This Way

Conclusion

Introduction

T-r-e-a-t-s. For some dogs, saying this word or spelling it out can cause drool and delight. Face it, most dogs love food. They love food in their bowls and on the kitchen floor, and, if they get a chance, they’ll steal the steak off your dinner plate. In the right amounts and with the right ingredients, food fuels our canine chums and keeps them healthy, fit, and strong. However, when we succumb to their begging eyes or go overboard in doling out fatty treats, we create chubby chowhounds—a serious issue that must not be ignored.

In fact, one in three dogs in the United States is deemed over-weight or downright obese. What’s wrong with a fat dog? Plenty. A combination of too much food and too little exercise creates a recipe for disaster. Plump pups are at risk for a host of chronic conditions and diseases including diabetes, heart problems, arthritis, and muscular injuries. Their expanding girths zap their puppylike enthusiasm. Their once-energetic strides turn into slow-moving waddles. They begin to prefer napping to ball fetching. They become couch pet-tatoes, getting up only when they smell a beef roast in the oven or hear the crackling sound of a new bag of treats being opened.

Think about it—your dog isn’t opening up the refrigerator on her own and helping herself to midnight snacks. She isn’t stealing your car keys and making a mad dash to a fast-food restaurant’s drive-through window and ordering a burger and fries—super size, please. The blame for the bulge is at the other end of the leash: well-meaning owners.