Your dogs are too fat !!!! - Page 2

Prager, your point is well taken...but to the people who treat their dogs like people it will fall on deaf ears.

I think it already has....lol

Jackal...

He didn't know she was pregnant until she was about a month into it.  I don't think there was ever a discussion w/ the vet about terminating the pregnancy.  As bad as it was, it could have been prevented by keeping the damn dog confined while in heat, instead of listening to the other advice (from his grandmother) that she was watching what the dog was doing outside and would catch any other dogs that came around before they could breed her.  Never mind that no one can keep their eyes on the dog 24 hours a day and see everything....I'm not getting started on this subject.

I finally had to shake my head and step back, pray that the ignorance of these people wouldn't cost the dog her life.  I'm the idiot of the family, I guess...Both of my dogs are spayed, neither had a pregnancy, they are both healthy weight, etc.

You can't educate someone who is an expert...You know that.

I learned the hard way, as I was growing up, about dogs and pregnancy, all that.  Nutrition was something that came along a while later, but I always fed by condition, regardless of the quality of the food.  I know a lot more now than I ever did then, and I learn more every day, from this list and others.  I pray that I never get to be such an expert that I cannot learn something new...May my dogs never suffer from such brilliance:-)

Crys

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Crys,
I don't think you need to worry about that!  You are down to earth and you pay attention and learn.  The hard part is stepping back and letting others learn from their mistakes.  I hear ya on trying to educate an expert!  I have some in my family too.  I can't make a suggestion without someone giving me a hard time for even suggesting they use their heads for something besides a hatrack.  Some people would rather go on being ignorant instead of entertaining the idea that someone else might have a point. SIGH.
Deb

"...my mom and I always fed our big dogs science diet and they all lived long pretty healthy lives. I know alot of people dont like science diet here but so far, I do. I think good execise like being out all day in a big yard with other dogs is key more than nit picking diet. :)..."


You not for real are you? let's hope you own only pets.

My dog get raw, and I see ribs, when the dog stretches, you can feel them, at times I think she is too skiny, but than I see her move and being happy than I know she is better off. Even wolfs don't eat every day, usually they are runing on empty and are one hunt away from starvation. Dogs are no difference they should eat just enough. High protein diet is not the way to go, and is just a new fation statment.

I can feel ribs, I don't wanna see em.

A GSD should have a waist line and you should be able to see the ribs especially when the dog stretches, unless you have a long coated dog.  Here's a link to some pictures of my dog, he's maybe 80 lbs, very agile, very very strong, and super fast.  Overall, extremely athletic.  How many olympic sprinters have any fat on them.  Your dogs should be athletic and thin.
  You can see my dogs ribs and muscles in some of the pictures, he's lean and all muscle.

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/picturegallery/10541.html  

That is how a male GSD should be built, IMO.

Jim