FDA Approves "Fat" drug for obese dogs - Page 1

Rather than convince people to feed their dogs less, feed better food, provide exercise, we now have the first FDA approved fat absorbing blocking drug for dogs. Of course, it also has the exact same side effects one sees with similar drugs in humans. I would say approximately 98% of all dogs boarded at my facility are way too heavy. Usually a good talk with the owner and putting the dog on a good low fat food, like Royal Canin Maxi Light, does the trick. Recently, I have seen several dogs whose owners took to heart our talk and changed feeding and exercise and have substantially reduced the weight on their dogs. This is only for information. But some of you undoubtedly will not see vets trying to prescribe such a medication when a better regime would be to provide a different food, less food, more exercise etc. Again, it is all about money........ Someone said in another post how weird dogs are.....I vote for people as being among the wierdest creatures on this planet. So many have lost sight of what really is important in life.

Sorry, meant to say "some of you undoubtedly WILL see vets" prescribing such a medication....... Also mistyped WEIRDEST in the last sentence. I have to do something else with my time LOL....this database is making me nuts.

so humans who take diet pills....get edgy,hyper,jumpy ect...so who is resposiable when one of these dogs on these pills attacks someone?? this is so stupid, really shows how lame people are now a days..just take a pill instead of adding exercise to the daily routine.

Het, These types of drugs work only by preventing the fat from being absorbed, so no, there will be no diet pill like symptoms and signs as seen with what people normally associate with diet pills. None the less, daily exercise? Again, most people want a rug that licks. They do not want a dog they must socialize and train for life, or exercise. I mean real exercise. It is so pathetic how many of my clients tell me they "walk the dog around the block" and think that is exercise......

Pathetic! Is it not bad enough that we kill ourselves with food? Then we overfeed our dogs. Now the obese owner and the obese dog can share the couch while snacking and popping pills imagining that they are getting fit.

This kind of drug should ONLY be given on a special occasions. It should NOT be passed around like candy. I know of a woman who is in a wheelchair and has a service dog. Unfortunatly the service dog do not get a whole lot of exercise regards to the womans mobility. The last time I saw the dog, the dog was in bad shape. I could NOT feel 1 single rib, let a loan that you can see how overly weigh the dog was. I thought the dog was pregnant. I know how upset you guys are, but this drug can benefit some dogs whos owners are severely disabled.

Ah, but the real problem is if the dogs were to get more exercise then the owner would have to get the exercise as well.  I think, at the heart of it, that is the real problem.  Most people want a rug that licks because they themselves are hairless rugs.

allaboutthedawgs,,,,,,,you made me laugh. Your comments are right on target. We are a lazy species in this and other highly industrialized countries.

Uh, where can I get me some? For Blitz of course LOL.

Instead of give the dog a bone! It will now be give the dog a pill? And because it makes money for a vet and they prescribe it, u know how many americans will fall for it and jump at the chance to laziness and buy it....another stock market spot ...be sure to buy some..it will surely make u some money.... Hodie is in a place to see how careless people get with feeding if she boards.....