To your pet’s health
Chelsea Fuller, Special to The Gazette
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Let’s start with the statistics — studies show that nearly 60 percent of Americans age 20 and older, and 30 percent of children are classified as being overweight. Another study shows that 53 percent of cats and 43 percent of dogs are classified as being overweight or obese.
See a growing trend here? Couch potato like lap potato?
Not only are the statistics similar, but packing on the extra pounds can also have the same effects on people and their animals.
Humans are put at higher risk for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, respiratory problems and arthritis by being overweight. Surprise — so is your pet. Not to mention medical costs associated with these conditions. Yeah, they aren’t cheap for pets either.
The only difference is most of the time people can help it, but our pets simply cannot. They are stuck at home sleeping all day anxiously awaiting our arrival back home.
I know that its’ hard enough for the average person to get exercise, but it seems as if it’s even harder to make sure our pets get the much-needed calorie burn as well. Why not kill two birds with one stone? Here are some solutions.
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