Monday, March 24, 2008
8 Simple Visual Indicators Your Dog Is Fat
Your dog is fat. OK, possibly not.
But there's a very good chance he or she is, and you don't even know it.
Statistics vary, but veterinarians report that as many as 25 - 44% of all dogs are overweight, and that obesity is the number-one canine health disorder. Obesity is defined as weighing over 15% more than the standard accepted weight for the dog's height.
With nearly half of our dogs weighing in on the heavy side, it's no surprise, then, that obesity-related conditions are on the rise within the pet population. These conditions include diabetes mellitus and orthopedic, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, endocrine, respiratory, immune and reproductive disorders. These can be devastating conditions for your dog to live with.
Doctors ascribe the rise in obesity to a combination of the general lack of fussiness of dogs, their natural gorging behavior, and insufficient exercise.
And since dogs don't do their own grocery shopping or prepare their own meals, we must add to this a prevailing ignorance among their owners in providing a nutritious, well-balanced, calorie-controlled diet.
Do you know if your dog is fat or fit? Do you know her daily caloric requirements? Do you know what factors may mitigate those daily caloric requirements?
Did you know regular dog food is packed with sugar and fat to make the toxic crap they put in it palatable?
A healthy dog is ready to eat at any time. Some dogs quite literally can eat while flat on their side and more or less asleep. Therefore, it is pointless to use your dog's begging behavior as any indicator of how much to feed him.
Knowing how many calories he needs and how that translates into food will help keep him trim and healthy. Energy needs for the dog change throughout his life, increasing the more active he becomes, and, as you might surmise, decreasing as the dog reaches his senior years.
Your vet will help you determine if your dog's weight is on target, or if she is headed for fat city, and all diet-related considerations should definitely be discussed with your vet before introducing any major changes into your dog's nutritional sphere. But, before your next office visit, you can do an assessment to determine (albeit imprecisely) your dog's general body condition and weight.
Can the ribs be easily felt with slight fat cover, or are they difficult to feel under moderate or thick fat cover?
From the side view, do you see an abdominal tuck?
Is there thickening at the tail base?
From the overhead view, is there a well-proportioned waist?
Or, from the overhead view, does she have a marked hourglass shape? (an indicator of being underweight)
Or, from the overhead view, is the back slightly or markedly broadened at the waist? (indicators of being moderately to severely overweight)
Is your dog slow to rise or move around?
Is she reluctant to exercise, or does she tire easily with activity?
Individual metabolism, exercise, age, environment and overall health will determine what your dog really needs to remain lean and healthy. Since your dog can only have so many calories every day, it is important to pack lots of nutrition, bulk and appeal into those calories.
Our wildly popular Dog Food SECRETS information products can help you step-by-step overcome your nutritional naivete.
Embracing this information doesn't mean you have to prepare every meal with a set of scales on the counter, no. Do it a few times and you can do it forever.
After you determine your dog's caloric needs, the ideal solution to meet those needs is to prepare your dog's food at home, where you can have total control over the caloric and nutritional content.
Our books can help you there, too -- as it includes a collection of easy, healthful, natural and delicious recipes created with your dog's palate and welfare in mind. In fact the Silver and Gold packages include over 200 easy-to-make healthy recipes.
Andrew Lewis
Motorcycles
But there's a very good chance he or she is, and you don't even know it.
Statistics vary, but veterinarians report that as many as 25 - 44% of all dogs are overweight, and that obesity is the number-one canine health disorder. Obesity is defined as weighing over 15% more than the standard accepted weight for the dog's height.
With nearly half of our dogs weighing in on the heavy side, it's no surprise, then, that obesity-related conditions are on the rise within the pet population. These conditions include diabetes mellitus and orthopedic, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, endocrine, respiratory, immune and reproductive disorders. These can be devastating conditions for your dog to live with.
Doctors ascribe the rise in obesity to a combination of the general lack of fussiness of dogs, their natural gorging behavior, and insufficient exercise.
And since dogs don't do their own grocery shopping or prepare their own meals, we must add to this a prevailing ignorance among their owners in providing a nutritious, well-balanced, calorie-controlled diet.
Do you know if your dog is fat or fit? Do you know her daily caloric requirements? Do you know what factors may mitigate those daily caloric requirements?
Did you know regular dog food is packed with sugar and fat to make the toxic crap they put in it palatable?
A healthy dog is ready to eat at any time. Some dogs quite literally can eat while flat on their side and more or less asleep. Therefore, it is pointless to use your dog's begging behavior as any indicator of how much to feed him.
Knowing how many calories he needs and how that translates into food will help keep him trim and healthy. Energy needs for the dog change throughout his life, increasing the more active he becomes, and, as you might surmise, decreasing as the dog reaches his senior years.
Your vet will help you determine if your dog's weight is on target, or if she is headed for fat city, and all diet-related considerations should definitely be discussed with your vet before introducing any major changes into your dog's nutritional sphere. But, before your next office visit, you can do an assessment to determine (albeit imprecisely) your dog's general body condition and weight.
Can the ribs be easily felt with slight fat cover, or are they difficult to feel under moderate or thick fat cover?
From the side view, do you see an abdominal tuck?
Is there thickening at the tail base?
From the overhead view, is there a well-proportioned waist?
Or, from the overhead view, does she have a marked hourglass shape? (an indicator of being underweight)
Or, from the overhead view, is the back slightly or markedly broadened at the waist? (indicators of being moderately to severely overweight)
Is your dog slow to rise or move around?
Is she reluctant to exercise, or does she tire easily with activity?
Individual metabolism, exercise, age, environment and overall health will determine what your dog really needs to remain lean and healthy. Since your dog can only have so many calories every day, it is important to pack lots of nutrition, bulk and appeal into those calories.
Our wildly popular Dog Food SECRETS information products can help you step-by-step overcome your nutritional naivete.
Embracing this information doesn't mean you have to prepare every meal with a set of scales on the counter, no. Do it a few times and you can do it forever.
After you determine your dog's caloric needs, the ideal solution to meet those needs is to prepare your dog's food at home, where you can have total control over the caloric and nutritional content.
Our books can help you there, too -- as it includes a collection of easy, healthful, natural and delicious recipes created with your dog's palate and welfare in mind. In fact the Silver and Gold packages include over 200 easy-to-make healthy recipes.
Andrew Lewis
Motorcycles
Having a Threesome Can Be Benefitial To Your Relationship
You might wonder... Are there any benefits of enjoying threesome once in a while?
Oh YES there are!
Lets take a look at the three major benefits of experiencing a more open sex life:
1. You cant cheat and the need to cheat diminishes
2. Your chances of remaining in a quality relationship drastically improve
3. You make more effort to stay physically in shape
1. You cant cheat and the need to cheat diminishes
Most monogamous couples choose to be 'monogamist' not because they want to, but because they dont know any better. Many of them get married with the best of their intentions to remain faithful, however, after a few years of being together the opportunity arises and suddenly they cheat on their wife or husband. Why do you think people cheat? Because theyre looking for something that they cant find anymore in their steady partners: VARIETY.
The thought to have sex with only one person for the rest of our lives scares the hell out of most of people; especially guys! Whether we like to admit it or not; the truth is that traditional couples 'cheat' all the time. If were good enough at hiding our 'affairs', the secret goes with us to the grave. Some cheaters however are caught in the act. Unfortunately cheating on your partner; caught or not, destroys that precious bond that you have together.
The moment you cheat, you have subconsciously damaged the relationship. Interesting enough amongst sexually liberated couples 'cheating' is nearly non-existing. Why? Because they play together so they can have the best of both worlds: familiarity and variety. Playing brings them together, not apart as in 'cheating.'
2. Your chances of remaining in a quality relationship drastically improve
Because you both get to play with other people your relationship gives you the best of both worlds: variety and familiarity. This gives you a huge advantage to keeping a long-lasting quality relationship over most monogamous couples.
3. You make more effort to stay physically in shape
Because youre hunting for threesome candidate (s) you remain in the Dating Scene. Most traditional couples end the honey moon phase in their relationship pretty early and reality settles in. Theyre living together, working hard, start a family, trying to keep up with their social and family life. This seriously affects their sex life; familiarity sinks in and before they know it they put on weight and stop taking care of their physical appearance having a sexually open, responsible non-monogamist relationship with your partner keeps you young.
Flirting raises your self-esteem and gives you an incentive to remain fit and attractive. Playing Couples , as they are known in the swinging scene, have a tendency to take care of their physical appearance. They want to be attractive not only for themselves but also for others.
Suzy Bauer is the Author of "Step by Step Threesome" Her threesome advice has helped thousands of couples enjoy a more open and fulfilling sex life. You can find more information at: http://www.stepbystepthreesome.com.
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Oh YES there are!
Lets take a look at the three major benefits of experiencing a more open sex life:
1. You cant cheat and the need to cheat diminishes
2. Your chances of remaining in a quality relationship drastically improve
3. You make more effort to stay physically in shape
1. You cant cheat and the need to cheat diminishes
Most monogamous couples choose to be 'monogamist' not because they want to, but because they dont know any better. Many of them get married with the best of their intentions to remain faithful, however, after a few years of being together the opportunity arises and suddenly they cheat on their wife or husband. Why do you think people cheat? Because theyre looking for something that they cant find anymore in their steady partners: VARIETY.
The thought to have sex with only one person for the rest of our lives scares the hell out of most of people; especially guys! Whether we like to admit it or not; the truth is that traditional couples 'cheat' all the time. If were good enough at hiding our 'affairs', the secret goes with us to the grave. Some cheaters however are caught in the act. Unfortunately cheating on your partner; caught or not, destroys that precious bond that you have together.
The moment you cheat, you have subconsciously damaged the relationship. Interesting enough amongst sexually liberated couples 'cheating' is nearly non-existing. Why? Because they play together so they can have the best of both worlds: familiarity and variety. Playing brings them together, not apart as in 'cheating.'
2. Your chances of remaining in a quality relationship drastically improve
Because you both get to play with other people your relationship gives you the best of both worlds: variety and familiarity. This gives you a huge advantage to keeping a long-lasting quality relationship over most monogamous couples.
3. You make more effort to stay physically in shape
Because youre hunting for threesome candidate (s) you remain in the Dating Scene. Most traditional couples end the honey moon phase in their relationship pretty early and reality settles in. Theyre living together, working hard, start a family, trying to keep up with their social and family life. This seriously affects their sex life; familiarity sinks in and before they know it they put on weight and stop taking care of their physical appearance having a sexually open, responsible non-monogamist relationship with your partner keeps you young.
Flirting raises your self-esteem and gives you an incentive to remain fit and attractive. Playing Couples , as they are known in the swinging scene, have a tendency to take care of their physical appearance. They want to be attractive not only for themselves but also for others.
Suzy Bauer is the Author of "Step by Step Threesome" Her threesome advice has helped thousands of couples enjoy a more open and fulfilling sex life. You can find more information at: http://www.stepbystepthreesome.com.
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