Is Your Dog's Weight Affecting His Health in a Negative Way?

It is quite rare to see a young dog that is
overweight. Dogs are extremely active by nature
and tend to burn off calories easily and
maintain a trim weight in their younger years.
However, just as with people, older dogs usually
become more sedentary without decreasing the
number of calories they ingest daily. This of
course leads to the dogs becoming overweight in
their senior years.

This is especially detrimental to the animals
that become overweight if they also develop dog
arthritis during those later years of life.
Being overweight significantly aggravates the
condition of arthritis because the added weight
causes additional stress and strain on the
already diseased and weakened joints. Since
there is no cure for osteoarthritis in canines,
pet owners must deal with this situation
throughout the later years of their pet's life.

Canine arthritis is extremely common and occurs
in almost all dogs as they age. This single most
important factor that pet owners can do to
minimize the effects of this joint disease is to
make sure, first and foremost, that their animals
are at her proper weight. Just as with people,
this can be extremely difficult to put older
animals on a diet for losing weight.

Keep in mind that the animal was used to eating
a certain amount of food on a daily basis and
their stomachs become accustomed to that amount
of food just as with people. If your pet is
gaining weight simply because they are eating
too much and having to little exercise you must
either decrease the amount of calories each day
or increase the exercise on a daily basis.

The latter method is preferred because it is
more healthy for the dog overall. It would be
better, if possible, to maintain the animals
current daily food allotments by give them more
exercise. Not only will the exercise maintain
their healthy body weights, it also increases
muscle tone which is vital for combating the
effects of osteoarthritis as it develops in
their later years of life.

If additional exercise for your dog is not
possible, then you have no choice but to
decrease the calories per day and also supply a
daily dose of glucosamine sulfate to their food.
It may become difficult for you as a pet owner to
remove some of the food from your dogs daily
meals because they will still appear and act
hungry. But is up to you as a responsible dog
owner to do this and ensure that your dog is not
caring added pounds which will aggravate his or
her arthritis condition.

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