Obesity in our dogs is a very serious medical problem. All of that excess weight take a big strain on our dogs’ heart, lungs, joints and hips. Overweight dogs are more like to have complications during surgery and are much more at risk for respiratory problems during warmer weather.
Recognizing an overweight dog can be very easily spotted as an outsider, but it’s often harder for owners to recognize obesity in their own dogs. Take a look at the chart above, where does your dog rank, and what do you think is the ideal body shape? Feel free to leave your response as a comment below.
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Jenga is #5.
I think the ideal body shape is the # 1 but even the # 2 looks about right also.
My dog stands somewhere between #1 and #5.
I believe, the dog’s ideal condition depends on many factors, including breed, age, exposure to harsh weather conditions and job requirements. Young saluki chasing game several times a week would look very different from a hucky in training for Iditarod.
Hondo is #5 although he seems to have put on mass in the past couple of weeks and is starting to look like #1.
It seems as though #1 is the ideal body shape (i.e lean, muscular, etc) but I’d have to agree with Oley and say that breed is a factor.
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