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Kobe has the most perplexed facial expression like, "It's super weird you're doing this, but whatever floats your boat."
Aaahhahhahhhhhahhaha it's so true!
I think you pawed it there. 😉🤣
He doesn't bite or bark, he just judges silently
😆 🤣 😂 😹 👍
❤️😂
Kobe is so well-mannered!! Not a single bark or whine in the entire video!
when the dog is so good you have to make the episode about something else.
@@thimization 😂😂
I noticed that as well. He was excellent.
He also wanted to hear about dogs obesity problem
Most golden retrievers are this way
I miss hearing "I shave out their paw pads, and trim their Grinch feet". I don't know why but it always brings a smile to my face.
I was also just thinking that... 😁
Same here, it made me so happy knowing actual dog groomers call them that too. I thought it was just a me thing 😅
I'd never heard of " grinch feet" till she said it. now I miss it too.
Paw pads are love :D
She probably got a Cease and Desist letter from Disney, or whoever owns the Grinch story.
I often get “your dog is so skinny”. She’s a smallish American lab and the vet says she’s the perfect weight. The vet said exactly what you said that we are so used to seeing over fed dogs that folks don’t know what a fit dog is suppose to look like. (My dog also gets a lot of exercise so is quite muscular looking for her breed)
Yea, labs are perhaps the only breed I see overweight often (I'm in Europe).
@@Sasha-zw9ss Labs also needs lots of exercise but often are not walked enough. Active dog needs or can eat more food same like humans... and we all know Labs are foodies
I can relate to this! Everyone says my black lab is skinny when he’s actually just fit and has a visible tuck. But a lot of people have never seen the breed look like that I guess and just think they’re suppose to be chonky 🤷♀️
Kobe also recognises that he is cherished and grooming is for his betterment. His face says I don’t love it but I get it.
Labs and goldens, usually, should be relatively stocky in build rather than lean, they were bred as working dogs, like the great pyrenees. English Labs and Goldens seem to be much stockier than American ones though, so it may just depend on the particular breed of golden or lab.
I like how this golden boy was so well behaved that you had to think of a whole other topic to talk about instead of his groom 😅
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FACTS
LoL that's what I was thinking exactly 😂
His little eyebrow raises killed me 😂🥺🥺🥺🥺 so sweet
😂😂😂great comment!
Kobe deserves an extra "Bestest Good Boy" for being so calm and laid-back.
All of her clients deserve that.
AGREED!!! 🏆
@elliebarnes9628 not Mayonnaise
@@elliebarnes9628 yeah I don't think you've seen all her videos if you think all are going to deserve that lol
@@inherbeautyrising Trust me I've seen nearly all her videos. I've seen the snappers and the bites, but all dogs are the bestest good boys (and girls) but the owners sometimes don't properly train them.
6 months ago, I adopted a CHONKER. It was a learning curve for me to dial the feeding in correctly. I had to buy a scale (raw feed). He is now down from chonk to chubby. We are making progress! I'm also working with a doctor to get my own weight addressed. I figured if I'm so concerned about his weight and how it relates to his health, I should give myself the same care and concern. I'm happy to say now we are both making progress. 😊
Raw feeding isn’t good
your vet recommended raw feeding 😬 that's surprising. Raw feeding is so risky. it's easy to not raw feed properly (you have to balance all the nutrients yourself), it's hard get all the stuff you need (whole prey including heart, lungs, and other organs), and there's no lifetime feeding trials for raw food companies that claim to do all that stuff for you. It's a lot safer for your dog's health to buy food from a company that does lifetime feeding trials, there are plenty of dry and canned foods from reputable brands that have few added ingredients.
Ummmkay...wow. Appearantly everyone is really concerned about my babies. Cat Daddy Jackson Galaxy recommends it (he has a whole video series and sites research). I am very diligent regarding the source of the proteins, meaty bones and organs as well as the variety. I mostly use Raw Feeding Miami although they also have stuff from My Pet Carnivore, Blue Ridge Beef and Angus Jack Farms. I weigh everything on a scale, use a calculator to do the math to be sure I get the proportions correct, add in supplements and 3 oz of wet canned cat food to every pound of raw just to be sure I have all their bases covered. I have goat hearts, lamb hearts, pork spleen, beef thymus, lamb liver, whole fuzzy mice (a favorite of my chonker), whole ground: rabbit, bison, salmon, chicken, turkey, duck, quail, and a whole assortment of other things I can't name off the top of my head. As I am so diligent about it, their vet has blessed their diet. If I was feeding them raw chicken breast and nothing else, they would probably be dead instead of the epitome of health they are. Every now and then I give them a scoop of kibble to be sure if something happens to me and someone else feeds them they won't 💩 or 🤮 everywhere. Thank you for your concern on behalf of my babies. Please rest assured they are receiving excellent care.
@@metalcatmom5891 dont listen to them, you are a true hero in my eyes.
just keep doing what you're doing you absolute legend.
@@Hannah_The_Heretic Awwe! Thank you! You made my day!
Vanessa, I’m so happy you decided to bring up the topic of appropriate feeding. We have a four year old chihuahua who was 4 pounds 3 ounces when we adopted her at the SPCA. She came from a really bad hoarding home with dozens of dogs and cats, and was loaded with intestinal parasites, so she was almost certainly underweight, initially. She was about a year old at the time. She is the smallest dog we have ever had and it was really hard to adapt to feeding very tiny meals. It wasn’t long before she was almost 7 pounds, and it was clear to our vet and to us that she was overweight. We worked hard to get her back to a weight that our vet was comfortable with (just under six pounds, which is normal for chihuahuas).
Our solution has been to weigh her meals on a kitchen scale for every single meal - because it is so easy to over-estimate the amount you are putting in the dish. We also found the frequent small meals kept her more satisfied than larger meals less often. So, she gets approximately 13-15 grams of food (that is a really small amount!) three to four times a day. One of those meals is mostly thawed frozen peas and carrots, which she loves. The other meals are low calorie kibble and canned dog food. We add water to the food to make sure she’s well hydrated and it helps her to feel fuller without added calories. The only treats she gets are cat treats, which are super tiny and have only two calories each.
So far, so good. She’s just under six pounds and is generally very healthy. Thank you for highlighting this important issue!
Thank you for taking her in and knowing when her weight became an issue and making changes. You are clearly a responsible pet owner. 😊
It's interesting about mostly thawed frozen peas and carrots. I will try to add them to my Welsh Springer spaniel food. He is such a picky eater that I don't have to worry about him being overweight. I was forced by him to add liquid food to his kibbles because once he refused to eat dry kibbles for 2 days. I also add raw meat to his diet regularlyý ♥️😆🐶
Healthy weight kinda depends on the chihuahua. Mine is a dear head and her healthy weight seems closer to 10lbs. She lost about a pound after spaying and I’ve noticed you can kinda see her spine when she sits. Fixing that is a challenge when you also have 4 cats, one of which looks like it could lose the pound she needs. Yeah I know; feed them separately. Two kittens on one diet, pup on one diet, two adults on one diet…. Well, at least for now. All cats will be on same diet eventually.
@@olgaleonenko9334, if it's within your budget, try raw food. You can find it at many grocery stores in a cooler in the pet food aisle or at specialty pet stores. It is certified safe and may be less expensive than the meat you currently feed, as I'm sure you only buy the best for your pet. It may also be more tempting to him.
You described the whole diet-plan process really clearly - I appreciate your comment!
I loved that you used a healthy pet to show what is right, rather than shame an overweight doggo 🥰
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Agreed!
Agreed. It's another example of how wholesome this channel is.
Why would she shame an overweight dog when their owner is completely responsible for the dog’s health and weight?
@@badcow4936 just said that because it’s the dog that’s featured in the video, not the owner 🤗
I hope more pet owners quickly realize how obesity can change their pet's whole life. The amount of pets I've seen who suffer to take a step ahead is heart aching. And oh, Kobe was a such a sweetheart!
Agreed. I have to be on top of my dogs weight cause she can put them on quickly. Generally she gains weight in the summer cause we live in Florida and she's a black dog, so it's hard to exercise her the way she needs to be all the time. She's never obese, but she gets a little fluffy. Lol
@@alvamind5286 aww she sounds lovely❤..and a Lil fluffy is super adorable🥰..it's facts
The same applies to humans. That's why "fat acceptance" is a horrifying thing
@@DiggitySlice shut up
@@DiggitySlice as a fat person, I'm disgusted by assholes like you. Stop comparing humans to pets, you fucking pest
I’m both a seasoned veterinary nurse, and also a Pug owner. With a few exceptions, just about every Pug owner/client I’ve ever encountered had an overweight Pug and would not believe me that Pugs can have a healthy waistline (hour glass figure y’all!) until I showed them photos of my own healthy weight Pug. At that point, they no longer could use the “all Pugs are fat” line at my veterinary hospital because they knew we’d all set them straight. Thank you for sharing good pet owner education! Most people do not realize in the US that as pet owners, we control what and how much we feed our pets. This goes for any type of pet, regardless of species. Thanks again and keep your client/pet owner education coming! ♥️🙌
If pugs are fat, or any breed for that matter, they are fat due to their owners. I am Glad you keep your pug lean, obesity is taking years off our pets. Quite often both pet and owner are obese. As you know, fat pugs will struggle to breathe, it’s cruelty to both underfeed or over feed any animal.
I ❤ pugs!
Same with English bulldogs! I work at a daycare and we have one that’s in impeccable shape, I’ve honestly never seen an English bulldog in person that looks like her, that’s what the breed should be!
My girl was always so athletic and fit,my vet said she was the healthiest senior dog he had ever seen.
So I absolutely agree,pugs can be a healthy weight,if the owner can resist the “give me treats” stare!😂❤
@@rythmjunky5292 I agree, they are very food motivated, and they know how to use those beautiful eyes to get treats! I adore this breed, and they are very hard to lose, my heart goes out to you. Im glad your girl lived to be a healthy happy senior, how old was she when she passed, if you don’t mind me asking?
@@vintageprue8728 she was 15,and a few days before she died the vet told me he was amazed at how old she was.
She started having seizures the day after her vet visit,and had to be euthanized a day after that (on Christmas Day 2021)because they were too rapid to be treated with medication.
It left me in shock of sorts,and loads of guilt for not being able to help her.
She actually looked up at me after the second injection,just stared at me for a second,then was gone.
Always wonder if she was asking me to stop it,to try harder.
I’ll never know I guess.
Was never an overly emotional person before that.
Strange how life goes sometimes.
I miss her fiercely.
This is the most well behaved dog I have seen in your videos. He is not even resisting or complaining and just complies when being bathed 😂
THANK YOU for speaking about this! It's definitely a touchy subject - to the point that even my vet hesitated to tell me I was feeding my pup too many bone marrows! I said, no, please be frank with me lol!! Now he doesn't hold anything back and my dog is very healthy. Love from Canada 🇨🇦
God I love that saying. I just imagine a guy called Frank and he's just the realest guy out there speaking his mind always 😂
@@tijmenbruin Franks the best man.
I worry a lot about my pets' weight, because I notice other people's pets are so chubby, and think I'm not feeding them enough. But the vet says they're fine, so I trust them.
@@luaraujo3416 I'm sure your pets are doing fine :) with older animals, they often have trouble keeping the weight on in old age -- like my family's cat, who developed a thyroid problem, so we're constantly trying to get him plumper rather than trimmer haha. I'm sure your dog is doing great
@@Flanneryschickens it's exactly the same as humans, come to think of it - old people either become obese or, more commonly, shrivel up
I'm in awe of how measured and compelling your videos are. No false niceties, no glossing over tricky subjects, no shaming - just the right information served straight up with an assumption that we all want what's best for our beloved furry friends. And all that with the cutest videos of pups in bathtubs. A joy to watch and learn!
Too bad some comments are taking this opportunity to be fatphobic
@@cpt.taselbymc8400 I can't find a single "fatphobic" comment... -.-
@@cpt.taselbymc8400 I'm overweight and I have seen nothing in the comments that mirrors your statement 🤷
Kobe is an angel. Thanks for addressing the weight subject.
I think the only time I disagreed with a vet on weight was with my childhood dog. She had an extremely healthy diet, got walked at least twice a day, and maintained a weight of 100lbs. One vet my family went to said my dog needed to drop 10-15lbs, then grabbed a bunch of "fat" on her chest area and said she was "too wide". To paint a picture, this dog was a Malamute/Shepherd/Rottie mix.
Parents took the dog to another vet for a second opinion. Other vet said "yeah, she's built like a tank, she's a sled dog." That doggo lived her best life at 100lbs to the ripe old age of 14
I had a few people including a vet nurse say the same about my dog. My Rottweiler who at the time was getting tons of exercise, like 2 hours of fetch, 1 hour of walks, plus playing tug of war and all of that on a daily basis until she was 3 or 4 and slowed down a bit. Some people said she was fat or overweight but she was built like a brick shit house and had almost zero fat, it was all rock hard muscle. Most vets thought she was overweight until they actually felt her and realize that while she looked like a sausage link with legs there wasnt anywhere you could feel anything but solid muscle and she was able to keep pace with much more agile dogs like German shepherds and Belgian malanois
@@arthas640 For sure! Rotties are built like literal tanks! Pls give your pup some pets for me :)
Kobe's owners are doing an excellent job, he has to be the most well behaved dog I've seen on this channel, and looks to be in exceptional health.
His face in the happy hoodie melted my heart.
I know it was so adorable!
Holden retrievers are often very chill and well behaved if raised properly lmao
Speaking of healthy body weight ...
@@MatrixRocker what?
@@MatrixRocker LMAO😀
🍪🍫🧁👌😋💻☕️
His ears flapping in the ‘wind’ just brightened my day. ❤
The "glam shots" lol
Same
Soo cute 😍🥰
one of my cats got himself into quite the tubby state, but as i'm always careful with how much i feed i was a bit confuddled exactly where he was finding his extra calories. It turned out he'd told about 5 neighbours that i starved him so they all took pity on him and fed him. I literally had to go and ask them to stop doing it lol. Took us a while but he got the weight off. Worth remembering/considering if your cats are free roaming!!
My shih tzu gained a bunch of weight and I finally figured out he had learned how to jump up onto things to sneak food. My big dog was leaving his food for a while (picky eater) and if I didn't notice and pick it up right away he was jumping ontop of the raised food bowl. The difference in their measurements is 1/4cup shih tzu 2 cups greyhound per meal and the shih tzu was eating 2 1/2 cups some days because of this issue I didn't catch right away (I don't free feed but give them a good 30 minutes to eat and rest before taking them to go the bathroom).
Also had to rearrange my furniture because he figured out how to jump from couch to table to counter and was helping himself to anything on the counter.
cats are clever like that. Showed up in an episode of the simpsons where their cat was living part time at another families home and getting extra meals and treats, but that does happen. Plus there's the times they'll steal food from other cats in their own home or other homes. It's hard enough putting your cat on a diet but even harder to convince your neighbors to lock their cat doors so your cat doesnt break into their house to steal their cats dinner.
He didn't complain even once. Perfect customer.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a silent and good behaved boy. Good boy Kobe ❤️
He was the bestest boy. 🎉
Especially for a 1-year-old Goldie. Lovely puppy!
I think it said "been" instead of "seen"
This dog epitomizes the attitude of golden retrievers.
He's just happy to be there.
So calm and good natured for his age! That’s great socializing and training on behalf of his parents. I love his few moments of “Wuzzat?” As he sniffed the brush or looked back wondering what you were doing to his bum. 12/10 would pet vigorously!
Her response for the walking excuse is perfect! Your dog won’t need extra calories if they aren’t using them.
I took my dog to the vet recently for a regular check-up and they complimented us on keeping him trim all of these years. The way she said it made it clear that she doesn't see healthy animals all that often. Keeping him a healthy weight has been a huge focus for me and my husband since we know how detrimental obesity can be.
I had the same experience with my cat. My vet was impressed and surprised 😮
Same! I have two cats. Their bodies have such fragile bones, I could never imagine putting more weight and see them struggle as they age.
They're so well behaved with food and all it took was some gentle guidance and good quality wet food.
No matter the animal, owners have the responsability to keep them healthy.
Same for me. I have a corgi and they are used to seeing cylinders and egg shaped corgis at my vet. They comment on it every time and that he is muscular from regular exercise. He is 11 and acts like a much younger dog.
Me too though we were asked to help our dog lose weight, only to find out that she was perfect before her butt was just big (which I told the vet to begin with) 🤣.
My goldendoodle self-regulated before he was geriatric - I got the same reaction. My daughters teen friends thought we were starving him. 🙄
I just went through this with my dogs. We all got overweight during the pandemic and it happened so slowly I wasn't aware. My vet tacticly let me know. First time I was very reactive, second time I was accepting. After we all started slowly working off the pounds, we all did better. I didn't realize how much the weight was interfering with the quality of our lives, from play to sleep. Thank you for taking on such a difficult and sensitive subject.
Nice comment (p.s., "tactfully").
@@KingoftheJuice18 Could also be autocorrect mangling "tacitly".
Autocorrect has been known to duck things up 😁
@@rockarola55 That's what I thought it said at first, but I don't think AC misspells like that.
Good for you, thinking about what the vet told you and then acting on it. It’s so easy to get comfortable with an unhealthy situation, and change can be scary, even when it’s for the better.
@@KingoftheJuice18 My autocorrect has been beaten into submission (in Danish, English and quite a few other languages), but I do recall my AC screwing up words like that 🤷
This has got to be one of the softest looking pups I have ever seen. 😱
We rescued our cat, and though she is a big breed lady, she was also overweight and had food anxiety. Losing weight is tough for everyone - and cats are extremely slow to shed pounds, but we've been chipping away little by little. She can jump in and out of the window with ease now and she's much more playful! Keep at it everyone 💪
I love that slightly unsure but accepting look he has, melts my heart!
Kobe is such a good boi! Didn't pull away, calmly handed over his paws for shaving and nail clips, didn't squirm, very well behaved doggo!
He just looks so confused 😂
He is so cute. He understands what is happening and he just rolls with it. A very good boy.
omg the golden was so polite and cute what a good boi!
I really appreciate you bringing this topic up, and it also applies to cats too! The fat house cat troupe is common and ignored way to often, we are responsible for taking proper measures for our animals health. Btw this golden way absolutely adorable!
What exacerbates it is that people find fat cats cute. No, it is not cute that this cat is so fat it got stuck in the opening to its cat bed or covered litter box, that's just very sad.
But tbh, it applies to most pets. I'm a reptile keeper and conservatively, I'd say 90% of pet reptiles are somewhere between slightly overweight and morbidly obese. Which also means, if you post pictures of your healthy weight reptile in a reptile community, you might get bombarded by people telling you you're starving them. And it does drastically reduce their lifespan, too. Bearded dragons can get up to 15 years old in the wild, where they have to evade predators, deal with parasites and find their own food. In captivity, most don't make it past age 10 and obesity plays a critical role there.
@@beardiemom I wonder a bit if reptile owners can also go overboard due to anxiety around pets going off feed. Not an excuse, obviously, but I get the desire/logic to want to compensate for an animal who hasn’t eaten in weeks. My crestie went off feed recently and it made me feel kinda miserable. I personally didn’t do anything different in terms of her feeding schedule while she was off feed but I could definitely imagine someone in the same situation feeding more often or hand feeding, which isn’t ideal for cresties on a powdered diet.
I personally don’t know if I’m feeding her too much and/or too frequently. My usual is a 1/4th teaspoon of repashy every 4-5 days. She never eats all of it, which may be a sign to feed her less? It’s hard when one has to judge based on body condition more so than weight alone.
@@marinap-xp7vb Oh yeah, absolutely. My beardie had a rough start in life, coming to me with 3 types of intestinal parasites, and at some point, it looked like he wasn't eating his salads anymore, so I started sprinkling some bee pollen on there.
Well, he ended up *slightly* overweight due to pollen being sugary and I had to course correct when I realized he was headed in that direction. He now is back to a healthy weight and I am working on keeping him there.
My personal way of dealing with that anxiety is by taking pictures of him regularly and comparing them to older pictures to see whether his body condition has changed.
And I weigh him roughly once a month directly after a poop to get accurate, consistant weights now that he's an adult.
If his body condition changes or there's a drastic change in weight, I either put him on a diet (if he gets heavier and pictures confirm that it's fat), or monitor for more changes and schedule an appt with my exotic vet, if he's drastically losing weight or there's some form of growth forming.
My short hair cat is perfect...
But my longhair... it's hard to find her body under all the fluff. I don't think she's super obese, I can feel her body and it's pretty "rectangular" if that makes sense. Her gut isn't sticking out on the sides but it's also not sunken in. It's even with her ribs.
She's a smaller cat so the average weight of a cat would mean she's overweight lol.
I'm so lucky that my cats sorta self regulate and don't like eating a TON, or I'd be doomed.
@@beardiemom So nice to see someone who takes proper reptile husbandry seriously. I've seen so many neglected reptiles, beardies especially, because people think they're an "easy" pet.
Kobe is a beautiful example of a healthy and calm dog!! Kudos to his human parents ❤❤❤!!!
>servants
I have a 1-and-a-half-year-old border collie and the amount of times I hear "feed her more" is so upsetting, she isn't underweight she's just an athlete...
People go CRAZY online if you post well conditioned, healthy dogs. It's truly sad.
Our lab had become too fat. We simply adjusted the amount of food we feed him at each serving (twice a day). We carefully measure his food every single time and he is maintaining his new leaner physique easily. It's actually incredibly easy to make a dog loose weight. Much easier than for humans.
Girl I would love to hear your podcast about dogs and proper ways to care for them. That would be so good and valuable.
I'm thinking about it!
@@GirlWithTheDogs that would be a joy to listen while driving ❤️
This would really be incredibly helpful! Would love this!
@@GirlWithTheDogs omg thats so cool, im sure a lot of people would agree with @Zofia Zajdel
@@GirlWithTheDogs WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT!! You have great insights!
My vet told me on my last visit that my cat was putting on weight. I cut her portions, and she has gone back to her playful, funny, feisty self. She is a small girl, so she can look "skinny" from above when she's at her ideal weight. But she is much happier now, and so am I. Thanks, Vanessa, for addressing this topic.
Btw Kobe is an über Golden.
My cat was 16 when she died. She looked like a young cat, it was insane. Admittedly, she spent most of her day outside because she liked wandering about on her own, so she wasn't recluded inside and that might have helped her stay lean. But yeah, she looked like a young version of herself, especially to people who maybe didn't know her already. Her face might've shown some signs and her belly skin was slightly loose due to aging, but that's pretty much it.
Exercise is key to keeping a cat entertained and their heart healthy :)
Same thing for me! One of our cats is very small (runt of the litter). We were giving her the same amount the vet recommended for her brother, not taking into account that he’s quite a bit taller & more muscular. She has been very lazy, not wanting to play or move much and (after the vet gave her a clean bill of health), we thought it was probably her getting older and losing that kitten playfulness. Vet said she could lose a bit so we cut her portions and she’s back to being her playful, super loving self that we haven’t seen in 4 years. I think the extra weight was really dragging her down. It’s so wonderful to see her back to her old self again!
@@Flanneryschickens Yea, many owners think that means letting them out unsupervised and letting them hunt, though, which is bad. They are an invasive species and not a natural predator.
+ Many cats die because of neglectful owners, of diseases, cars, choking or insides rupturing from bird bones.
People need to play with their cats more! Or go outside with them on a leash (there are leashes for cats for a reason, people!)
Like us in North America, our pets typically eat highly processed food with lots of fillers, which is also a factor. On top of that, many, many dogs (and cats) experience bloating due to food sensitivities. We took our dog off kibble and switched him to grain free wet food, and within a week he had more energy and had started to slim down. And now, even at 16, he's still trucking. A lot less energy than he used to have, but still very happy and healthy (except for some environmental allergies and the arthritic wear of an old dog with joint subluxation, but he's medicated for his allergies and pain).
Obviously this isn't veterinary advice and any major diet change should be closely monitored and take place slowly. This is just what worked for our dog.
Sounds like you really love your dog and are taking good care of him.
My dog has allergies, too, and they really improved when I stopped feeding him any chicken. I don't know if that might help your dog, but I thought I'd pass it along. It's so hard to see an itchy pupper! ❤️
Greetings from Italy🇮🇹. Hope you enjoyed your stay. Glad you found well fed doggos , maybe you found good food too. Good luck for your channel and for everything else
Several years ago I was given an 8 year old small yorkie. His previous owner not only fed him dog food, but he also had a ham or chicken sandwich for lunch and cake or a donut for afternoon tea. When I got him he weighed 15 pounds!! It took me several months but the vet was surprised that the second he was weighed he was down to 8 pounds. He was so much more energetic and learned to love going for walks. The smaller portions took him awhile to get used to but we managed/
They were feeding him cake and donuts????? Wow
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What's worse is that dogs don't have receptors for sweetness yet they can become addicted to sugar. He should've been able to enjoy that cake at least 😅
Yeah my great aunt fed her dog human food and when she went into a home and my uncle got the dog she was very overweight. But she was a darling dog who actually liked all the walks she was getting and she trimmed right down on regular dogfood. Then in her old age she got some mammary tumors and they vet could remove them with all that extra skin she had. It was like a tummy tuck. She got happy , perky and energetic in a household that treated her well. Like a whole second better life.
A lot of people equate food with love. But excessive feeding and inadequate exercise are not signs of love, they’re symptoms of denial.
I’ve been practically begging my dad to stop feeding our dog table scraps, like eggs and cheese and bits of bread, but he just *has* to share that with her. She’s ten and getting chonky, it’s so frustrating because I just want her to be healthy!
I appreciate all your PSAs about dog breeds and pet health! ❤
Kobe is so handsome and well behaved!
At least the eggs are good for him
I feel you! My dad is ALWAYS giving almost a plateful of leftovers to our family dog, and luckily he’s a very active dog so it doesn’t affect him too much, but there are times when he gets quite close to being overweight. There are other ways to show you love a dog, and over feeding isnt one of them ):
If possible you could try asking him to limit the feeding to just the eggs (as long as they aren’t heavily spiced). That would help a lot. The cheese is most likely the biggest factor to the weight gain
Same here. I always say he should stop because its not good for her but he just dosn't listen. A small bit from the egg and from the bun and a salami here....frustrating
If you can't convince your dad to stop giving your dog table scraps, maybe you can convince him to reduce her dog food intake so at least the calories balance out.
the greatest compliment I've ever received may have been "I can tell how much you love her because she's the perfect weight" -my vet. now she wasnt always, and i definitely still loved her when she put on almost 20 lb as she aged and there was a learning curve for me to get her new feeding right. she's lost 18lb in the last few years and has currently been 'ideal' at her last 3 physicals. she'll be 13 next month, has blown both ccls in her knees and recovered with bedrest and no surgery (early quarantine problems-but I'm grateful now that no vet could get her in as shes 100% without it) , runs as fast as always and remains active every day. no regrets from me on her small portions!
Part of how we keep our cat at a healthy weight is not leaving food down. She gets four small meals a day and sometimes less. If I go to feed her and most of the food is still there, I put two extra bits of kibble in there to remind her there's food. She's a smaller girl to begin with, maybe 8 lbs. Shade's been my favourite pet I've ever had and I want her to be with me for a long time and a healthy time. She's already 8 or 9 and she's still active and happy like a much younger cat. It's incredibly important that we take the choices we make for our pets seriously. We made those choices, not them.
So true! Our pitty was about 10 lbs over weight. She's now 72lbs and is all muscle. The last vet visit he at first thought she was overweight until he met her and was like nope she's perfect. She's a healthy stocky broad. It was hard at first to limit her food and treats but now she's 8 and acts like she's 2. We always check the ingredients for any treats she gets and it's really not that much more expensive when you consider the payoff. Also the movement of healthier food options has been noticeable in the pet food market so prices aren't as bad as they used to be. And don't forget that dogs will always act hungry. It's a survival instinct for them. They'll eat til they puke then eat that too. So don't feel too bad about limiting their food.
I'm imagining this ripped pittie wagging her whip of a tail and I love it. 😊
My vet had the same reaction to my Rottweiler. We spoke on the phone (I had moved and needed a new vet) and she asked for some basic information.
1 year old, purebred Rottweiler, 64kg (140lbs), loves going to the vet.
She immediately said that I should watch his weight, but retracted the statement when she saw him, as he was very tall and very broad for a Rottweiler.
@Negroni Bartender aww man I love rotties! Also love seeing stocky healthy dogs. I'm sure he looks beautiful!
@@changemymind06 He was very much a beautiful dog, although I might be a little biased 😁
He was a classic Rottweiler. Big, goofy and without a malicious bone in his body...the cat next door used to sneak in to cuddle with him, as did a lot of kids in the neighbourhood (I always left the back door open, as I reckoned that he should be able to roam the garden).
What a wonderful balanced, well-cared and healthy dog.
And sooo beautiful!
Aww, those gentle eyes melt the heart
I loved the quiet moment in the video. Somehow relaxing and was so focused in what was going on
I just took matters on my own hands like a year ago because my lab mix was overweight and I knew it was going to take a toll in his joints and back. Lost like 8 kgs (roughly 17 pounds) in this year and he has gained so much in quality of life. He, at 9 years old, runs like a puppy, plays at the park and is more active than ever. Light no grain food and exercise is all you need.
I agree, I think the quality of food is probably the most important thing. It's not necessarily fair to your dog if you're giving it tiny amounts of shitty food in an attempt to have it return to a healthy weight. Some effort and yes, some money, is unfortunately required to keep a healthy pet of any kind.
While I'm glad that your dog is at a healthy weight, there has been a link between grain free diets and heart disease so I would recommend switching the diet. There are plenty of healthy diets that aren't grain free
I was told by my veterinarian that grain-free pet foods have been linked to non-genetic heart disease, apparently. Did find an article by the FDA about it, but as of 2022, it seems they're still investigating and don't plan on releasing any further updates until they find something meaningful.
It's started to worry me a bit. Almost every quality pet food these days is advertised as grain-free so it's gonna suck if it does wind up true.
@@djmia2 some of us must have our pets on grain free diets due to allergies. It is what is is.
@@sharonharris9782 if your dog has a medically diagnosed grain allergy that's fine. I know when it was a trend that everyone put their dog on grain free dogs were suddenly dying from heart disease. Everyone needs to decide what's best for their dog but its not recommended to go grain free unless they have an allergy.
The most well behaved dog ever.
Seriously, is thi AI-generated or something? Incredible zen performance by Kobe.
Kobi was so calm she had to make the video about something else
Truly the bestest boi
Kobe seems like the most patient dog - not quite sure what you were doing all the time but too polite to make any fuss! Probably very sweet and loving dog with his owner. ❤❤
My dog was so cranky when we decided to feed him less due to his weight so I understand how it can seem hard to feed your pet less. But once he got used to his new food routine he lost weight and gained energy! The healthiest pets truly are the happiest
We had one who had to stay at a good weight due to a joint problem. He loved those food puzzle toys that would keep him occupied to get a few tiny little 2 calorie training treats. Or I would give him a couple of cold carrots, green beans, or homemade chicken-broth ice cubes, on a hot day.
Such a sweet, silent, accommodating fellow! Glad to have watched this. Thank you.
Distinguished gentleman.
Yes! I had a GSD x Chow and we would do K9 sports and she was my jogging and biking buddy. *Everyone* but the vet said she was "too skinny". She looked fit, but so many people are used to big, rolly-polly, pudgy Chows.
he's so relaxed and patient! lovely dog!
He was so chill through the ENTIRE process.
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My 1 year old chocolate lab could never
🤣👆🏾some pups will be pups
This video was so well timed!! I've dealt with food insecurity in the past, and I was struggling with reducing my dog's food proportionately when I give him treats, and I give him a LOT of treats. I also used to round the scoops I use to measure and it added up to like an extra cup of food. I am so afraid of being hungry that I feel sick when I imagine my dog not having as much as he wishes he did. This helped me to make the decision. He didn't even notice lol. Thanks for being such an awesome role model for dog owners.
You can use Kibble as treats if that helps you with portion control.
@@elizaclove1096 yeah I do! He's a husky mix, so not super motivated by kibble, I use it strategically with more delicious stuff like chicken and freeze dried liver to train him, so it's pretty healthy food but it's still food so I just have to give him less for supper. Lucky for me he's not fat yet haha (says the biased owner)
You’re a good person.
Dogs are very opportunistic when it comes to food. If it's there, it likely will be eaten. That's why the owner has to make decisions. But as dogs will eat basically anything, you can also bulk up their portions with vegetables or give them some extra calories with raw meat or egg.
This comment hit home, I developed an eating disorder due to food insecurity and I also have a rescue cat who's used to being hungry. So, it's a struggle to help both of us keep a healthy relationship with food, but it's been rewarding to work on for sure.
What a beautiful gentleman. Kudos to his owner.
To anyone offended by this, she was saying the exact OPPOSITE of a fat dog meaning a bad owner.
What she actually said was that in North America, it can be difficult to even notice whether your pet is fat or not. It's so normal that pet guardians don't see it easily. This is NOT necessarily because they are bad parents, and also not just because everybody's fur family looks beautiful in their eyes (which was another point she made as to why they may not see it).
It's because in North America they are so used to seeing overweight pets, to the point that a dog of a healthy weight can actually look malnourished to them (as she also said). A fat dog might or might not mean a bad owner in any country, but in North America it's a heck of a lot less likely to be the case, that's what I got from what she said.
The whole point of her saying it was to compassionately educate people who may genuinely not realise it, not to bash them. If a dog or cat of a healthy weight looks malnourished, obviously a loving parent is going to overfeed them! How could they not?
this comment deserves a boost
Absolutely correct. Took my old dog to the park one day and a lady said "hey slim!". The vet recommended a diet and she was back to 85 pounds in two months. Kept her there for the rest of her life. Of course, the young Border Collie we adopted helped too! LOL
A border collie will do that! Mine is the leanest thing in town because he’s so crazy. If he does get a bit chub during the summer (the heat slows him down) we cut his food slightly and he drops weight in a week. As a human I’m very jealous!
Kobe is such a good boy.
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Thank you for speaking out about this! When we got my Doberman she was SO skinny... after what was probably a difficult life being a puppy machine for a backyard breeder and after who knows how long on the street, we wanted to pamper her and get some meat on her bones, so we stuffed her full of treats and rich food. She put on weight... and then put on a little too much weight and started really chonking out! OOPS, we said, and got her some doggy friends for more exercise than I (working full time) could provide, cut back on the fatty meat treats and gave her vegetables instead, and switched her to a lower fat food (which we also gave her less of for a while, supplementing with veggies). She's now back to a healthy weight and a beautiful trim profile and I'm so happy.
This dog looks a lot like a lab we had who passed away at age 15. She was always very lean and athletic. At the same time we had this dog, we had another lab that we struggled to keep fit. The neighborhood loved to feed our friendly dogs and begging them to stop did not help. This dog was always a chunky and sadly died at age 10.
Your tip about wetting dogs dry food has helped my schnauzers so much! I'm so grateful for you and your channel!
Love these thoughts. When I rescued my cattle dog mix everyone warned me they are naturally chunky. I use her daily portioned kibble as treats to avoid over feeding and she gets 2 separate hour long walks daily in addition to 3-5 hours of free roam in the yard… all I can say is she is certainly more muscle than fat!
As Chilli says on Bluey, “We’re heelers. We’re a bit stubby, but we’re tough!” 😊
My FIL has one - that dog has MUSCLES. They walk in the desert a lot & she gets a lot of exercise chasing rabbits. My floofy goldendoodle had nothing on his heeler.
Wow Kobe is so well behaved - credit to his owners for this! He seems so relaxed here.
Your talk about dog weight was amazing. We changed our dogs diet from dog food to complete home cooked balanced food. It is so healthy for him, His coat is full and immaculate and almost could outshine the sun. He also has quadrupled his energy and slimmed down him a lot. He is full of muscle and healthier than me lol. But most of my family gives me a hard time bc he is thin while their dogs are little footballs with legs....
When I was younger, we had a shepherd pit and also took in her brother someday because his previous owners didn't have the time to take care of him🙄 he was very overweight at first because they didn't walk him and fed him too much... I remember as he slowly lost weight, not only did he become physically more fit, but his whole character changed! He became sooo cheerful and goofy🥰 when before all he had wanted to do was lay around. Let's give our pets the best care we can! More food doesn't equal more love
Our rescue dog came to us overweight by about 8 pounds (his healthy weight is about 85 pounds). He was described as a laid back dog who lived for the couch. Now he loves his daily walks. We feed him three times a day with occasional healthy snacks. He doesn't seem to care how much food he gets, he just wants to eat as many times a day as possible! HA!
Certain breeds are like that, especially Labradors - mine would literally give you puppy eyes five minutes after eating if food was available. Makes them very easy to train, but a nuisance if one wants to eat a Kraft single in piece as a snack.
Totally agree-my retriever mix is “underweight” according to every stranger on the bus and their mother. He is a perfect, healthy weight and his vet knows best. But retrievers are so prone to obesity that few people recognize what a healthy weight for their dog is.
Wow! Kobe looks like he is a groomer's delight! Such a good boy!
The majestic ear flapping at 1.31
He endured everything with the utmost patience! Koby is the goodest of boys!!! ❤❤❤
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I love the thumbnail too. 😂
Great job young lady 👏
Truer words have never been spoken. Both my dogs, especially my last dog (a husky/pointer sled dog mix with extremely lean athletic build) always get accused by random strangers of being underweight. 🙄 Really they are/were the correct healthy weight. Great video as always
"we see lean dogs as malnourished" YES, this resonates so much with me. People have borderline shamed me that my dog is "too skinny". He's very lean and very athletic and their dog is overweight/obese. It's especially annoying when first-time dog owners try to tell me that.
Kobe is gorgeous, such a lovely shade of yellow. I confess, my dogs are a bit over fed, but I have been cutting down the chow, and putting up with the sad looks. That's the hard part, ignoring the "I'm starving" face!🥺 Thanks as always for your wisdom and humor, the perfect balance that keeps me coming back for more!😘
People always seem to equate 'feeding them' to loving them. A friend was struggling to pay for her dogs knee surgery, and wasn't understanding that those extra 8 pounds on a dog that should weight 20-22 pounds, was the problem. I finally had to remind her that the extra weight was part of the pain, not the solution. The friend is still my friend (I was worried!). The dogs weight is coming off and that knee has healed nicely. My friend agrees that her dog seems fine with the changes. Instead of extra food & treats, it is more play & cuddles.
Make sure to try to take me on a small hike/walk! They'll love that so much more than over eating, trust me. It's very difficult to limit the food of a pet, I can't even imagine, but you're doing it because you love them and want them to be happy and healthy. You're doing great already! (:
Every cat I've adopted from the shelter has needed to "gain a few pounds" and every dog had needed to "lose a few" according to my vets over the years. My daughters cat came into the family at 5.9 lds and our vet told us that we should aim for 9 lbs, but we had to watch her weight closely. The cat had had lots of trama in her backstory and had cartilage growths behind her knees, a slightly misaligned pelvis and a heart murmur. Other than that she's a great cat!
What a sweet pup! We have a 1yr golden and we did have to cut back on her food after she was spayed. Winter months are tough, hard to get out to run and play to burn off that energy! Thank you for mentioning the weight factor.
3 years ago, my good boy was overweight to the point that he can't climb to the bed. It was shocking to see, my parents kept him for some time and suddenly he can't do the things he likes to do. Overweight and obesity is a real issue, we see them as cute but cute doesn't have to sacrifice health and freedom. Thank you for this video dear! A reminder for humans too! :)
That's true about the weight. I'm from Poland, here a fat dog is a rare view and if it is, the first thing the owner tries to explain is to how he's gonna get his dog on a diet soon. I have a weimaraner and she is super athletic, you can see the muscles on her back. I would say a majority of the dogs I see is well maintained. Don't hurt your dogs, people :( Also, I love how I chose to watch this video right before my workout, haha
BTW, this little pup here is like a model for a grooming salon ad. What a perfect goodest boy
That's not my experience in Poland. The labrador retrivers I see are rarely slim (the breed's known for overeating) and a lot of the shorter leg dogs also have quite a rolling pin physique.
@@Idntgt If a dog is small and fat then there's a 99% chance that the owner is old.
Oh, unfortunately, I can't agree. All of the eldery people in Poland overfeed their dogs and by a lot. I suspect it's the post-WW2 culture (same as with overfeeding grandchildren and so on). The younger generations, if they own a dog, seem to be usually more active, so it does hold true in big cities where there's more awareness, not only in regards to animals, but the health in general.
This is a great subject to talk about. Thanks for all the videos, I find them so helpful to watch. I learned how to clip claws properly while watching you. My dachshund is now 13. When I first rescued her (age 4 or so we think) she was an expert at begging (raising the little paw on the little leg which let's face it is pretty cute) and rapidly put on 6lbs!! This was terrible news for a dog that should have been around 14 lbs. My vet was straightforward at her next checkup and I listened to him, thank goodness. Stopped the biscuit/bone-shaped treats which seemed to put on weight massively for her, measured her kibble, and gave her carrots or other low-cal things as a treat to help with her begging. (She was anxious, having been mistreated before, and being given treats calmed her). She used to run away when I picked up the teatowel to dry the dishes, just to give you an example of her anxiety, and she would pica on the walk (try and eat plants), but in a year or so with us stopped that as she got happier. Now she is on low-fat food with low-fat treats and still maintains her good weight. She is getting creaky but at least her back is not under strain because of being overweight.
I personally love hearing all then grooming sounds. The clippers, the scissors, the water.
I especially liked the “open car window” drying technique on this sweetie pie’s face and ears ❤
Beautiful dog🐾 Kudos to the owner for having raised such a sweet fur baby
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What a amazingly well behaved dog!!! And he is so stinking cute too 😊
Kobe is such a good dog! 😘 I love Golden Retrievers. Around the part where she trims his paws and fur. It was like ASMR! :)
OMG, he has the cutest feet!!!!! Such a good boy too, very calm and honestly relaxed, you are right about the weight thing....love your channels please keep making your videos!!!! Hope your day is a good one!🥰
If my my mother's Aussie had a choice she would be a sphere, but we managed to get her down 8 pounds despite her resistance, and constantly trying to steal the other dogs' food.
This makes me feel a bit more relieved, as I always thought my dog looked a little too skinny. He's a very picky eater with a delicate stomach, so he'll only eat one can of dog food a day! If I tried to feed him more he'd refuse it, and I haven't been able to switch to a more calorie dense brand either since everything else seems to upset his stomach.
He gets regular vet visits but my vets always tell me 'hes fine' which I was worried was them just being nice but...
He's been the same weight for a long time and is presently an 11-year-old mutt, so I guess the fact that he has so much energy in his old age is an indicator that everything is fine :)
What a super good, healthy and happy boy! Very well- mannered and chilled ❤️😘
You are who inspired me to become a dog groomer. I've loved your videos for ages and every single one is amazing. I didn't fully understand how long and how much skill goes into grooming until getting into it myself and it makes me respect you even more than I already did.
And the work you do with shelter pets and rescues is so beautiful. Thank you for being you!
I love how Kobe is so well mannered, that she decided to go on a tangent just to say something
Totally agree - The creation of the Pup Cup at Drive Thrus was a huge sign of how we look after our pets has changed...we want to "treat" our pets but we arent doing them any favours in the long run...
Nah lmao, the pup cup is an occasional treat that will only effect your pet if you go get one every day or multiple times a week in general.
Thank you for covering a subject I’m passionate about. I let one of my dogs get a bit obese and I believe it shortened his life. I educated myself about how to feed and exercise my dogs and haven’t had an obese dog since. My vet called over feeding an animal “loving them to death”. Very true.
He’s gorgeous. I used to have a short haired golden retriever & he was the best ever. Except when he ate a large lasagne we were having for dinner 😂
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Her videos give me the urge to go into my phone's screen, to kiss, to boop and to hug the dogs she's grooming.
I just got into grooming school! I’m starting in April. You’ve been such a huge inspiration to me
What a beautiful distinctive gentleman!
You turned him out looking handsome as hell! 😘👌