Leanne
Sniffer Dog
- Location
- Shropshire, UK
43? Bloody hell
Maxx's ear(s)
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- Start date
Get well soon big boy
Jacqui-S
Moderator
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
Maxx, don't listen to them......you can be 43kg if you are the right shape........ 
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
This is a shot of him side-on. He has a massive chest and torso and he contours around his hips; but there is a bit of a tummy and the vet said he had to press hard to feel his ribs so a couple of kilos off would be good. So I'd like to get him to about 39.
Does anyone have any thoughts please?
Does anyone have any thoughts please?
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
Your analysis sounds good to me. He doesn't look like a barrel but if you have to press a bit hard to feel ribs then losing a kg or two is probably about right. His bones are obviously just 50% lead
Jacqui-S
Moderator
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
He's definitely Pongo-esque. And not a barrel
He may look fine with just a couple of kilos off. Take it slow.
Blanket, not a sheet or duvet.
(Lilly says you look good to her, Maxx x)
He may look fine with just a couple of kilos off. Take it slow.
Blanket, not a sheet or duvet.
(Lilly says you look good to her, Maxx x)
- Location
- Argyll & Bute, Scotland
Maybe Maxx has been eating too many shoes 
Hope your ears are OK lovely boy. xx
Hope your ears are OK lovely boy. xx
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
Thanks
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- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
The thickness of the covering over their ribs
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
Ah ha! Thanks Em
- Location
- Canberra, Australia
Obi is a touch on the duvet (aka doona) side too.... Not a massive Antarctic-grade, goose down doona...more a cheap, trans-seasonal, synthetic fill doona. But still a doona.
- Location
- Andorra and Spain
Weight is a funny thing. Luna has lead legs, for sure. She’s 27kg at the moment and nice and slim. Considering her size and build (she’s a moderate build for a show Lab) I’d have thought she’d be about 25kg at this body shape, but no. Little hippo
Atemas
UK Tour Guide
- Location
- North Cambridgeshire
As @Jacqui-S says nice and slow. Do you weigh his food - if not, makes sense to do that - include all treats in what you decide is the right daily allowance. Good exercise regime which I am sure he has. Have him weighed monthly.
Sky is 2kg over what is ideal for her but she is a senior dog and her exercise isn’t what it was. In the past I have worked with vet nurses to get the weight off - nobody seems to be offering that anymore but at the time I found it very helpful and the vet nurse was always pleased with a slow weight loss of about 400g a month.
Sky is 2kg over what is ideal for her but she is a senior dog and her exercise isn’t what it was. In the past I have worked with vet nurses to get the weight off - nobody seems to be offering that anymore but at the time I found it very helpful and the vet nurse was always pleased with a slow weight loss of about 400g a month.
- Location
- South Wales
Pongooooooooo is ME ME ME ME ME!!!!! ME! Hi Maxx I hope you are as big as me so I can have someone like me to play with here!!!
Max is a handsome boy. If it were me though, I would be wanting to see more of a tuck up of his tummy, especially at such a young age. Easily remedied though! How tall is he?
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
Thank you . He is very tall, I'll measure him when I get home tonight. We have been slowly reducing his kibble so hopefully he will start losing a bit. He should be part of our health and fitness forum!
- Location
- Andorra and Spain
@Rosie, it's been too long since we saw that video of you singing Silent Night to sleepy Pongo..... and it's nearly Christmas! Can we see it? Puh-lease? Since, y'know, there are people here who don't know who Pongo is!!!
- Location
- Isle of Man
I think we need another christmassy-song thread this year........'tis nearly the season to make a utter fool of yourself on an internet forum
- Location
- South Wales
Aw....OK....here is my tiny little puppy dreaming of Santa on Christmas Eve...
Dropbox - away in a manger.mp4
(Does that link work?)
- Location
- Isle of Man
Yay! Yes it works 