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Obesity In Pets Many factors influence weight gain in pets. The leading the many causes of obesity, it is important to regularly

reasons for obesity are excess caloric consumption and discuss your pet’s weight with your veterinarian.
inadequate activity levels. Pets can consume too many Many studies have examined health problems associated
calories for a variety of reasons. Commonly, too many with overweight and obese dogs and cats. These diseases
treats contribute to excess calories, as well as allowing a include diabetes, cancer, osteoarthritis, hypertension,
pet to “free-feed,” instead of being fed smaller, measured dental disease, and lower urinary tract disorders. Obesity
meals. Spaying or neutering can decrease a pet’s caloric can also exacerbate existing musculoskeletal issues and
requirements; spayed, female dogs are twice as likely respiratory diseases.
to be overweight than intact, female dogs. Spaying Obesity can be difficult to manage. Appropriate diet
and neutering is still important to prevent other serious and exercise are crucial to promoting healthy weight loss
health issues, but control of calories and exercise will in obese pets, as well as maintaining an appropriate body
help prevent being overweight. Insufficient exercise also weight once an ideal body weight has been achieved. Your
can result in obesity. Providing enough exercise for pets veterinarian can be helpful in selecting the proper diet for
can be challenging. While dogs may be easier to take on weight loss or maintenance, providing suggestions for
walks, cats are often kept indoors and have limited activity. increasing your pet’s activity level, and ensuring your
Additionally, as pets age, they may become less active, pet does not have an underlying medical issue that may
Obesity is a disease that affects millions of dogs and resulting in weight gain. be contributing to weight gain.
cats. It is estimated that over 50 percent of dogs and cats, While obesity usually develops secondarily to extra Established in 1981, Palm City Animal Medical
representing over 90 million pets, are overweight or obese. calories and low activity levels, other conditions can Center is dedicated to providing the best possible care
Pets are overweight if they are 10 to 20 percent above their promote obesity. Hypothyroidism in dogs can cause a for your pets. With focuses on compassionate care in
ideal weight. Obese pets are 20 to 30 percent over their ideal variety of symptoms, with weight gain representing one surgery, physical therapy and rehabilitation, preventative
weight. A pet with a normal body weight of 10 pounds can of the most common symptoms. Also, some medications, medicine, extensive diagnostics, and emergency service,
be considered overweight at 11 to 12 pounds. While 1 to 2 such as glucocorticoids and anti-seizure drugs, may lead to Palm City Animal Medical Center combines exceptional
pounds of extra body weight may not seem like much, it can an increase in body weight. Specific breeds of dogs, such medical care with a caring philosophy for pets and their
have detrimental effects on a pet’s health. This seemingly as golden retrievers, dachshunds, cocker spaniels, and owners. For more information, call (772) 283-0920, visit
small amount of excess weight in a 10-pound pet is the same Labrador retrievers are more likely to become overweight, www.palmcityanimalmedicalcenter.com or find us on
as a 150-pound person gaining 15 to 30 pounds. so genetics may play a role in canine obesity. Because of Facebook at www.facebook.com/PalmCityAnimal.

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I Didn’t Know That ... Bet You ($2.61), a sausage, egg and cheese ($2.95), or a bacon, egg Which Item Was Invented By A Secretary And Later Sold
For $47 Million Dollars?
and cheese ($3.17).
Didn’t Know It Either Which Breed Of Dog Does The U.S. Secret Service Bette Nesmith Graham made a living as a secretary. The
Exclusively Use? problem was that she wasn’t a good typist and kept making
Fascinating trivia facts For years, the U.S. Secret Service has exclusively used mistakes. So she began experimenting with ways to cover
compiled by Stanley the Belgian Malinois on its canine force. This elite breed up errors. She mixed ingredients such as white tempera
Morgenbesser. of dog is known for being agile and effective at detecting water-based paint in her kitchen blender and painted over
Which Frugal Billionaire explosives. They can often be seen patrolling just outside the her mistakes with a thin paintbrush. She began marketing
Eats Almost Every White House gates, sniffing their way through the throngs her typewriter correction fluid as “Mistake Out.” The name
Breakfast At McDonald’s? of visitors, protesters and joggers passing by. They can run was later changed to Liquid Paper. In 1979, she sold Liquid
Warren Buffett eats the 25 miles per hour and have a bite that applies hundreds of Paper to the Gillette Corporation for $47 million.
same thing for breakfast pounds of pressure per square inch. A Belgian Malinois dog Why Was Opening Day At Disneyland A Near Disaster?
every day – and it never named “Cairo” accompanied Navy SEALs on the raid that Disneyland was originally planned as a small park
costs him more than $3.17. killed Osama bin Laden. but the idea grew, and 160 acres were purchased to build
Investing legend Warren Who Created The First TV Dinner? the attraction. Those 160 acres also included a secluded
Buffett is worth an estimated In 1953, the TV-dinner company Swanson overestimated apartment for Disney to watch what was going on during
$87 billion, but you’d never know it by his lifestyle. The the demand for turkey by over 260 tons. The owners of the construction. However, on opening day too many people
87-year-old billionaire still lives in the five-bedroom home company had no idea what to do with all the leftovers, so showed up, some of the rides broke down, a gas leak shut
in Omaha, Nebraska, that he bought in 1958 for $31,500. they enlisted the help of company salesman Gerry Thomas. down Fantasyland and some people even tried to get in by
And he never spends more than $3.17 on breakfast. On his Taking inspiration from airplane meals, Thomas ordered using counterfeit tickets. Despite the problems, Disneyland
five-minute drive to the office, Buffett stops by McDonald’s 5,000 aluminum trays and loaded them with the turkey was a huge success and more than 500,000 visitors had
and always orders one of three items: two sausage patties leftovers to create the first TV dinner. visited the park after about one month.

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