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Nikis2 · 01-30-2010, 06:24 PM

True story I had a litter of puppies and when they reached 4 weeks and started to walk I noticed a few were really having a hard time getting up on their legs. They look like fat ticks! As time went on they started to slid there butts around on the floor not using their back legs at all. I started getting so worried I made a track to keep their back legs in so they could not slid out to strenghten their legs. Puppy therapy! By six weeks off to the vet we went. My vet took one look at the puppies and bust out laughing. He told me to take them back home and attempt to put them on a diet. Sooooo I have noticed that since I started feeding my dogs sweet potoats every day in their dinner the babies are totally obese. My customers come over and look at them and say "they are awefully big aren't they" I have to explain to them that they are just fat and will not be huge adults lol! Once they go to their forever homes and they start feeding them they grow taller but really aren't gaining a lot more weight for the most part.

01-30-2010, 06:24 PM	#1
Nikis2 Currently Suspended! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Berlin MD US Posts: 381	Why are my puppies obese is it the sweet potatos True story I had a litter of puppies and when they reached 4 weeks and started to walk I noticed a few were really having a hard time getting up on their legs. They look like fat ticks! As time went on they started to slid there butts around on the floor not using their back legs at all. I started getting so worried I made a track to keep their back legs in so they could not slid out to strenghten their legs. Puppy therapy! By six weeks off to the vet we went. My vet took one look at the puppies and bust out laughing. He told me to take them back home and attempt to put them on a diet. Sooooo I have noticed that since I started feeding my dogs sweet potoats every day in their dinner the babies are totally obese. My customers come over and look at them and say "they are awefully big aren't they" I have to explain to them that they are just fat and will not be huge adults lol! Once they go to their forever homes and they start feeding them they grow taller but really aren't gaining a lot more weight for the most part.