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RachelandSadie · 03-05-2010, 06:10 PM

I have a non blood reletive (on dh's side) who has a boxer mix that is very very overweight. He is free fed, never walked, and has no training. I can turn my head to know he's not getting out to walk, and i can even ignore the lack of training that is obvious by his door manners, but I can't ignore that he's going to die early in life because they don't know a thing about dogs and are letting him eat his weight in walmart kibble!!

I'm furious at this person due to them letting their adopted cat die from possible intestinal blockage. The cat threw up for i believe three days before they went to the vet and they took him to banfield which quoted a testing and surgery at $2500 and because they are in so much financial troubles, the chose to not do a thing about this cat. Finally my father in law got them to let him take the cat to a lady for help, but it was too late and the cat died. I am still fuming mad over this. Why did they buy or better yet adopt a cat knowing they didn't have any money to really truely care for it??

And now this dog is obese and not being taken proper care of either...what can I do without offending them, but to get this dog to someone who will really care for him or at least get them to understand that dogs are not cats and that they need walking at least once a day and they need to be fed a rationed meal and not free fed when they get this overweight????!!!

03-05-2010, 06:10 PM	#1
RachelandSadie No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 5,748	How to "politely" tell someone you are related to that their dog is WAY TOO FAT!! I have a non blood reletive (on dh's side) who has a boxer mix that is very very overweight. He is free fed, never walked, and has no training. I can turn my head to know he's not getting out to walk, and i can even ignore the lack of training that is obvious by his door manners, but I can't ignore that he's going to die early in life because they don't know a thing about dogs and are letting him eat his weight in walmart kibble!! I'm furious at this person due to them letting their adopted cat die from possible intestinal blockage. The cat threw up for i believe three days before they went to the vet and they took him to banfield which quoted a testing and surgery at $2500 and because they are in so much financial troubles, the chose to not do a thing about this cat. Finally my father in law got them to let him take the cat to a lady for help, but it was too late and the cat died. I am still fuming mad over this. Why did they buy or better yet adopt a cat knowing they didn't have any money to really truely care for it?? And now this dog is obese and not being taken proper care of either...what can I do without offending them, but to get this dog to someone who will really care for him or at least get them to understand that dogs are not cats and that they need walking at least once a day and they need to be fed a rationed meal and not free fed when they get this overweight????!!!