Kids with dogs are fitter, study shows
Researchers at an Australian University say young children in households with dogs are less likely to be overweight or obese. The Deakin University study is of particular interest because Australia,...
View ArticleMy hero: Fat Georgia dog drops 100 pounds
Meet my new hero — Raleigh, the dog. I’m thinking of taping his picture to my refrigerator. Raleigh, through diet and exercise — and we all know that, unfortunately, is what it takes — dropped 100...
View ArticleSneaky kids let their dogs do the walking
About 200 children in east London were given pedometers to automatically count how many steps they walked and ran each day as part of a research study. But when the researchers at Mile End Centre for...
View ArticleStudy looks at health benefits of dog walking
I’m not going to make fun of this study. I’m not going to make fun of this study. I’m not going to make fun of this … Ah, I can’t resist. A study at Cornell University is trying to determine whether...
View ArticleChow Hounds: Why our dogs are fatter
If your dog is fat — and statistics indicate nearly half are — you might want to check Dr. Ernie Ward’s recent online chat, sponsored by the Washington Post. About 45 percent of all adult dogs and 58...
View ArticleBritain’s fattest dog? It might be Alfie
Losing weight is what it’s all about for Alfie — a yellow Lab described as “Britain’s fattest dog,” who was 175 pounds when the RSPCA took him in back in March. That’s about three times the average...
View ArticleObie: Portly Portland dachshund’s plight draws global attention and words of...
A standard dachshund who weighs more than twice what he probably should is drawing fans from around the world who, rather than laughing at his dilemma, are supporting his quest to lighten up. Obie,...
View ArticleObie 4 and Obie after: Dachshund down to 35 pounds after excess skin removed
Like that light at the end of the tunnel, there’s now some light underneath Obie, the overfed dachshund. And that’s even more the case after surgery yesterday to remove 2-1/2 pounds of loose skin from...
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