11 Best Photos Of Animals Conquering Obesity And Their Inspiring Weight Loss Stories
A healthy pet is a happy pet, and as a pet owner, ensuring that your pet is in its best shape is one of the ways to show that you truly love them. However, not everyone is able to achieve that healthy goal for many reasons.
Factors such as the pet-owner relationship, food portioning, and physical activity contribute to pets being overweight. Like humans, being overweight takes an emotional, mental, and physical toll on animals' health, and they need proper assistance and care from their owners and veterinarians.
It is never easy for pets to lose weight. It requires more than just controlling their food intake and letting them exercise; keeping them motivated to do so is a challenge for pet owners.
Although it does take a lot of patience and time, it is not an impossible task. Depending on the owner's willingness to monitor and help their pets, improvements can be seen within a few months to years.
To provide inspiration that weight loss is achievable for pets, we have compiled some stories from The Biggest Loser Challenge: Animal Edition. You can scroll down and find out how these pets were able to lose excess weight with the assistance of their owners.
1. Kato's secret diet.
Mavagam99 posted on Reddit about their cat named Kato, who was adopted as a rescue. In his 2015 photo, you can see how overweight Kato was compared to his slimmer figure in 2018.
To achieve this, Kato's owner said, “All I really did was portion his food and made sure he didn’t eat more. I just used the normal dry food you’d get from a grocery store.”
“He doesn’t respond well to wet food,” Mavagam99 added. Thus, Kato's weight loss is remarkable considering he was an indoor cat and continues to be healthy.
2. Well done, dachshund!
In 2013, Brooke decided to take care of a dachshund for her family. With a strict diet, plenty of exercise, affection, and after a series of procedures to remove all of the dog's excess skin, the dachshund was finally back in shape.
3. Shiva, the weight loss diva!
Shiva, a four-year-old Norwegian Ridgeback, was welcomed by a generous individual. She is currently reaping the rewards of her exercise and health regimen, having lost up to ten kilograms over the course of ten months.
4. Lola's amazing transformation.
Dank, a great foster parent, took in Lola when she weighed 13 pounds and could barely walk. But now, she's almost lost half of her weight and looks like a completely different dog!
5. Slowly but surely getting fit!
This stray cat had been living in the wild until Jacky, who lives in the city of Irvine, California, rescued and adopted him. Although it took him about a year to drop the excess weight he had gained, progress is still progress, no matter how slow it is, isn't it?
6. Buddy has a new running buddy!
Buddy had been completely sedentary for a long time. His owner, an elderly woman, was unable to take him for daily walks because of her health.
In the meantime, a good-hearted neighbor came to the rescue! For six months, Buddy walked every day to achieve this stunning accomplishment and got back into the habit of running.
7. Boss is back being a boss!
When the veterinarian found out that Boss was 35 pounds overweight because his owner didn't know about his condition, he had to be put down. Jen, the dog's owner, took the incident very seriously.
She changed his diet, added more exercise to his daily routine, and bought a spiral feeding bowl for him. They are now both very happy with the amazing changes and improvements in their lives.
8. Hugo's journey.
Hugo gets plenty of exercise and eats vegetables for lunch. He still needs to lose more weight, but he already looks amazing!
9. This change is absolutely stunning!
When you look at Equestrian, you can tell that the owner has been working very hard. A lot of time went into this change.
10. To the beautiful meow.
Because she didn't get along with the children who lived with her from her first home, she was evicted. After that, her second owner worked with her to help her lose weight, and she went from weighing 22 pounds to 7.5 pounds (16 lb), and her owner was overjoyed with this achievement!
11. Obie is saying 'no' to being chubby!
Over the course of the last six years, Obie the dachshund has undergone an astonishing transformation! And he's been keeping the weight off for more than three years now.
These heartwarming stories would not be possible without teamwork. Indeed, it is a tough battle to fight against obesity and being overweight, but the satisfaction and benefits of winning against it are more than enough for pets and owners to continue living healthily.
Do these stories motivate you to accept the weight loss challenge for you and your pet? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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