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Weight management, obesity, underweight

eleven month writeup on getting our "big boned" golden retriever from 94 pounds back to 71, the appointment where our vet finally stopped being polite about it, why the measuring cup was lying to us the whole time, the three weeks of theatrical starvation acting, the family member who was sabotaging us with toast, and what actually changed at the other end

Hank is our 6 year old golden and for most of his life we described him the way everyone describes a fat golden, big boned, fluffy, "hes a solid boy." at his annual in august he weighed 94lb and our...

Posted by retiredtech_lori•
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six month writeup on getting our nine year old yellow lab from 95lb down to 76lb because the strategy that finally worked was almost the opposite of what the first three vets told us to do and i want to put it in the record for the next family in this spot

Cooper is a 76lb yellow lab who turned nine in march. when we started this project last november he was 95lb, and he had been somewhere between 88 and 96 for the previous four years which is a long...

Posted by rehab_vet_canine_sports_med•
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nine year old chocolate lab is now twenty two pounds lighter than his peak fourteen months ago and i want to write down the version of the weight loss process that actually worked because the published advice was not enough on its own and the gap between knowing what to do and doing it is where the real work lives

Banjo is a 9 year old chocolate lab who at his peak fifteen months ago weighed 102 pounds on a frame that was healthy at 78. He came to us at 8 weeks as a small breed picky eater and somehow became an...

Posted by senior_lab_22lb_lost_over_year•
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From 95 lbs to 72 lbs - my labs weight loss journey

Wanted to share some hope for anyone with an overweight pup. My lab Charlie was 95 lbs at his heaviest. Vet said he needed to lose at least 20 lbs or face serious health issues. What we did: measured...

Posted by DeterminedTrainer•
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