Bodell the poooooor 203lb Rottweiler

Moose and I watched a show called 'Fat Pets' on Animal Planet and saw the saddest story about a woman in Britain who is loving her dog Bodell to death! She has a rottweiler named Bodell who she has fattened up to the horrifying weight of 203lbs! This poor dog looks like a pig and the owner thinks she is perfectly healthy because she gets "checkups at the vet". It is really easy to be angry at the owner but I think she has some emotional problems and could use a little help herself. Sad all around. She thinks Bodell is happy but I have known a few overweight dogs that lost weight and went from lethargic dogs to perky energetic dogs and to me that is when they are happy. There was also another Rottweiler on there who weighed in at 150lbs and not so surprisingly, was headed off to have his knee surgically repaired (probably a ruptured CCl!) due to his weight. At least those owners felt horrible and were committed to getting his weight down.
When I adopted Moose he was 110lbs and the vet said he was not overweight (he is looong and tall for a labbie) but was on the upper end of a healthy weight so we got him down to about 108lbs and that was in September when his CCL injury was diagnosed and the vet said he was not at all overweight but loosing a few would help his recovery and reduce the chances that the other CCL would rupture and not harm his health. Well I am proud to say that at the last checkup on Thursday he was 104lbs! I am being extra careful while he is on such restricted activity. I believe he gets about 1000 calories a day and his meals include veggies to help make him feel full. I am so glad that he loves carrots so much and will eat green beans with no trouble! Of course if you ask him he is being starved half to death, but that has always been the case!