How to Age-Proof Your Dog by Elizabeth U. Murphy

How to Age-Proof Your Dog by Elizabeth U. Murphy

Author:Elizabeth U. Murphy
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2012-03-07T16:00:00+00:00


Fat: What Is It Bad For?

A lot! Here are a few disorders in dogs that are definitively linked to excess body fat and excess weight:

earlier age of death (not exactly a disorder, but kind of disabling)

pressure on the windpipe (tracheal collapse)

pressure on the diaphragm (expiratory airway dysfunction)

reduced oxygen supply to the heart (myocardial hypoxia)

Here are the many disorders for which overweight or obese dogs are predisposed:

lower urinary tract disease due to bladder stones



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