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Understanding If Your Dog Is a Healthy Weight

As a dog parent, you want your furry friend to live a long, healthy life. One simple but often overlooked way to help is keeping them at a healthy weight. Here’s how to tell if your dog is overweight and easy tips to keep them fit and happy.

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05 Nov, 2025

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Keeping your dog at a healthy weight isn’t about being perfect — it’s about small daily choices. An active, well-fed dog is happier, more playful, and confident. So every treat you skip or walk you take today shapes your dog’s tomorrow.

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I’m Gautami, a Gen Z designer with a double degree (B.Com + BVA) and a household run by cats( five generations of them, actually). I’ve also been a part-time foster parent to cats who somehow always turn into full-time roommates. I like to think of myself as the creative one in the family, but my cats keep insisting they’re the true art directors.

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