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Offline lopey99

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fat puppy!
« on: July 22, 2008, 07:54:52 PM »
recently cassies coat has been getting really fluffy, she's like a little afro but i love it, her coat puffs out loads at the sides round her belly and it looks like she is quite tubby and so many people have commented on it - i'm fed up trying to explain she isnt fat. She had her 6 month check up on fri and vet said her weight it fine - 9kilos at almost 6 months about 13 inches in height. I know she isnt fat as i can easily feel her ribs and she has a waist and you should see how skinny she looks.

Final straw came tonight, met two people in the park and they both commented on how cute and chubby she was - does anyone else have this problem?

sorry its more of a rant than anything  :005:
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Offline EmmaA

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Re: fat puppy!
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2008, 08:00:56 PM »
My Nan came round just beofre Eric was clipped and told me he was looking tubby  >:D >:D
I kept telling her was skinny but she didn't believe me until he had been clipped and then she said he looked like a skinned rabbit  ::) I tell you there is no pleasing some people. Eric is 9 months (nearly) and is 11.2kg and 16 inches in height.
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Re: fat puppy!
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2008, 08:16:54 PM »
Millie is 13yrs old and is now a little over weight. But for years we were always told she was putting weight on and I knew she wasn't. It is just that her fur grows out from the sides and when you cut it they all tell you that shes lost weight.
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Re: fat puppy!
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2008, 08:29:21 PM »
had this constantly with Maddi.  It done my head in.  Then she got clipped and looked starved in comparison!

Try not to let it bother you, she's just a gorgeous poopie  :luv:
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Re: fat puppy!
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2008, 08:34:46 PM »
It's the same with Gari, he is very curly and has an afro-like coat that grows out the way! :005: Even OH comments each time he's needing clipped that he looks fat, but the difference when he is clipped is amazing, he shrinks to half the size! :D
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Re: fat puppy!
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2008, 08:53:26 PM »
We have the same problem with Molly! :005: I don't know how many times people have said "your dog has put on weight"! "She's all her" we explain and try and convince. ::) When she's wet, there's nothing of her, I'm having her clipped tomorrow, a day at the groomers. :luv: She hasn't been done since March so she's looking like a 'barrel on legs'. :lol2:
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Re: fat puppy!
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2008, 09:00:08 PM »
its so frustrating, when i say theres a skinny puppy underneath all that fur just bursting to get out people look at me like i'm some deluded woman who cant admit she's over fed her dog  :005:

I secretly love her fluffy coat, OH says he cant wait to get her groomed she's must snugglier this way  :luv:
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Re: fat puppy!
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2008, 10:04:03 PM »
Dont have this problem with Jerry as his fur is quite short.....but I am considering telling people that it is MY fur causing ME to look chubby!  ;)
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Re: fat puppy!
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2008, 12:08:20 AM »
Seems  common with blacks. Bobby gets called Blobby! His undercoat is out now and I've trimmed his legs as it's warmed up. We're camping so i thinned him out and he looks really dinky now!!
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Re: fat puppy!
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2008, 06:06:46 AM »
I really think we are going to need to see photos of her in her glorious fluffiness, so we can pass judgement  :005: :005: (or just drool over your gorgeous pup!)
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Re: fat puppy!
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2008, 06:38:57 AM »
Quote from: JerryBerry on July 22, 2008, 10:04:03 PM
Dont have this problem with Jerry as his fur is quite short.....but I am considering telling people that it is MY fur causing ME to look chubby!  ;)

I have same problem  :005: :005: :005:
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Re: fat puppy!
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2008, 08:15:53 AM »
theres some pictures of her in the puppy photo section under 'i'm 5 months now' and 'i've got a swimmer' although i think shei s getting fluffier by the day!  :005:
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Re: fat puppy!
« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2008, 08:46:54 AM »
Yep, definitely fat  :005:  :005:

She is absolutely GORGEOUS!!  :luv:  You can tell in the pic of her where she has been swimming that she isnt at all fat! She is so photogenic.


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Re: fat puppy!
« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2008, 10:03:12 AM »
I know exactely how you feel! I also got comments and lots of disapproving looks when Jesse was younger as his puppy coat too used to stick out at the sides (and all over the place really  :005:) and make him look really fat! He wasn't, his weight was always fine and people could never resist checking when I told them by touching him and feel his ribs...  >:( >:D :005:

Now that he has hid adult coat, it is all falling nicely and I never get any comments anymore other than how beautifully groomed he is.  :D

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Offline Roslyn McConnell

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Re: fat puppy!
« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2008, 02:48:22 PM »
Ive said this before to people i.e. 'ooooooh what a lovely chubby little puppy!!' and Ive never thought it could cause offence!

I just love chunky pups (maybe because I was a fat babby  :005: ) . They always tend to look fatter than they are anyway because they so fluffy so I always took it as a compliment when someone said it about Dill when he was young. I suppose if they said it when he was grown up I might have felt different, but I shall never say it again- I dont want to go around upsetting people!!!  ;)
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