{"id":2629,"date":"2020-01-09T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T00:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/petdedicated.com\/?p=2629"},"modified":"2020-01-09T00:00:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T00:00:06","slug":"dog-obesity-and-arthritis-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petdedicated.com\/?p=2629","title":{"rendered":"Dog Obesity and Arthritis on the Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/dog-health-care\/dog-obesity-arthritis-rise\">Dog Obesity and Arthritis on the Rise<\/a> by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/author\/jackie-brown\">Jackie Brown<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\">Dogster<\/a>. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren&#8217;t considered public domain. However, we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article, then linking out to the rest of the piece on Dogster.com.<\/p>\n<div id=\"wppb-builder-container\" class=\"wppb-builder-container\">\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.banfield.com\/state-of-pet-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Banfield Pet Hospital\u2019s 2019 State of Pet Health Report<\/a>, dog obesity and arthritis is on the rise. One in three pets living in the United States are overweight. Osteoarthrosis is also surging, with a 66% increase in dogs over the last decade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile limping is the most common sign that prompts pet owners to pay a visit to their veterinarian, there are more subtle signs of osteoarthritis that pet owners can mistakenly dismiss as normal \u2018old age\u2019 behavior,\u201d says Banfield veterinarian Emi Saito, VMD, MSPH, MBA, Dipl. ACVP. \u201cFor example, dogs may sit in what\u2019s often referred to as a side sit or \u2018lazy sit\u2019 \u2014 with the back leg loosely to the side, not tucked to their body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/dog-health-care\/what-and-how-to-feed-your-overweight-dog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What and How to Feed Your Overweight Dog<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/dog-health-care\/dog-obesity-arthritis-rise\">Dog Obesity and Arthritis on the Rise<\/a> by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/author\/jackie-brown\">Jackie Brown<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\">Dogster<\/a>. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren&#8217;t considered public domain. However, we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article, then linking out to the rest of the piece on Dogster.com.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/dog-health-care\/dog-obesity-arthritis-rise\">Dog Obesity and Arthritis on the Rise<\/a> by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/author\/jackie-brown\">Jackie Brown<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\">Dogster<\/a>. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren&#8217;t considered public domain. However, we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article, then linking out to the rest of the piece on Dogster.com.<\/p>\n<div id=\"wppb-builder-container\" class=\"wppb-builder-container\">\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.banfield.com\/state-of-pet-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Banfield Pet Hospital\u2019s 2019 State of Pet Health Report<\/a>, dog obesity and arthritis is on the rise. One in three pets living in the United States are overweight. Osteoarthrosis is also surging, with a 66% increase in dogs over the last decade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile limping is the most common sign that prompts pet owners to pay a visit to their veterinarian, there are more subtle signs of osteoarthritis that pet owners can mistakenly dismiss as normal \u2018old age\u2019 behavior,\u201d says Banfield veterinarian Emi Saito, VMD, MSPH, MBA, Dipl. ACVP. \u201cFor example, dogs may sit in what\u2019s often referred to as a side sit or \u2018lazy sit\u2019 \u2014 with the back leg loosely to the side, not tucked to their body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/dog-health-care\/what-and-how-to-feed-your-overweight-dog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What and How to Feed Your Overweight Dog<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/dog-health-care\/dog-obesity-arthritis-rise\">Dog Obesity and Arthritis on the Rise<\/a> by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/author\/jackie-brown\">Jackie Brown<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\">Dogster<\/a>. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren&#8217;t considered public domain. 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