Your Super Sunday party may be dangerous to your pet. The Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP) offers tips to pet owners to make sure their Big Game party activities don’t end up with an overtime veterinary emergency for your dog or cat.
Pet Obesity Awareness Surveys for Pet Owners
Thank you for helping us better understand pet obesity. Please take a few minutes to complete one or both of these surveys. The first survey allows you to record your pet’s weight data. You will need to weigh your pet as accurately as possible. You may weigh yourself, then weigh yourself holding your pet and record the difference. Click here to enter [...]
National Pet Obesity Awareness Day
SEE BELOW FOR DOWNLOADABLE DATA SHEETS On Wednesday, October 10, 2012, the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention will conduct our Sixth Annual Pet Obesity Awareness Day survey. In order to do this, we need your help. On October 10 we are asking you to record simple information for each pet that you perform a routine examination [...]
Fat Pets Getting Fatter According to Latest Survey
Over Half the Nation’s Dogs and Cats Now Overweight Costing Pet’s Years and Owners Millions.
APOP Featured in Wall Street Journal
Two Executive Board members featured in Wall Street Journal.
Top pet fitness and weight loss products of 2010
Half of the nearly 171 million dogs and cats in the US are now overweight. The pet industry is helping combat the pet obesity epidemic by developing innovative and effective exercise and weight loss products. Once again the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP) is proud to announce its annual Top Pet Fitness and Weight Loss Products for 2010. If you’re looking to give your pet a healthy gift this holiday season, consider these offerings.
What Not to Feed Your Pet: Vets Warn Pet Owners on National Pet Obesity Awareness Day
For Immediate Release Calabash, North Carolina – Oct. 7, 2010 – Everyone’s heard that we humans have a little weight problem. Okay, a huge weight problem. Studies show we’re now sharing those excess pounds with our pets. On October 13, 2010, the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP) will set out once again to determine [...]
How Fat Is That Doggie in Your Window?
Pet Weight Translator Compares Weights of Portly Pets to Pudgy People Calabash, North Carolina – August 2, 2010 – Vets concerned about the growing pet obesity epidemic want people to know that a 12 pound Yorkie is the same as an average female weighing 218 pounds and a 14 pound cat is equivalent to a [...]
Kibble Crack – Vet Exposes Sugary Secret of Pet Treats
Click here for pdf of press release: Kibble Crack – Vet Exposes Sugary Secret of Pet Treats (Calabash, NC – June 17, 2010) Sugar is being added to many pet treats contributing to the growing pet obesity epidemic. Today’s pet treats aren’t the dog bones of your childhood. Over the past decade, a surprising ingredient has begun [...]
Interview with the Washington Post
Dr. Ward was interviewed by the Washington Post through their new Live Q&A Chat. Here is a little snippet from that interview. Click here to view the full interview conducted April 13, 2010 Question: PEOPLE FOOD What is your opinion of giving dogs “people food”? I often give my dog a little scrambled egg or [...]
