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CHAMPION VETS AT POOCHES IN THE PARK!

Some of the Champion Vets were pleased to help out at the Pooches in the Park event in aid of the Accord Hospice in Paisley.

Pooches in the Park is a fun annual event held in Barshaw Park, Paisley and attracts enthusiastic (and often eccentrically dressed) dog lovers who walk their dogs around the park for the charity. There were also pony rides and a hilarious fancy dress competition, where the dogs are the ones dressed up!

Dog walkers gave generously to the cause, and Championvet.com organised a fun competition with querky phrases on posters around the course for people to try and remember. To enter, competitors had to donate yet more money to the worthy cause, and in return received discount vouchers for their pet's care.

The practice would love to thank Mrs. Williamson and Ruby, our loyal clients and friends, who provided us with lunch and helped us erect and dismantle the tent in increasingly stormy conditions!

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THE GROWING PROBLEM OF OBESITY IN PETS

The vets in our Championvet.com veterinary practices in Glasgow, Paisley and Grangemouth are reporting increasing levels of obesity in the pets crossing their consulting table. This applies to dogs, cats and rabbits. In common with the well-known epidemic of human obesity in the UK and other developed countries, the problem appears to be spiralling out of control, and owners do not appear to aware of the seriousness of the problem. There has been an estimated 400% increase in obesity in pets over the past 25 years in the UK! Some studies suggest that up to 59% of dogs and 52% of cats are considered to be overweight by their vets.

In fact many pet owners do not even recognise that their pet is overweight! It may be the case that as the population (of pets and humans!) becomes fatter, we are less likely to recognise it. Only 30% of dog owners with overweight dogs recognised that they were overweight! However, in another study about two thirds of owners with overweight pets believed they could do something about it! And just like in humans, this can generally be avoided by correct feeding and reasonable exercise levels.