I think weve all heard at least once from the vet that our furry beloved might be a little over weight.

Exercise

Exercise and diet should always be the first option for your pet.

Fitting some activity into your pet’s daily routine is the best way to maintain good health.
Because exercise and good diet is always the best medicine.

With the more difficult task of getting weight off, it’s looking like more options may become available to pet owners by veterinary pharmacies.

Popular drugs create possibilities in veterinary medicine

With all the buzz about popular drugs like Ozempic, it doesn’t really come as a surprise that something similar could be introduced to veterinary medicine.

The success stories of human weight loss medications circulating, have really paved the way for weight loss medications to be available in veterinary medicine.

Association For Pet Obesity Prevention tells of rumored trials and safety studies involving dogs and cats, that are becoming a big possibility in our near future.

Weight has an effect on health.

Our pets weight has an effect on their health, just as it does us.
Osteoarthritis, diabetes, among other health issues can become a huge problem for our pets.

While there are ways to get the weight down, it can be very challenging to get some of these pets on board with the idea.

Getting pets off their rump can be a very difficult task to manage, and may not always be the problem, other health issues can sometimes cause weight gain.

Check ups are important when it comes to sudden weight gain or weight loss.

Although when needed, being able to turn to weight loss drugs could be a real game changer when it comes to getting them back to a healthier weight.

Weight loss diets.

Other options like prescription diets Hills for example, promote good health with diets created for specific needs.  There are diets for both reducing and maintaining weight.

Other over the counter brands like Purina have also been proven effective.

While these new weight loss drugs may be the new trend, they are not for everyone, and not for every pet.

But for those needing a good push in the right direction this will hopefully be a path to good health as it becomes available to veterinarians.

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