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The rant on fat pets continues - I'm too busy to do anything but rant.
Just one trip to the vet - of course the dog has to get an ear-infection only days before I leave - and I'm angry again.
I know that my attitude towards overweight pets is extreme, even my classmates tell me that I get too worked up, but if people can't take their cat to the vet in a standard box anymore, it is just too much. 23 kg is more than the smaller of my dogs weights and she is definitely larger than a cat.
The same goes for the dachshund which is as wide as it is long. I may think that even just as wide as high is fat, but I can accept it and will only annoy my friends with my comments. Dachshunds already have enough problems with their backs, letting them gain this much weight is just asking for a disaster.
What's so difficult with 'You have to be able to feel the ribs under the skin when you pet your dog?'
Rant, rant, rant, foam, spit, Grrrrr.
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I can't believe it .. they went to the vet because their monster of 23kg had lost weight. *shakes head*
Yeah well, Birmas have semi-long fur. But my cat was one of the early breeds here in Germany and had a bit longer fur than Birmas have now. When I got him (at age 12) his weight was 4,5 kg when he got older his weight was 4 kg and when I had to put him down and the vet weighed him again (I wanted to know because he was so skinny that it broke my heart everytime I touched him) his weight was 1,4 kg and my neighbours still said LOOK AT THE FAT CAT. And he was huge not in the meaning of fat but from head to foot nearly 90cm's ^_^
As for links http://www.heiligebirma.de/ besides their cattery info they have some FAQ and the "Rassestandard" there. I had better links than this one but there is a picture of a male and a female cat on a windowsill and I love how small the female is compared to the male.