The vets being oblivious bothers me more than anything. It's strange because I took my cat to the vet and when he was deciding whether he was ideal or overweight he almost wrote overweight but then said "well....I CAN feel the ribs...I'll say ideal but a bit on the plus size" so I thought, oh he knows what he's talking about, he wanted ribs at least, I thought Neko was overweight but close enough.
Then my uncle took Phoebe to the vet. Phoebe has always been a bit overweight, she eats nasty food and gets part of all of their meals (they shove food into her as they eat). However over the winter she gained a lot of weight, I think it's because uncle is on unemployment all winter so eats lunch at home instead of at work so Phoebe gets some of that meal as well, plus if it's too cold she only gets a quarter of her usual walk. Anyway I was shocked when I saw how large she had gotten, I don't see her much over the winter. The vet however said she was in the ideal range. I'm telling you you CANNOT feel this dog's ribs at all. And of course uncle can now tell me I'm wrong, why would he listen to his 18 year old niece and not the professional?
My mom said the vet said she's ideal because he's scared of my uncle, he's made scenes there before (charging him for pulling teeth during the spay, charging for disposing of poop, about her stitches from the spay not disolving, etc.) where he screams at the vet and vet techs. So maybe that's why, who knows lol.
You all are doing wonderfully by your dogs, they are lucky to have you as their owners and they all look beautiful. More importantly they are all healthy and active.
