Importância de nutrição na obesidade canine

Abstract

Nowadays, with the advancement of society, dogs are more than a pet. Evolutionary and social processes have led to the transformation of their characterization, anthropomorphism has become excessive over the years, until reaching the point where the body condition of the animal reflects the owner's lifestyle. Therefore, the increase of obesity in society is transferred directly to the animal, and so its consequences, causing the appearance of locomotor, metabolic, pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases. For this reason, a correct nutritional management of the tutor with the animal is essential, since it is the one who provides his food. The present work brings a case report about the results obtained by implementation and evaluation of a weight reduction program based on the correct nutritional orientation of an obese dog, intending to verify the effectiveness of nutrition in the process of body modification; and the importance of the constancy and adequacy of the management made by the tutor along with the cooperation of all the family members for the adherence and effectiveness of the program in view of the affective and emotional ties correlated to the animal's feeding process that, when had the changed habits, had effective weight loss and improved quality of life.