The Chubby Pet Thread

[ShiningIce]

Welcome to The Chubby Pet Thread. Wether it be a tubby tabby or a plump parakeet u gotta love em 🙂

 

[Limeoutsider]

I had a cat that weighed at least 20 pounds. Bad attitude too!

 

[guitman69]

I've got this huge black and white cat with the smallest feet you've ever seen on a full grown cat. The problem comes when he wants attention and climbs up on you. Each one of those little feet feel like a hammer being rammed into your stomach.

 

[BettyBoop2002]

Does it have to be real or like a toy?😕
I just love my big chubby teddy bear that I cuddle up with at night🙂 😀 😉 😛

 

[sole seeker]

I had an all black kitty named Leon who weighed in at 20 pounds. He died a few months ago from diabetes. (He's burried in our yard, in an area we call "Golden Bone."

I still have a male cat named Calvin who is gray and white colored, very similar to Tom of Tom and Jerry cartoons. He and Leon both were my wife's before we got married. Calvin weighs in around 17 pounds. He's very intelligent, playful and affectionate ... except on rare occasions. My wife warned me about him, but I have seen him get aggressive on only two occasions, once at a stray male cat who wandered up to the back door, and once at a tradesman. This cat swelled himself up to the size of a small pitbull (about twice his normal self), and at the same time he got this insane glint in his eyes. His growl was not like any I've ever heard before from him or anything else, and his fangs looked impossibly long for a domestic animal.

I was explaining to a plumber that we had a pair of cats in the house, and that one of them, Calvin, was pretty fierce. The guy said words to the effect that he didn't like cats. Some of his other customers had aggressive cats and they didn't bother him in the least. He said he'd just shove Calvin out of the way if the cat became curious and came around where he was working. As he finished speaking, Calvin went into attack mode and growled at the plumber (6'3", about 250 very solid pounds). He took one look at the cat, turned on his heel and went back outside until I secured Calvin in another room. Smart man!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

A dog.....

Ironic that I'm the one veering away from the cat topic but, I have this really old land monster of a golden lab named Bailey. Poor thing had 13 puppies a couple of years back and she never got back her girlish figure. She pretty much "oozes" from room to room, collapsing in any given spot and falling asleep. Plus she makes sounds like a piggy....shes so cute...LOL

 

[TicklingDuo]

My cat Benji (AKA Spazoid) is a big fatty. He's about 21 lbs. He's still a spry old poop, though. He races around the house like a kitten every day. THe only difference is that he takes longer naps afterwords.

Ann

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Theory...

Could it be that a most ticklephiles are cat people? Just something I was thinking about reading this thread...

 

[Limeoutsider]

My cat Benji (AKA Spazoid) is a big fatty. He's about 21 lbs. He's still a spry old poop, though. He races around the house like a kitten every day. THe only difference is that he takes longer naps afterwords.

Ann

And knocks more things over, too? I have a cat like that, she's also getting to be as big as my other cat, but not as mean.

 

[Mimi]

My Fatty.....

I have 7 cats total, but bertha, erm, Earnhardt here, is by far my fattest and sassiest cat. He weighs in around 23lbs. He is also my favorite. I love the big fat sassy "Garfieldesque Attitude" kind of cats...lol

Mimi 🙂

 

[4Pawz]

HA I think I am the only one with a tubby puppy. My older dog is HUGE, sizewise in more ways than one. She is a retriever mix that stands waist high on me and weighs about 80 lbs, buff, but tubby. She's my 9 year old baby!

Pawz

 

[desdemona]

I'll refrain from giving what some clients refer to as "the fat dog lecture" as one of my colleagues loves to give (any dog that even looks like it could lose 5# qualifies). BTW, for those interested, Purina recently did research and revised the current body score system (or at least redefined what an ideal body score is). The research they presented at NAVC in January says that life expectancy can be extended by 2-5 years for those pets who meet the "ideal" requirement. Food for thought (fat free).

 

[4Pawz]

yes, my dog is overweight, but, in my defense, she is on a diet, has been for the past 3 years. And she runs with me every day, she is very healthy in that perspective, she is just a heavy set dog. I have done the blood tests and such at the vets office (considering I worked there I got a discount on it) and she is as healthy as a horse (other than her swollowing something and making herself sick). She is my baby, and as such woudl never ever let her be in harms way (physically or situationally). So rest assure!

Pawz

 

[ShiningIce]

I wish I had a chubby basset hound. 🙁

 

[Limeoutsider]

I wish I had a chubby basset hound. 🙁

Because it reminds you of a toddler?