He's easily obese. I don't know how much he actually ways, but I'm sure it's around 300-350 lbs, he's 6'3 btw. Three years ago he declared that he would go on a diet. He was about 50-100 lbs lighter then. I would give his actual weight but no one in my family has any idea to what it is, all we know is that he's too heavy for our scale and exceeds the treadmill's weight limit. His stomach is just getting bigger and bigger... it's digusting. He had a heart attack about half a year ago actually, but that dose of reality didn't stop him from eating like a gluttonous pig. Honestly I feel bad for calling him a pig, because pigs are actually great creatures when he's a sad, fat, poor excuse of a human.
Recently my family got a new puppy, he's currently 6 months old and adorable. He's at a perfectly healthy weight, the vet confirmed it and everything. My ham dad says that's he's a "string bean" and that he needs to gain more weight, which is bs. I've been trying to educate my dad on the healthy weight for a dog of his size but he won't listen. He actually fed him a chicken bone once, but I happened to be nearby at the time to take it away before anything bad happened. My dad constantly sneaks him sausages, chicken, steak, hot dogs... Everything that a puppy shouldn't be eating. I'm just worried that the poor little pup will get health problems because of my dad feeding him shit... my dad won't listen to me or my family no matter how much we ask him to stop. I don't know what to do :/
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[–] 8113447? ago (edited ago)
This probably won't work because fat = stupid and lazy. But... just a suggestion to maybe help keep your dad from giving pup every bit of scrap food ever.
I enjoy making my own homemade dog treats. There are tons of light recipe options online and I don't have to worry about all of the preservatives, etc...
Most of the recipes are simple and don't take too much time to make.
I don't really see this as a solution but maybe in addition to trying to educate your dad on the severe (potentially deadly, chicken bone??? Oh no!!!) health consequences his actions can cause along with shaming him it might help.
I know certain family members of mine they tend to equate food with love and it just causes all sorts of messed up issues.
See if maybe ham dad would join you with the pup to a trip to the park or just take the pup out in the backyard and throw a ball around to try to show him there are other ways (besides food) that Hammy can interact with the pup.
I hate to second the opinion already given here that I believe to be correct which is that you are going to have to watch ham dad like a hawk. If it's stupid enough to give a dog a chicken bone then it's stupid enough to try feeding the poor pup a chocolate bar.