K, SO I took Sammi to the vet because she hasn't been able to walk, her hips look like they are hurting her, and she wont jump into or out of the van or jeep anymore, we have to lift her up or out... anyway, So I was thinking when I called to schedual her appoitment..Th is will be one of the last times I go to this vet just because he's closer, I want to start going to one a little more in town... anyway, so I make the appointment and all, then when we go in she gets weighed (53 or 54 pounds) and all that fun stuff... Well, I sit in the vet office for quite a while, and he finally comes in (thats okay cuz I know they are buisy people)... takes one look at Sammi, moves her around a bit, and go's oh! its aurthritis... well okay I thougth, at least we got that done...so we could help her... then he looked at how much she weighed, and he was like, she needs to go on a diet, you need to be able to feel her ribs (he didn't even tuch her ribs to see that you CAN feel them even if it is under all that fur, you don't have to look to hard)... So then I got to thinking about her breed, they were breed to be stocky dogs... and she is underweight for her breed standers... so who should I trust... the vet (which I won't go back to again, for other reasons) or the breed standers? I'm all confused, and I don't want to starve my girl..hmm, I'm just wondering what you all are thinking.. Thanks
~K (and sorry if its long and hard to understand)