A cat or dog that is allowed to roam and run around freely, rarely gets over weight as they must stay in shape in order to get the "girls", deal with the environmental pressures, and defend in territorial fights...

Another good observation if you are afforded it... watch a wild or domestic animal allowed to roam and run freely, heal without vet intervention when injured... they seem to know exactly what to do as far as physical therapy, rest, minimizing food intake, etc.

One can learn just how far removed we are from our natural environment by watching the animals... After doing that, it is not hard to believe they seem to naturally know better than the six figure PT therapist humans are sent too.

If you want to be able to walk when you are 120, walk now... every day... use it or lose it.

grz-

Our dogs are extremely thin, too. They do get the dry food, (walmart's brand of the lamb and rice - not "Ol Roy") and only a cup a day each as well. (They each weigh between 30 and 35 pounds). But they also each get a raw egg three times a week, a tsp of olive oil every day, (sometimes twice a day), and whenever I make something for hubby and daughter with beef or chicken, they get a meatball-sized amount of the raw meat and bones! RAW bones. Never cooked.

Like chicken wings. I'll cut the skin only/mostly bone wing tip and each dog gets one a day til they're gone. They already know they have to go outside to eat it - they RUN for the door, waiting for their share! lol

COOKED bones will splinter in the intestines, but the raw bones have the enzymes needed for proper digestion, don't splinter, and thus are digested properly.

I remember my first time, though. I was still scared to try it. I hung onto the wingtip TIGHTLY so they would feel with their teeth how hard it was. As if they would understand me, I found myself telling them, "Now, you gotta CHEW this! Don't swallow it whole! CHEW it!"

Family laughed at me...lololol

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