Recently, a Labrador dog through swimming, walking and other sports, from 40.8 kg to 37 kg in half a month, its "inspirational weight loss story" rushed to the hot search.

Previously affected by the epidemic, many people were out of shape because of staying at home, and not only people were fat, but also the "masters" who stayed at home together, which also gave birth to a new profession - pet fitness instructor.

How do pets lose weight, are they the same as people? Is it necessary to lose weight for the "master"? Is this service reliable?

On May 5, the reporter came to a pet agency in Xiaoshan Wenyan to learn about it, and the Labrador in the photo was lost here.

More and more people are sending pets to the gym

The core is diet control plus exercise

The reporter met the protagonist in the lobby of this pet agency - the "inspirational" Rabrado, it is called rice, 5 years and 4 months old, highly motivated to exercise, and its "fitness trainer", dog trainer Zhang Heng, as soon as he approached, he paced over with a ball and wanted to play a game.

Zhang Heng told reporters that a normal adult Labrador weighs 27~34 kg, and the rice has 40.8 kg when it first comes.

"Rice is already great, and the effect of losing weight through exercise is obvious." Zhang Heng said that every "hairy child" sent by the owner to fitness, they will carefully check, "physical condition, diet structure, and the owner's feeding habits must be clearly understood, and then customize the fitness plan."

How do dogs fit, do they have sports equipment? Zhang Heng told reporters that it is similar to losing weight with people, mainly to control diet and exercise.

The first is diet, many dogs are because the dog food they eat is not "healthy" enough, which leads to obesity. Rice fitness meals are basically composed of carrots, vegetables, chicken breast and nutritional products. During the weight loss period, I basically spent every day like this.

In terms of exercise, the general dog will first walk to warm up, and then start strength training, such as balance standing (similar to human planks), sitting and lying conversion (for training the core), etc., the general time is controlled in 20~30 minutes, each action five sets, completion will have a small snack reward. In addition, there is a weekly swimming, as well as proper running training, and there are special dog treadmills in the store.

It is understood that there are some problems with the hip joint of rice, which should not be strenuously exercised, and can only lose weight by walking and swimming. Rice swims for 20-30 minutes each time, and the amount of exercise is up to standard. After the exercise, the coach will also massage the dog, just like the human strength training to stretch the muscles, if the dog rests immediately after exercise, the joints will easily accumulate fluid, and proper massage is required.

Under scientific training and dietary arrangements, rice successfully lost more than 6 pounds in half a month.

Such a month of pet fitness services, the cost generally needs 4000~6000 yuan, more detailed according to the specific situation of the dog.

Fat is cute but unhealthy

Pet fitness trainers came into being

Now, more and more people have pets, and China has gradually become the world's largest pet market. According to the "China Pet Industry White Paper - 2022 China Pet Consumption Report", the number of urban dogs and cats in China in 2022 was 11655.<> million. At the same time, the relationship between human pets is undergoing revolutionary changes, and the sense of companionship brought by pets has gradually made them a part of the pet family. In order to achieve longer companionship with pets, pet owners pay more and more attention to the nutritional health of their pets, and refined pet health management has become a new trend in pet consumption.

The person in charge of the pet training institution who visited told reporters that since the pet fitness course was opened in the store last year, there have been more than a dozen dogs that have come to lose weight one after another. There is also a "star trainee" in the store - crooked, who was on the hot search last year because of running to lose ten pounds.

Why are more and more dogs that need to lose weight? Zhang Heng's answer is love! The vast majority of fat dogs are because the owner is too good for the "hairy child", and he specially chooses the good one to buy when choosing dog food, and when the dog asks for food, he can't bear to be hungry and feeds more unconsciously.

Zhang Heng said that in fact, the ingredients of dog food are very important, not only rich in nutrition, but also rich in nutrition dog food will be fat, usually you can give dogs with some "weight loss food", e-commerce platforms can buy it with a search.

The reporter searched for keywords such as "pet fitness" and "pet weight loss" in the review software, and found that there were not many stores that provided pet fitness services, only four or five, mainly dog fitness.

These stores are not cheap, basically ranging from 4000~6000 yuan. Among them, the weight loss program is similar to what Zhang Heng said, mainly walking, running and swimming. Dogs are basically "boarded" in stores, or "daycare", while most people choose "boarding".

Is it worth spending 4000,<> yuan or more to lose weight for pets? Some netizens sighed, "This month's personal training fee is about to catch up with my month's salary, isn't it okay to take the dog to exercise more?" ”

Others find it worth it. Netizen Fat Yu raised a corgi, began to gain weight since sterilization, and now has 37 pounds, a proper "little fat dun". Fat Yu told reporters that she felt that this service was worth it, "The dog is the same as the family, it is too fat will bring a lot of health problems, my husband and I have jobs, and we don't have so much time to accompany the dog to exercise, if it is handed over to a professional agency, we can rest assured." (Qianjiang Evening News reporter Zhou Xialin)