Reading Reaction Journal #4

Reference

Shim, J. (2007, September 24). Are you loving your pet into an early grave? CNN.
Retrieved September 27, 2007, from http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayflife/09/24/fat.pets/index.html.


Summary

This article is about pets. 60 percent of dogs and cats in the US are overweight according to pet-food marketer Purina's study, even though pet owners think their pets are in ideal body condition. Many people think their pets are like their children, so they feed the pet people's food or feed overloads. Actually, pets don't need people's food or too much food but owners keep feeding them. For example, pets need one cup of serving but owners gave them three cups. Overweight is not just only bad for looks but also pets will get countless health problems and their life will shorten. One of the big problems of pet's health problems is in the knee; if pets are overweight for a long time the knees need surgery. And pets need exercise like people, such as walking and active things. People should find out if their pets are overweight or not by web sites. If pets are overweight, owners have to control their pets.


Reaction

when I am walking around in Carbondale, I can see many kinds of dogs. Some dogs are a little tiny and many of those are so big. Actually, when big dogs come to me or bark I'm almost frozen I'm so scared. In case of Korea, many people breed tiny dogs because they are small, cute, and easy to handle: many koreans do not much like taking out their dogs because Korea does not have enough parks of places to rest. So we have few chances to see big or small dogs walking around outside. Anyway, when I look at American dogs, they are so big and fat. I think that is what makes me scared. When I am looking at fat dogs, they look very tired even though they are just breathing. Many people said they love their pet, so they feed them too much for their health, but too much feed is not good for health; that just hurts pets' health condition. Pet owners have to find other ways to love dogs, not feed them too much.