It bothers me too. I'm severely disabled (I use a powered wheelchair to get around) but I have an able husband that walks our gorgeous girl twice a day for miles on end.  I also bought adaptive aids to help me play with her while he's working so that she gets plenty of exercise even when he's not here. I've trained her to help me out by bringing me the mail, picking up things I've dropped, letting me know when somebody is at the door (I'm deaf and can't hear them knock) etc as well as alerting me if my blood pressure drops and I'm going to pass out. She got slightly chunky once when I spent a month in hospital as although my husband was still walking her twice a day she wasn't getting as much playtime because I wasn't there. It didn't occur to my husband to lower her food intake to compensate for the drop in activity. As soon as I got home and saw her she was immediately put on a diet and we increased her exercise levels. She was back to her usual slender self in a few weeks. I often get the "she's so skinny!" comments though, usually from lardarses whose own pets are shaped like a barrel and I want to punch them! I'm sorry your kitty is gone but I'm sure it had a good (and healthy) life with you! It makes me sick that your ex-roomwhale made your dog fat! I'd have been furious!! I was mad enough at my husband and he at least had the excuse of being stressed as fuck and not thinking straight! He didn't feed her badly or any extra, he just failed to consider that she wasn't doing as much activity. Your pup sounds awesome. My little lady is greedy as hell and would happily eat herself into a sphere but she's well trained and won't take food unless she's told it's hers. You can leave food lying around anywhere in reach for hours on end and although she'll stare at it longingly, she won't touch it unless she's told she can. The poor pup that got run over is apparently only about 3 years old but he's enormous and looks much older as a result. He'd be absolutely beautiful if he was healthy, he's a mostly white Staffie/Boxer mix with 3 big, beautiful reddish/brown patches. He's completely untrained from what I can tell though so not only is he fat he's out of control and a danger to everyone, not just himself. She shouldn't let him off the lead as he's just wild and hyper. He could have caused a much more serious accident running into the road like that. If the driver had swerved and lost control it could have been horrific. The fat bitch didn't care at all though. She just seemed angry that she'd been disturbed while she shovelled crisps into her fat face!! She lets him run free because she can't be bothered to actually walk him herself or play with him. It shouldn't be allowed! I'm just desperately hoping that the poor guy is okay! He may be wild and obnoxious but it's not his fault, it's the fat fucking cow's responsibility!! Grrrr!