02/04/2007: "Slentrol--A Diet Pill for Dogs"

mood: hmmm...time for a snack

Hey Everybody! Sawyer here, back to fighting form after my recent “incident”. I maintain that I was set up, but we’ll put that behind us. So I was perusing the paper the other day and came across an interesting article. Apparently some company is coming out with a diet pill for dogs. Can you imagine! It’s called Slentrol. I asked the docs here about it, and they said that it works by keeping dogs from digesting all the food they eat. However, that undigested food passes on through and can cause diarrhea and other problems. Also, it only works for as long as the dog takes the medicine. And they assure me it is MOST DEFINITELY NOT FOR CATS. They looked at me quite pointedly when they said that. As if!!

So the bottom line is the doctors here say that there’s no shortcut for weight loss in pets or people, and you should use diet and exercise to get your chubby pooch to lose weight. Along those lines, I offer myself as a personal trainer to help motivate these canines to get moving…

Sawyer

PS-if you’d like to know more about Slentrol, the doctors are putting together an information sheet.

Replies: 2 Comments

on Sunday, May 13th, Sawyer said

Nice to meet you Charcoal! So you're on a diet too? What is up with these people who seem to think food deprivation is some kind of a way of life or something? And then, you know, I was trying to eat something low-cal (see my most recent blog) and THAT got taken away from me too! Sheesh! Anyway, glad to have someone to comiserate with. Write back anytime!
Sawyer

on Thursday, February 15th, Charcoal (AKA "Sharky") said

Hi Sawyer!
My name is Charcoal and I used to be a pleasantly plump feline gentleman. BUT, my previous family (who were quite generous with the meals) surrendered me to my doctor (puh-leeze!) and she is a skinny runner, so she put me on a diet - let me tell you, it wasn't pleasant. But, I am a lean, mean love machine now, though, thanks to the Spartan diet of m/d - no diet pills for me! I went from 22 lbs to 14 lbs in 7 months.

So....I guess it's OK for kitties to go on diets - I have a lot more energy now and my wait staff didn't have to use pills to help me to lose weight. big grin

Nice to meet ya' via the 'net.
Charcoal (AKA Sharky)