Hefty Spaniel Harley gets stuck under caravan before embarking on mission to slim
A Cocker Spaniel is on a mission to lose weight following becoming stuck under a caravan after piling on the pounds.
Harley the Cocker Spaniel from Edinburgh, is 60 per cent bigger than he should be at 4st 4lbs and is now entering a national pet slimming competition in an attempt to battle the bulge.
After years of piling on the pounds thanks to pizza and picnic foods, the final straw came for Harley’s owner when he got stuck under a caravan whilst chasing rabbits.
Owner Lisa Mitchell said: “Other people call him fatty, and Chinese and foreign tourists always stop us in Princes Street and take photos because they think he looks like a panda.”
Now Lisa wants to help her porky pooch enjoy a happier life and says she needs to stop pampering him.
“It’s also about educating us as a family. I need to stop feeling sorry for him as I feel guilty when I don’t feed him a treat,” she said.
There are a total of 17 animals from across the UK taking part in Pet Fit Club 2015, which is run by vet charity PDSA.
Among the 17 competitors is Bobby, the chocolate brown labrador from Dundee who is 100 per cent bigger than he should be at 9st 13lbs, whose owner, Marilyn Neave, says her mischievous pet just cannot be trusted around food.
The animals are now following programmes specially tailored for them at Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow PDSA pet hospitals as they compete to lose the greatest amount of weight.
