Podgy pooch is super slimmer!

From the archive, first published Wednesday 22nd Sep 1999.

Podgy pooch Keller was showing off her new slimline figure in the finals of a Pet Slimmer of the Year competition today.

The eight-year-old German Shepherd piled on the pounds with tit-bits and snacks, but lost 10kg - 22 per cent of her body weight - to reach the national finals of the contest in London.

Owner Jo Pounds, 35, of Field Close, Kidlington, said: "The children fed her crusts off sandwiches and whenever I had a biscuit, so would the dog. My husband has a sweet tooth and would give the dog sweets." Keller's weight ballooned to 45kg - almost 100lb - but a special diet prescribed by the vet soon had her fighting the flab.

Jo said: "She didn't like her new food much and she was always hungry.

"I was very strict with her - I wish I had the same willpower myself."

Story date: Wednesday 22 September

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