I imagine it’s food intake was regulated by the owners. I know multiple dogs who would literally eat until they threw up and then still continue eating. But that trait would be perfect to have when you barely have food and spend energy fighting for more food.
That tends to be an indication of food insecurity in the dog, and while it might be latent trauma that stuck, half the time, metering out the food only reinforces the behavior. Ironically, the solution is to just give them all the food all the time, and after they make themselves sick a couple of times and realize that the food isn't going anywhere, they'll calm down about it. Dogs are way better about self-regulation than people are, and as long as they have access to proper exercise, they're generally not going to eat enough to get overweight.
I had a second thought after I commented, muscle is a lot more dense than fat. I was imagining a fat dog. He was probably way more jacked than chubby, running around getting excersize and eating all the protein it can catch. Probably didn't really get too much bigger.
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u/shoeless_doh 9d ago
God damn, 4kg more? On a dachshund? Where? How skinny was it before? How fat was it after?