Activity means exercise, and often much more is required for pets to stay fit than most owners realize. Too many calories can be due to overfeeding, overeating, too many treats, and/or eating “human” food. This is often caused by too many calories and not enough activity. While excess weight can refer to heavy muscling, in general when talking about dogs, overweight means too much body fat. Thus, a dog that should weigh 50 pounds but weighs 60 pounds or more and a dog that should weigh 10 pounds but weighs 12 pounds or more are both considered medically obese.
If your dog weighs 20% or more than he should, he is considered medically obese. For perspective, a dog that should weigh 50 pounds but weighs 55-59.5 pounds and a dog that should weigh 10 pounds but weighs 11-11.9 pounds are both considered medically overweight. Medically-speaking, overweight means weighing more than 10-19% of the recommended body weight for your dog’s frame size and muscle structure. In the United States alone, up to 55% of dogs over the age of one year are overweight.
With the exception of emergency teletriage and poison control services, AAHA, like the AVMA, opposes remote consulting using telemedicine, offered directly to the public when the intent is to diagnose and/or treat a patient in the absence of a VCPR. Similar to the position adopted by the AVMA, we believe that Telehealth plays a role in augmenting the VCPR, but only within the context of a previously established physical examination. consults with those individuals providing care to the animals regarding ongoing health management programs.conducts examination of representative patients/animals and review of medical records and laboratory or diagnostic procedure records, and.conducts medically appropriate and timely visits to the facility where the animals are housed,.
In specific situations (e.g., rescue shelters, disaster response, hoarding intervention situations) “patient” may refer to a group of animals and “sufficient knowledge of the patient” means the veterinarian:.Refer to the Medical Records Section of the AAHA Standards of Accreditation for detailed recommendations.The veterinarian maintains complete and legible medical records, including assessment and treatment plan, in such a way that another veterinarian will be able to proceed with the continuity of care and treatment of that patient.The veterinarian is available for ongoing care of the patient or has arranged for emergency coverage or continuing care and treatment of the animal by an appropriate veterinary professional.This means the veterinarian has physically examined the patient within the past 12 months, or more frequently as dictated by the age of the patient, medical condition or treatment therapy such as with controlled substances. The veterinarian has sufficient knowledge of the patient to initiate at least a general or preliminary diagnosis of its medical condition.The veterinarian has assumed responsibility for making medical judgments regarding the health of the patient and the need for medical treatment, and the client (owner or caretaker) has agreed to comply with the veterinarian’s instructions.AAHA defines VCPR to require all of the following: It is critical to providing quality veterinary care and vital to animal welfare by allowing a veterinarian to regularly assess a pet’s entire physical status, family environment, and to regularly communicate with the owner. The veterinarian-client-patient-relationship (VCPR) is the essential basis for interaction among veterinarians, their clients, and their patients.
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