I don't know what to tell you Lilred. Maybe his vet told him his dog was to heavy. I know mine told me that, and if you look at my dog, you can't see his ribs, but I don't think he is that over weight. Maybe what this guy is doing is just plain and simply feeding the wrong dog food and hunting the dog to much. A lot of people don't like their dogs to look chunky, so they don't feed them right hoping to take some weight off. You would think that if he is smart enough to buy a locator for his dog he would be smart enough to feed him right. But who knows anymore.