Weight Gain Comparisons: your animal and you

Hill's makes this handy wheel that can be used to show owners what being overweight really means for our pets.  People think pudgy animals are cute, not realizing that a few pounds for them is much more than it seems.  Here is a quick snapshot of the reference tool.  You may be shocked to realize how much being 1 pound overweight for your friend may really mean!  (Remember that our pets can get diabetes too, and it's expensive and time consuming to treat.)

TOY BREEDS(4 pounds) :
1 pound overweight in your pet = 31 pounds overweight in a person
2 pounds = 63 pounds
3 pounds = 94 pounds
SMALL BREEDS (19 pounds):
2 pounds = 13 pounds
4 pounds = 26 pounds
6 pounds = 40 pounds
MEDIUM BREEDS (35 pounds):
4 pounds = 17 pounds
6 pounds = 25 pounds
8 pounds = 33 pounds
LARGE BREEDS (70 pounds)
6 pounds = 11 pounds
8 pounds = 14 pounds
10 pounds = 18 pounds

Giant breeds, averaging 130 pounds, have an equal comparison to us.  So ten pound in them is like ten in us too!