Discussion
Obesity is an increasing problem in dogs (Corbee, 2012).Our survey found that canine obesity was prevalent inBeijing, with an obesity rate of 44.4%, higher than the result of the Australian survey (McGreevy et al., 2005) anda Netherlands’ study (Corbee, 2012). There are multiplefactors contributing to obesity. The results of this epidemiologic study of canine obesity in Beijing may not general izeto other geographic regions.