Expert: Delores Beck - 7/30/2008

Question
my cocker spaniel is 9 months old, he weighs 19.2kg do you think he is overweight, he gets lots of exercise.

Answer
At 9 months this is a LOT of weight.  I'm wondering if this was a typo?  19kg is pushing 40 lbs?  At this age he should weigh half that.

Can you feel his ribs easily?  Does your vet think he's overweight?

And I'd like to know what you mean by "lots of exercise"?
Delores