Obie, the little obese dog who made possible something that for many human animals would be very difficult or almost impossible to do, he lost 22 kilos and today he is a normal, healthy and very happy puppy!Obie , a tiny dachshund, grew to an incredible 35 kilos (77 pounds) a little over a year ago. The original owners of him were elderly people who could not support an active lifestyle for the little one and the worst thing is that they overfed him by giving him all the tastes and love they had for him, according to the Obie website .
Faced with such a situation, with being overweight posing a great risk to his health, a relative of the elderly finally intervened and Obie was taken to Portland, Oregon, to be treated by Nora Vanatta. At that time, the little big fat 5-year-old looked like this: 
Nora Vanatta, who has a degree in animal science and is a certified veterinary technician, immediately set out to help Obie drop about 40 pounds. 
She followed every step of her weight loss progress on her Obie Dog Journey Facebook fan page . In May, about eight months later, Obie dropped Nora’s 40-pound goal and underwent surgery to remove the excess skin. 
In October of last year, Nora posted photos of Obie at the beach and he had already lost 50 pounds and was looking pretty good, right? 
Obie ‘s Facebook page also includes his diet so people can understand how he shed so much weight. “I hope it can be an inspiration to any person or animal trying to lose weight,” Nora says on the web, referring to Obie’s great example of overcoming himself by improving his health\
