Overfed Sausage Dog Is World’s Fattest

This adorable pooch is now the world’s fattest Dachshund – after his owners almost fed him to DEATH.
Overweight Obie ballooned to a staggering 5.5 stone – TWICE the average size of the breed.
He has now been put onto a special diet by animal lover Nora Vanetta who took the canine in after his elderly owners gave him up due to their own worsening health.
Nora, from Portland in Oregon, USA, said: “He is extremely sweet and loving. He was obviously loved and is a joy to work with.
“The ageing owners just couldn’t say no to those big brown eyes.”
Nora, who has a degree in animal science and is a certified veterinary technician, now has the difficult task of getting Obie into shape.
But because of his staggering weight, she is unable to take him out for exercise and has resorted to a special diet and hydrotherapy in an attempt to shed the pounds.
Nora wants her two other dogs - a nine-year-old Labrador and five-year-old Dachshund - to be good role models for Obie.
She has also set up a Paypal page to encourage people to donate money to pay for his continued care.
Obie even has his own Facebook page, “Biggest Loser, Doxie Edition” with more than 9,000 “likes”.
Nora – who hopes Obie will lose around three stone — said: “My hope is that he can be an inspiration to any person or animal trying to lose weight.”