Will keep this vague, if possible.
Friend got a puppy 1 year ago from an online advert. The seller (a) refused with various excuses to have them come and see and friend paid for seller to come by with four pups to show. (B) seller brought four pups from three different litters, each few weeks apart. Friend doesn't accept this is a puppy farm, but that it's just a regular family living in a nice farm.
Okay. Friend seems very keen to have a skinny dog. The way to do this they concluded at the outset is to not feed the puppy (8 weeks) more than 2 meals a day, a fistful of kibble each meal. Eventually after a few months the vet remarked at a pre neutering check up that puppy looks underfed. Feeding continued as normal.
Fast forward one year. The dog is now 1 year old. Weighs 7.5 lbs. it is NOT. Toy breed. I repeat, we aren't talking chihuahuas. Every bone is visible. Friend recounts to me how the dog is disciplined by hitting. Sometimes hitting hard enough to hurt their hand. It's all said jokingly, and swiftly.
Dog has come to stay with us. The perpetual posture is a crouched cower, low tail wag and walking along the sides of the room, following the walls, ears back, skeleton crouched and tail in a low wag. Every bone is visible.
Friend has left food for the dog. Fistful of pedigree and fistful baker morning and evening. I have been asked not to worry with letting dog out too often. Dog is often left at 8:20 till 6 and has never soiled indoors. Dog is 1 currently.
Can someone please tell me that I am wrong in feeling sad and angry.