Bertha, the obese rescue dog, championed through her hard-core weight loss program. From a big 63-pound dog, she managed to get it down to half. Now, Bertha only weighs 29.6 pounds, thanks to the relentless effort of her foster mom, Meredith. With that, she quickly became an inspiration.
When Meredith first saw Bertha, she definitely felt surprised. She remembered the day that they had to pick Bertha up to foster her and she saw her in her full glory for the first time. She mentioned that during that first meet-up, Bertha looked worse than in the picture.
But that did not hinder Meredith to foster Bertha. She wanted to try it out because she believed that with the right person, Bertha definitely could have a chance. So when she took her home, Meredith thought about a lot of things like what should be her weight goal and how many calories she needed. She started to map out a complete weight loss program.
They started Bertha out with an underwater treadmill but after five steps, she looked so done already. According to Meredith, it was really a huge effort to get Bertha to do anything and she had to start getting creative with what she had available.
So instead of making her run on a treadmill, they filled up the tank and made her swim just so she can have some sort of exercise. The plan worked and soon enough, Meredith got Bertha to walk for two minutes.
She noted laughing how Bertha’s life vest did not initially fit her and she had to tie a cord around just to keep it in place. And the moment that the vest snapped in place, Meredith was so happy. Finally, Bertha lost enough weight that she even found it easy to scratch her ears which she cannot do before.
In over a year and a half, Bertha had her weight down and she was so much more active. But aside from that win, she also won Meredith’s heart. From being a foster mom, Meredith fully adopted Bertha as her fur mom. Bertha’s weight loss journey has now over 2 million views and 56,000 likes.
Source: YouTube via GeoBeats Animals