WASHINGTON – Obie is not your typical wiener dog.
in Oregon reports the 5-year-old dachshund now living in Portland tipped the scales at 77 pounds a month ago before being taken in by foster mom Nora Vanatta, who volunteered to care for Obie after hearing about him on a Facebook page. An older couple previously owned and loved Obie – who KPTV says is considered to be the world’s fattest dachshund – and Vanatta thinks the pair fed him mostly “people food.”
Now on a strict diet, Obie’s weight-loss goal is to get down to 40 pounds, and he’s already dropped 10. Those that want to root him on can follow his progress on .
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