Obese Rescue Dog Can't Stop Smiling When She Loses Half Her Weight | The Dodo Faith = Restored
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- Опубликовано: 27 янв 2021
- Bertha was picked up at a shelter weighing 63 pounds. But with the help of her foster mom, she's now half her size!
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I remember getting angry seeing a dog go through this before, but then finding out it was because their human developed Alzheimer's, and kept forgetting they already fed the dog. Taught me something about learning the whole story before getting angry at someone I didn't even know.
That's a really good point
Thank you for mentioning this!
Sadly not everyone dose that
@Daddy walking can substitute for running well enough they both burn calories walking does is slower but if you take your time with walks its just as good for burning calories as running
@Daddy also exercise alone will never be enough to overcome a bad diet its just not happening if you eat 5000 calories a day and need to burn 2000 there is no way you are doing that at least everyday i had to walk 32 km to burn 2400(nearly) and it took 4,3 hours almost without any rest so even if the dog was walked everyday it wouldn’t have been enough
Dear God this is the best thing I've ever seen
Well.. Hello there
Well.. Hello there
Well.. Hello there
Well.. Hello there
Well.. Hello there
That image of her laying in the bed watching on whilst the other dog exercises... Basically my life
But she shows that it doesn’t have to be anyones life!
And here I am, laying in my bed, watching a dog lose weight...
Then get your Ass up and do Sport
get up and eat a piece of lettuce 😎
Well, if a dog can lose weight, why can’t you?
This inspired me to lose weight myself. After losing 100 pounds, I'm happy to say that I can scratch my ear with my foot now.
Underrated comment (this made me laugh so hard lol)
LOLLLLLLL WTFF AHAKSJSSKSK
Lmao 🤣
@@donalevoy3445 same hahahahahah this was too goood
Lol, I am a skinny stick and can't do that somehow, I am impressed
The foster mom really saved that dog's life!
One thing! Just one thing! Please tell IT to me: WHY tf do I have so many fans even though no RUclipsr is unprettier than I am? WORLDWIDE!!!! WHY??? Tell me, dear win
Because your a spam bot :)
Thanks captain obvious
she's a freaking angel!
Absolutely !!! If you love someone you never give up on them. One lucky dog to find a loving mommy
Bless this women’s heart cause she genuinely cared for this dog
Please be healed with my video😊
Its a chonk but now she's a smoll chonk.
Pore 🐶
These are fake sites.
Scamming people with empathetic stories of (fake) rescues. They hurt, abuse and kill animals so that they can pretend to rescue. All for cash and utube popularity 👍🏻
They keep changing their name.
We need to stop abusers.
@@pretty_kitty what proof do we have other then your word?
This person believed in this dog more than my parents would ever believe in me.
Never stop believing in yourself even if your parents don't believe in you at times.
You are never alone Jesus loves you and died for you be blssd 💕
Lmao
Sometimes we only have ourselves sadly 😞
@@famicommike9014 Thank you ♡ bless you.
Wonderful. Thank you for sharing this.
Ok didn't expect to see you here. How have you been?
Ok didn't expect to see you here. How have you been?
Ok didn’t expect to see you here. How have you been?
Ok didn't expect to see you here. How have you been?
Ok I’m just gonna break the this thread. how have you been?
Oh how sweet she is. How great you are. She didn’t even realize she was losing. I love her very much.
you mean 'winning' 😁🥰🤣
@@LanzeGames I think they meant losing as in weight
@@LanzeGames cringe
Hi
hi
Okay but the fact that she’s named Bertha is hilariously cute 😂
I wonder if anyone in the history of mankind has been named Bertha and wasn't fat
@@michaeldoran4367 💀😂🥶😂😂😂😂😂
anyone named bertha was born fat
Same!
Big bertha
She SMILED when she scratched her ear. My heart cannot.
2:30
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@@kenobi3 kinda hard for her when she couldn't though
awww such a cute baby
chonky baby
*chonk*
@@rle4102 chunky monkey lol
She's an old dog, and I'm happy she gets to spend her twilight years being able to have fun, not just sitting in a dog bed counting down the days.
“From Fat Bertha to Fit Bertha: A Transformation of Love and Persistence”
I’d read it.
same 😊
Id at least watch the movie :)
Veil Break 😂
hi
Big Bertha
If Bertha can do it ,we can do it ! Go Bertha ❤️
No one is making any comments about Bertha’s amazing outfits?! She clearly loves wearing them and all the attention she’s getting. Thank you for being so diligent with helping her. Bertha seems like she has a great life!
2:25 Bertha’s secret motivation to lose weight: “”I’ve got to fit into that gorgeous unicorn gown”
Too cute .....like human, like dog.
:)
Lol
Ok that was funny
Awe, and she looked adorable!!! What a princess.
I can only imagine the dogs pain in the beginning
Chonky dug
@@vishthefish2078 Reddit moment
yea, the adorable lil puddin. 🤗
She had to leave her "body💪building" career alone.
That was just too much "muscle" for one little pretty girl, to walk around with.
Fantastic 👏 foster mom.
Fantastic 👏 discipline and thoughtful care.
💗🤍💗🤍💗😁💗🤍💗🤍💗
@@JV-ie4rh very Reddit moment
@LolManMacHee youtube 100
"With the right person, she could have a chance" is what we should also be keeping in mind when seeing struggling children.
why are you bringing up children in a video about dogs?
Yes, good point. Children AND animals. The homeless. The elderly. The newborn baby in a dumpster. The trash bag of kittens on the side of the road. Any hopeless human being or helpless animal that you come across is an opportunity to save a life and change it for the better. Some find their niche serving hungry folks in a soup line. Others find theirs in fostering abused children. Still others make it their life's work to shut down puppy mills. It's all good and worthwhile.
1:13 - perfect visual representation of me trying to get through life
Wow, adopting am older dog whose obese! This woman is a gift to animals. May we all be so kind. 🐕🦺🐾
Try fostering children.
Oi, Murkans don't have a lot to do, do they?
@@leonardgoldberg2879 adopting any creature in need is a gift to the 🌎.
Wonderful statement and so true. What a gift and what a loving teacher.☺☺☺
@@leonardgoldberg2879 Are you REALLY trying to downplay this woman's dedication to helping animals? REALLY?
Sixty three pounds is so heavy for her she's a small dog and all that weight is hard on her legs, breathing everything, thank you so much for helping Bertha your saving her life!! Clearly she is pleased to feel better and be so loved and cared for, you are the best!!!!
She weighs more than me poor dog
@@mysticsapphire4834 Not anymore, she lost all that weight, have you finished watching?
You know full well that she appreciates your help, you gave her freedom back, top dog owner 😊❤👍
Bertha dressed like a unicorn is the cutest thing ever!
"She's just so happy to be a dog.". As Bertha goes outside in pink clothes...I LOVE it😂🥰🤗
xd same
😁😁😁😊😊😊💞💞💞💞
And the dogs dont like it, do you know?
@@ViniciusSilva-rz4un j8
The secret to any exercise and diet program, is a purple tutu, and a golden horn.
Didn't she look ADORABLE in that tutu?
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@motorcityjudy Absolutely....Not ! 🤔
@@gustavgans7794 you are a special kind of evil
The dog equivalent to the Color Run.
That type of dedication ... that is Love.
Bertha got lucky because of your kind heart! She is lucky to have you and you her. She has a new life because of you.
I love how the woman laughs about how Bertha couldn’t fit in her life jacket.
Wow 1.1 k likes and no comment thats sad
@シshush just another comment to make it less awkward
Wow 1.2k likes and 3 comments thats sad
Exactly my thought! 😂
Dont break the chain😲
It was so heartbreaking to see poor Bertha trying to walk at the start of the video. So glad her foster mom did such a good job helping her shed the weight.
Please be healed with my video😊
"bungee cord"
WAIT, don't tell me, it has the properties of both rubber and cord
it does 👀
hxh 👍
Lol
i love this comment
nO wAy iT poSsESsEs pRoPeRtiEs oF boTh ruBbEr aNd cOrd?
Imagine having itches you couldn't scratch or tell anyone about for YEARS. So happy for Bertha. & what a loving woman.
I couldn't stop laughing at the part where she says, "It was hard to get Bertha to do anything, as the dog is laying on her bed watching that tall thin dog workout on the treadmill, omg, classic 00:56
Humans have the same ethic, unfortunately, including self.
nice name, that was my dad's name! (well, except the hernandez part lol) great name, and very rare! :)
Bertha and i had a lot in common in that moment
@@shqa574 yes I think it was funny because its so similar to what we do
I thought that part was too! That's me sometimes when I get home from work and get my other stuff done.I just feel like sitting down instead of working out.Good for Bertha!
Seriously don’t understand how some ppl put thumbs down on story’s like this. Must really be in a bad place mentally.
It’s sickening, isn’t it?!!!
Especially since she ended up adopting bertha.
I take a thumb down as people telling RUclips "I'm not interested in seeing more like this" rather than a moral judgement on the video.
Because they themselves are probably WAY overweight and got triggered by the giggles in the video..that's too bad...quit eating so much!
GREAT video thanks for saving Bertha! :) She's cute!
A lot are done on accident by people scrolling on their phones
I don’t blame the rescue dog for not stopping the smiles, I don’t think I could stop smiling if lost as much weight as she did you should be proud of yourselves
2:53 that is the face that says it all, after all of the hard work put into making this dog healthy again, here you can tell that the dog felt how I felt and how many others feel after working hard to lose a ton of weight, a sense of relief and satisfaction.
The woman laughing while talking about how she needed to use a bungee cord to keep the vest on the dog 😂
harriee
@@marlena7965 HB
made me feel okay that i was laughing
I'm your 1k like, please remember me
Lololol
I LOVE this woman's sense of humor while being so caring in a serious situation.
Love this story. Good for Bettha.
Almost as sad as obese children. Thanks for taking care of her.
@i yup. It's tantamount to child abuse. I see parents feeding their kids all sorts of junk food, candy, soda, chips - you name it - and these kids are TUBS OF LARD, yet Child Protective Services in my area does nothing.
Spank your kid, they get involved.
Yell at your kid, they get involved.
Fatten your kid up to morbidly obese levels, flirting with juvenile diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, and resulting behavioural issues - CPS does diddly squat. Things have to change.
@i and enabling.. child abuse is so sickly
To think that this tiny tiny dog weighed as much as a 10 year old..
2 Ten year olds! Good Job! Great Heart!
@@marshawargo7238 I'd say one 10 year old... if you know any 30 pound 10 year olds, I recommend having Child Protective Services look into that...
@@jordy6636 Sorry I read dog not child. I'm slow (I blame winter weather) I've gotcha now, same page. Thanks!
@@marshawargo7238 Hah! Gotcha :)
@Ariadna Melo No, I'm pretty sure the average is like 50-60 pounds
That foster mom is a legend. Definitely saved that dog's life!
Please be healed with my video😊
This dog just inspires people about life changing.
This dog will be the greatest ambassador for any weight loss program...
You can tell she's feeling so much better & is happy. God bless this lady's dedication & perseverance! 💜
Please be healed with my video🦆🦆🦆
This ladies dedication??? She is the one that brought that dog in this condition.
@@dore444 No, she fostered the dog after it's past owner allowed her to gain that much weight.
@@dore444 She didn't. She shows the day she picked the dog up (presumably from a shelter or previous owner) to foster the dog. She says the dog looked worse than in the photos, implying she had not seen the dog in-person previously.
This person took a dog who was obese and helped the dog get healthy. She is a hero to this dog.
"she's just so happy to be a dog" , out of context this is extremely hilarious 😂😂
Y e s .
Fullmetal vibes
@@meimisaki9271 I hate you for reminding me
Chu dai bit 6th St Louis , ft55h
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This is such a cute dog. Look at her smiles after she becomes healthy
When the dog is in the pool he’s like nope I wanna rest not swim!
No weight loss story has ever inspired me like this!
Lol
That's say a lot
Bertha is such a precious baby. It warms my heart to see how her life improved because of her new mom's love and care.
@Romilson Pacheco Da Silva Neto kkkk é nóis meu amigo
What a transformation. Bless you for giving Bertha the chance to live instead of existing. Of course you adopted her, how could you not? Big hugs to you and to Bertha and her other friends.😊🙏
Love her can-do, loving spirit. This was a long haul, 18 months. Bertha looks so happy. And they are staying together, Perfect!!!
Seeing Bertha struggle like that broke my heart. I am *so* glad her foster, now forever, mom gave her that chance.
Please be healed with my video😊😊
I wonder if her original owners where elderly. I see this a lot with really old folks. Who are sick, physically and mentally and don't understand what they are doing. Glad she is better now. Overweight is just as bad as underweight for animals.
I wonder the same thing too. I would also assume someone who is elderly who actually loves their animal doesn't realize what they're doing is actually cruel.
Yeah, my grandmother did this to her little doxen mix. Love her so much, but she just couldn't hold out against those sad, pathetic eyes when she was eating. Just fed the dog from her plate and unfortunately wasn't able to take her on walks, so the little thing just kept gaining weight. She'd even sneak the dog food if she knew we weren't paying attention bc we'd try to stop her lol
*were not where
@@Ad-Lo Congrats i didn't notice till ya said anything who even cares
Were is the correct way. Not where. It's a common mistake, though.
The cutest thing I have ever seen in my life. I mean, LOOK AT THE CAR PICTURE, *LOOK AT IT.*
Thank you for saving this sweetheart ❤️ Congratulations Miss Bertha👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻...your looking Amazing🥰
Seeing the one dog exercising and Bertha in the corner sleeping is sooo relatable. 🤣
Please be healed with my video😊😊😊🤝
63 pounds haha holy smokes.
“Walked about 5 steps and said NOPE” lol sounds like myself
That zoom of her on the bed was so me
That's 350 lbs in dog weight
@@logank444 😂😂
This woman gave more attention/care to that dog than my parents did to me my whole life.
Awww😢
I hope you find love. You deserve it! ,❤
Same 😭
Thats gotta hurt
That’s sad 😢 I’m sorry
Thanks for being this dogs savior
You are to be commended! You gave Bertha her life back. So grateful that there are people like you. It could not have been easy.
Please be healed with my video😊
I love how committed and determined the person was to help the dog lose weight. Even thinking outside the box to help the dog be able to be mobile again.😭🙄
Underwater treadmilling is so fricking cute I can’t..
Like the costume 🥰
RIP Bertha! I'm grateful you had a chance to enjoy a healthier life before passing on.❤
I'm happy for the dog that it is safe now.
Such a precious pup, many thanks to her foster person!
Please be healed with my video😊
Bertha got more than lucky when she met you, she got her life back. Bless you for caring.
Soooo beautiful and inspiring. The best of the best people helping the helpless animals who need love and dedication.
This woman gives me hope in humanity. Bless her heart
Bertha is a little darling. And the other dog on the treadmill was like the supermodel of dogs
A very nice Pharaoh Hound.
Thank you for not giving up on Bertha and adopting her.
I recognize a puggle when I see one. They will literally eat anything.
I have had a puggle for nearly ten years of my life, and I completely agree with this.
She looks so sore at the beginning, poor thing:(
Hi
@@kennethjames9075 wtf
Hi
Hi
She's not fat, she's big-boned. No really, great job giving that sweet girl a chance in life again.
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Orangutan stans???? Yeyyy and my friends called me weird since i loved them so much
Gta San Andreas big smoke reference 😅😂😂🤣
Fat = natural
Obese = symptom
@@fourze6113 they were just joking lol
She is so beautiful she makes me so happy ❤❤❤
Loving a dog isn't over feeding them. Love then enough to give them the best diet and exercise. They'll be happier and love you for it.
She smiled when she scratched here ear as if she herself couldn't believe it.
... "and I adopted her." Raise your hand if you *didn't* see that coming. :-)
Ohhh Yesss that was definitely the cherry on top l💓ve those happy beginnings.🙏🙏🙏
Mee lol
This is why you don't overfeed dogs, it's neglectful even if you shower them with attention. So happy that the doggo herself is happy now.
I'm not crying you are!!!!
*Anything can have a change, with the right person.*
（＾◇＾）Please be healed with my video
The dog is happier for this. Yes, getting her started on the exercise portion of the weightloss required some creativity, but she eventually got into it. It probably helped that she was gradually feeling better, in less pain, and able to do those simple things she couldn't.
A triumph of surgery ❤️
Absolutely Awesome!! Go Bertha!!😁
I'm not sure who deserves more credit..the dog for getting in shape or the human for not giving up
I feel so bad for this dog and I really hate the people that let this happen to her.
For feeding her
You hate the people who fed her?
They likely were just ignorant not abusive, no need to hate for that
@@Punx_ I get where you’re coming from but it’s not ok to over feed your pets as just like humans it’s uncomfortable, unhealthy etc to get to the point where you can barley walk or do normal things.
@@Punx_ I hate the people who over fed her and refused to get the dog help. This is animal abuse dumbass
@@leeinardoe2162 nah mate how do you know that
I mean the dog couldve been the one who was always hungry all the time
Then as a good owner they fed her
That breaks my heart to see that poor dog looking like that. Thank God you practically saved her life.
Good to see Big Bertha transform into Regular Bertha
i love people that foster and then don't give them away so heart warming.
So glad the foster Mom helped her and has now adopted her!
Poor baby walking must’ve been so hard for her 😭
Thank you, Meredith, for first fostering Miss Bertha, then being determined to do whatever it took to get her to a healthy weight. She looks like an older lady, with all that grey/white around her muzzle. But you not only saved her, but almost surely added another 5 years to her life. At least. And thank you for adopting her. After all she's gone through, with you taking the time and effort to help her get to where she can actually do dog things - and enjoy them, I think it would have been emotionally devastating for her to have to move on. So thank you. Sincerely. For saving her life. In every way.
Bertha unfortunately passed in 2022 but she surely was loved. ❤
This could never happen to my dog, he's too damn picky. Sometimes when I pour him food he'll just skip like: "nah I'm not hungry for breakfast, but if you don't mind I'll eat out of your plate"
I think your dog was born in a cancer zodiac month-
Or his a cat in his past life-
@@juliane5632 he does give me cat vibes...and he's a leo...probably was a cat in his past life
Because modern dog food is terrible for dogs... nothing natural about it at all
@Jordan Sharpe He had Alzheimer's ,so he kept feeding the dog again and again
@@kimjongun5172 Who cares? We can't all be millionaires who feed our animals like they're kings. Also "natural" doesn't necessarily mean good. Though obviously dog and cat food are generally crap.
I can only imagine the people who dislike these type of things are very sad and are in need of a cuddle. Virtual cuddle for you Hug hug squeeze squeeze
i didnt dislike but can i still have a hug pleasee?
@@partypoison5135 🤗
I didnt dislike, but if i did it would be because the poor dog got to that stage to begin with and likely had a horrible life unforfilling life... which makes me sad.
Im glad help came!
I would love a snap shot at 1:44 on a sweater that says
"Nothings ever simple" 😂❤
I have reached heaven with this video
I did something similar with a cat we adopted a number if years ago.
We found her at the Humane Society. It was love at first sight. We named her Louisa. Louisa was so hungry all the time. When she'd been rescued, she had been out in the cold for two weeks. We started her on dry food, and over the course of a year, she became quite heavy. Even though we had reduced the amount of food she was eating, she was still quite round.
One day we took her to the Vet, and the Vet recommended canned food. So we put her on a strict diet of 1/3 can of food, twice a day. Slowly over the next several months she lost weight and became more active. She had short legs, so she couldn't jump very high. We would bring her out to the deck that was enclosed with a gate, and she loved being outside, laying in the warm sun, and chasing chipmunk down to the drain pipe.
Louisa lived to the ripe old age of 23. She lived in comfort, loved all of us unconditionally, and was a very happy cat.
One day we took her to the Vet, and the Vet discovered a lump. A biopsy was taken and it was cancer. We had a choice to put her on chemo or let her live another six months without the poison of chemo. We chose the latter. She did very well until about five weeks before she passed. Then she got a mouth infection. So the Vet did a cleaning, and removed infectious tissue. She came back and enjoyed another four weeks of no pain. The infection came back, and we knew she was at the end. It was evening and we took turns holding her wrapped in a soft towel. She knew she was loved.
The next morning, we took her in to the Vet hospital. Before they gave her the final shot, I held her head in my hands and looked her straight in the eyes and said, "We love you and know it's your time. Send me a sign that you're all right." Then the doctor gave her the shot. She was gone within seconds. I cried, but knew it was her time. She was no longer in pain.
About two days later, I was sitting watching TV, when out of the corner of my eye, I saw a silhouette of the cat race across the floor and dissapear between the two easy chairs. I knew it was Louisa.
A week later, I saw her again. She was about three feet off the ground as she ran past the TV and disappeared into the wall. Another time, we were having a quiet conversation at dinner, when I heard a very soft meow down on the floor. It was Louisa letting me know she was there.
"WHy is eVerY ThiNG so hard?"
after meeting this woman
"Why is everything so easy now?"
Yes i'm kinda feeling light now
Heyy but i'm used to do the hard thing. Now i'm not speciall 😢
My dog is pumped. And now he is going straight to the gym.
I need a weight loss coach like bertha has....wonderful story!!