Table 2. Demographics for dogs with obesity enrolled in this study.

Unpaired T-test was used to compare age between the groups of obese dogs that completed the study vs. obese dogs that did not complete the study (p = 0.730). Mann-Whitney for unpaired analysis and Wilcoxon for paired analysis were used to test significance of differences in BCS between groups: obese before vs. after weight loss (p < 0.001); obese dogs that completed the program at baseline vs. obese dogs that did not complete the study (p = 0.551).

	Days on weight loss diet, Mean (SD)	Age in months, Mean (SD)	Sex	Sexual status	BCS Baseline, median (range)	BCS after weight loss, median (range)	BCS during weight loss, median (range)
Obese dogs, completed study (n = 20)	330.9 (SD 203.4)	69.4 (SD 32.3)	10F/10 M	18N/2I	8 (6–9)	5 (4–7)	N/A
Obese dogs, did not complete study (n = 5)	536.4 (SD 154.8)	75 (SD 23.6)	3F/2M	5N	8 (8–9)	N/A	8 (8–9)

Notes.

F

female

M

male

N

neutered

I

intact

BCS

Body condition score