Dave & Chuck the Freak talk about an obese cat that has undergone water therapy in order to lose weight. This leads to them finding another overweight cat that went viral for being so big and get an update on his weight loss journey.
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00:00This next story, my favorite story of the day,
00:08I feel like you guys will enjoy it as well.
00:10There is a really obese cat.
00:14Oh, yeah?
00:15From Canada that has been ordered to lose weight.
00:20You can't order us to lose weight.
00:22Peaches hits the scales well over 25 pounds.
00:26Oh, man.
00:27And would not do any other exercise.
00:32Of course not.
00:33Owner tried to take it for walks, do lots of things.
00:35It would just lay there like, no.
00:37Oh, man, I like peaches.
00:39Finally, they got it into swimming.
00:42Oh, cool.
00:43It's hard to get a cat to swim.
00:44It is.
00:45This is what they do when they get super fat.
00:48Peaches is not a fan.
00:49Oh, poor peaches.
00:50But is making some progress.
00:52No, no, no.
00:53You'll love peaches.
00:54Because I get upset with overweight pets.
00:56At least she's trying, right?
00:58She herself is a bigger lady.
01:01Sometimes pets love to eat.
01:04Here's the story on peaches from Global News.
01:07Take a listen.
01:07Come on, peaches.
01:12That's better.
01:13What the hell?
01:15Like most cats, peaches doesn't love the water.
01:18But what he does love is the problem.
01:20Peaches loves eating and sitting.
01:23He became overweight, contracted diabetes, and refuses to go for walks.
01:27He's got diabetes.
01:27He's got diabetes like you, Chuck.
01:29You're like our peaches.
01:30Peaches.
01:31We got to get you in the water.
01:32I know how you feel, peaches.
01:34It sucks.
01:36Because he just kind of flopped over and decided it wasn't going to happen.
01:40It's so funny.
01:40He can't even keep his eyes open during the interview.
01:42He's like, no, God, I'm exhausted.
01:44I'm so tired with all this.
01:46Fish, bitch.
01:46In a condo, we didn't make it out of our hallway because he just kind of flopped over
01:52and decided it wasn't going to happen.
01:55He needs to do something.
01:56His vet says he has to lose two kilograms.
01:59The pool was the answer because here, it's hard to be lazy.
02:02He's pretty mellow when he's on his platform in the water.
02:06It's really only when he's being asked to exert himself that he...
02:12Relax.
02:13Relax, bitch.
02:15It's so cute.
02:16He's giving her the evil eye when she's talking about him.
02:21You fed me, you fat bitch.
02:24He says it all with his face and his eyes.
02:28Quit dropping stuff.
02:32He's probably like, why don't you lose weight?
02:34Yeah, exactly.
02:35Hey, you might want to check your blood, chicken bitch.
02:37When are they going to drop her into the pool?
02:39I'm like, God, I'd like to see her try to do this.
02:43She ain't treading no water, I promise you.
02:46I want Peaches rebuttal.
02:51Peaches is staring off how I've recently been staring off into the corner at times.
02:57She's like, well, that's life.
03:00Oh, the good times are gone.
03:03Oh, Peaches.
03:05Oh, Peaches.
03:05That he kind of meows.
03:08As bizarre as it may be for a cat to be put in water, it makes sense for Peaches.
03:13His owner happens to be friends with a pet hydrotherapist.
03:16So they kind of pick him up, take him to one end, and he swims to his platform.
03:20And so they try and do that a couple times without break, like I said, to get his cardio up.
03:25The pool is heated, and it's exercise easy on the joints.
03:29That's why I like a pool.
03:31Peaches wasn't a huge fan of Peaches.
03:32He's like, I hate you.
03:33Shut up.
03:34But has warmed up to it.
03:35Now he doesn't meow as much.
03:38Like, he would protest quite a bit in the early days.
03:41Now, every once in a while, you'll get a big deep meow from him, but not as much.
03:47Peaches is making a splash online as well.
03:49His owner started documenting the cat's weight loss journey on TikTok.
03:52Look at his back.
03:53Pause.
03:53It's so funny.
03:54For a mermaid, the count has 35,000 followers, with several videos garnering millions of views.
03:59People telling him way to go, and they're so proud of him.
04:03I'm doing great.
04:03Someone's commenting today that Peaches doesn't know it, but I would die for him.
04:07The inspiring story of a cat getting healthier one doggy paddle at a time.
04:12Mason DiPatti, Global News.
04:14Don't you just feed him less?
04:15I mean, that's how you get it.
04:17That's all it is.
04:18To lose weight.
04:19It's like my kids.
04:21My kids don't realize if you turn your back from six pieces of pizza.
04:28Yeah, but he's not.
04:30I know, but I think she's definitely feeding him.
04:33Yeah, she's just overheating him.
04:34She's throwing stuff down.
04:35She loves the cat.
04:36She loves food, too.
04:38And you know he probably doesn't take no for an answer when it comes to food.
04:43No, he probably hounds her like mouths constantly.
04:46Oh, man.
04:48He loves food, and he loves to sleep.
04:51Do you see him barely be able to get up on that platelet?
04:54Oh, yeah.
04:55You should see me get out of the pool.
04:59I'm not using that ladder.
05:00I can promise you that.
05:02Boy, oh, boy, is that embarrassing.
05:05You just have to pull yourself up.
05:07Oh, no.
05:10Oh, Peaches.
05:11That's no good.
05:12I just noticed there's another one, two patches.
05:14From Peaches to Patches, Patches is a 40-pound cat.
05:17Well, I think I remember Patches.
05:19I've seen that one.
05:20Yeah, because Patches is a monster.
05:23One of them, they put a little life jacket on it, and it just floats so fast.
05:30Patches is huge.
05:31That one is way worse.
05:33Yeah.
05:34Oh, absolutely.
05:35I'm trying to leave.
05:36Check out Patches and his owner, who says she's joining him on his weight loss journey.
05:41That's right.
05:42Join me.
05:42I was watching a favorite TV show, Critical Moment, and I get this text, and all it says
05:50is, this is your moment.
05:51A moment Kay Ford will never forget.
05:54Patches is huge.
05:56By now, many of you know who this guy is.
05:57Patches is double peaches.
05:59Looked at it.
06:00There was clearly a picture that was attached to it, and I opened it up, and there he was
06:03on the now infamous, famous post, and-
06:07Yeah, so we heard about the story at the beginning, right?
06:10Yeah.
06:10When someone adopted him, but we didn't really follow his life law.
06:13His story.
06:14His weight loss plan.
06:15I just went, I gotta have Patches.
06:17Patches, the 40-pound cat, has become quite the superstar.
06:21I love Patches.
06:21I love Patches.
06:22After Richmond Animal Care and Control posted about his-
06:25He'll move one paw a little bit.
06:27That's all you'll get out of him.
06:28Before home, I just wanted to help Patches.
06:32Weighing 42 pounds when he came in, that didn't stop Patches' determination to get moving
06:37in his new home.
06:39I can do this.
06:41I'll let you know that this is what we're doing.
06:45The journey just getting started, and he won't be alone.
06:48Patches' healthier lifestyle is inspiring people across the world to join him, including
06:54his new mom.
06:55Am I on the scale?
06:57It's going to be inspirational for me to do it with him.
07:01She says they're both doing it by walking a little bit more each day, with Patches continuing
07:06his special diet and exercise plan.
07:09He won't even move.
07:10He won't even move for-
07:12When that thing moves right in front of my pie, it's dead.
07:15And adding a little focused play so he can get healthy and continue to make those cheering
07:21him on proud.
07:22Kay admits all of the attention can be a bit daunting, but there's an upside.
07:28I never realized that I was going to be accountable to tens of thousands of people.
07:34But I think if, hey, if that's one way to do it, that's one way to do it.
07:38And darn it, I'm going to do it.
07:39If he can do it, I can do it.
07:42Why do I love a big, giant, fat cat so much?
07:45They're hilarious.
07:46They're like, I'd sneeze the whole time, but fat cat rescue would be one of the best
07:52things ever.
07:54I love that they have weight loss journeys.
07:56Yeah.
07:57I do too.
07:58Yeah.
07:59I don't know how these do it.
07:59This one doesn't seem to be moving as much as Peaches.
08:03Oh my God.
08:04Peaches is like, they're putting him in the pool.
08:06You're going to kill me.
08:08Yeah.
08:08You're going to kill me.
08:09Is that what you want?
08:11Is that what you freaking want?
08:12Yeah.
08:12I'm a cat.
08:14Whereas Patches is like, yeah.
08:16Yeah, Patches.
08:17I just moved that paw a little bit.
08:20A little simple cardio.
08:22You can do it at home too.
08:23Whew.
08:23Damn.
08:25Swamp.
08:26Patches has more to lose.
08:27A lot more.
08:28Oh, yeah.