Is Your Dog Fat? Blame Covid
Melissa Marion, 22, noticed her 4-year-old cavapoo Louie gaining weight last year when the neon vest the dog wears for nighttime walks became a little snug.
“Before the quarantine, it was loose on him,” says Ms. Marion, who lives with her parents and two brothers in Warren Township, N.J., where she works remotely in public relations. “But with everyone at home, baking banana bread and feeding him table scraps, we could barely strap it on.”
So many people have struggled with weight gain during the pandemic that the term “Covid 15” has gained currency, a variation of the familiar “Freshman