How a Prescription for a Dog Helped One Man Lose Nearly 200 Lbs.
In 2010 Eric O’Grey, a sales manager from San Jose, California, weighed 340 lbs., and his health was rapidly declining.
A naturopathic doctor gave him an unconventional prescription: Get a dog.
“She knew my underlying problem wasn’t medical, it was being reclusive,” says O’Grey, 58, who chronicled his journey in a new book out now, Walking with Peety (cowritten by former People writer Mark Dagostino).O’Grey called a local animal shelter, jokingly asking if there was “an overweight, middle-aged dog” available.
There was: a 7-year-old border collie-Australian shepherd mix, whom O’Grey adopted and named Peety.
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