This footage shows an overweight dog weighing over 143 lbs barely able to get out of a car and walk into a fat camp centre for rehabilitation.
The dog, named Misha, from Bryansk, in Russia, weighs a whopping 65 kilogrammes (143.3 lbs) after he was abandoned by his owners and was fed by two women who would throw scraps over their fence.
Local media said that Misha used to be a guard dog, charged with guarding a car park by his previous owners. He should weigh about 25 kilogrammes (55 lbs) but has put on quite a bit of weight.
After his previous owners moved out and abandoned poor Misha, who was then fed by the two women, the car park got a new owner and it was time for Misha to move.
But he is so overweight that he now needs weight reduction rehab to be able to move properly again.
The footage shows Misha trying to get out of the back of a car and with some help and some stumbling, he eventually manages, as animal lovers help him into the rehabilitation centre so he can shed off the excess weight.
Misha is currently being fostered by a resident of Bryansk, who carefully monitors his diet. Volunteers regularly take him to medical procedures.


Misha is not out of the woods yet. He reportedly suffers from diabetes and is not eating or sleeping poorly.
But there is still hope as he loves to go for a walk with his new carers.
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