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Written By: Tyson Steele on 2011-03-29

Recently, the FDA began investigations into a popular weight loss pill for dogs. The drug, called Slentrol, is sold by Pfizer's animal-health division, which earns about $3 billion annually. Yeah, that's three billion with a "B" folks.

Now, call me crazy, but at what point did we start giving weight loss pills to dogs? Don't WE feed them? Aren't WE in charge of their calorie intake? I mean, when was the last time you saw a golden retriever saddle up to the Olive Garden for all-you-can-eat breadsticks?

Apparently, Americans now have so little self discipline that we simply cannot avoid overfeeding our animals (let alone ourselves.) Instead, we'd rather pay $750 per year for a magic-doggie-weight-loss-pill.

This should be a warning sign to us. If the cultural zeitgeist is such that we can't even muster the self control to take care of our dogs, then where exactly are we headed?

Whatever happened to the American way? The self discipline of America's founding fathers is the stuff of legend. Our country has survived countless wars and depressions through the tenacity of our forebears. With old fashioned hard work, we mastered the oil industry, and the steel industry, and the technology industry. Yet now we can't even stop overfeeding our dogs.

So the next time you see a fat retriever waddling through the local park, popping his Slentrol pills and munching on a slice of pizza -- consider it a warning. Self discipline is the prerequisite of success. It always has been, and it always will be. The more you embrace it, the more you'll make a difference in your life and the lives around you.

Never let them say that your self discipline has gone to the dogs.