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Made -- garments made at that factory in bangladesh. a lot of household names. >> 52 minutes after the hour. once he was a portly pooch. but then obie the dachshund got skinned. jeanne moose more on the biggest loser. >> reporter: if you think are you sagging, consider obie, the obese dachshund. used to be you could actually hear his belly dragging. >> that's a good boy. >> but on tuesday, obie dragged himself to oregon expert vets and went under the knife after months of weight loss. >> it is a modified tummy tuck. we removed redundant skin and had to reconstruct. >> reporter: the idea wasn...

In a two-hour operation. how much did you take off him? >> 2 1/2 pounds of tissue removed. >> reporter: the 7-year-old is recovering faster than expected. the goal now, to get obie lose another five pounds to be the perfect weight for a standard dachshund, 30 pounds. ob obie can see and lick his own paws. he's become what he is. a wiener dog and not a stuffed jeanne moos, cnn. >> if he can do it, anybody can to it. >> i have been to a doggie fat camp. it's hard for pets to lose weight. it's not their fault, it's the owners. >> you go, obie.