Ok, so after being so shocked about the size of my friends GSP, I called her last night to tell her I was concerened about the dog. I said that I didn't want to upset her but I was concerned about the dogs health with her being so over weight. She told me she was fine and said she wasn't that big! (she thinks Baira is a bag of bones) I asked her to go and weigh her, which she did and she told me she's 123lbs.  I told her that she should be more like 55lbs (Baira is currently 51)and that she's twice the weight she should be and this will cause health problems and shortern her life. I asked what she was being fed and she said that she is free fed (explains alot) and that her daily amount of kibble goes in her bowl and that she gets all the scraps from their breakfast, lunch and dinner including any sweet deserts.....absolutely everything!  I told her she was killing her! After being quite offended at first she slowly came round and has called me this morning for advice. I'm no expert so I told her to stop the free feeding, stop the scraps and go to the vet for proper nutritional advice. She's got an appointment for today. I may have upset my friend on a temporary basis but I could well have saved a dogs life so it was worth it. Hopefully next time I see her (in May) she will be half the dog she is now.