Okay, so I officially agree: my dog is fat. I was walking him the other day and we passed one of my neighbors. She said, “Oh, what a cute dog. And fat.” And then my roommate had a friend over and he said my dog looked “well fed.” In case you were wondering, if you tell someone that their dog is well fed, it’s the exact same thing as telling them that their dog is fat. And if you tell someone their dog is fat, they aren’t going to like you.
So just because I say that Dylan is a tub o’lard doesn’t mean that YOU can.
So I’ve started measuring his food to make sure he’s not getting too much dog food. Now if I can just cut out the table scraps, too…
I also bought him some more toys. Did you know they don’t make very many dog toys that either A) don’t squeak, or B) aren’t made of some sort of rope that sheds worse than my dog? I finally found a few. His favorite toys are the tennis balls. He LOVES them. We have to play with two, though. If I’m about to throw one, he’ll drop the one he just fetched. But if we only have one, he likes for me to take it from him. It’s a game I call tug-o-fetch.
Anyway, I’m hoping that with the cut back in food and the increase in play with the tennis balls will cause him to shed some pounds.
If I had a digital camera, I’d take a picture of him and post it for the “Before” picture. But I don’t.
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Maybe I can't call him a tub-o-lard, but I can attest to the fact that he is definitely...well fed. (From Jan's roommate)
I suppose this is what I get for sharing my cotton candy with him. But it was only once, I swear!
I have a digicam. I can take a before picture. Can I borrow him to take on walks by my apartment? Not that I think he would deter any kind of purse snatching, just to make myself feel better about being slightly short and stout myself. He's just big boned.
I've now had several people offer to loan me their digital cameras so I could take a picture of Dylan. Either they are being very nice or they want to see the fat dog. In any case, rather than having people offer to let me user their camera, I was hoping someone would just offer me a camera. Oh, well. I tried.
:) I definitely know what you mean, Jan. If I could just convince my parents to stop giving my dog extra treats, THEN we might get somewhere. There's no shame in being well fed, that's always been my motto.
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