OK, that's not actually my dog, but my dog is officially overweight now, according to the vet. It seems that I'm not the only one in the household who gained sympathy weight during Mrs. U's pregnancy. The Undaground dog, Wrigley, has gained 10 pounds in the past year.
Whoa.
The vet suggested baby carrots instead of biscuits. Last night, I threw her a baby carrot and she happily caught it in her mouth and began to chew.
"Wow!", I was thinking. "If I knew she liked them, we could have been giving her veggies all along."
Then, she proceeded to open her jaws and sadly let the carrot hit the floor, where it remained until I picked it up a few minutes later. I told her there were starving kids in Africa who would appreciate a baby carrot, but this didn't seem to have any effect on her as she stared impatiently at the dog cookie jar that houses her milkbones.
Goodbye Kibbles and Bits, Hello Science Diet. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to walk her, either. That's something that kind of went away when the baby arrived.
I've always kind of hoped that the dog would put on some weight. I thought maybe a few extra pounds would make her less hyper and annoying. Nope. Now she's just fat, hyper and annoying. But we love her anyway. That's why were going to start feeding her stuff she hates.
2 comments:
Thank goodness that Wrigs isn't that gigantic!! Have a fun weekend!
Try mixing in a can of cut green beans in her dog food, do this for one month, she will trim up nicely. Continue if she needs to lose more!
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