Mystery Solved

[Canis erectus]

I took Zoey with me to work a couple weeks ago to get her hw test and vaccine updates. Her vet came up to let me know she was finished after doing her blood draw and vacc's, and she told me Zoey had gained 7 pounds. *GASP* I was horrified, especially after the years of cruel jokes about China's figure. During the three years we've had her she's always been about 57 pounds and now she was over 64 pounds, my dog was becoming a porker!!!

The only rational explaination I could come up with was from the reduced amount of excercise last summer being due to Hannah and I having a new baby. That, combined with the even more reduced excersise in the winter (Michigan is nasty), and maybe a slight metabolic change due to age HAD to be the reason. Of course, an immediate cut in rations was in order, and with the onset of spring walks are becoming more regular. The walks must be quite a sight, in one hand I've got two sixty-some pound dogs, and with my other hand I'm towing a toddler along in a wagon. And when it gets a little warmer there will also be a cockatoo riding on my head... oh the humility.

Anyway, I was getting ready for work this morning and noticed that Hannah had already taken the dogs out and fed them. Hannah had a schedual change in February and had taken to feeding the dogs about five times a week where before it was just me feeding them (I bet you can guess where this is going now). So I'm looking at the food dishes and they're almost full to the brim!

I asked Hannah how much she fed the dogs. She says "Only a cup". Well the thing is, the measuring cup is 2 Cups and she was filling it up and thinking it was only one! ARGH!!! I swear I must have pulled a fistful of grey hairs out of my head..

Oh well, Hannah meant well, and now that I know why my dog had put on a few pounds I can make some progress in taking them off. I think our goal is going to be 3-4 ponds in 4 weeks.

[Guest Anonymous]

LOL... well at least you found the culprit, and it's not completly your fault. But at least it's only 7 and not 15 or more. Although I'm sure the dogs will be begging for more food from now on. (Or you could always get 1 cup dishes so there aren't any more accidents)

[DogPaddle]

:lol:

Better this problem than the other way around I suppose though. Imagine if both of you thought the other was feeding the dogs.

[Canis erectus]

DogPaddle napisał(a):

:lol:

Better this problem than the other way around I suppose though. Imagine if both of you thought the other was feeding the dogs.

I could easily see that happening in this insane asylum we call a house. :wink:

I guess 7 pounds really isn't so much, and I should be able to get my puppy back into shape pretty easily. Unlike poor China who's put on almost 20 pounds after we got Zoey that we haven't been able to burn off no matter what we do. :roll:

[JackieMaya]

Pooh Bear was kind of a bubble butt when I got him. He definitely needed to lose weight (which he has). His former foster mom couldn't figure out why he was so chubby, and then she found out that he had been eating the cat's food as well as his own food!

Now he only gets his own food, which I measure very carefully, a few treats, and LOTS of exercise!