Sharry Dog Part 3

4/29/07-- I walked my dog, Lady, one mile. She went around the block in the morning and again in the late afternoon. She is starting to look thinner. She will go to the vet around May 17th for a weigh-in.

Sharry Dog part 2

My doggie has a thyroid problem. She must take medicine twice a day. This is part of the reason for her weight gain. My sister and I still do not feed her people food. However, she snuck two chips my sister left in a bowl on the coffee table.

My dog's name is Lady. She has a slight weight problem. I took her to the vet and she has to lose 27 pounds in six months. She has been on a diet for 11 days. Since I placed her on a diet, she has had no people food and only two small meals per day. Actually, the dog belongs to my sister and me. We have joint custody. She was overweight before I came into her life. However, I have not helped the situation. Since the dog was recently fixed, the vet said she may put on some weight. But the vet did not mean that as a license to feed the dog a bunch of people food as well as her regular dog food. The dog is adjusting very well to her dog food. I never cheat now and give her people food as this causes her to be overweight and gives her back pain. Now for the past 10 days I have walked the dog nearly everyday. I expect my sister to walk the dog some but I do not believes she does this. My doggie just finished her meds and she is up to walking over 1/2 mile per day. Each week I will increase her walking. When I am eating my dinner, the dog stares at me. I used to cave in and share my food with her but I stopped doing this because it truly hurts her. I also used to wrap her dog vitamins and joint pills in people food so she would take them. Guess what? The dog will take her meds without people food. She is not spoiled. We just treated her like she was. Also, recently I found a new stuffed toy for my doggie. It is a squeaky red colored tootsie roll lollipop. Red tootsie roll lollipops are my favorite candy in the whole world so I thought I would share with the dog. ( squeaky toys not real candy because I love her). Each week I will post her progress on this blog.