My girlfriend called me in a panic today about her chi. She had put him on the bed and he had jumped off and hurt himself. She has had stairs since he was a puppy but he refuses to use them.
He should be around 11 lbs and is 18 lbs. Fittingly, His name is "Biggie." He is feeling better but I told her to start adding green beans to his diet. My moms dogs won't touch green beans, but my girlfriends dogs will eat anything. Biggie is already on "fat dog" food but hasn't lost weight. She is scared to walk her dogs in her neighborhood by herself, especially since Biggie was attacked by a loose boxer this summer...in his own yard, none the less. She was getting ready to walk them and had opened the gate and the boxer rushed over. Luckily she had biggie on a leash so he didn't sustain worse injuries than he had. His obesity might have done him a favor and offered him extra protection from the boxer...as it had a hard time fitting it's mouth around biggie.
The police of course did NOTHING. In fact their comment was "well the lady apologized and she seems very nice."
On top of green beans, I suggested a tread mill as an alternate solution to going outside for walks. If anyone has any suggestions of how to get your dog used to walking on a treadmill, feel free share them!! I've given my mom the same suggestion since a treadmill is collecting dust in her spare room...but she is convinced they are too large to walk any farther than 10 feet out the door to use the bathroom. I wans't even allowed to walk them around the block.
They sure are cute "little" guys though!! |