[Tiger's Mom]

do you give your furbabies?

When I went to SFO for the holidays, I spent a lot of time playing with Bruno, who is such a darling and kept me from being too homesick for my babies. I noticed immediately how skinny he was so I questioned my sister about his weight and eating habits. She said they were just at the vet the week prior and he got a clean bill of health and his size and weight was PERFECT. So, It just dawned on me how chunky my babies have become . . . .as soon as I got home and carried them both, my suspicions were affirmed: they were both slightly "overweight" ( and that's putting it conservatively ). So I am now just giving them one full meal in the morning and in the evenings, they each have their kong (which has been in the freezer all day long) filled with food (similar to what they have in the mornings) to keep them busy in the evenings. When they have finished with it, I wait a while and then give them about 3 each doggie biscuits and 2 each yogurt drops which I stuff again inside the kong so it'll take a bit longer for them to finish. That's pretty much it at night. Oh I do give them an afternoon snack too and they share a stick of pupperoni (this treat was introduced to me when I got it as a gift exchange present and they both LOVED it ). But they just don't eat it - they work out and earn it. We always play go fetch when I come home for lunch . . . I throw 2 balls and they both bring it back to me for a reward. I break it into tiny, tiny pieces and I give them each at a time.

So am now wondering how much does everyone give their dogs . . . and am I not giving them enough?