Ugh with the grump Kristin. Pain sucks and your doctor is probably doing the cya thing which totally does not celebrate your success. Fie on doc!
Being better tomorrow is a good plan, but for now...hairpats and the big lip (pouting) are definitely in order. Blergh.
that would give any dog...Yup, in my experience, nearly anything can. I've stopped being bugged by it. Bartleby eats something off the street without permission? He suffers. I can't seem to do anything about that...except to have canned pumpkin and peroxide on hand at all times.
I often quote this sobering ad I saw once on the back of Dog Fancy magazine. This little girl is holding up a huge oatmeal raisin-looking cookie to an obese Lab. The caption said, "Sometimes, we love our pets a little TOO much."
I've really learned that lesson after putting Bboy on a diet that netted him a 7lb. loss on his wee body. Turns out the Basset in him didn't mean he needed to be fat and I didn't have to give him a WHOLE biscuit whenever he did something right. A corner of the biscuit would have the same effect! He's soooo much better off and, at 7, has the energy of a puppy.
Moral: When it comes to pooches, too fat and too tummy troubled is within our control!