Golly a slug?

OK, yes she is! And she's enjoying it! The problem, though, is that she's getting rounder. So it's back to the beans! Yes, Golly's on a diet. We replace a few pieces of her kibble with a few pieces of green beans. We keep a bag of frozen cut green beans in the freezer, take some out and defrost them in the microwave for a few seconds. We're reducing the calorie count but maintaining the volume of food that Golly eats. Not every dog likes green beans but fortunately Golly does! In no time she'll be back to her girlish figure!

She's fallen off the veggie wagon!

I took Ceilidh and Dax to the vet for their annual visit last Friday. Ceilidh is a solid mass of muscle and pretty perfect in every way. (Okay, her teeth need some additional attention, brushing-wise. But I dare you to come and stick your finger in an unhappily-squirming, really-don't-want-this Boston Terrier mouth. With all those lovely Boston Terrier teeth in that so-strong-you-can-swing-me-around-by-my-toy Boston Terrier jaw.)

Dax, on the other hand, has gained a couple of pounds. She's a bit round at the moment and needs to lose it. French Bulldogs, I'm told, gain weight very easily, and the three months we've missed agility haven't helped.

But the poor girl doesn't seem to have her nutrition facts straight! For the last week, Dax has rejected, refused to eat, even spits out! her vegetables. This is the girl who would forego hotdogs for lettuce! Her favorite munch was carrots! We used celery as her focus/tug toy in agility class! And now she won't touch the stuff.

Last night we had her absolute favorite - Romaine Lettuce. She took a piece, crunched and spat. I don't know who told her that veggies were on the "don't" list, but I hope she stops listening to this evil propaganda. I need my Daxie to eat her veggies!

Ceilidh's on a Self-Imposed Diet

Hope noted in her last entry that the Griffs are overweight. Well, when we took Ceilidh (Boston Terrier) and Dax (French Bulldog) in for their annual heartworm check, the vet said that Ceilidh is three-tenths of a pound more than at her last check-up. (Dax was perfect!) Since then Ceilidh has decided not to eat about a third of her meals. I guess she thinks she needs to lose those ounces as quickly as possible! We've tried to tell the silly girl that she doesn't need to worry about it - when it gets nicer outside Ceilidh will certainly run that weight off! But she doesn't seem to believe us. She ate her breakfast today, though. I guess she figures that all the running around at Agility class last night worked off some calories!