WAY TO GO MR.CHIPS! Back in September Mr. Chips was taken to the vet for an ear infection. While there his owners got a bit of a telling off from the vet for allowing their dog to be 5kg overweight!!! You heard us--5kg!! That's 11 lbs. for all you Americans reading this blog. How embarrassing, I'm ashamed of myself! How did that happen? Who knows! Anyway, we had to put him on a VERY STRICT diet! And I mean strict--no treats whatsoever, small rations of diet dog food, and more consistent, longer walks.
Poor Chippy.
So we started out. Boy, giving your dog no treats is difficult! I couldn't do it. So I started give him carrots (thanks DeLisles for that tip)! Crunchy, healthy carrots!! He loved them. Then I tried peppers! He loved them--didn't matter what color-he gobbled them up!! So now our dog was eating diet dog food and carrot and pepper sticks for snacks! On top of all that he was getting 2.5 miles of walking every morning and a short walk each evening. In 8 weeks he lost 2.0 kg (4.4 lbs) by Christmas he had lost another 2.5 kg (5.5)!
WAY TO GO CHIPS!!
He's now on a healthy diet of rice, peas, and hamburger along with carrots and pepper sticks for snacks! And WOW-what a difference in his energy! He's back to be our peppy little puppy! WE LOVE YOU MR.CHIPS!!
Mr. Chips looking slim and happy!
Another bit of exciting news is the completion of THE QUILT!!
Elizabeth has wanted to make a quilt for a long time, a really long time. She finally was talking about it to a friend and discovered her friend makes quilts, even was teaching a class to make quilts!! What a great thing!!
Thanks to Aileen, Elizabeth made her first quilt and finished it just in time for Easter(just a bit behind schedule)! She now has 2 more quilts on the go--I bet you can guess who those are for!
WAY TO GO ELIZABETH! You can check that one of your list of things to do.
I DID IT!!! Thanks for all your help Aileen!!
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