The other day I was carrying Lilah around the house for fun, like I do, and noticed that my arms were getting fatigued real fast. Now I know what you might be thinking, that the holidays were just a couple weeks ago and maybe I let myself enjoy all the celebratory food a bit too much. I bet you think that I also gave up on that typical "get in shape" resolution after only trying for a week.
All I have to say to you is how dare you! I weigh the same as always and I'm still regularly exercising. I think you need to point those beady, judging eyes towards another!
After a few minutes rest, I picked Lilah up again, climbed the stairs to the upstairs bathroom and stepped onto the scale. FORTY POUNDS!!! Lilah's normal weight should be closer to lower-mid thirties. When did that happen?! I mean, I did notice that Lilah's head looked smaller than usual in comparison to her body, but I thought it was just her fluffy winter coat.
I just had to share my new discovery with my mom. Immediately she looked away guiltily. Apparently she had been over-generous when feeding Lilah and very liberal with treats from the table. "They need the extra weight for winter," she tried to justify, which would be true if we lived in a harsher winter climate and the dogs lived in sheds out back...neither of which is true.
Whatever, it's easy enough to control Lilah's weight. Just revert back to her normal amount of food and cut back on the human food treats. Not a big deal, really. And of course, Ritter has to join along on the diet, because although I didn't weigh him, I'm sure he's in the same situation.
But I guess it was just too much for the dogs to handle. We woke up this morning to find an empty plastic container of Costco cookies on the floor and Lilah chomping down on one and crumbs in Ritter's bed. If you've ever been to Costco, you know that it wasn't just a dozen cookies in that container. And I'll tell you now that it had at least four good sized cookies in it the night before.
A big set back in their diets. Lilah and Ritter spent most of the day sleeping off their cookie binge.
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