<Their dogs were too fat. not too heavy, TOO FAT, but they refused to understand that they were really stressing the entire system of their dogs by over-feeding them in the name of "pampering". each person blamed the other for the overweight problem. Judy Gates>
I keep Cavaliers occasionally for people when they go out of town. I keep an especially sweet girl, but she is fat! She waddles. I tried to tell them the first time they left her that it was very hard on her heart to be overweight. When they picked her up the last time, the young daughter was looking at them sitting on my couch together. She said, "Mom, our Cavalier must weigh about twice what Madeleine weighs!" I *think* that woke the mother up. I then told her that I just couldn't feed their girl as much as she'd told me to while they were gone. I told her that Madeleine and Dinah ate about 1/4 that much. I also told her that Callie seemed satisfied with the amount that I'd fed her. She then said that she would put Callie on a diet and continue the routine I'd started. She asked what kind of treats I used, etc. (They were feeding a high calorie large treat several times a day.) That was this summer. I'll be interested to see if she's lost weight the next time I see her. That is something that is so easily controlled. I just don't understand why people let their dogs get fat. Carol Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.geocities.com/carolscavaliers/ "My little dog, a heartbeat at my feet." Edith ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
