Green Beans Work!!

This week Doc went to see Dr Jim for his annual check up. I was looking forward to see how much weight he lost since May. We cut back his food & added green beans as a filler. He loves the green beans, but we haven't done as much exercise as I had hoped we would...but I'm happy to report Doc lost 6 pounds since May!

Yay Doodle!!

We'll continue to have him eat green beans along w/his meals & incorporate as much exercise as possible in order to get those last 2 pounds off of him. Hopefully we'll be just as successful in the next couple months as we were in the last 3. It took 10 months for him to put those 8 pounds on, so I'm glad taking them off isn't taking that long.

Green Beans & Headbands

So far my weekend has consisted of two things...green beans & headbands. Odd combo right? I guess that's the life a bully owner leads sometimes. Since I was told Doc needs to lose weight earlier this week (see his page for more details), he has looked really sad when I give him his food; like he knows it's not going to be enough for him. My friend Mary suggested I give him some filler (like green beans) along with the food. Surprisingly, he LOVES them! When Howie saw that Doc was getting something else in his food, he wanted some too. So I gave all 3 bullies some green beans with their food & they ALL love it!!

So I went to the store & got 9 more cans of green beans. Hopefully that will last the week! I really hope the green beans will fill Doc up without the calories. I just don't want him looking sad when I give him his food anymore & of course I want him to lose weight.

Headbands...I have bought a few different "holiday" ones to take photos of my bullies. You know really cute antlers, bunny ears & even a flower. The bullies looked really cute in them when they wore them...not so cute when one eats them! That's right...EATS them. Vivi apparently thought the flower one looked good enough to eat...so she did! At first we couldn't figure out what the plastic that she threw up was from..just some small white pieces. Then this morning it all came together when I found two of the petals in her kennel that weren't there when she went to bed.

We have 5 more petals to go...Spoke to the vet & they said if she's acting fine & having no issues going to the bathroom, she should be ok....She will just eventually pass them. We did give her some hydrogen peroxide (to induce vomiting) last night after the plastic pieces came up, but nothing else did in 30 mins...so that means that she didn't JUST eat it. **Side note: this does work very well if it's something recently eaten....like diaper wipes...yep, she's eaten those too.**

So say some prayers that the other 5 petals make an appearance sooner rather than later! And if you think you need that headband for a cute photo...make sure you don't store it anywhere near where the bullies could get to it. Yes, I've learned my lesson....