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Putting on Weight

 Zoey Dog

             I have noticed a strange thing about you owners. If it gets a little, tiny bit cold outside, you won’t walk any of us dogs! Instead, you send us out to do our business all alone in the cold, and really we’d love to get our heart pumping and do some walking and exercise like we do in the warmer weather. You probably know that most of us dogs can take the cold a little better than you…unless you are like Peanut the  Chihuahua. She lives down the street from me, and I can hear her teeth chatter all the time. She wears one of those fluffy and colorful wraps around her body. But me, I’m a Lab, and we’re bred to handle the weather and fearlessly jump into open waters, even if they’re colder than I might like.

             You people like sitting inside in the warm heat of the home.   I like it too, but you know what one of the side effects is of no exercise? I think you do because I always see my owner trying to squeeze into her too small jeans come February.   We put on weight too!

              The other day I caught a glimpse of myself in the hallway mirror, and I rushed the mirror barking.    I did not recognize myself until the other dog didn’t seem to be doing too much.   Who was that dog in the mirror? She looked a little plumper than I remembered my svelte self looking.   When I sat down, I had rolls that edged out across and over my hips.   Fat rolls!

             I had noticed that it was getting harder to get up the stairs, and it took me longer to do it than usual.   I used to be able to beat the kids up or down the stairs and play the game of “Can you get past me?” Now, I was lucky if I got there at the same time as them. 

             Plus, when I wanted to go lie down in my usual comfy spot by the fire, the bed felt tighter than I recalled.   I dug my nose into the comforter to see if I had accidentally misplaced any toys within the bed’s fold that could be squeezing me out.   I got up, spun around, dug the blanket all up, and there was nothing there.   It was only my body that was squeezing me out. 

             Things seemed to change the day after my owner had to help me get into the car to go for a ride.   I tried to get in, but I just couldn’t do it anymore.   I heard a neighbor chuckle and ask my owner what she had been feeding me lately.   I think my owner realized that day that I wasn’t as slim as normal.   Now, my weight was affected more than just me.

             I noticed she gave me just a little less kibble in my dinner, but she gave me some new things too: she added something called vegetables.   I loved the carrots and green beans the most.   They tasted good and were a nice addition to my dinner.   I guess they don’t add as many calories to my dinner but still help me feel full.   The kids started playing more ball in the house.   They sat at the end of the hallway and threw those toys to the very opposite end.   I got a real workout with that.   The best part, my owner pulled her super-duper heavy sweater and coat out of the closet and took me walking everyday.   Some days the walks were a little shorter, but she did it just like normal times in the summer.

             I started to be able to fit into my bed better, and the kids couldn’t believe it when I beat them to the top of the stairs again.   I felt like I had more energy to do stuff.   And, you know what, my owner fits in her jeans again too! I caught her smiling softly the other day, and she said, “Zoey, we sure do look and feel good!”  

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