Veterinarian Sucked The Fat Out Of Pumpkin's Hips

[matcom]

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The only evidence of the waddling and the slowness and the shortness of breath is two small rectangles of shaved hair enveloping two inch-long scars.

That's where the veterinarian sucked the fat from Pumpkin's hips.

"It was about three quarters of a pound of fat," confided owner Jessie Schultz. "Before, it was really an effort for her to walk."

Now she trots, a little brown sausage of a Chihuahua on four short, sturdy legs. On a recent visit to Boca Greens Animal Hospital in Boca Raton, she weighed 11.4 pounds, down from 12.1.

That's good progress, praised visiting registered veterinary technician Heather Prendergast, but Pumpkin — how to put this delicately? — is still one whopping Chihuahua. Perhaps a firmer hand in monitoring and doling out the food, Prendergast advised.

"How the hell can I measure calories for a dog?" Schultz asked.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/accent/epaper/a1d_fatpets_0623_ss.html

[demnan]

1. I wonder if she would do the same for me?

n/t

[ret5hd]

2. now she'll start hanging out at...

second rate nightclubs, thinkin' she's lookin' hot, trying to pick up some young doberman or great dane.

[underpants]

3. I wouldn't trust the judgement of anyone who would buy those shoes

"Butter cookies" we used to call them-cheap crap

[tnlefty]

4. I think that she should become the new Taco Bell dog!!!

Do you call this Fido-suction?

[geniph]

5. Why in the hell didn't she just take the dog for walks

and cut out the treats? Jeebus!

[Unperson 309]

6. Putting a Dog on a Diet is EASY!

It's like... *who* has opposable thumbs in this relationship?! A Chihuahua ought to be a pretty high energy dog! Most higher quality dogfoods have caloric count on the label! You feed the amount your vet recommends and ignore those pleading eyes, take the little yapsh*t out for walks twice a day and voila! Shrinking Dog!

We had to put our retriever on a diet now and then because she was prone to get a wee bit padded. We ran her on the beach, threw balls for her and fed her on a strict regimen... NO titbits... ONLY the amount she was supposed to have and bingo, she lost weight.

With a kid, you have the problem of Junior raiding the icebox. With a dog, if you keep the food in a latched cupboard and keep tight lids on the trash, the dog can't scavenge!

Simple as that.

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