Fiona sticks her tongue out at the whole issue!

Well, Miss Fiona went to the Doggie Doc yesterday for a Yearly Exam and got good marks for everything except one little thing...The Vet does not think Fiona is a "little thing" anymore. In fact he called her *gasp* "just a bit rotund"! Not believing this slanderous remark we went right back out to the lobby to the scale and re-weighed her. Sigh. She is up from last year. Up a lot. Like more than a dog should be in one year. When I worked for a vet I used to give the "Chubby Dog - Can't Feel the Ribs" speech to pet guardians all the time, and here I was on the other side of the counter with the Chubby Dog! How did we come to this? As a good Dogmom and a fellow gal who hates the scale I have made excuses for her the past few months. I keep telling my husband she is just fluffy and in need of a good grooming! And well, the weather has just been yucky here and the poor girl has not had a lot of dog park time! Like any good husband he nods and agrees because a gentleman would never call a lady the "fat" word or imply that any extra poundage is her fault. So Fiona is on a new food and exercise plan, she just hopes this won't affect her supermodel status with her collar company. (she has a lifetime contract as spokesdog after all) Also she worries about her suitors Carter and Yoshi...will they love a gal with a little extra padding? Or will their eyes wander to more streamlined setter gals out there? The whole thing is as troubling as that number on the scale! Carrot sticks and long walks are on our immediate agenda.