Healthy Kennel

Goodbye Dear One

How old am I?

I just couldn’t say,

I lived in the moment,

For each day to day.

All I’ve known

Is chase, and play

Guarding you, to

Do as you say.

It’s been so great

to be in your Pack

Included in all things,

We each “got our backs”

But then life got harder

I gladly endured,

For the love of my family

It kept my heart moored.

Then like a pen,

I ran out of ink,

It got harder to move

Even harder to think.

And when it got bad

My people took note;

“We should send him to Heaven”

Came the merciful vote.

So, again I’ll stand tall,

with The Dog’s endless spirit

To serve as a new pup,

The one who endears it.

 

by Dr. Erik Johnson

Dr Johnson writes a brief article with video of the phenomenon, as an explanation for why overweight cats often “chew the air” (and anything else they can reach) when you scratch the top of their tails.

Here’s a link to “My Cat Bites Me or The Air When I Scratch His Tail Top”

 

Excerpted from this candid and accurate article:

“When a dog is eventually at a healthy weight it will get PICKY about dry dog food. If we left it at that, our dogs would never get fat.

At that point it’s your call whether you mix something in the dry food to coaxe a lean dog to eat, or simply let her eat per her needs, and stay lean.

“She stopped liking her food. She just wouldn’t eat it.”

This is because they don’t NEED many calories when they’re mostly indoors, lean and healthy.”

Dr Johnson goes over how a dog should eat and describes the “figure” most dogs should have. This makes it easier for owners of “heavy” dogs to recognize the problem.

Here’s the “How Your Dog Should Eat” Article on DrJohnson.com