Time to cut back on the treats

I've blogged before about Lisa's weight issues.  OK, so I was a little defensive, and prefer to call her "big boned" but still.  I will admit that she would benefit from a few more walks and fewer treats.  It also probably wouldn't be bad for her to have less food, although the way she carries on our neighbors probably think we beat her.

[We do not beat our dog.  At all.  She thinks we're cruel for not letting her outside on the uninsulated sun porch when extreme temperatures make it unbearable.  We also don't give her pizza, because we want to eat our own pizza.  Oh and the worst?  Sometimes we run upstairs for brief periods of 5 minutes.  This requires much crying.]

Anyways, proof of Lisa's weight issues was provided when our next door neighbor told us that her daughter wants one of Lisa's puppies.  Kay explained to her daughter that Lisa probably couldn't have puppies (she can't, at least according to papers provided to us when we bought her!) but the little girl is insistent.  Poor thing.  Lisa is just fat.  We have tried to explain this to Lisa and have tried to use this as the incentive she needs to begin an exercise program, but apparently being fat doesn't carry the same stigma for dogs.  Who knew?