ChiKat

I am a terrible dog owner. My vet wants my dog to weigh 85 pounds. Every year, rather than lose any weight, the dog gains five pounds. He is up to 110 pounds. He weighs more than my MOTHER. I am horrified by this.

Since having my son and my husband taking the CTA instead of walking to work, the dog doesn't get the two walks a day we used to be so good about. But he still gets once good, long walk each day. It's not making a difference. He also eats decent dog food, and gets very few table scraps.

In other words, we aren't treating him terribly. But labs are prone to being chunky anyway, and we're not helping matters.

I have to improve things soon, otherwise people are going to start mistaking him for a horse.