[nagdu] lots and lots of very overweight dogs.

[Debby Phillips]

Amen, Cindy! Not only that, but when you young folks are my age, 
trust me, losing weight won't be that easy.  And frankly it's 
nobody's business whether people are overweight or not on this 
list.  It's totally off topic and totally judgmental.  As for 
dogs, for sure Seeing Eye gives us lots of information about how 
to tell whether your dog is overweight or not.  I'm sure that the 
other schools do too.  Part of the problem is when dogs get older 
they sometimes get less work.  We are struggling with this with 
Lamar, my retired guide.  I can't take him for walks with me 
because he doesn't want to walk on the right side, which is where 
he would have to walk, since Nova would be guiding me on my left.  
I don't have time to take him for separate walks with me and my 
cane, either.  My husband doesn't really go for walks, unless I 
bug him to take Lamar and go with me and Nova.  Nova plays with 
him sometimes, but she's a lot more into playing by herself than 
playing with him.  As it is, he's only getting 2 cups a day, and 
they aren't totally level cups either.  I'd love for him to get 
down to a weight that is more suitable, but as long as I'm 
working full time, I can't get him out and about much.  I just 
started back at a very physical job, and I'm so tired every day 
when I get home that I'm having a hard time getting Nova out for 
more than our trips back and forth to work.  I'll adjust, I know 
that this week is partly adjusting back to West Coast time, and 
to working where I'm on my feet all day.  So I just don't know 
what to do about Lamar.    Debby and Nova