Plato Update
Mar. 3rd, 2012 11:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_deep_magicLittle Dog is getting chubby again, and we cannot figure out how. I am not feeding him any more or different food, and it's already the weight-control stuff, anyway. And all he does all day is run around like his tail's on fire or wrassle with the Big Dog. Maybe it's a glandular thing, but we had him tested for everything under the sun when he kept leaking on the carpet, and everything came back normal. I mean, he's not, like, in Suwannee River pig-dog territory yet, but he is crossing over into "portly."
(It occurs to me you might not be familiar with the Suwannee River pig-dog, as it is a term I made up a few years ago. I trust, however, that it is somewhat self-explanatory: a dog so enormously fat that he may, when viewed from a boat in the Suwannee River, cause the observer to say "Hey, look, that man's walking a pot-bellied-- holy shit, that's a dog." Feel free to use the term should you need it.)
Still, even though I know it's not good for him, I can't help but love a chubby dog. Plato has two types of running: the joyful pronk that makes him look like he's half-rabbit, and the full-on, ears-tucked-back dash. The latter is especially adorable, as he looks like a fat, furry little sausage torpedo shot out of a cannon about 6 inches off the ground. Despite the stubby legs, he can get going pretty damn fast over short distances. EVERYBODY GUARD YOUR ANKLES.
(It occurs to me you might not be familiar with the Suwannee River pig-dog, as it is a term I made up a few years ago. I trust, however, that it is somewhat self-explanatory: a dog so enormously fat that he may, when viewed from a boat in the Suwannee River, cause the observer to say "Hey, look, that man's walking a pot-bellied-- holy shit, that's a dog." Feel free to use the term should you need it.)
Still, even though I know it's not good for him, I can't help but love a chubby dog. Plato has two types of running: the joyful pronk that makes him look like he's half-rabbit, and the full-on, ears-tucked-back dash. The latter is especially adorable, as he looks like a fat, furry little sausage torpedo shot out of a cannon about 6 inches off the ground. Despite the stubby legs, he can get going pretty damn fast over short distances. EVERYBODY GUARD YOUR ANKLES.
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Date: 2012-03-04 06:03 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-03-05 08:05 am (UTC)ok, ok. maybe his cookie allotment? except you said you're feeding him the same amount. hmmmm. well, whatever's going on, a vet is probably the answer.
now i need a video of him sausage racing. :)
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Date: 2012-03-10 04:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-05 11:31 am (UTC)I just..
PIG-DOG!