How do you resist those eyes?
Guys, how do you resist those eyes when you eat?
He normally looks like this by the way:
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Permalink Reply by Dianne Starnes Simpson on
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It's really hard, but i think of the bad behavior it encourages. I don't want Alli begging from visitors.
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Permalink Reply by Melissa and Franklin! on
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love the last picture!
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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth, Hermione and Luna on
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I think about the fifty pound corgi that lives one block over and the strain his poor back must be under. I worry very much about their hearts and their backs.
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Permalink Reply by Ludi on
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50 pounds? That is cruelty. Have you ever approached the owners about him? I am usually quite reserved and won't speak up unless I'm under extreme pressure, but animal cruelty really pains my heart. I would feel compelled to tell them that the dog needs to go on a diet to live a good life.
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Permalink Reply by Zigward & Kimberly on
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I agree:/ It's very sad.
But if it is brought up, it has to be brought up in a way that won't be pointing fingers at their owners, it will get their back up.
Ziggy was about 50lbs when he was in the care of his first owner---and he was huge! I couldn't believe it.
Oh, also if you are going to butt in about it, you should have all the information memorized about a good diet, because a lot of people don't seem to understand that you have to slowly reduce their portions, and you do indeed have to exercise them.
(No one did that with Ziggy, poor boy. They just cut his rations from I do believe however much food he wanted to 1/3c twice a day of veggies, rice and very little meat. Which he would get so hungry, he would throw up clear stuff, I was told. So BE CLEAR if you do mention anything at all about weight loss to them.)
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Oh yeah, I didn't mean to get preachy and be all like, "HERE'S WHAT TO DO! <long explanation>"
There was an extremely hyperactive Boxer living next door to us and she would destroy EVERYTHING in her owner's flat. At one point, when Ace was outside on his promenade and the Boxer was out for a wee break, I approached the owner and started a conversation that gradually led to me saying, "So yeah, exercise and mental stimulation did a LOT for Ace... he was so destructive before (he absolutely wasn't), but now he's a dream!".
It's way less in-your-face than just waltzing up to someone, pointing to their dog and saying "Hey that guy's fat". I would just try to drop little hints here and there. But my heart aches for that poor guy. :(
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Permalink Reply by Snickmom on
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How about "have you checked out the Mycorgi website?, we have such great conversations about our dogs. People share ideas on how to keep your corgi healthy and happy, we share fun pictures of them begging for food....!" There are some people-and dogs- who have to struggle with weight problems because they are on cortisone for health issues.
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I've tried the "passive/agressive" approach. I think the issue is that the gentlemen is alone and in his upper 70's and lonely and can't refuse Putter anything. (Putter's not a young corgi either) He has a hard time seeing it as a problem, and I know he's not on this, or any other website.
Maybe I'll start offerring to take him for (short) walks with us for exercise.
And by the way, I don't KNOW he's 50lbs, he's just very large, and has a very slow top speed: we met him when he had slipped out of the yard and was moseying down the street. He wasn't running away, he was walking away.
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It is easy for me - Ace is too short to clear the table, HAH!
Plus he knows that if he hovers around me too much while I eat, he risks getting run over (gently) by the foot traffic while I'm getting up to get a drink, change the music, or the million other things going on in life.
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LOL.
I love that last picture.
I just try to not look at Ziggy when I eat. Before I was sneaking him something every now and again, but it was making his poops weird, and the last time I gave him something, it was a smmmmmaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll piece of bacon from our cheese burgers and he threw up less than five minutes later-not like normal throw up, but clear, goopy stuff that he didn't really even look to notice until it was spilling from his mouth. Lucky that was it and he was normal after, but I'm way too scared to give him that kinda stuff anymore, so I just LOOK AWAY!!:P
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Permalink Reply by Yuki & Ellie on
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It's pretty easy for me to ignore the pitiful corgi eyes. Ellie has a tendency to sneak scraps from the children, which I do not allow, so I always crate her during meals. Since her crate is in a different room, I am unable to see that pitiful little stare. :)
By the way, I feel that I should point out that Ah Jai looks a little like a Care Bear! :) To me he looks like Tender Heart Bear. He's so adorable!
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