My dogs' battle with weight

I am learning that dogs have weight issues, too.

We recently took our three German Shepherds in for a check up and shots. Well, vet tells us that our youngest is underweight and her mother, the second in charge, is obese. Meanwhile, the leader of the pack, Miss Grandma, is in perfect health.

Now, how am I going to explain this to the younger two? Then I thought, "Maybe it's better that they don't know...." (I was a bit surprised by the news although I kinda knew our second girl (her name is Tanka) was gaining weight but I didn't realize she was considered obese!)

So I think we're going to increase meals with the little young, in hopes she picks up weight and with Tanka, well, it was probably my fault for not taking her on runs like we used to.... She got her name because when she was a pup, she was just a tank... she used to beat her sisters and brothers to the punch and nurse longer on her mama.

Don't get me wrong. As she got older, she was in the best shape ever... Yup, she was a pretty good-looking k-9... I guess, like many of us, the weight crept up on her. Many of us have been there... We get a little too comfy and we stop exercising or we fall into the middle-of-the-night sweet snacks... the list goes on...

So my goal for this year is to help her get back in shape. She'll help me too though... after having a baby, I need to exercise more to get back to my old self completely....

I am just happy that she doesn't have to look at any women or celeb gossip magazines that show "these great-looking canines" and wonder "now why can't that be ME?"