Baby Girl

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For those who have known me awhile both here on mylot and on gather, you know that my chihuahua/yorkie mix Baby Girl is often the cause for my laughter. Well yesterday was no exception and I thought I must share with all of you. She has been slightly overweight for the last year and a half, mainly due to the fact that she has very little physical exercise. My back has been giving me problems so our long walks were cut out. Since we moved to Arizona in January, she gets to go to my mother in law's at least twice a week and play with their Siberian Huskies. She loves getting out in the back yard and running with Koti Bear. We often will take all three dogs for a walk in the neighborhood in the afternoons after the sun begins to go down and the temps cool off. The vet also put her on a very strict diet. One half a can of wet food and 1/2 cup of dry food a day. Only one treat per day and absolutely no table food. My girls were very guilty of this last one. Well I had just asked my son yesterday if he could tell if Baby was losing any weight since the new diet started a month ago. He said well, maybe a little but it's hard to tell when I see her everday. So last night, we decided that Hubby, son and I were going to go to the Hot Tub and try to work out the day's kinks. It was such a lovely night temperature and weather wise, that I thought Baby Girl might enjoy spending the hour on the patio instead of cooped up in the house. So I put her out and closed the glass sliding door. Turned on the light so she wasn't completely in the dark and went to put on my swim suit. As we started out the door, James (My son)happened to glance out on the patio and said "Mom...where's the dog?" I told him I assumed she was on the patio where I put her. "Uh---no!" he said Mike (Hubby) opened the front door to the apartment and Baby Girl trotted inside looking quite pleased with herself that she had managed to get out and find her way home! James put her back out and we waited and watched. Now, up until yesterday, I had observed her trying to out under the iron rail of the patio with no luck. She was too chubby to get under. But guess what? Evidently the diet is working because she can now flatten herself out and slip through quite easily. So, her days of enjoying the sunshine outside while I run to the mailbox or to the pool or to the grocery store are over. Now, she will be forced to stay inside the apartment. So my fellow pet owners...has the four legged addition to your family done anything this week to make you smile or laugh?