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my poochies and are walking with them??? Maggie just sits down and you’d better pick her up because she’s going to grow moss on her if I don’t. I guess it happens to all of us in our "old age" the anticipation of a long walk is neat, but the doing is a chore…and I just can’t carry Maggie who is 25 lb 13 year old Cocker Spaniel too far with my own old knees and back…at least in my new home there are paver or concrete walk ways meandering throught the back yard and on the sides of the house, so if I walk those with the "old girly" in tow, three or four times – then she (and I get some excersise there). My Border Collie girl is 11ish (not sure – I’ve had her 8 years as a rescue) and her hips are getting bad for jumping up on "ottoman" no matter how much glucosime (sp)…but the neighborhood I moved to has a beautiful park with nice trails and she’s loving that…even if we just traverse if just for a few minutes and then walk the one block home. Think the smells and being out on a leash walking is like a doggie amusement park for her.
really helps (at least me) keep off extra weight. I pretty much eat what I want but taking long, brisk walks with my very energetic collie does the trick. Many diets come and go but it’s still pretty basic: if you want to lose weight burn off more calories than you take in.
Dieting is probably the hardest thing you need do in life and all the fad diets and crazy things people do to lose weight are so unnecessary. When it comes down to basics, you merely have to use more calories than you take in. When you figure out how to successfully do that, you’ve got it made. It’s just a shame it’s so hard to accomplish.
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