Janet Boss said in
rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

Well, here she is today:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/96658169@N00/2883639206/

Amazing.

This dog will have a new life. Congratulations.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Great job.

"diddy" none wrote in message
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Janet Boss spoke these words of
wisdom in
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Some of you may remember mention of a Golden rescue named Nikki. Paul
liked to criticize her. Well, here she is today:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/96658169@N00/2883639206/

Here she is on July 6, 2007, almost 60# heavier (yes, 60#,). She
currently weighs 49.2#.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9665816...-7215760374152
9591/


I don't recall Paul critcizing her, but she's MUCH better!

I never criticized her, and I commended Janet on her efforts to take care
of her. I only used Nikki as an example of what a truly morbidly obese dog
was, when almost everyone criticized me because Muttley was somewhat
overweight, and continued to do so even when he was getting in better
shape.

Paul and Muttley

"Janet Boss" wrote in message
...

She was being fostered by my sister. who failed at fostering, but
succeeded at weight reduction.

Your sister has really done a fabulous job. That's nothing short of
*amazing*!

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

In article ,
(Melinda Shore) wrote:

What's "was?" Where
is she now?

Oh, sorry - she's still with my sister as an adopted dog rather than a
foster.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

In article ,
Janet Boss wrote:
Oh, sorry - she's still with my sister as an adopted dog rather than a
foster.

I love a happy ending.

[One of my favorite economics bloggers started referring to
his new wife as his "ex-girlfriend" after they got married]
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

In article ,
elegy wrote:

a huge tribute to the people who care enough about
her to take all that weight off!

When I went to evaluate her, she was living with her original owner's
adult son and his young Boxer. He told me that she wasn't housebroken
(couldn't make it overnight) and didn't get along with his other dog.
Well, the 2 dogs were doing just fine and she's never had an accident
since we took her. He sent her with a bag of "special food", which I
think was Kibbles n' Bits (just a ziploc bag, so I have no idea) -
something very colorful that went right into the trash. And a bottle of
thyroid meds that I am skeptical she got regularly.

The vet was one who came to the home. It seems she had never left the
house and yard with her elderly owners. She saw the vet annually, and
although there was obviously no scale, nobody could mistake that she was
grossly overweight! The son had her shaved down because she was
apparently so matted and filthy that he couldn't stand her around.

I stopped and bought Canidae Platinum on the way to bring her to my
sister for fostering, and we made sure she got her thyroid meds. She
also had stairs in the house now, and went from basically being a lump
on the floor, to a dog who could trot up and down the stairs with
increasing ease, and loved to play ball (she came with a filthy version
of that giraffe ball, which was so dirty you couldn't tell the pattern.
I bought her the new one at Christmas). She went for walks for the
first time in her life and didn't get crap food.

She's a totally sweet little (she's very short in height and length)
girl and a perfect match for my sister. I am just thrilled at her
turnaround!

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

In article ,
(Melinda Shore) wrote:


[One of my favorite economics bloggers started referring to
his new wife as his "ex-girlfriend" after they got married]

Very funny! Speaking of economics bloggers, have you seen this site:

http://www.barkobamablog.com/page/3/

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

In article ,
Janet Boss wrote:
Very funny! Speaking of economics bloggers, have you seen this site:
http://www.barkobamablog.com/page/3/

I don't really follow purely political blogs but that one
looks pretty cute.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

(Melinda Shore) said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

[One of my favorite economics bloggers started referring to
his new wife as his "ex-girlfriend" after they got married]

That probably went over better than when I introduced my then-
wife as my "first wife."

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.