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Toby loves carrotts and string bean which are also good for the pugs. I have found the evenings in Florida are still too hot for pug walking and so we get out between 6:15 and 6:30 AM. This morning, when I opened the door, the humidity hit me in the face. It is more comfortable for Toby and he is not panting.
  Toby had another seizure Saturday morning so it looks like the last one was not an “isolated incident” He is going to have a blood panel done today to see what is going on.I imagine he will have to be put on some medication but we do what ever we have to for our puggy babies.

Oh My!!  Carrots are good for them.  I had to cut Mr. Skittles back last fall after his visit to the vet.
Sadly, my over indulging him with treats, he weighed in at 37 lbs!  I felt sooo bad.  I also was feeding him too much as well.  So instead of a well rounded 1/4 cup in the am & pm, it became a very level 1/4 cup in the am & pm.  He still gets a dentastick in the am, but that is it, and of course carrots.
In 2 months he had lost 5lbs… vet said that was very good, but the next 5 wouldn’t come off that quick.
On Saturday, I dropped in to the Vet’s office just to have him weighed.  He lost another 3lbs!!
He is now 29 lbs.  We are getting there. We started walks in the spring… sometimes in the morning and the evening. Now that the weather is nicer.
Good luck the Luna, Benny, and Henry I know you will see results too!

Marcia - I am so sorry to hear about Toby.  I hope you are able to quickly find the cause.  Best of luck.  I will be thinking of you and Toby both.

in the summer, after our evening walk, i give frozen peas as a treat.  i just pour some in his doggie bowl.  they are healthy, low fat and cool to help cool him down.  plus, they are easier for Levi to eat vs. ice or ice chunks.  he loves them.  he also likes strawberries and cantaloupe. you might see if luna likes the peas.

Marcia, I am praying for you and Toby.  I hope that they can control the seizures with meds and that he has no complications.  You will be in my thoughts…please give him a kiss and keep us posted.

A 37 lb. pug, oh my!  Good job getting Mr. Skittles weight down Pat!

What about a little banana for Miss Luna?  Funny how their tastes ebb and flow…As a puppy, Bax loved carrots…now, not a chance in you-know-what he’d eat one.

I think we are all in the same boat with our fur babies my toby has hip dysplasia my vet told me it is severe she had never see n it that bad so she did surgery on his left hip when he was a puppy and gave me strict orders not to let him get over weight the right hip we are waiting if he has problems with it we will have to have surgery on his right hip so far toby stays around 19 to 20 pounds and seems fine the one that has me concerned is emma at 24 she has been on a diet for a month now I havent weighed her but she does look like she has lost some weight my vet told me to try carrots but my gang does not like them I am going to try green beans and frozen peas see if that works

Maybe try fresh canteloupe? I know it sounds odd, but our first pug used to LOVE it. If I brought one home in the groceries, she’d sniff it out. And heaven help me if I was cutting one open and cutting it up! She’d sit and wait at my feet while I sliced it up. I don’t know if the smell was so pungent or what, but that little girl couldn’t get enough.

And Marcia - all the best thoughts for you with Toby.

yes Heather, too much treat love!!
Mr. Skittles is very broad in the chest, and it surprised everyone that he weighed that much.
His breathing is much better, and we can go a bit farther each week when walking.  I see a great improvement, and have to continue for his health, and mine! 
Marcia, we are thinking of you and Toby, pug hugs and prayers xoxo

Whew, I didn’t receive my daily dose of OBP this morning and had to search for it. 

Guess I’m the fortunate one here.  My babies get their twice daily feeding of dog food.  My Missy has epilepsy and is on Phenobrbital twice a day, placed in a pill pocket.  The other kids get a Wellness treat so as not to be left out.  Period. Maybe that makes me a meany, but I don’t have to worry about their weight.  Romeo once weighed in at 26 lbs. and I measured his food more carefully and he is now 24, which is a good weight for him. 

Marcia, I hope you get good results on Toby’s tests.  I am praying that whatever his problem is can be easily controlled.  Please keep us posted.  Hugs and kisses to your baby boy.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers for Toby. he is seeing his Vet at 2pm this afternoon. When I spoke to him on Saturday, he felt Toby would have to be on Phenobarbitol.  Will let you all know how my furry baby makes out.  Thank you again.

Marcia, all my best to you and Toby…I know your Dr. will take good care of you both.

C.J. and Toeby would sit at the table and eat dinner with us if we’d let them!  They are little piggies…I have started shortening the regular food supply and toss Cheerios for them at dinner time.  And if we’re having green beans they are in Heaven!

Yes, Bennie’s in the same situation.  I guess a pound or two every year turns into a lot on a pug.  We’ve also found ourselves feeding table food to Ben. 

And as long as I’m confessing, I’ll tell you that Ben actually has his own place at the table, and sits right beside my husband waiting for his bites.  What can I say….we’re weak.  And he’s so darn cute sitting there!

Marica - good luck with Toby this afternoon.  I hope you get some answers quickly   We’ll be thinking about you all.

Ah yes, I have a couple of overweight (“fluffy”) pugs!  We try to be healthy too…well, make that me, my husband is not so careful   My guys love apples and carrots.  But Piper tips the scales at 27 lb.  And he, like Heather’s Cole, could be a linebacker too.  He’s just a big-boned pug!  Annabelle, Tessa, and Marley all could stand to loose a pound to two

Happens to the best of us, huh?

My dogs favorite is fresh picked green beans, closely followed by frozen green beans.  Good luck!

There are few things a pug hates to hear more than “no table scraps for you”.  Poor babies, mommy is just doing it for your health.

Marcia, I hope you hear good news on Toby.  We had a chihuahua several years ago that had seizures but we were able to manage them pretty well with phenobarbital. 

*sigh* Add Carley & Charlie to the overweight pug camp.  Charlie weighed in at 29 pounds before his surgery last month but I think he has lost a little bit since then.  He didn’t eat for a few days when his cough was so bad.  Carley, not so much.  That girl is ridiculous!  She was a rescue we got in Kentucky 2 years ago and was just about starved when we brought her home.  My husband said he’d never seen a skinny pug until he met her.  I guess we over-compensated because now she is way beyond “fluffy”.  I’ve tried cutting back on her daily food but she’ll go sit by her bowl and bang it around with her paw if she wants something to eat.  And as somebody else said earlier, I’m a sucker for those big pug eyes.

I love this picture of the gang together.  Luna especially looks cute.

Have you tried a small bite of a Bananna?  My Daisey loved them and when I gave her the Phenobarb I put it inside of the bite of bananna.

Thank you all for your thought, prayers and best wishes for Toby.  He had lab work this afternoon, CBC, T3, T4 and Chem profle. Results will be in later this week, and i will let you know the results.

  Again, thank you all.  I appreciate your support. Unless people are owned by a pug, they just can’t realize how much a part of our lives they are.

Hope Toby’s tests come back with good news! And Huckle-Glad you, pugs and family are safe! Such goings on and hurricane season is just about to start! We had heat arrive and a humidity of 30%-which in COlorado translates to muggy-please DO laugh-I grew up on the east coast so I know what real humidity is! Hope Henry, Benny & Luna reach goal and don’t mind the word DIET too much! Prayers for Toby,Huckle and family and to all who live in tornado/hurricane/oil spill alley! PEce & Blessings-Pastor Sue & the COlorado 2

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