At the board meeting on Sunday, we confirmed that Buddy was underweight. He needs to gain at least six pounds, about 10% of his body weight, to catch up to his siblings.
For the last week he has been getting an extra cup of food and additional doggie cookies. He now responds to the word "cookie". Apparently it is still not enough because he is still hungry. For the first time, he got into the garbage can and feasted on some leftover pork.
I should have saved yesterday's quote for today - "Never trust a dog to watch your food". We found him after the fact so the training moment was lost. Keeping our fingers crossed that his stomach is strong and he handles it well. Tomorrow we will begin a few days of garbage correction.
"Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog." - James Thurber
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