Wednesday, February 20, 2013

The New and Improved Dixie Chick

Really hard to improve on this dog, but...............................................

Dixie has lost her rather Rubenesque figure and is now sporting a more slim and trim silhouette.

Back in December around Christmas, before she came to us, the vet clinic in Tyler had her weight at 15.8 pounds.

Our scales had busted, and it was a bit before we could get new ones in, but we got them in in early January, and her first weighing was 13.8 pounds, so she had already slimmed down some. But she needed more off. She still had no waist line, and Dixie is one of those dachshunds whose extra weight goes right to her neck and shoulders, so she was definitely overloaded in front.

I'm pleased to announce that just under two months here in Waco, her weight is now right. 12.2 pounds...give or take an ounce.

Sadly for Dixie this doesn't mean the end of her diet...she just moves into maintenance mode which means she may get a little less today and a little more tomorrow. It just all depends on what I see from day to day, and how she tips the scales on her weekly weigh in.

I'll try to get some new photos of her soon, but it all depends on the weather. In Dixie's mind, there is not such thing as "too warm", so the sun will have to be out and the mercury up before she'll spend any length of time out from under her blanket. :)

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