Doggy Diets

A big well done to Treacle, my lovely Jack Russell Terrier who attended her regular doggy weigh in today and was deemed to be near enough to her target weight to come off her diet.
Poor Treacle, we'd been feeding her the same amount of food as her much bigger son Thierry (yes after Henry!) and she was turning into a little barrel of lard. After a few stern words from our fantastic vet Treacle embarked on her new health regime last Autumn and is now a svelte, sleek little hound who looks the picture of health once more.
After a tricky pregnancy and a bout of eclampsia afterwards Treacle, like many new mums, found it hard to shift her post-pregnancy weight but not surprisingly increasing the length of her walkies and reducing her portions sizes did the trick. It's not rocket science is it?
Thanks to all those extra long walkies I too have managed to shift around a stone in weight but still have a way to go before reaching my target. Here's hoping my current calf injury sorts itself out and I can continue with my training for the Great Manchester 10k run in May where I am hoping to rase as much money as possible for the Seashell Trust, an amazing school and college for students who are deaf and have other communication disorders.
Treacle, Thierry and all the family are now looking forward to one of our favourite walks this weekend at the wonderful Lyme Park in Cheshire.