[Dailydrool] Advice please- using treats for walks instead of scavenging, but how to avoid weight gain?

[Rebecca Stanton]

We went to the vets again yesterday and Morse has more antibiotics for lipfold 
pyoderma bless him plus some cream. Vet said he was such a placid lad and said 
how he is the largest basset she has ever seen - 74 lbs. She said he wasnt 
overweight - just has masses of skin - and actually commented that he has a 
waist! Sooo...I am looking to try and help my boy get over his scavenging a 
little. We are surrounded by beautiful fields here and bless his heart all he 
wants to do is go into the town centre to find scraps of pasty, chips and 
burgers. He finds the fields a bore. So let's say we start walking and I carry 
tasty treats. When I googled this, they suggest that I say his name, get him to 
look at me, say yes and then give him a treat, and repeat this, 'and soon your 
dog will be watching you instead of seeing what is on the pavement'.  Dog, yes, 
but a basset?  Does that apply to a basset? I am wondering if its going to be 
more the case of flat basset once the treats stop? And also will I be 
encouraging him to walk only if there is food about?  And I don't want him to 
start putting on weight either. Oh help!

You know you're a basset nut when you go into Street View to see where your new 
house is going to be, and then quickly look up all the local McDonalds etc to 
see if it might win the basset's approval too.
*sigh*

Becky, Morse and Pumbaa ATB 


      
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