Bathtub Time & Penny’s Magical Weight Loss Transformation – Dogster

Hello, I’m Savanna! Learn my introduction to study extra about me and my spunky Chihuahua combine, Penny.

I get some feedback from family and friends about how “fats” Penny is. Okay, I’ll admit, she could also be a little chubby for her small body. However I’m going to get a bit defensive right here. She weighs 12 kilos, and I believe along with her being primarily a Chihuahua, folks assume she ought to be smaller and solely weigh about 7 kilos most. However she’s additionally half Miniature Poodle and Pekingese based on her DNA take a look at, and these are each breeds that may weigh 14–15 kilos on common. Her vet says she’s wholesome, and he or she’s been about 12 kilos for a few years now, so it’s not like she’s persevering with to realize weight.

You could have heard the saying, “I’m not fats, I’m fluffy.” I’ve to say for Penny, that saying is true. I believe a part of what makes her look so fats is her thick hair. And I can show it: all I’ve to do is give her a shower. Be part of me as we have a look at Penny’s magical weight reduction transformation each time she will get a shower.

Penny’s Not Fats, and I Can Show It!

Bathtub time is unquestionably not on the checklist of Penny’s favourite actions, however all that fluff and rolling round in lifeless worms makes her fairly pungent. So she will get common baths each 4–6 weeks. We’ve to chase her a bit to get her into the bathtub, however as soon as she’s in there, she stands nonetheless and permits us to do our factor (whereas nonetheless trying a bit cautious within the course of).

When she will get soaking moist from the sprayer, she turns from an chubby ball of fluff to a slick, streamlined weasel-looking creature. All that water pushes her hair nearer to the pores and skin and makes her look extra her true measurement when not hidden by all that fluff. It’s very trimming for her determine. Who knew that including water weight may really make you slimmer?

I advised y’all she isn’t as fats as she appears to be like! It’s largely simply fluff.

Bringing the Fluff Again

The tub isn’t simply to get her clear. It’s additionally to revive her fluffiness. So it seems that Penny’s weight reduction transformation is simply short-term. Instantly after a shower when she’s been towel dried and does that cute little shimmy and shake, she really appears to be like larger than she did earlier than as a result of all that fluff is enhanced.

You may undoubtedly begin to see the Pekingese in her when she’s contemporary off a shower in all her fluffy glory. She appears to be like like a bit poof ball, and photos simply don’t do it justice of how poofy she really is!

She’s Not Fats, She’s Fluffy

Regardless of trying a bit chunky, Penny will get round simply advantageous, she will get loads of train, and he or she eats the proper meals parts. Each 4–6 weeks, she undergoes a short lived weight reduction transformation, so you’ll be able to see that she’s not as fats as she appears to be like. It’s my job to maintain her pleased and wholesome, so till Penny’s vet tells me she’s chubby and unhealthy and we have to make some modifications, I’ll additional emphasize that she’s not fats, she’s simply fluffy! That’s a hill I’m prepared to die on.