posted October 22, 2007 07:52 PM         

Talk about a spoiled baby.

And I thought my dog was spoiled.

posted October 24, 2007 11:52 AM         

She is so spoiled. To begin with, the couple that found her live in the country in Africa, so she lives at their house, but is free to come and go. She has her own bed/mattress on the front porch. Every night they cover her with a blanket. Each night before bedtime, her human "Mom" gives her aromatheraphy massage all over. She plays/sleeps with the dogs. She eats tons of sweet potatos a day, and dog food. She is supposed to eat lucerne, a grassy lettuce that grows there, but she is spoiled with her "treats" so she doesn't like it much.

Sometimes she goes inside the house. She layed on their bed like a dog would, and it broke.

They have a river out front in their yard so she swims/plays there.

posted October 24, 2007 04:50 PM         

I am finding humor in the thought of this LARGE animal being welcome in the house. How big is she? I'm guessing even if a little one, she is still enormous!

posted October 25, 2007 12:51 AM         

Actually, she is smaller than most Hippo's because they feed her so many sweet potato's that she doesn't get enough protein. The Vet told them she needs more grain/grass/lucerne and so they mixed it in with the sweet potatos and she spit it out. (& ate only the sweet potatoes) Then they told her to give her horse feed (like a horse kibble) and they mixed it with the dog food and she refused to eat it.

posted October 25, 2007 12:54 AM         

He really emphasized that she should eat this, especially if they want her to get pregnant someday. But she just is so spoiled with her treats, that she doesn't like it.

posted October 25, 2007 01:28 PM         

I know many people who feed their dogs table scraps. But i know that table scraps are a no-no for dogs health wise. I dont feed my dog human food of anysort, well, okay the occasional salmon chunks which is GOOD for them. (their coat, joints etc.) A friend of mine says she feels sorry for her dog that he has to eat the same food daily. Now she has a fat, extremely overweight dog, a beagle at that, and she's wanting advice on what to do .... if she woulda listened to me in the beginning he'd be a healthy young pup. (this dog is so over weight that when he lays sprawled out on his side, say left side, his feet on his right side can't even lay on the ground, they are stuff up in the air.

I know many times people think they are doing good by spoiling their animals, when in fact they are doing more damamge than good. If you wanna spoil your animals, spoil them with LOVE and AFFECTION!!

posted October 25, 2007 03:39 PM         

Funny you mention your friend's dog, because on animal planet last week they had 2 shows in a row about overweight dogs. The people are either lazy, ignorant, or they are spoiling their dogs, not realizing that they are doing more harm than good.

My dog gets healthy snacks from me such as her favorites; red and green bell peppers, once in awhile an almond or two, rice cakes, and then her Buddy Biscuits which are dog cookies.

Luckily my dog is so active she has a real cute figure, slinky waistline. I would never let my dog get fat.

posted November 08, 2007 07:43 PM         

Here I found some more...