this month.  The local SPCA is having a low cost vaccination and microchipping special this Saturday.  I want to take Bob there to get microchipped, but I'm not sure about letting them vaccinate him.  I don't know if that includes a check up by a vet or not.  What would y'all do?

I would let them do the microchipping but I would stick to letting the vet vaccinate. Personally, I would do it that way just so your vet has accurate records and all Bob's history is in one place. I always feel so bad when I have to take my dogs for shots! LOL, I think I take it harder than them!

I get the lecture to, you feel like such a horrible dog owner when they tell you your dog needs to lose weight. I swear I don't even feed Fred that much he just is lazy sometimes and doesn't exercise.

If your vet offers you any weight loss advice, please share!

I feed him Canidae All Life Stages and he does great on it. I know why he is overweight, because evertime company comes over all Fred does is flash that "they are starving me" look and everyone feeds him, no matter how many times I ask them not to. My boyfriend is the worst, Fred hangs in the kitchen with him when he cooks and is the "tester".  Our weather has been horrible so they havent' been out walking or running much. Once the weather is nice and we start walking again and he and Alice run around the backyard I hope it falls off him.

Fred is not a big tennis ball dog, he prefers stuffed animals and when the are destuffed he is done. Really the best playing he gets is with Alice, she is so much energy there are times when he can't ignore her and she makes him play.

Guy knows what he is giving him LOL, it's always meat!! When Guy is cooking nothing keeps Fred out of the kitchen, not even the rattle of the car keys! Once the weather breaks he will slim down, it happens every winter!