Seeing Twinkie makes me so sad and furious. She was a good weight when Amber got her, could stand to lose/tone up a little but had a clear, tucked waist. I don't know if Twinkie is neutered but even with a neutered, lazy dog it's easy to keep them a healthy weight, with diet of real meat, organs, bones, veggies and berries, not some cheap corn-soy-dried up shit. Portioned to her size and fed on schedule. Dogs learn very quickly to eat on schedule, if they simply don't eat, they don't get food until the next meal. Yes, even old dogs you fat birdbrained dum dum.
Even a chihuahua should get decent walks and exercise. They're small and lightly build, they can walk miles every day. They need mental stimulation of training, agility, leash walks, anything really is better than just letting her out in the yard for two minutes. Handbag chihuahuas behave like shit because they're bored out of their mind, bursting with energy, which channels into aggression and other bad behavior, like digging trash and snapping. And they are smart if you just bother to utilize their love for humans and treat them like dogs.
Here Amber, I personally made Twinkie a custom schedule that should be easy enough for redneck fuckwits to follow:
Morning: quick pee out on the yard if she needs to, after which you offer her food for 30 minutes. She doesn't eat in 30 min, you take the food away. Only thing she needs 24/7 access to is clean water. Change her food to something with atleast
half of it being actual meat. Dry food is easy for lazy shits like you, but actual raw meat would be ideal, but even higher quality dry food is better than what she eats now. Portioned to her NORMAL weight, not current weight, about 1/2 cup or even less. Bulk up with vegetables.
After eating, an actual, real life, outside the yard walk. Twinkie is probably very out of shape, so start with half a mile. Even if she is a brachycephalic breed, panting is fine and means she is actually doing something.
After the morning routine if she is alert and interested, have a 10 minute training session, and old dogs can perfectly fine learn new tricks, you're just too lazy to bother. Atleast give her a puzzle toy or something to stimulate her brain. Kongs with frozen stuff are amazing. Keep an eye on calories, no peanut butter, rather something like mashed fruit, chicken, broth, sweet potato etc.
6-8 hours after the last walk take another one. After the walk, actually play with her, bond, build your trust. Play tug of war, throwing a ball is not playing and bonding. This helps so much with the whale eyeing and snapping.
After another 6-8 hours give her food again for 30 minutes. Walk after food. Have a tired happy dog and go to bed.
No treats unless she works for them. She sits on command, she gets a tiny piece of a treat. She lays down, a tiny piece. Only a taste, treats are not a snack. She doesn't need snacks. If she is hungry enough to try to eat your leg, give her a fucking carrot. Seriously. Just a carrot is enough and perfectly healthy. When you get her to the point she is exercising an hour a day, she can have a bone or a chew. Only one, and proportionate to her size.
It's not so hard. If you can't do this, which is the absolute minimum, you are not a decent dog owner and you should find Twinkie a better home. It's an animal, not a toy. It has feelings, thoughts, needs, boredom. And you need to make sure she is healthy and satisfied. Dogs are amazing creatures when you treat them right. Twinkie has every right to have a happy life and it's your responsibility to make sure she has one. And a long one, chihuahuas live well over 10, 14 years.
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