Food Ninja

Well friends…the clock is ticking. We have less than 50 days before the house is filled with scents of roasted turkey and hungry hoomans ready to spend the whole day devoted to eating! Yes, I am talking about my favorite holiday of all holidays – TURKEY DAY! Before you know it, my hoomans will begin to bring home arm loads of delicious food. They’ll start rearranging the furniture to try and cram as many tables and chairs as possible in the house – so everyone has enough room to EAT. More tables equals more table scraps! 

So before dollops of mashed potatoes, splatters of pumpkin pie, and the sweet crunch of apple cinnamon sugar rain down on the kitchen floor like blessings from above…we’ve got to get in shape! When those hoomans over fill their plates and accidentally spill that delicious goodness, we need to be waiting like a ninja in the night. Ready to spring into action! Usually hoomans will instill a “five-second rule” when they drop food on the floor. Meaning we only have five seconds from the time it hits the ground to the time hoomans will pick it up and put it back on their plates. Are you ready?

Training season starts now! Sure it is getting cooler and the night is coming earlier, but we need to be dedicated. Keep thinking about those gravy drippings and stay focused. Set a goal to get in more steps every day. Lately when my hooman gets home from work, she seems unmotivated to take me for walks. I like to stand at the door and dance in circles or whine a little. I find this gets her moving. Do whatever you gotta do!

Try to limit your treats and drink a lot of water. We only have about six weeks to become fast, agile and ready to snatch treats mid air. I know it is candy season, but don’t let that distract you. We know a festival of eating will be here soon, so we need to take the steps necessary to indulge but stay healthy at the same time. If we can increase our activity now – then when we do plan to over eat (and let’s face it – that is my plan), we can still be healthy even after the big day is over. 

So friends, as we prepare for overeating season, let’s also prepare to do it as healthy as possible. Let’s make a pact to move more, eat a little less (for now) and get lots of water. Although it is fun to pretend to be food ninjas – in the end we don’t really want to be unhealthy canines. I don’t like to say it because you have heard it all before, but overeating can lead to heart disease, diabetes, and even an early passage over the rainbow bridge. So let’s plan ahead and get in shape – cuz we all have that one hooman who is going to spill their mash potatoes and there is not a canine out there that can resist that!

Until we eat again…I’ll bark at you next week!

Your friend,