It can happen to the best of us. Somehow, sometime, during the lazy, hazy days of dog biscuits and naptimes, Tula got herself loaded down with about ten extra pounds. The dog is pudgy. She's sporting love-handles. She's not quite into outright fat territory like those grotesquely tubby barrel-with-legs dogs. Best to nip it in the bud while we can. It crept up on us gradually in the daily routine of doling out scoops, the pounds sneaking on imperceptibly. Her extra padding makes her exceptionally well qualified as a napping partner and would help her survive if stranded in the frozen Arctic tundra, but it definitely slows her down on her daily walk.
Before she has a canine cardiac arrest, we rush to inaugurate and announce an exciting new fitness regimen:
Tula's Alkway Across the USA. Don't be confused by the jargony usage---"alkway" is Dog Latin for "walk." Starting last week, Tula is taking a virtual walk across the United States and tracking her progress on Google Maps. Every mile she walks in the neighborhood counts as a virtual mile on her continental trek. Starting with her paws in the Pacific Ocean at Seaside, Oregon, she'll head east with the prevailing winds until she splashes into the Atlantic in New York or Boston or somewhere like that---we haven't figured that part out yet. If she makes it, she'll be approximately 45 years old. We have plenty of time to work out the details.
How can you help? Follow her progress on the "Tula's Alkway Across the USA" map widget in the sidebar. She's currently on the Sunset Highway between Seaside and Portland, just past Necanicum Junction. Looking strong, Tula! Keep it up! Stay paw-sitive!
Guaranteed: we'll get bored with this in a couple of weeks and leave the poor thing stranded at a BP station in Gresham.
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