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    jenbear
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    1. Put out a special treat bowl filled with a selection of tiny morsels of chopped
    hot dog, cheese, treats, carrot slices and other goodies your dog loves.
    uests can then enjoy giving your dog controlled treats without feeling
    guilty or being furtive, while you know that he wont be getting anything
    unsuitable. Make sure then that the bowl is placed well out of reach of
    your dog though, together with human food toxic to dogs such as
    macademia nuts, currants/raisins/sultanas, grapes and chocolate so that
    he cant help himself!
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    Fantastic advice and I particularly love the idea of having a dedicated doggie treat bowl for my friends!! Last year I couldn’t get one particular (drunken) friend to stop feeding Ollie nachos, which of course he loved. This is a great suggestion!

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    Oooh, so glad you liked it! Positive feedback already! :lol: :lol: Ah, I love that one myself, its something I’ve done every year for our two. This year, with Roxy (ex Calista thanks to DID for keeping her cosy in the pound in her little jacket!) as well, I find that I have to put said bowl out every time we have visitors pretty much to be honest with you! We call my Mum the FEEDER or THE ENABLER as she just keeps on stuffing the dogs! Tried to get round this by banning all eating in the living room, confined to the kitchen, the same with other visitors, but my friends, and my mum, were stuffing food into their pockets and up their sleeves to treat the dogs when they were back in the family room! :lol: It drove me mad though because we’d no control over what they were being given and then you dont like scolding friends / family for treating the dogs but it got so bad that both of the Elders as we call them, ended up in doggy WeightWatchers at our local Vet! (expensive, when you check the price of the Hills prescription which they’re still on!) ;) Seriously though, it is the best thing all round as at least the dogs are still getting treats, which we find has been vital for Roxy – she’s terrified of anyone outside the family and its been a great way to ingratiate people into her comfort zone by plying her with tasty tidbits! It works a treat. Forgot to say though, if your babies are weightwatching, make sure to factor the bits into their daily allowance as there will prob be a lot of visitors to your home over christmas and if everyone is treating him / herself from the bowl, it does add up! Have a lovely Christmas from all of us here! ;) :lol:

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