Welcome to the family, Sweet Pea

Sweet Pea, Day 1

Sweet Pea joined our family today, August 9, 2012. She is a 3 1/2 year old purebred yellow lab. We don't know too much about her, but it seems that she has had a few litters and she definitely has a weight problem - we even had to sign an Obesity waiver at the Humane Society! She is very sweet and gentle, though she knows no commands. We will put her in Obedience Training as soon as she recovers from her spay.  She's a great gal.

Paul thought it would be fun to document our 99 pound girl's journey back to fitness and vigor. We will meet with our vet in the next few days to come up with a diet plan for her. Until she recovers completely from her spay (~10 days) we will keep her walks mellow and short, though frequent. She didn't seem to know what stairs were, so a large part of her first afternoon with us was spent learning about stairs. We hope we didn't overdo the exercise today, based on stairs alone!

The kids adore her and she is in severe danger of over-cuddling. Here's to your health, Sweet Pea!