Who counts calories for a dog?! November 19, 2009

I was at the grocery store this afternoon, and to make up for having to put my dog in his kennel while I was out, we were supposed to have sprinkler inspections in the apartment today (Everything was going swimmingly until now!) I bought him some new treats. I saw these Cesar Treats, and I really liked the packaging. What can I say, I am a total sucker for advertising! I also went out and bought that new toothpaste stuff that looks like it is a mini shaving cream and a sonic toothbrush, all because I saw commercials of them and thought that they looked neat. Total sucker! So yes, I get him the filet mignon flavored treats. I got home from the grocery store, I set the bags on the floor, and I went to let him out of the kennel. He, as he always does, ran out to where the bags were placed, and started frantically sniffing through the bags trying to see if I bought him anything. He came to the little bag of treats and started spazzing out! I took them out, opened them up, and game him one. He loved it. He immediately sat in prairie dog position begging for another. He has been going into the kitchen and standing on his hind legs begging for more damn treats all evening.

I was wondering what what in these oh so appealing treats, so I looked on the back to find out, and eww, it was gross sounding. Also, on the back, it informed me that each treat contains 7 calories. Who the hell counts calories for their dog?! I mean, come on! I truly hope that no one sits down and calculates how many calories their dog is supposed to have in a day, and how many they actually get. Trust me, I love my dog, and to me he is practically a person, but count his calories?! I can’t even count up the calories that I eat in a day! I just want to know what kind of anal-retentive OCD person has enough time to waste doing that?! Below the “only 7 calories” sign is “Feeding Recommendations: Feed as a treat, fresh water should always be kept available.” It made me think, who the hell would think that this was supposed to be dog food?! The bag is not big at all, it only holds like 75 quarter-sized treats, not to mention that the bag has the actual word “Treat” written on it at least 5 times! And who doesn’t keep water available for their dog? And what about food, why is everything else but that included, if always having water available isn’t common sense and knowledge, why do they assume people will know that about dog food as well. But seriously, I mean, if you are not the type to regularly water your dog, why on earth would you care enough about them to buy them treats?! Let alone worry about counting how many damn calories they eat daily. WTF!