Mmmmm....green beans

Cassie is fat. We've known it for about a year now. Last winter when her winter coat came in, she also gained quite a few pounds. Then when she shed her coat in the spring, it was very noticeable that she was chubby.

We weren't too concerned until recently when she was weighed at the vet and weighed 58 pounds, two less than Greta. She's a border collie and female border collie's, I've read, should weigh around 40 pounds.

So she's on a green bean diet: we substitute green beans for some of the regular dog food. And our exercise has increased: we're running instead of walking.

But her heftiness makes us wonder what other breed of dog she is mixed with. It has to be something with a larger and thicker body than a border collie. In my Google searches, my best guess is maybe an Australian Shepherd, but who knows.