Fat Daisy Inner Beauty Secrets from a Real Dog

Fat Daisy, a 16-pound Chihuahua who outgrew her teacup after the birth of her four puppies, has been struggling to regain her toy figure ever since. But what this girl lacks in the lean and mean department, she more than makes up for with attitude, self-acceptance, and a bottomless appetite for life.Move over, canine fitness gurus.Fat Daisyhas waddled onto the scene!No matter how many post-holiday workouts you blew off in January, or whether or not you actually made it into that yellow polka dot bikini this summer,Fat Daisy: Inner Beauty Secrets from a Real Dogis here to help you feel doggone great! This bigger-than-life Chihuahua has experienced the belt-over blues, the heartache of upper thigh spread, and the retirement of even her largest doggie sweaters. When treatless fad diets and radical running regimens failed,Fat Daisydiscovered her own inner beauty secrets: a confidence-building, positive-self-image-bolstering, humor-honing fitness program with a double helping of unconditional love.No matter what your collar size or the width of your doggie door,Fat Daisydelivers a full-figured and fabulous philosophy that picks you up, cheers you on, and reminds you to count your blessings instead of your calories, one Fat Daisy at a time.

Beverly West and Jason Bergund are the coauthors of Please Don't Feed the Daisy: Living, Loving, and Losing Weight with the World's Hungriest Dog, What Pets Do While You Are at Work, Pug Therapy, and Fat Daisy: Inner Beauty Secrets from a Real Dog. Bev and Jason are married and live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with their four dogs, one cat, and two turtles.




Beverly West and Jason Bergund are the coauthors of Please Don't Feed the Daisy: Living, Loving, and Losing Weight with the World's Hungriest Dog, What Pets Do While You Are at Work, Pug Therapy, and Fat Daisy: Inner Beauty Secrets from a Real Dog. Bev and Jason are married and live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with their four dogs, one cat, and two turtles.




Photographer Jessica Alonso (Pugtherapy) specializes in shooting puppy and people portraits while searching for a Daisy of her own.