Chunky Monkey Club
Exclusive membership for the 'overachievers'Welcome to the Chunky Monkey Club!
This is a fun page…… the Chunky Monkey Club… was started for EPI Dogs because so many of us started on this journey with dogs looking like they were knocking on deaths door….and we were scared….very scared that our babies just were not going to make it! And then, once we found the balance to managing EPI they stopped losing weight…. then they started to gain weight…. and many (much to our pleasure) gained and gained…. and gained some more weight! AND THEN…. many of us even had to put our once starving dog on a D-I-E-T!!!!! Can you imagine? So this “Chunky Monkey Club” was started in fun to simply celebrate !
New members: (to include your dog’s name (and picture if you’d like) please email to: olesia.kennedy@gmail.com and they will be uploaded here).
Founding CMC member…Olesia’a Izzy
Epi4dogs was started because of this plain, little, brown dog who was the first Spanish Water Dog world-wide to be diagnosed with EPI….EPI???? What is EPI? I had no idea back then…..all i knew is that my little dog was sick, she only weighed 27lbs and i thought she was going to die. After we got her on the right treatment, time flew by and my plain little brown dog got healthier and healthier…. she ended up hovering around 48/+ lbs and had to go on a diet multiple times throughout the years. Izzy passed away at the age of 15, but she was the most vibrant and playful pup well into her senior years and did not falter until 1 week before she passed away. She taught me so much … especially the meaning of living life to it’s fullest…. my forever heart dog………………………….
Member…Merry
Maureen’s “not so little” little Merry
Merry was 31 lbs at diagnosis and then stable at about 39 lbs for 5 years. Now hahahaha ….42lbs and a bit on the chubby side. Not sure how I am going to be able to put her on a diet because of course I have spent 7.5 yrs worrying about getting her to eat enough.
I would wish this problem on all EPI dogs who struggle to get weight on!
You GO girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Member…Zoe
Connie’s little Zoe
… a pleasantly plump little pixie of a dog. Her fur is so shiny now, I have never seen it so nice! Her lowest weight was ten pounds so she never got a thin as some dogs, but i could feel her bones. Now she is a lot of muscle and no bones . We have had a few fights with SIBO but since starting the B12 shots a year ago we have done much better. She had one set back around July 4th, 2013 due to fireworks anxiety and me, her Mommy deciding to try a new food on her at that anxious time….. but after one real bloody yucky pooh and a vet visit, we went back to the old food that seems to work well. She is doing the best she has in her entire six years of her life! Actually…. i am very proud to say that Miss Zoe now needs to lose two pounds!!!! Yippee!!!
Member…Sadie
Christina’s Sadie the Bouvier des Flandres and her amazing recovery
Sadie went from her low weight in December 2012 of 63.4 pounds……
to 82.4 pounds today July 2013 !!! (11 year-old Bouvier sister Lucy is in the background)
Member…Apollo
Sylvie’s Apollo….
Apollo was diagnosed in july 2010 with epi at the age of one year. I insisted to have him tested and was tired of being told it was just sensitivity or ibs or gastro….. His TLI score for epi came back at literally at “0”.
The first picture is of Apollo weighing 75 lbs. He was immediately started on raw pancreas and showed improvement within 2 days!
The second picture is of Apollo weighing 110 lbs after being treated with enzyme-diane’s pancreatin 8x and raw pancreas. Apollo does better on a combination rather than just raw pancreas or pancreatin 8x.
Apollo got “tubby” for a while and we actually had to reduce his weight!!!
Apollo is now 4 years old and is gorgeous! I thank god every day for epi4dogs website and wealth of available information!!
Sylvie Seaward
Carberry, Manitoba Canada
Member…Patron
The first Spanish Mastiff world-wide to be diagnosed with EPI!
Brenda’s Patron before and after shots.
The enzymes from Diane are great, Just opened up the bag this week and started on them, after finishing the other manufacturer’s enzymes. Costco Kirkland Grain Free Beef Meal & Sweet Potato is working good for him. It’s half the price of Taste of the Wild so it helps me out financially. No more smell.
Look how proud he looks in the 2nd photo… he is glowing! He is back to running the ranch, he is the boss again and has put all the other males in their places. He runs like Man O’War again, plays, is happy and so am I !!!
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE…. HUGS BRENDA
Patron before EPI treatment
Member…Layla
A crazy string of events brought Layla and me together, but I’m happy that it all happened because we’re inseparable now. After Layla was diagnosed with EPI, you could say that I saved her life, but she’s brought so much joy to my family and I that I would say that life saving worked the other way around. My heart broke for her when she started losing weight, and then lost some more. I’m thrilled that she’s her old, healthy self again, and she’s actually chunkier than before the weight loss! She’s a little chunky monkey!
Layla busy at the computer…..
Layla with best buddy, Jack
Layla with her mom, Stephanie
