Baby Boy is one of the coolest mixed-breed dogs ever: Half chihuahua, half sheltie…100% awesome. He is one of the smartest dogs we’ve ever met–he knows tons of commands, and sometimes it seems like he understands our conversations!

However, quite often Baby Boy is TOO smart for his own good. Like, when it comes to devising ways to get food out of trash cans in the house, or getting food off of tables or other supposedly out-of-reach places.

Unfortunately, Baby’s love of food has gotten him a little too fat for his own good. The sucky part about being half-chihuahua is that he has little chihuahua legs and a big body. Those little legs can’t support all that weight, so Baby Boy is now stuck eating diet dog food.

This, of course, doesn’t stop Baby Boy from the occasional romp in the garbage can…