<human>: My adorable "Border Collie" is overweight. (I say this with quotations because although they swear she's pure bred, she was a rescue dog and doesn't look like any border collie I've ever seen. She's short hair and stumpy, love her to death though!) The last time we took her to the vet she was about 50 lbs. She's 5 years old and has lived with my parents her whole life and neither one of them were able to give her a high energy life style. So since I've been home I've recently been trying to throw her the ball a little more and take her on walks. She really doesn't enjoy walks because she's a big scaredy cat, so the whole time she has her tail between her legs and on the way back she basically drags me and I feel like I'm doing more bad than good. I'm also wondering what I should feed her. Right now she a beggin strip or 2 for breakfast, sometimes a busy bone if we leave for the day and then gets a handful of dry kibbles & bits and half a can of mighty dog for dinner. She does have energy but I just don't want to push her and hurt her. Any ideas about an exercise regime and diet?!

Also, does anybody know any tricks of the trade that they use on their own pooches to make their breath more bearable. My dog is very lovable and loves to be in peoples faces 24/7 looking for attention but, pewww, her breath stinks. I know they make toothpaste for dogs but I'm telling you right now that, that's probably NOT an option because she'd wiggle free. 

So any tips, tricks or comments are appreciated!

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<bot>: My dog is overweight and her breath stinks. What should I do/feed her to help her lose weight and give her to make her breath smell better.