Linda Smith with her podgy pooch Tara
By Cara Sulieman
CHRISTMAS is a time for gluttony as the diets are pushed aside in favour of the traditional festive feast.
But for one podgy pooch this year will be different.
Two-year-old Tara has been put on a strict diet when her owner found out she was DOUBLE the size she should have been.
So instead of tucking in to the Christmas dinner her owner, Linda Smith, used to treat her to, she will have to satisfy herself with a doggy chew.
The chubby canine, from Livingston, tipped the scales at a whopping 6st 8lb (42kg) when she started her diet – which is 66 per cent more than she should be.
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