Kale Chips was one big beagle.

The eight-year-old pooch ate so much puppy-chow that he ballooned to 86 pounds in January 2015, 60 pounds heavier than his breed’s average. But now the pup has slimmed down to much healthier 44 pounds, thanks to diet and exercise.

“When he came to us he was morbidly obese,” Beth Staley tells Caters News. The owner of Happy Dog Barkery adds, “he was in a lot of pain and was such a a grump because of it.”

Kale’s previous owner reportedly suffered from “memory problems” and overfed the eight-year-old dog.
Staley says the Chicago shelter loves him so much, they hope to keep Kale Chips indefinitely.
“We’ve been very fussy about who could adopted him because we wanted him to have the perfect home,” she says. “He’s had such a hard time.
“We love Kale Chips here and are looking to make him a permanent foster.”