she's now consistently been a healthy weight for her size, breed mix, & age, she's spoiled absolutely rotten with love & attention & enrichment & training & care, her confidence keeps increasing, she's such a well-behaved "guard dog" now, & generally just so much happier. that i can see her true personality, intelligence, agility, & perceptiveness/intuition/empathy (with me, other people & animals, & especially with kids!)...she's transformed into a completely different dog, for the better. & it's so lovely that other people notice the positive change, too!