41 Days for me on Christmas <| sep |> The biggest killers of marriage are religion , sex , and money , so you have at least one of those in your favor . <| sep |> Yeah it ' s hard , I get it . Of course , in the long run , the dog is not going to suddenly become fat from a couple days of Thanksgiving with your family . However , it can be a problem if you see them a lot , and in the end , it ' s better to stop it earlier than later . You ' re the only one who can be an advocate for your dog , and that is usually what makes me pipe up when my family tries to intervene in the wrong way . Perhaps give them some of his kibble every day they can give him as ' treats ' and just subtract that from the food he ' s already getting but don ' t tell them that , if you ' re looking for a supernonconfrontational way to solve it for some days .