“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.” (John Wayne)
3 large hard boiled eggs (or 1/3lb chicken, beef, turkey, other meat)
2 cups long grain rice (dogs digest white easier than brown)
2 tablespoons sardines in tomato sauce (provides B12 & flavor)
2 tablespoons chicken fat or canola oil
1/4 teaspoon potassium chloride (salt substitute)
This diet provides 964kcal, 34gm of protien & 49gm of fat. Supports the daily calorie needs of a 33lb dog
For vitamins and minerals ad as follows:
I crush the vitamins & bonemeal
4 bonemeal tablets (10 grain or equivalent) or 1 tsp bonemeal powder
Multivitan n(dog) per package directions, I like Canine Plus by Vetriscience
Omega 3 & 6
Fresh, raw, or steamed veggies (avoid excess broccoli, no grapes, no onions, no avocados
The final actual diet along with the amounts to feed and the need for supplementation should be determined by your vet. I am not a vet. This was made to supplement an emaciated foster who did not enjoy regular food. She has since been adopted & transitioned to normal food.
I use frozen mixed veggies, rinsed VERY well and steamed
You do the crime, you do the time. God forgives. I recently had a discussion with my mother about Michael Vick which brought up phrases like that. She went on and on and on about how everyone deserves a 2nd chance and that he had done his time and should be allowed another chance. I agree. People can change (except sexual predators, but thats another blog), people do bad things, serve jail time and come out changed people. They then go one to live in 1/2 way houses, scrape by below poverty level and work cleaning up others trash. It's a long haul out of jail onto making something of yourself.
What 99% of people who serve jail time are NOT given are million dollar "jobs" the don't have to work at. They are not given sponsorships, drafted onto chosen teams, given fancy cars and clothes and houses for playing football. Most convicted felons are not given a silver platter while on probation, most of them have to work for it.
Michael Vick is just another example of our countries screwed view on celebrities and their above the law status....
So yesterday I took Moses to McDonalds. I generally try and avoid the place because my large butt does not need to eat a weeks worth of calories in one sitting. However Moses had just donated blood and was a very good boy so I though he needed a burger or 3. Apparently McDs is a happen place at 11am on Tuesday so I had a bit of a wait but thankfully I had some on site entertainment. I was in line for probably 10min and this guy danced away the whole time oblivious to the rest of the world and his lack of dance skills.
(Please excuse the NPR in the background, I am old now and that is what I listen to)
I love Pilgrim, issues and all. I've recounted numerous times the things he has eaten in my house. I lived with a "decorated by dog" coffee table till R moved in. R brought his sectional, his entertainment cubby, his flat screen tv, his x box and other breakable looking electronic devices.
I have warned him. He knows that there are 2 giant dogs here that sometimes play 'herd of rabid stampeding elephants'. And they sometimes play it inside.
I came home a few weeks ago and the flat screen had been hung - mid wall. Rather comfy if you are slouching down on the couch & not much taller than 5'2". I request to make it higher resulted in 5 inches. It is perfect dog head level. R had to clean Moses drool off of it. I give it 2 weeks till it goes up higher.
"Decorated by dog" coffee table was given over to the trash at R's request. It was far from attractive, however one chew mark blended with the rest. I was offered Rs coffee table, hand made by his dead grandfather. I warned, Pi has ADD & hates that R sleeps in HIS side of the bed, it will be fine R assured me, Pi &; I are buds....
I think Pi has taken back his bff request. The coffee table and its splintered parts are now in the garage. I'm about to google how to glue it back together. R has gone for a ride. I'm not sure if it was the table or the fact I couldn't stop laughing when he said... "we can't cater our lives around the dogs".... he sure does have a lot to learn,
I just spent like 3 hours doing my taxes. For part of that time my dogs were running suicide laps through the house, Petunia baying at the top of her lungs. I thought, damn I wish I could claim them. I'll admit it just once. I have 5 dogs and 8 cats. That doesn't include the rescues also currently staying here. That's a lot of dog food. I figure close to 200lbs a month right now. And cat food, cat litter, dog treats, bones, paper towels, wee wee pads, bleach, fill dirt, laundry etc. I love it, I'm not complaining (well a little). It takes a lot of time and even more money but I wouldn't have it any other way. I've spent thousands at my vet alone this year. And the majority of that is at cost. That doesn't include the stuff she did for free and other vets have donated for free.
All that said I spent a bit of the past few hours thinking how nice it would be if I could deduct some of that expense. I might be able to go out for a steak once and a while. Or replace that couch the cats ate. It is being proposed, a 3500$ credit for pet(s). I thought that was amazing... then I got to thinking about it.
I see the neglect, ignorance & abuse mankind heaps on what it considers "lesser beings". Its why I do what I do. I also see what happens to the neglected, impoverished children. Kids kept around for the welfare check and other government assistance and credit. I think animals will suffer the same fate if allowed to be a deduction. Get a free or cheap pet, spend $100 getting the required stuff to prove its yours and your 3500$ tax credit can live in the yard and be fed when you think about it. Better yet you can just turn it loose or kill it once you've gotten your monies worth. I think the pet deductible is a bad bad idea. I'd rather keep working 2 jobs and 50 hours a week and buying dog food before groceries if it would save even one life.
Beside that, his whole proposal looks like a joke....
This is me and the type of company I enjoy...acidic wit, well read, slightly sarcastic, knows the proper use of good vs. well, body art, enjoys showering, played with legos as a kid, a person equally comfortable at a concert/opera/rodeo/museum or knocking over a liquor store (there is something romantic about Bonnie & Clyde)
I am prone to sarcasm. Sarcasm is just one more way to express oneself in a world that tends to ignore the subtleties of life. If you’re the type of person that often doesn’t get it, things just wont work out in your favor. I have a low tolerance for vapid stupidity. My threshold is even lower for those who debase the word intelligence by applying it to anyone wise enough not to play with plastic bags over their heads.
Also, I generally prefer the company of animals to most people (I do socialize with humans on a regular basis)Otherwise, I’m harmless for the most part. I’m tattooed, pierced, & live with & foster bunches of animals. If you can’t operate a lint roller, we can’t play together. I haven’t reached crazy cat lady status yet...
