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Skriven 2009-03-25 09:41:56 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 22329 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
Ärende: Priscilla & Toby
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Hi Nancy,

>> hamburger at a picnic, or whatever, forget it.. he's a demon for the
>> next 6 months and no one's dinner dish is safe haha Nor is anything
>> related to human food you might leave out on a counter or table top :)
>> :) If you stick to "dog food" with him, he's very well behaved (mostly)
>> hehe

> Hmmm... ;)  (thinks to herself, another reason not to have dogs... [g])

I'm sure part of it is the nature of the particular dog (g)... this one is a
little demon when it comes to food.. probably because he was the runt of his
litter (g).  He most likely had to 'swipe' every little scrap he got.  Just
guessing but I know he was the runt, that's why I picked him, I felt so bad for
him, he was so cute! The others were running all over him at the breeders.. :(
I didn't need an aggressive dog :)

> We've had cats living with us... they aren't quite such a problem to
> share a morsel every-so-often with, at least not if you don't cater TOO
> much to them... ;)  We mostly only feed them cat kibble, but supplement
> freely with little scraps of human food as appropriate... tuna water,
> meat juices, tomato sauces... tonight, they got to lick up the pan with
> some tomato sauce mixed with lots of cheese from the lasagna we had for
> supper...  :)

Aw, that's neat.. I remember giving Tina treats now and again and she'd be so
happy :)  especially scraps of chicken, or tuna water,etc. as you mention.. but
she _would_ beg when we'd eat dinner hahaha  Ron would have to tell her NO
Tina! This is MINE Lol.. I'll never forget it.. she really would right up to
his dish as if he OWED it to her Lol :) "Where's mine??"  Boy do I miss that
silly girl :(

>>> =*Priscilla's get-well dog food*= JK
>>> 3 lbs. hamburger, 3 cups rolled oats, 1 lb. broccoli from the garden
>>> chopped very small, 3 cups carrots chopped very small, 3 cups rice, 2
>>> eggs,  about 2-3 cups rice milk.

>> Sounds good enough to serve the humans... ;)

>> Not much in the way of taste for humans given lack of seasonings.. no
>> beef broth, salt, garlic.. etc.. no bread crumbs..

> Guess that's a difference between a cook and a non-cook... I look at
> that and see rolled oats and rice, ok that substitutes for the bread
> crumbs... broccoli and carrots, well that will season some... the
> hamburger meat makes its own broth... ;)  OK, the garlic is missing,
> I'll grant that one... (G)  I tend not to use salt much if at all in
> cooking, haven't for decades...  :)

Yes, it's true, it's gonna flavor itself (g) And boy does she love it :)

>> She is doing really really well now :)  She's going outside and is
>> very much back to normal pretty much.. she still stumbles now and
>> again, being not exactly sure-footed, but not so bad all in all.    The
>> Doc says the thyroid test was normal so she's just gotta stop eating so

> That's got to be a relief... :)

Yes, she's off the antivert (dizzy pill) now completely so I feel great about
that as well.  As long as there are no more bouts with that I'll feel more
relaxed about the whole thing.  I have this kind of background 'worry' about
more neurological symptoms showing up (the throat thing is neurological as
well) since I read about recent breeding perhaps not helping with such things
but they really don't know if that's a fact or not.. just supposition, so no
point in worrying.. so I'm just going to watch and try to keep her as healthy
as I can.

>> much... so we're cutting back down some more. Another visit this week
>> to discuss strategies and more exercise plans. Rough with the throat
>> condition she has, because you don't want to cause the dog to overexert
>> themselves.  Poor baby...This all started when she got spayed, she was
>> skinnier than Toby before that :( :(

> A delicate balance, to be sure.

Especially with warmer weather coming up.. Yep, will have watch that to be
sure..

Take care,
Janis

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