Romeo & Juliet » Food, Treats & Nutrition

Labrador Boardwalk AGAIN?! But massage after!

Romeo — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:59:17 +0000

What the heck, is there nowhere else in the country to go for a walk? Why did Mother taking us to Labrador Boardwalk AGAIN!?

She was trying to find a way to get to that little spit of land she saw from the boardwalk. Well she found it and it’s across the bridge at the Marina @ Keppel Bay. It’s nice and green and quiet! We got to wander around on a long leash! And we met alot of nice people including this group of women and their kids – they loved ME!

Yea you also sucked up to the two girls who were jogging. *rolls eyes* Good thing Mother scheduled a massage for us after the 2 hour walk with Pawsitive Sensations! Auntie Z found that my mid back and right hind leg was ache-y!

She found my upper back sore! And said I have a mild sprain in the right front leg! Mummy thinks that it must be all that running around in the mud at the Dogtravaganza event on Saturday. Not good for our muscles!

I love durian!

Romeo — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:21:02 +0000

Mummy shared some of her durian with me. Yum!

How to fill a Kong

Romeo — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:13:48 +0000

We LOVE Kongs! They are so much fun!

I like them frozen. Then when it starts to thaw I’ll pick them up and throw them around or down the stairs to break up the pieces!

Yea mum hates that. She has to clean up after you…

Oh well, I have fun! Here’s a video on two ways to fill a Kong. We don’t do the kibble version because we don’t eat kibble but Mother got some freebies and thought she would show everyone how to do it anyway!

Kongs in the freezer

And this little piggy…

Romeo — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:52:14 +0000

Before! Let the feast begin! Look at the eager faces.

We must have done something good. Mother gave us a great big treat last night!

Yeah! It was a wee little piglet! A suckling pig! A WHOLE PIG!

I had no trouble at all getting to work on it! It was awesome! I kept tugging at it, trying to drag it around.

I was a little confused – just kept licking at it until I found an ear, then started on the snout!

It was hella fun! I got such a workout from eating.

WARNING! May contain graphic images. Don’t click ‘more’ or scroll down any further if you’re not comfortable watching dogs eat the way as nature intended! (Don’t worry, R&J’s papa couldn’t quite stomach the sight either. There was alot of “omg you’re so mean”…)

After! BURP! Quite a few more meals there!

SECOND PIGLET FEEDING SESSION

Juliet enjoying her pork feast:

Romeo looking very satisfied (and round) after the 2nd piglet feeding session.

Dogs couldn't finish the piglet still, so I chopped it up (big chunks!) and bagged them for another day.

The Library

Romeo — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:55:12 +0000

For my failing memory. The last thing I want to do is buy the same thing twice! (has happened before…)

Canine Behaviour

General

DVD - Calming Signals (Turid Rugaas)
DVD – Terrible Teens – Canine Adolescence (Trish King)
DVD - 3 Day Seminar, Austin, Texas (Ian Dunbar)
DVD - Canine Play (Karen London)
DVD – Dissecting Dominance (Ian Dunbar)
DVD - How to Effectively Correct and Punish (Ian Dunbar)
DVD - Different Breeds have Different Needs (Trish King)
DVD - Leashless (Trish King)
DVD - Dog Meets Dog (Trish King)
DVD - Reading between the Lines (Patricia McConnell)
DVD – Dog Play (Patricia McConnell)
DVD - Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan – Seasons 1, 3 & 4 (Cesar Millan)
DVD – Am I Safe? The Art & Science of Canine Behavior Assessments (Sarah Kalnajs)
DVD - The Language of Dogs (Sarah Kalnajs)
DVD - Fighting Dominance in a Dog Whispering World (Jean Donaldson & Ian Dunbar)
Book - Shaping The Wolf Within Your Dog (Nathan B. Childs)
Book - Canine Body Language: A Photographic Guide Interpreting the Native Language of the Domestic Dog (Brenda Aloff)
Book - On Talking Terms With Dogs: Calming Signals (Turid Rugaas)
Book - Off-Leash Dog Play: A Complete Guide to Safety & Fun(Robin Bennett & Susan Briggs)
Book - When Pigs Fly!: Training Success with Impossible Dogs (Jane Killion)
Book - Cesar’s Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems (Cesar Millan)
Book - Reaching the Animal Mind (Karen Pryor)
Book - In Defence of Dogs (John Bradshaw)
Book – Dogspeak (Matthew Hoffman)
Book - How Dogs Think (Stanley Coren)
Book – How to Speak Dog (Stanley Coren)
Book – The Other End of the Leash (Patricia McConnell)
Book – For the Love of a Dog (Patricia McConnell)
Book - The Dog Listener (Jan Fennell)
Book - The Dog’s Mind (Bruce Fogle)
Book – Excel-erated Learning (Pamela J. Reid)
Book - Why Does My Dog Act that Way? (Stanley Coren)

Multiple Dogs

DVD – Multiple Dogs (Trish King)
DVD + Book - Feeling Outnumbered (Patricia McConnell)
Book - How Many Dogs?! Using Positive Reinforcement Training to Manage a Multiple Dog Household (Debby McMullen)

Reactivity, Fear & Aggression

DVD - Canine Fear, Aggression and Play (Jean Donaldson)
DVD - Beyond Intervention (Trish King)
DVD – Dog-dog Aggression (Patricia McConnell)
E-Book – A Guide to Living with and Training a Fearful Dog (Debbie Jacobs)
Book - The Cautious Canine (Patricia B. McConnell)
Book - Control Unleashed (Leslie McDevitt)
DVD – Control Unleashed: A Foundation Seminar (Leslie McDevitt)
Book - Scaredy Dog! Understanding and Rehabilitating Your Reactive Dog (Ali Brown)
Book - Aggression in Dogs: Practical Management, Prevention & Behaviour Modification (Brenda Aloff)
Book - Fight!: A Practical Guide to the Treatment of Dog-dog Aggression (Jean Donaldson)
E-Book - The Dog Trainer’s Resource: The APDT Chronicle of the Dog Collection (Various)
E-Book – Barking: The Sound of a Language (Turid Rugaas)
E-Book – Inside of a Dog (Alexandra Horowitz)

Puppy training

Book – After You Get Your Puppy (Ian Dunbar)
Book - Good Little Dog Book (Ian Dunbar)
Book - How to Raise a Puppy You Can Live With 4th Ed (Clarice Rutherford & David Neil)
Book – The Art of Raising a Puppy (Revised Edition) (Monks of New Skete)
Book – How to Be Your Dog’s Best Friend: The Classic Training Manual for Dog Owners (Revised & Updated Edition) (Monks of New Skete)
Book - Focused Puppy (Deborah Jones & Judy Keller)
DVD – Your Puppy 8 Weeks to 8 Months (Ed Frawley (Leerburg))

Agility

General & Foundation

DVD - Foundation Fundamentals (Mary Ellen Barry)
Book - Agility Training for You and Your Dog: From Backyard Fun to High-Performance Training (Ali Canova)
DVD - In FOCUS Foundation Work (Deborah Jones & Judy Keller)
DVD - Agility Foundation Training (Greg Derrett)
Book - Agility Right from the Start (Eva Bertilsson & Emelie Johnson Vegh)
CD – Indoor Agility Trial Sounds CD
Video - Ready, Steady, GO (Silvia Trkman)
DVD – Best of 2006 FCI Agility World Championships

Jumping & Handling

Book - Developing Handling Skills for Awesome Agility Teams (Linda Mecklenburg)
DVD – Handling Common Sequences in Agility (Linda Mecklenburg)
DVD - Front and Rear Crosses (Stacy Peardot-Goudy)
DVD – Advanced Jumping (Susan Salo)
DVD - One Jump Two Jump (Sandy Rogers)
DVD - Success with One Jump (Susan Garrett)
Book - Developing Jumping Skills for Awesome Agility Dogs (Linda Mecklenburg)
Book - Course Analysis for Agility Handlers (Stuart Mah)
DVD – Tuning up for Competition (Susan Salo)
DVD - Balancing Cues in Agility (Linda Mecklenburg)
Video - Cik & Cap (Silvia Trkman)

Contact Equipment & Weaves

DVD – Contacts: Bridging the Gap Between Training & Competition (Rachel Sanders)
DVD – In FOCUS Beginning Obstacle Skills (Deborah Jones & Judy Keller)
DVD - 2-On/2-Off Contacts Made Easy (Rachel Sanders)
Book – 101 Things To Do with Contact Obstacles Training Cards
DVD - Teeter from Start to Finish (Wendy Pape)
VOD (expired) – Dream Weaves (Ann Croft)
DVD - 2×2 Weave Training (Susan Garrett)
DVD - Reliable running A Frames (Rachel Sanders)

Distance Control

Book - Go the Distance (Bud Houston and Stacy Peardot)
DVD - Go the Distance Vol. 1 (Stacy Peardot-Goudy)
DVD - Dial Up the Distance (Kristy Netzer)

Obedience & Rally-O

Book - Training In Drive (Gottfried Dildei & Sheila Booth)
Book - Advanced Schutzhund (Karen Duet & Ivan Balabanov)
E-Book - Competitive Obedience Training for the Small Dog (Barbara Cecil & Gerianne Darnell)
Book + DVD - Choose to Heel (Dawn Jecs)
Book - Steppin’ Up to Success (Terri Arnold)
Book - Ring Ready – An Obedience Workbook (Marie Sawford)
E-Book - Clicker Training for Obedience (Morgan Spector)
Video - Heeling is just another Trick (Silvia Trkman)
Book - Koehler Method of Dog Training (William R. Koehler)
Book - The Art of Proofing: Preparing Your Dog For Obedience Trials (Adele Yunck)
Book - Click Your Way to Rally Obedience, Revised (Pamela Dennison)
DVD – Ready to Rally (Clarissa Bergeman)
DVD - CTS Obedience without Conflict #1 (Ivan Balabanov)
DVD – CTS Obedience without Conflict #2 – The Game (Ivan Balabanov)

Tricks, Doggy Dancing & Treibball

DVD – 101 Ways To Think Outside The Box (Emily Larlham)
DVD – Canine Freestyle (Carolyn Scott)
E-Book - Dances with Dogs (Kay Laurence)
Video - Thinking Tricks (Silvia Trkman)
Video - Tricks for Balance, Strength & Coordination (Silvia Trkman)
Video – Tricks for a Great Bond (Silvia Trkman)
DVD - The Art of Trick Dogging (Emily Larlham)
DVD – Beginning Treibball (Sandi Pensinger)
E-Book - Beginning Treibball (Sandi Pensinger)
Book – 101 Dog Tricks (Kyra Sundance and Chalcy)

Other training

DVD - Crate Games for Self-Control & Motivation (Susan Garrett)
Book - Ruff Love (Susan Garrett)
Book – Shaping Success (Susan Garrett)
DVD - The Magic of Shaping (Pamela Dennison)
DVD - Shaping for Demand (Julie Daniels)
DVD - Classics of Training (Ted Turner)
DVD - Making Reinforcement Fun (Rachel Sanders)
Book - Learning Games (Kay Laurence)
DVD - Really Reliable Recall (Leslie Nelson)
DVD - Game On – Engagement and Drive Training for All Dog Sports (Marla Friedler-Cooper)
Book - Building Blocks for Performance 2nd Ed. (Bobbie Anderson)
E-Book - Click to Win! Clicker Training for the Show Ring (Karen Pryor)
Book - Teamwork II: A Dog Training Manual for People with Disabilities (Stewart Nordensson, Lydia Kelley)
DVD + Book - Tug More Learn More (Kay Laurence)
Book - Mastering Variable Surface Tracking: The Component Training Approach (includes workbook) (Ed Presnall)
Book - Line Training for Dogs: How It’s Done (Monika Gutmann)
Book - Click to Calm (Emma Parsons)
Book – A Dog who is Always Welcome (Lorie Long)
Book - The Power of Positive Training 2nd Ed (Pat Miller)
Book – Dog Training (1984) (Ernest Hart)
Book – Clicking with Your Dog (Peggy Tillman)
Book – Games to Play with your Dog (Hamlyn)
Book – The ABCs of Positive Training (Miriam Fields-Babineau)
Video - The How of Bow Wow (Virginia Broitman & Sherri Lippman)
E-Book – Try Tracking! The Puppy Tracking Primer (Carolyn A. Krause)
E-Book - Play with your Dog (Pat Miller)
DVD – Motivational Training (Bridget Carlsen)

Health

Book – Canine Massage in Plain English (Natalie Winter)
Book - Pet Emergency Pocket Guide
DVD – Get on the Ball Two (Debbie Gross Saunders)
Book - First Aid for the Active Dog (Sid Gustafson)
DVD - How to Massage Your Dog (Maria Duthie)
DVD – Tellington TTouch ® for Dogs (Lori Stevens)
Book – Raw & Natural Nutrition for Dogs (Lew Olson)
Book – Healthy Pet Manual (Deborah Straw)
Book - The Complete Holistic Dog Book (Jan Allegretti)
Book - Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs & Cats (Richard Pitcairn & Susan Pitcairn)
Book – Homeopathic Medicine for Dogs (H.G. Wolff)
Book – Natural Remedies for Dogs and Cats (CJ Puotinen)
Book - Saunders Manual of Small Animal Practice 3rd Ed. (Birchard & Sherding)
Book - Dog Owner’s Home Veterinary Handbook 4th Ed. (Elderidge, Carlson, Carlson & Giffin)
Book - The Complete Home Veterinary Guide 3rd Ed. (Pinney)
Book – Raw Meaty Bones (Tom Lonsdale)
E-Book - The Nature of Animal Healing (Martin Goldstein)
E-Book – Barker’s Grub: Easy, Wholesome Home Cooking for your Dog (Rudy Edalati)
Book - Cooking the Three Dog Bakery Way (Dan Dye and Mark Beckloff)

Grooming

Book - Illustrated Guide to Sheltie Grooming (Barb Ross)

Miscellaneous

Book – Do-It-Yourself Agility Equipment, 2nd Edition (Jim Hutchins)
Book - Aim High
Book - Fear No More – Competing with Confidence (Barbara Cecil & Gerianne Darnell)
Book - How to Run a Dog Business: Putting Your Career Where Your Heart Is (Veronica Boutelle & Jean Donaldson)
Book - All About Dog Daycare – A Blueprint for Success (Robin Bennett)
Book - Sheltie Talk (Betty Jo McKinney & Barbara Hagen Rieseberg)
DVD – The Canine Conspiracy/The Cat Connection
DVD – Nature: Dogs that Changed the World (X2!!!)
DVD - Dogtown (Second Chances) (National Geographic)
Book – Communicating with Animals (Arthur Myers)
Book - The Adopted Dog Bible (Petfinder.com)
Book – How to Train your Shetland Sheepdog (Palika)
Book – Shetland Sheepdogs
Book – Dogs can Sign, Too (Senechal)
E-Book – Straight from the Horse’s Mouth (Amelia Kinkade)
E-Book – Learning their Language (Marta Williams)
E-Book – Dog Agility Equipment Construction Instructions (Ann Embry)

Clean Run Magazine Issues

Digital - January 2006
Digital - May 2006
Digital - July 2006
Digital - July 2007
Digital - June 2008
Digital - July 2008
Digital - February 2009
Digital – March 2009
Digital – June 2009
Digital - September 2009
Digital - October 2009
Digital – December 2009
Digital – January 2010
Hardcopy – August 2011 to July 2012
Hardcopy - Special Focus Issue—Handling
Hardcopy – Special Focus Issue—Motivation, Drive & Self-Control

Online classes

Recallers 1.0, 2.0 (Susan Garrett)
Ultimate Handling (Greg Derrett)
Ultimate Foundations (Greg Derrett)
Foundation Class (Fanny Gott)
Puppy Class Oct (Silvia Trkman)
Agility Foundations (Silvia Trkman)
Puppy Peaks (Susan Garrett)
Advanced Tricks (Silva Trkman)

Where can I buy…

Romeo — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:00:36 +0000

For all you raw feeders in Singapore, I am actively compiling a list of places to buy various meats/cuts. This is more for my failing memory, but hey, why not let some other benefit from it too?

Some items fall into one or more categories, so you will find them repeated in each.

If you’d like to help me out and let me know where to get certain things, that would be awesome! (I don’t get out much…) Drop me a note!

ORGANIC

Beef (frozen, meat) – Supernature
Beef (fresh, meat) – Huber’s @ Dempsey, Meat the Butcher
Beef (ribs, frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Eggs – The Butcher’s, Supernature, Huber’s @ Dempsey
Turkey (mince, dark & light meat, frozen) – Supernature

GRASSFED

Beef (frozen, meat) – Supernature
Beef (fresh, meat) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Lamb (meat, bone-in, fresh) – Meat the Butcher

FREE RANGE

Eggs (Freedom eggs) – Cold Storage @ Holland Village/Jelita
Eggs (Barn laid) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Lamb (meat, bone-in, fresh) – Meat the Butcher

HORMONE FREE/EMPRESS/KAMPONG

Chicken (fresh, whole, parts, fresh) – Huber’s @ Dempsey, Meat the Butcher
Chicken (frozen, whole) – Cold Storage @ Jelita

COMMON MEATS THAT ARE NOT ANY OF THE ABOVE

Chicken (whole, parts) – Cold Storage
Veal (meat, rack) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Lamb (meat, rack, shank, leg – bone in/semi bone in) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Pork (meat, loin – bone in) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Turkey (mince, frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Suckling Pig (whole, frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Duckling (whole, frozen) – Meat the Butcher

GAME/LESS COMMON MEATS

Rabbit (whole, parts, frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey, The Butcher’s @ Holland Village/Parkway Parade, Meat the Butcher
Kangeroo (meat, frozen) – The Butcher @ Holland Village/Parkway Parade
Venison (meat, frozen) – The Butcher @ Holland Village
Game hen (whole, frozen) – Meat the Butcher
Quail (whole, frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey, Cold Storage @ Jelita, The Butcher @ Parkway Parade, Marketplace @ 112 Katong

SWEETBREADS, ORGANS, OTHER BITS

Tripe (frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Honeycomb tripe (washed, frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Beef lung (frozen) – Giant @ Parkway, Cold Storage @ Changi City Point
Beef tripe (washed, frozen) – Cold Storage @ Changi City Point
Beef tripe (washed, fresh) – Giant @ Parkway Parade
Beef tongue (frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Beef tendon (frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Pig heart (frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Pig heart (fresh) – Giant @ Parkway Parade
Pig liver (fresh) – Giant @ Parkway Parade
Pig tongue (fresh) – Giant @ Parkway Parade
Pig kidney (fresh) – Giant @ Parkway Parade
Duck liver (fresh) – Giant @ Parkway Parade
Duck liver (frozen) – Meat the Butcher
Duck gizzard (fresh) – Giant @ Parkway Parade
Pig ear (fresh) – Sheng Shiong @ Commonwealth
Lamb heart (frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Lamb liver (frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Lamb kidney (frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Lamb bones (frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Chicken carcass (frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey, Meat the Butcher
Chicken liver (frozen) – Meat the Butcher
Chicken heart (frozen) – Meat the Butcher
Veal bones (frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Veal sweetbread (frozen)- Huber’s @ Dempsey
Veal heart (frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey
Veal kidney (frozen) – Huber’s @ Dempsey, Meat the Butcher
Veal liver (frozen) – Meat the Butcher

Where are these places?

Cold Storage / Marketplace

Sheng Siong

Four Seasons Organic Market

Meat the Butcher

Giant

Our Mother is evil

Romeo — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:38:51 +0000

I don’t know about you Juliet but I’m pretty sure our Mother is evil.

Shhhhh!! You are breaking my concentration!! Leeaavvvee iiitttt….

For the love of Donuts

Romeo — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:50:18 +0000

Romeo & I made a new friend!! Her name is DONUT! She’s super cute and only 3 months old! That’s her picture on the right!

Yes, sadly too young for me. Bah.

*rolls eyes* Anyway, mumsy was saying that Donut’s mum is thinking of feeding her raw and didn’t know where to start so mumskin said she’d show her in pictures and video how she used to feed me as a puppy! I used to swallow without chewing coz I just want to get it in my stomach FAST.

That’s just coz you’re a greedy piglet. We were more than happy to assist Mother in this of course. Thanks to the demo, we had an extra meal!!!! *barks for joy* Here is a pictorial guide on how Mother feeds raw to a pig.. I mean, pup.

NOTE: The following applies to the INITIAL stages of raw feeding. Once the poop is nice and firm, and the dog is good and happily transitioned to raw for a week, 2 weeks or even a month, you will need to change the diet slightly. Will do up a post on that someday soon!

STEP 1

Buy chicken.

Here we have chicken breasts with bone-in on the left and chicken wings on the right. There is also a packet of mince chicken but SOMEONE forgot to take pictures of it.

STEP 2

Cut chicken.

This only applies to chicken breasts NOT chicken wings. Dogs need to chew their food especially when there are bones. If you cut the bones too small, they become a choking hazard. The dog will think, oh why don’t I just TRY swallowing! Larger pieces of bone on the other hand encourage chewing instead of swallowing. The dog will think, damnit mother! *crunch chomp*

In the middle picture, you will see that the chicken breast has been cut into 2 lengthwise, then each half is cut into 3 (almost) equal pieces. That is the absolute smallest you should cut the breast. Anything smaller and the bones will be tiny. If people with bigger dogs are reading this, depending on the size, it may not be advisable to cut the halves at all. The instructions on cutting here apply to small sheltie puppy sized dogs.

Cutting the chicken breast in half

Cutting the breast into smaller pieces

Getting rid of the skin and fat

Cut of skin and yellow fats as seen in the last picture above. Fats and skin tend to cause a dog to have runny poop especially when it is just starting out on raw. If you remove them, you remove the risk of that happening when you transition a dog to raw food. As it is, transitioning to raw food can give the runs, so let’s help the dog out by making it as easy on the stomach as possible. Once the dog is used to raw food, you can give skin and fat. Fat and skin IS important in a diet but not too much or your dog will be pudgy.

Next, make cuts into the MEAT ONLY on the breast. See video below. The idea is NOT to cut the meat off but just to create little “ribbons” of meat sticking out off the bone. This usually makes it easier for pups to eat. They can grab onto a “meat ribbon” easily and pull and chew it off. When they are used to eating raw, you may not need to do this at all. Just give the piece to them and they’ll rip it to shreds themselves!

[Video to be inserted]

Chicken and mince

For chicken wings, cut the fatty bits off the stubby joint (see middle picture below; end result is last picture on the right) and prepare some mince meat to top up if necessary to desired weight. You may also need to top up a chicken breast piece with some mince too if the weight of the breast meat is not enough to make up the desired weight.

Cutting off the fatty bits

End product

STEP 3

Feed the dog!

See video below. For dogs that don’t chew and who like to swallow things hold, it is important to teach the dog that is is necessary to chomp on its meal. You can do this by holding on to the meat you are feeding. Be careful where you put your fingers though!! Hungry excited dogs bite HARD. Holding on to the meat means the dog can’t take the whole piece in its mouth and swallow. Notice also the hand positioning – some dogs like to chew on the right more than the left, and some more on the left than the right. It is best to angle the food on both sides to help the dog learn to chew on both sides (so that you don’t get nice white teeth on one side only!).

Keep repeating this handfeeding process until you feel you can let go and the dog will still chew. This highlights again the necessity for the meats to be chunky and big and NOT bite sized and swallow-able.

[Videos to be inserted.]

The guide above is only for starters and for transitions. Once the dog is ok with raw, fully transitioned and with nice firm poop, then we move on to the proper way to rawfeed. That’s a post for another day!

Happy raw feeding!

I help Mummy cook

Romeo — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:20:52 +0000

I helped Mother make my treats! They are made of a combination of liver, kidneys (from pig, chicken or lamb), egg (with shell), rolled oats, flaxseed, flour, seameal powder and garlic. Blend together (it will look and smell gross at this point, pourable but not too thin or thick either), spread onto a large pan (Mother makes 2 different batches using different organs and puts them on the same tray), then bake until cooked through (about 15 mins). Cool and slice into strips then pack them into airtight containers and freeze!

I am an eager beaver.

See how I helped Mother – such dirty, tiring and tedious work! But someone has to do it!

Birthdays, botanics and beaks

Romeo — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:44:48 +0000

Whee! What a great week! Many interesting events. Let me give you a run down.

Over the weekend, my pals Ruthie, Reyla, Enzo & Wally celebrated their first birthday at K9 Kulture! We had a fabulous time of course. Me especially so! I was like a moth to Ruthie’s flame. Mother kept slapping her hand to her forehead when I chased her down and tried to show her my moves. She mumbled something about it being a good thing Ruthie wore some pants but not that I knew how to do it anyway. It? What’s It?

Here are pictures from that day!

Mother decided to buy a whole duck from the market on Sunday. She got a big bag of hearts, livers and gizzards from 8 ducks for free! She says she’s so going back to this butcher. Instead of having to pay for

livers and other “spare parts”, she can get it for free! Here was my dinner that night. Not for the faint hearted. I’ve decided I don’t like duck as much as other meats tho’. It doesn’t seem to have any smell!

Mother told me that after she had chopped off the duck’s head, neck and a wing, it quacked. She and Auntie M, our helper stopped and Auntie M asked “Did you hear that?” And Mother was like.. “YEA! FREAKY!” So apparently this duck’s soul is still flying around. Either that or Mother has gone a little quacky!

Mother and Father took half the day off on Monday to run some errands then took me to the Botanical Gardens! I prefer the place when it’s not so crowded. We usually go on a

Sunday when there are alot of people and dogs all around! Mother put my on a long leash and let me run around. I showed her tho’! I followed wherever she went and listened to her directions and she rewarded me by running through the fields! I love running! I don’t think Mother does tho’. She says she’s allergic to running – her thighs itch and all that.