Smooth Collies, Border Collies, Danish-Swedish Farmdog

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Friday Payday and Raw

Payday Fridays are better than non-payday Fridays. I’m looking forward to the weekend. Sat I have agility practice with Chase and Levi from 2-4, and I’ll be getting a whole butt-load of pork for the dogs. I hope it’ll all fit in the freezer. Reminds me I might ask Mom and Dad to see if they have any freezer room. I also need more Chicken Necks as I’m running low. I can’t believe how fast they go through a 40lb box. Takes only a month. 10lbs a week. Hrmph. That’s 1.42lbs a day by four dogs.

I figured yesterday that I spend about $140 a month on the raw diet. For four dogs. Well, and Cheyenne too, he’s on half canned half raw. His canned is a bit pricey but he’s worth it. With buying this pork and more chicken necks, I’ll have to readjust my estimate. I think I figure it out the end of Dec and get a good idea. That pork should last me a while! I also bought a wee bit more rabbit (the dogs are liking the ground rabbit now) and some Mutton. We don’t get Mutton often so when I find it I buy it. Still trying to find meat under $1 a pound, but I do go over that a little bit once in a while. I might spend some time grinding this weekend, all that pork, get some mixes going with veggies and organ meats and such for Cheyenne and our dogs. They sure do love this diet.

Of course being a vegetarian myself it’s odd to feed the dogs raw meat. However, they are carnivores. I know that. And I try to get humanely raised meats whenever I can. If I were rich I’d always buy them organic… but alas, I cannot afford $6.99 a pound for the dogs! ;)

Vote!

Just a short note to encourage everyone to vote. I know, I know, it’s a pain, and what good does it do? Here in Utah I vote democrat every year, and Utah always goes Republican. But I’m putting in my opinion dammit! I Voted
And, if you vote early, no lines and no hassle. I already voted and it went so easily. Walked in, filled out some forms, went through the process to get my card, and voted and was done. And usually I vote all the judges OUT. Why not, I’m all for term limits. They stay in anyway so it really doesn’t matter. LOL. But get those people out! Maybe next year I’ll look up which are democrat and which republican and vote appropriately.

One good way to know who to vote for is to find out which of your candidates are dog friendly or not. That is what I do. I go to Millcreek Fidos and see who they are supporting.

So, go out and vote!

He Plays Tug!

Cheyenne plays tug! I didn’t know it until last night. He and Angel were going to town with a knitted toy. I think he was able to wrap his two remaining teeth around it and pull. What a cutie. He is so darn sweet, I would so love to keep him. Alas… five dogs is a lot of work, and really he needs more attention than we can give him. Cheyenne
He is so special and I will be very picky about his home. He is coming along very nicely. He is so sweet, and rubs his head into me when he plays. He still wants to play with Chase but Chase doesn’t want to play with him. Chase is being a dork because Cheyenne is such a sweetie. I’m glad Angel is playing with him. It was so cute, I didn’t have the camera on me last night or I would have taken a pic of them playing tug. They tugged for a good five minutes.

His stairs are coming along nicely, too. We don’t do them every day. And I always have my arm wrapped around his bum so he doesn’t panic and try to turn and jump down. When we are half way up that is too dangerous. He needs stronger muscles, and he needs stronger confidence. The stairs are now blocked off unless I am right there. I think he might have enough confidence just to be dangerous, and we can’t have that. Once we get him going up the stairs we’ll work on going down. Last night he hardly leaned against me at all going up, and followed the cheese path nicely. He is such a smart boy, and a real joy to have around. *loves*