The dog musing/vent thread

Good luck!

We are trying out for a new job. A really awesome job that I would be so incredibly awestruck if we got. Haven't told many people the exact details yet, but the interview/audition is happening Monday and we will be leaving Saturday to drive down there.

I have a foundations class right now that is my Pee-class. Last night was our actual first night of class where nobody marked anything! Now to their credit, the culprits are an older dog who was neutured super late in life, an intact middle-aged dog and a spunky little neutured thing who just wants to be like all of his friends. Luckily, it's one of my fav classes despite their leakiness.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I'm so excited for you!!


I always tell Payton before an agility run "don't pee on anything." So far he hasn't. But I always make sure to tell him. ;P

Good luck!!

Thanks everyone!!! I'm so excited!

Lol! Ezra tried that once. I took it from him and put it back on the rug. He caught on.

How close are you to Dobbs Ferry or Briarcliff Manor? I found a co-op that drops at one of those two locations for $10. All sorts of chicken (quarters, backs and necks for $.75 to $.90 a pound), turkey necks for $ 1.23 a pound, beef ($1.25 to $2.50 for heart, $1.40 for kidney, $2.58 for stew meat), duck necks for $1.27 a pound and all sorts of ground mixes.

Missed this one! Thanks!!!

They're about 45-55min away from me. That's really cheap! I need to talk DH into a chest freezer for the basement since our regular one is already full of other stuff. He likes buying stuff like that, so I think he'd be on board. That would be our first step, then I'd like to try raw for one meal per day, kibble for the other.

Lol. Shelties are smart that way. They know what you're saying.

Last night the instructor said she would give a prize to whoever's dog didn't pee or poop in the ring. Apparently we are the leakiest class she's ever seen. I think the winner right now is a little beagle girl. None of the boys stand a chance.

Good luck on your interview!

So glad that might work! Any recommendations? I was going to poke around and probably order something off of Amazon. He's never worn clothes of any kind, so I have no idea how he'll feel about moving around with that on. I'm expecting anything from drama queen to not even noticing it.

Good luck! I have an idea of what it is and it would be awesome!

I had a dream I adopted a dog named Stetson. I kinda like that name.

Was it an ACD? I could totally imagine an ACD, or some type of wirey working ranch dog being named Stetson.

I'm only feeding partial raw, kibble in AM/raw in PM, but for me it's only a hassle for 1-2 days every 2 months or so when I get a new order. I'll spend a couple hours making meal sized portions and putting them in ziplock bags. I'll usually end up with 6-8 different meal type bags which get bunched into grocery bags to help keep them organized. I have bags of liver meals, kidney meals, pancreas meals, chicken quarters with gizzards and heart, heart with tripe, pork shoulder, turkey neck, salmon, and lots of combos of the above plus more.

Making the meal portions is a pain but the time in between I just keep two meals thawing in the fridge all the time and just have to pull out the next one when I feed.

The cost point really just depends on what's available in your area and how hard you look. Having an extra freezer allowing you to order in bulk is a huge help on cost for most people. I have an extra freezer but it isn't exclusively for raw storage. I max out around 40# of raw in my storage space but I'll often buy some stuff in between orders from my distributor at the grocery store/asian market as more space opens up in my freezers.

I'm not finding prices as cheap as iriskai is but I can get most stuff between $2.50 to $0.90 a pound. If I had the space for real bulk orders I could get a lot more for $1.50 or less a pound though.

As for running off to the couch with the raw items instead of staying at the towel. It was a concern for me too. When I first started giving turkey necks as a weekly raw treat/meal I'd feed them outside. When I started regular raw meals I knew I'd have to adjust to inside. I just put a towel under the bowl and leashed him up so he couldn't run. I also feed in the kitchen which has baby gates on both doorways. He did try and carry the boney items away at first but quickly learned I wanted him to stay over the towel and I wasn't going to mess with him or take it away. Most dogs will figure out the "rules" quickly and not cause much trouble.

I'm going to make a little trophy with a dog lifting it's leg and hand it out to whoever's dog pees first. And then when another dog pees, they get to pass it on to the next owner. It's going to be awesome.

Good luck!

Raawenergy.com is the one I found. Might be worth a look! I'm trying to talk my parents in to giving up their old standup freezer since they don't use it.

I wanted to name my horse Stetson in high school. My mom wouldn't let me because it reminded her of the cologne. :/

Thanks!

Bet it was a cattle dog! Or a Mcnab. Get a McNab. McNabs are cool.

I just went to Petco and got whatever they had on the shelf. I only put it on during his runs, and took it off in between. He wasn't crazy about it when it was dry, and didn't like it even more when it was wet. I told him if he didn't like it he should stop peeing himself.

Stealing my man name.

ETA: I see that I'm following everybody's rules for that name if I end up getting a male.

:rofl1: I think Watson has too much fur down there to notice if he's wearing something wet.

Supposedly it was a border collie mix but I dunno. It was a scruffy looking kind of dog. black and white with a lot of ticking. CUTE though.

Sorry Meagan but I think that's gotta go on my sheepdog name list!

In December I had a dream I got a red and white border collie and named him Sparkles. I like Stetson better than Sparkles. :rofl1: