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> "Cheri" wrote in message news >
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>> On Sunday, October 22, 2017 at 8:17:02 AM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>>>
>>> There are many people who 'cook for the dogs'. They use careful
>>> recipes that are geared to the needs of the specific dog and any sort
>>> of medical issue it may have. It's generally done in batches then
>>> frozen and defrosted in daily amounts.
>>>
>>> Carol
>>>
>>> --
>>
>> Preparing foods for dogs should be easy. You just throw some raw meat in
>> their general direction. "Cooking" for them seems odd. Is it necessary to
>> heat up their foods?
>
>
> I cook for mine, and freeze in portions. I always heat in the microwave
> until warm before I feed her. She eats good, meat, veggies, and a bit for
> rice occasionally, plus a TBS of cottage cheese and a tsp or so of pumpkin
> daily. I buy her meat in the reduced meat section so she gets a fair
> variety.
>
> Cheri
>
> ====
>
> That is pretty much how I feed my dogs too

And they love us for it.

Cheri

On 10/23/2017 8:13 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>> "Cheri"* wrote in message news >>
>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sunday, October 22, 2017 at 8:17:02 AM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There are many people who 'cook for the dogs'.* They use careful
>>>> recipes that are geared to the needs of the specific dog and any sort
>>>> of medical issue it may have. It's generally done in batches then
>>>> frozen and defrosted in daily amounts.
>>>>
>>>> * Carol
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>
>>> Preparing foods for dogs should be easy. You just throw some raw meat in
>>> their general direction. "Cooking" for them seems odd. Is it
>>> necessary to
>>> heat up their foods?
>>
>>
>> I cook for mine, and freeze in portions. I always heat in the microwave
>> until warm before I feed her. She eats good, meat, veggies, and a bit for
>> rice occasionally, plus a TBS of cottage cheese and a tsp or so of
>> pumpkin
>> daily. I buy her meat in the reduced meat section so she gets a fair
>> variety.
>>
>> Cheri
>>
>> ====
>>
>> That is pretty much how I feed my dogs too
>
> And they love us for it.
>
> Cheri

This is a potent argument for a full species downgrade on reincarnation!

;-)

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"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>> On Sunday, October 22, 2017 at 8:17:02 AM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>>>
>>> There are many people who 'cook for the dogs'. They use careful
>>> recipes that are geared to the needs of the specific dog and any sort
>>> of medical issue it may have. It's generally done in batches then
>>> frozen and defrosted in daily amounts.
>>>
>>> Carol
>>>
>>> --
>>
>> Preparing foods for dogs should be easy. You just throw some raw meat in
>> their general direction. "Cooking" for them seems odd. Is it necessary to
>> heat up their foods?
>
>
> I cook for mine, and freeze in portions. I always heat in the microwave
> until warm before I feed her. She eats good, meat, veggies, and a bit for
> rice occasionally, plus a TBS of cottage cheese and a tsp or so of pumpkin
> daily. I buy her meat in the reduced meat section so she gets a fair
> variety.
>
> Cheri
>
> ====
>
> That is pretty much how I feed my dogs too

And they love us for it.

Cheri

==

Yes, they do)) As you know mine are rescue dogs. My current one in
particular was neatly starved to death so she loves 'the cook' ))


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Ophelia wrote:
>
> As you know mine are rescue dogs. My current one in
> particular was neatly starved to death so she loves 'the cook' ))

And doesn't just knowing that history make you sad?
We can rescue but we can't erase their past.

And so nice of you (and others here) to rescue animals.
Of all my ferrets (2 babies and 2 rescues), Fred the male
ferret had the bad life with original owners.

Kept in the smallest cage that one could buy and also
ignored for most of his first 1.5 years. He just existed
in a tiny cage with very little human contact. And this
is when they are most energetic ready to play at all
times. So sad to do that to an animal.

<Note: KILL his original owner> >;o

First my daughter adopted him and he immediately had a
ferret companion, plus a large deluxe cage ($450) and
also most of the days and nights out of cage.

Then I took over and same conditions for the rest of
his life. Such a very loving ferret and to this day
I still almost get tears in my eyes just imagining
what a nightmare life when young Fred lived all alone.

Nicknamed: Ted E. Bear
http://i44.tinypic.com/11iz3eu.jpg

I still have a pic of him on my dashboard.
It's the right hand picture above.

"Gary" wrote in message ...

Ophelia wrote:
>
> As you know mine are rescue dogs. My current one in
> particular was neatly starved to death so she loves 'the cook' ))

And doesn't just knowing that history make you sad?
We can rescue but we can't erase their past.

And so nice of you (and others here) to rescue animals.
Of all my ferrets (2 babies and 2 rescues), Fred the male
ferret had the bad life with original owners.

Kept in the smallest cage that one could buy and also
ignored for most of his first 1.5 years. He just existed
in a tiny cage with very little human contact. And this
is when they are most energetic ready to play at all
times. So sad to do that to an animal.

<Note: KILL his original owner> >;o

First my daughter adopted him and he immediately had a
ferret companion, plus a large deluxe cage ($450) and
also most of the days and nights out of cage.

Then I took over and same conditions for the rest of
his life. Such a very loving ferret and to this day
I still almost get tears in my eyes just imagining
what a nightmare life when young Fred lived all alone.

Nicknamed: Ted E. Bear
http://i44.tinypic.com/11iz3eu.jpg

I still have a pic of him on my dashboard.
It's the right hand picture above.

==

None of my rescues have had such horrifying experiences as my current dog.
I have recounted it several times here, but if you want to know I will tell
it again.

She is afraid of ALL dogs and most people. It took almost a year before she
fully trusted us but now, whenever she sees us she wags her tail and comes
running

She still chews herself but will allow me to look at and treat everything
she needs Yesterday I had an odd experience She was comfy on her chair
and I went to treat some of her sore places. I did one said and I said to
her, I need to do the other side. I made a spinning motion with my hand.
She got off the chair and I thought I had frightened her BUT she got off the
chair and CAME BACK ON THE RIGHT WAY AROUND!!! They do say that Collies
have the intelligence of a 3yo child but heck !!! Heh I still haven't got
over it)

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On 10/24/2017 8:03 AM, Gary wrote:
> Kept in the smallest cage that one could buy and also
> ignored for most of his first 1.5 years. He just existed
> in a tiny cage with very little human contact. And this
> is when they are most energetic ready to play at all
> times. So sad to do that to an animal.

When John was still doing art shows and I'd travel with him, we were
invited to dinner at the home of a couple who had purchased a number of
his paintings. They had a nice house and a couple of young sons. They
had bought a guinea pig for the boys. You know how it goes if you get a
pet for children who are too young to realize the responsibility. Of
course the boys quickly lost interest.

We were getting a tour of the house. The guinea pig was in a small cage
on the floor of the master bedroom. Largely ignored, never played with.
I felt so sorry for that little creature. The man took it out of the
cage and I held it. He warned me it might bite me. Nope, it snuggled
under my chin as I spoke softly to it, and it reached up and gave me a
"kiss" on the cheek! The poor thing was starved for attention.

OB Food: they served us delicious grilled chicken for dinner.

Jill

On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 19:44:05 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>When John was still doing art shows and I'd travel with him, we were
>invited to dinner at the home of a couple who had purchased a number of
>his paintings. They had a nice house and a couple of young sons. They
>had bought a guinea pig for the boys. You know how it goes if you get a
>pet for children who are too young to realize the responsibility. Of
>course the boys quickly lost interest.
>
>We were getting a tour of the house. The guinea pig was in a small cage
>on the floor of the master bedroom. Largely ignored, never played with.
> I felt so sorry for that little creature. The man took it out of the
>cage and I held it. He warned me it might bite me. Nope, it snuggled
>under my chin as I spoke softly to it, and it reached up and gave me a
>"kiss" on the cheek! The poor thing was starved for attention.
>
>OB Food: they served us delicious grilled chicken for dinner.

Are you sure it was chicken?

On 2017-10-24 7:44 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 10/24/2017 8:03 AM, Gary wrote:

> We were getting a tour of the house.Â* The guinea pig was in a small cage
> on the floor of the master bedroom.Â* Largely ignored, never played with.
> Â*I felt so sorry for that little creature.Â* The man took it out of the
> cage and I held it.Â* He warned me it might bite me.Â* Nope, it snuggled
> under my chin as I spoke softly to it, and it reached up and gave me a
> "kiss" on the cheek!Â* The poor thing was starved for attention.
>
> OB Food: they served us delicious grilled chicken for dinner.



Are you sure it was chicken?

http://www.bizarrefood.com/blog/roasted-guinea-pigs/

On 10/24/2017 8:07 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-10-24 7:44 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 10/24/2017 8:03 AM, Gary wrote:
>
>> We were getting a tour of the house.Â* The guinea pig was in a small
>> cage on the floor of the master bedroom.Â* Largely ignored, never
>> played with. Â*Â*I felt so sorry for that little creature.Â* The man took
>> it out of the cage and I held it.Â* He warned me it might bite me.
>> Nope, it snuggled under my chin as I spoke softly to it, and it
>> reached up and gave me a "kiss" on the cheek!Â* The poor thing was
>> starved for attention.
>>
>> OB Food: they served us delicious grilled chicken for dinner.
>
>
>
> Are you sure it was chicken?
>
> http://www.bizarrefood.com/blog/roasted-guinea-pigs/

I'm quite sure. They lived in Kansas, not South America. I do get this
odd catalog in the mail around Christmas time asking me to send money so
the poor folks in impoverished countries can buy and raise things like
guinea pigs for food.

Jill

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>>> On Sunday, October 22, 2017 at 8:17:02 AM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There are many people who 'cook for the dogs'. They use careful
>>>> recipes that are geared to the needs of the specific dog and any sort
>>>> of medical issue it may have. It's generally done in batches then
>>>> frozen and defrosted in daily amounts.
>>>>
>>>> Carol
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>
>>> Preparing foods for dogs should be easy. You just throw some raw meat in
>>> their general direction. "Cooking" for them seems odd. Is it necessary
>>> to
>>> heat up their foods?
>>
>>
>> I cook for mine, and freeze in portions. I always heat in the microwave
>> until warm before I feed her. She eats good, meat, veggies, and a bit for
>> rice occasionally, plus a TBS of cottage cheese and a tsp or so of
>> pumpkin
>> daily. I buy her meat in the reduced meat section so she gets a fair
>> variety.
>>
>> Cheri
>>
>> ====
>>
>> That is pretty much how I feed my dogs too
>
> And they love us for it.
>
> Cheri
>
> ==
>
> Yes, they do)) As you know mine are rescue dogs. My current one in
> particular was neatly starved to death so she loves 'the cook' ))

Mine are rescues too, and same with our current one, a walking rack of
bones.

Cheri

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>>> On Sunday, October 22, 2017 at 8:17:02 AM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There are many people who 'cook for the dogs'. They use careful
>>>> recipes that are geared to the needs of the specific dog and any sort
>>>> of medical issue it may have. It's generally done in batches then
>>>> frozen and defrosted in daily amounts.
>>>>
>>>> Carol
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>
>>> Preparing foods for dogs should be easy. You just throw some raw meat in
>>> their general direction. "Cooking" for them seems odd. Is it necessary
>>> to
>>> heat up their foods?
>>
>>
>> I cook for mine, and freeze in portions. I always heat in the microwave
>> until warm before I feed her. She eats good, meat, veggies, and a bit for
>> rice occasionally, plus a TBS of cottage cheese and a tsp or so of
>> pumpkin
>> daily. I buy her meat in the reduced meat section so she gets a fair
>> variety.
>>
>> Cheri
>>
>> ====
>>
>> That is pretty much how I feed my dogs too
>
> And they love us for it.
>
> Cheri
>
> ==
>
> Yes, they do)) As you know mine are rescue dogs. My current one in
> particular was neatly starved to death so she loves 'the cook' ))

Mine are rescues too, and same with our current one, a walking rack of
bones.

Cheri

==

Yes, I know you understand



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