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Looks more intelligent somehow, too.
Lovely day for a dog walk.
General Patton's dog, a Bull Terrier named Willie, pictured here a few days after the General's unexpected death.
Willie went went nearly everywhere with Patton and was very much liked.
Edit - although the General died in 1945, Willie was looked after by the Patton family until his death from natural causes in 1955.
Willie went went nearly everywhere with Patton and was very much liked.
Edit - although the General died in 1945, Willie was looked after by the Patton family until his death from natural causes in 1955.
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That's not a cast, that's Adolf Hamster
Have any of you moved away from feeding your cats & dogs manufactured pet food to making your own ?
We inherited Ethan, a 15 year old cat 4 years ago, he was fed exclusively one of the cheap meat and jelly sachets prior to coming to us and we kept that up while he settled in even though he was getting through 6 sachets a day. We gradually weaned him on to one of the better wet foods that we have been giving our other cat who we`ve had since 2011. You may remember last year I posted that our other cat Annie was injured and lost part of her front left foot. During recovery the vet recommended fresh cooked chicken and we started to give that to both cats. The difference in appearance and condition, particularly in Ethan was amazing. His coat which was dull is now shiny, he had flaky skin and that has completely cleared up and he is moving around much better than before too, really good for a 19 year old cat.
The logical next step was to change the dogs diet too so a couple of weeks ago having read loads on the internet and after some random discussions with other dog owners during walkies we put them on a mix of steamed white fish, sardines, cooked chicken , scrambled eggs, natural yogurt , plain rice, cooked broccoli , sweet potatoes, butternut squash, bananas and occasional slices of water melon and apple. Not all at once obviously. The improvement in their health is already visible, particularly with our older dog who last year contracted Cushings Disease which can leave them out of breath and make their fur fall out. Her fur is growing more quickly again , she is panting less and even the arthritis she has in one leg has eased off.
It is a more expensive diet and much more time consuming but I`m confident it is much better for the animals. A bonus is that their deposits are substantially smaller too @The skitz & @Daughterofdesmo and all the rest of us who have the pleasure of clearing up after our dogs.
We inherited Ethan, a 15 year old cat 4 years ago, he was fed exclusively one of the cheap meat and jelly sachets prior to coming to us and we kept that up while he settled in even though he was getting through 6 sachets a day. We gradually weaned him on to one of the better wet foods that we have been giving our other cat who we`ve had since 2011. You may remember last year I posted that our other cat Annie was injured and lost part of her front left foot. During recovery the vet recommended fresh cooked chicken and we started to give that to both cats. The difference in appearance and condition, particularly in Ethan was amazing. His coat which was dull is now shiny, he had flaky skin and that has completely cleared up and he is moving around much better than before too, really good for a 19 year old cat.
The logical next step was to change the dogs diet too so a couple of weeks ago having read loads on the internet and after some random discussions with other dog owners during walkies we put them on a mix of steamed white fish, sardines, cooked chicken , scrambled eggs, natural yogurt , plain rice, cooked broccoli , sweet potatoes, butternut squash, bananas and occasional slices of water melon and apple. Not all at once obviously. The improvement in their health is already visible, particularly with our older dog who last year contracted Cushings Disease which can leave them out of breath and make their fur fall out. Her fur is growing more quickly again , she is panting less and even the arthritis she has in one leg has eased off.
It is a more expensive diet and much more time consuming but I`m confident it is much better for the animals. A bonus is that their deposits are substantially smaller too @The skitz & @Daughterofdesmo and all the rest of us who have the pleasure of clearing up after our dogs.
Whole foods are always going to be better than processed foods, no matter your species. I've tried my crew on "pellets", which vets constantly whine about being "better" but I limit them to a small amount of pellets each day, rather than replacing their other foods entirely.
NB, my crew are not dogs or cats but the principle is the same.
My sister has had standard poodles for years, a breed notorious for delicate stomachs. Whenever there is a problem, she prepares plain chicken for the affected dog. One day, she'll twig that unprocessed food is what they should receive all the time but she tends to walk out of the room if I mention anything about diets and nutrition. She is completely captured in that respect even though she is alert to many political issues.
NB, my crew are not dogs or cats but the principle is the same.
My sister has had standard poodles for years, a breed notorious for delicate stomachs. Whenever there is a problem, she prepares plain chicken for the affected dog. One day, she'll twig that unprocessed food is what they should receive all the time but she tends to walk out of the room if I mention anything about diets and nutrition. She is completely captured in that respect even though she is alert to many political issues.
No.
But...when I was a kid we had a German Shepherd (the dog...not someone to look after the sheep) and he was fed almost exclusively on raw beef - probaly 2-3lbs a day, and he was huge and powerful. A great guard dog - never bit anyone but had a couple of guys up against walls. One was a black guy from a courier company that was dropping something off who'd just walked into the house thinking it was a hotel; my mum said he was almost white when she found him. He had teh odd tin of Pedigree Chum every now and then.
At the same time we had a cat that went feral - lived off killing squirrels. I saw her catch one in the middle of the lawn and carry it into an old dilapidated summer house. I followed her in and there were the remains of loads of them. Again, she was obviously as fit as a fiddle - didn't want to come in the house even when it snowed...must've loved the outdoor life.
Yup, our rescue cat Lola came to us in a state malnourished riddled with fleas, the house that we took her from had dogs, so the only thing she had ever eaten was cheap dog food, we have fed her almost exclusively on chicken leg meat, a couple of times a week she has dry food full of the vitamins she needs, today a totally different cat, she's getting a bit of a podge, we recon she's 14 or so and has arthritis so not as active, I have to lift her onto the garden wall now as she can't jump up.
I probably part to blame for my dogs huge poos as I feed him steak twice a week and when I cook I also try to make a meal for him. He loves fresh produce and duck
Luckily not that bad.
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