1. GOLD OR SILVER?
2. SHOES OR SANDALS?
3. FAVORITE NUMBER?
4. FUNNIEST MOVIE?
5. EAST COAST OR WEST COAST?
6. CLOUDS OR SUN?
7. VH1 OR MTV?
8. ARE YOUR BEDROOM WALLS WHITE OR PAINTED?
9. CATS OR DOGS?
10. HEALTH NUT OR JUNK FOOD?
1. GOLD
2. SHOES
3. 26
4. Waterboy
5. EAST COAST
6. SUN
7. VH1
8. PAINTED
9. DOGS
10. HEALTH NUT OR JUNK FOOD? a cross between the 2
Andrew Barrett ~ “Gold Dust Twins Rag” ~ Andrew Edward Barrett @ WCRF ~ 2009
I am moving to South Africa. Looking for Orijen Dog Food.?
I realised after googling that Orijen brand is not found in South Africa. Does anyone know of any online shipping that ships Orijen to South Africa (Cape Town) at a reasonable price?? Or free shipping
http://www.doggiefood.com/orijen
you can try this just do a google search or maybe a friend that will ship it to you once month.
Why you going my sister and bro-n-law just moved from there! It is beautiful.
can coffee or tea bags or dog food be stored in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers for long term storage?
I can’t find any information that is definite about being able to store the foods listed above in mylar bags for long term storage. Please don’t answer unless you know for sure. thanks
How long is long term?
Roasted coffee goes bad no matter what you do to it. You can slow it a bit if it’s nitrogen flushed, but you’ll just get 2-3 weeks to become 1-2 months. Then it’s stale & tastes bad (still safe). Green coffee can be stored for around 18 months, but it needs air so you can’t store it as described. Fresh roasted beans release CO2, so storing in a sealed, unvented bag is bad for fresh coffee.
Tea should be stored away from light & air. The bag would help for air. Loose tea, stored properly, will last up to 2 years. In one of these bags
Dry dog food, like human food, shouldn’t be stored too long without eating or throwing out. If you store it as described, I would expect it to last around 18 months as long as there’s no moisture in the bag.
The problem is that these items aren’t meant for long term storage (esp. the dog food). The coffee needs to be stale before packing (CO2). It & the tea won’t be dangerous, they’ll just lose flavor. The dog food can be dangerous, though.
Busy people generally tend to shy away from home prepared food for themselves as well as their dogs. But relying on others for your and your dog’s nutritional needs is likely to ensure your dog’s health will suffer, if not your own.
What it really boils down to, is time. You think preparing homemade dog food is not time efficient, perhaps messy, and how can you be sure it’s healthy? Don’t commercial pet food manufacturers know more than you do?
No. Commercial pet food manufacturers are chasing the mighty dollar, just as most people are. Generally, they have very little interest in good quality. By the time you have finished reading this article, you’ll know more than they do.
Is homemade dog food preparation going to be messy?
No, not once you have the hang of what you’re doing, which is where I come in. I’m here to help you every step of the way.
Does it take a long time to prepare homemade dog food?
No, once you’ve got the hang of what you’re doing, it incredibly quick and easy.
Just as it can be in preparing your own homemade food.
So I’ve knocked away some of the most common excuses for not preparing your homemade dog food. But, as you still hesitate, there may be one hurdle in the way, which we haven’t covered.
You have been accustomed to believe commercial dog food is better than anything else. Your vet may have told you. Your parents may have told you. You see people feeding commercial pet food all the time. Can they all be wrong?
Yes!
Because none of them are looking to their dog’s origins. Dog evolved in the wild over many thousands of years, hunting in packs in times of plenty and eating carrion or plant matter in times of famine.
In contrast, commercial dog food typically pellets, is not raw or of the quality a hunted animal is. Dogs digestive systems and nutritional requirements have not changed or adapted, just because they are now domestic.
The best way to ensure your dog maintains not just good, but excellent health is to make homemade dog food, based on a wild dog’s diet. Sure, it isn’t possible to exactly duplicate a wild dog’s diet, but we can come so close that it won’t affect your dog’s health.
When you’re shopping in the supermarket, it’s just as easy to buy raw meat and bones as it is to purchase a packet. You can buy enough to keep your dog going until the next time you shop. Freezing food is an acceptable way to keep it, as it is not so destructive as cooking. Three or four days of fresh food and the rest thawed frozen food will be absolutely adequate to maintain good health.
Once you’ve measured out the food the first time, it’s just a matter of routine.
Keeping all the ingredients together means it’s convenient.
By making your own homemade dog food, you have control over the quality and the ingredients. This is critical to your dog’s good health as many ingredients in commercial pet food is toxic, not natural, not nutritious and certainly isn’t raw.
Try your dog on raw meat and bones for a month and you’ll see a big smile on his face!
Couple that with his drastically reduced health bills, and you’ll be the next one grinning.
Warning: in older dogs there can be an initial clearing period. This is natural and normal, but can look alarming if you don’t know what’s happening.
Pet training is one of the most strenuous tasks of pet ownership. Some breeds are easier to train, but some can be very stubborn and are harder to train. Most dog owners have a little time to spend on training that is why they often seek the help of professional dog trainers. Yet, enrolling the pet at a dog training school can be expensive. Having monthly, weekly or daily fees for training may stretch out your budget.
With the problem of expensive training, dog equipment manufacturers like Dogtra have developed training products to ease dog owners of training problems and additional expenses. Dog owners won’t have to be burdened of extra expenses anymore, and will just have to get a dog training collar for quick and effective training.
Using Dogtra training collars. allow dog owners to mark pet boundaries. They can restrict their pets of crossing limited areas. Such training tools can also impose pet obedience. Dog owners will no longer have a hard time in giving commands and calling out their pets.
There is a wide variety of dog training collars offered in the market today, with Dogtra providing an outstanding product line up. These dog equipments come with 3 components, the transmitter, the collar, and the receiver. They can also cover various ranges, in yards or miles.
For dog owners who want to have a speedy, yet effective training, Dogtra training collars can be your reliable aid. No need to worry on the safety of the pet, these products has passed manufacturing and safety checks. Spare yourself from the hassles and difficulties of dog training. Have a obedient and behaved dog in no time.
does anyone know of a online wholesale pet supplier in Australia?
or a discount pet supplier online in Australia? my dog has a lot of allergies and im always spending big on special diet foods and washes etc so im wondering if there is a cheaper way of getting his things online? thanks
If it prescription diet i doubt it-they have to be prescription from the vet. However there are low allergie foods on the market that aren’t prescription diets.
If you change to home cooking, seek your vet for advice. a good breed on home cooking is Nibble, Munch, Chomp-The art and Science of feeding your pet by Dr. Sasha Herbert-Senior vet at the lort smith animal hospital
Don’t buy food from pet paradise-the food purchase price goes to purchase more PUPPY millers PRODUCE to sell in the store to impulse buyers
Have you though of California Natural? Think you can get it from Pet goods direct. Its suppost to be good for allergy suffers. i wasn’t happy with the treatment I got from the cranbourne store, rude inconsiderate staff.
Don’t feed Evo-My sweet gentle natured dog went mentallly aggressive-it was like she had no control over her whole nature.
Many people own dogs, they are the most popular pet in US as well as any other countries. Generally speaking, taking care of a dog is regarded as a simple task. You feed it, give it a bath if it gets dirty, walk it and let it get exercise and love it as you would any other member of your family. Most dog owners regularly take their pet to the veterinarian, clip their claws, brush their coats and provide them with a warm bed to sleep in at night. These things seem so simple – but there are other dog secrets that are really important to know. These things can lengthen the life of your pet as well as keeping them healthier and happier.
The first important dog secret is that dog food is not always the healthiest thing to feed your dog. Many dog food manufacturers cover up for the fact that the things that they list as the ingredients of the food are not the most accurate. The main reason that they can get away with these lies is because the manufacturer only is obligated to list the ingredients that they themselves added to the food. The chemicals and antibiotics that have been fed to the meat prior to its purchase by the dog food companies are not required to be disclosed in the ingredient list. Additionally, the animals that the meat comes from can come from a very questionable origin – euthanized animals, dead, dying and disease zoo and farm animals, just to name a few. A dog should eat the same healthy food that you feed your family, something that the dog food companies do not want people to know, a big dog food secret.
The other big secret is that when you kiss your dog on the lips, your dog is at a much greater risk of catching something from you than you are from him/her! Although dogs do frequently sniff other dogs’ behinds and their feces, your chances of catching a bacteria of some kind from kissing your dog’s lips is very slim. On the other hand, dogs can be very susceptible to many human ailments – especially tuberculosis. So next time you think about kissing your dog on the lips, reconsider, remembering this important dog secret!
