Turtles, turtles, everywhere

It's that time of year - the snappers and painted turtles come out of the swamp and onto my driveway and make a big mess laying eggs. So the dogs have not been allowed out without a leash for the past few days. The girls were very interested in this turtle today. She would bite their little noses off!

Why Do Dogs Roll in Yucky Stuff?

This is the procedure my dogs follow:
1. Find smelly dead worm
2. Sniff smelly dead worm
3. With a look of ecstacy, roll neck in smelly dead worm
4. Pee on dead worm

I "heart" my meat grinder

Check out this beast! We picked it up today. I can't wait to start grinding stuff up!

no Farmer's Market tomorrow

We will not be at the market tomorrow (Saturday May 31) due to weather conditions and our leaky shelter. Sorry for any inconvenience. If you need muffin or tripe treats or supplements, they are also available at Hot Diggity Dog.

Calling all PICKY Eaters!

As you can see, my dogs are not fussy at all. Shawdy-pottamus will eat anything and we often play games with non-edible objects to see just how far she will go. As long as you put something to your mouth and say "what's this?" she will put her mouth on it before she knows what it is. So, having said all that, I am looking for the fussiest dogs to be my taste-testers. As I experiment with new recipes, I need a true measure of the taste. My dogs are poor candidates for this role.

So! Bring your fussy dog to the market to taste test some of my new goodies! I hope we can find something for the fussiest of the fussy...

Sophie the Giraffe

This is Sophie. She is the world's best chew toy for babies of the human variety. She is made of natural non-toxic rubber and every baby that I know LOVES their Sophie, including my human baby.

Problem is Sophie makes a "happy noise" when squeezed. This happy noise is a squeaker and it drives my puppies crazy, especially Joannie. Ever since we took Sophie out of the box, they have been mad about her - stealing her out of the diaper bag and any time she is dropped on the floor. Then they run downstairs and out the dog door and Sophie ends up muddy. Sophie cleans up well in the dishwasher, I should add. So now when I hear that familiar sound, I say to the baby "They've got Sophie, we must save her!" and outside we run to rescue Sophie. However, the puppies are very gentle with Sophie and don't want to kill her like they do other toys that they have stolen from baby - there was two bunnies that Grandma bought for her for Easter and they have since been stolen and had their eyes and stuffing ripped out. So I'm thinking that they would like their own Sophie. I might have to order another one. I'll keep you posted on how well Sophie does as a dog chew toy.

Zipper

This is Zipper, the puppies' brother who lives with my sister Laura. He is a spoiled boy and with no competition for food, he has become a picky picky eater. When he came by a few weeks ago for a visit we tried out some treats with him. He LOVED the Lickers (cow tongue), and the turkey jerky, but wasn't too fond of the sweet potato chips. He had a good time with his siblings and slept for a long time afterwards.