My First Homecooked Meal!

Hey everybuddy! Dis is Henry, and I's got some really exciting news!!!

My Mommy went shoppin', and she bought all dis YUMMY stuff fer ME! It's ALL organic and totally antibiotic free. Boy, my Mommy must REALLY love me! =D (The rice by the way, is gluten free)

She already has Veggie Goop part all made. So first step is to cook the yummy lean stew beef and beef bones in stock pot with just enough water to cover.
The next step after the beef is cooked, is to remove the beef, and then cook the gluten free organic rice in this yummy vitamin rich broth. Then, we will throw away the bones. We will be posting more pictures as we progress...


OK Mommy, is dinner ready yet?

Riley singing for his dinner...


Here's their dinner: (Henry's is on your left, Riley's on the right)
Henry's meal is 1/2 kibble, 1/2 homecooked. (full amount of veggie goop cause he's already used to that) If within 24 hours there is no diarrhea, then we will make the full switch. You can enlarge each picture by clicking onto them.

They really enjoyed it! =D

Veggiegoop

A person who is fostering a greyhound with epilepsy makes his foster grey something called 'Veggiegoop'. He prepares it in a juicer and adds the liquid and pulp back after the juicing process. Here is the veggiegoop recipe:

2 golden apples cored.
2 red apples cored.
2 pints strawberries
2 pints blueberries
2 bunches of carrots
2 heads red headed lettuce
2 heads romaine lettuce
1 head kale
1/2 buch of collard greens
1 bunch parsley
2 inches of ginger root
2 green zuchini
1 red pepper
1 green pepper
2 yams
1 brocolli head, but not stem so as to avoid gas

I don't have a juicer, but I do have a food processor. The idea behind the veggie goop is the vitamin B, which many epi-pups do benefit from. When I gave Henry raw fish, the thimainase in it caused his vitamin B to plummet, and resulted in a very bad grand-mal that I thought was going to kill him. I'm gonna give this veggie goop a try. I will be adding it to Henry's kibble, Wellness Core Ocean which is a grain free high protein diet. The person who shared this recipe adds it to a home cooked diet.

The vegetables are NOT cooked, they are processed raw, which leaves the vitamins more intact. I've heard veggies should always be cooked for better digestibility, but if were killing the vitamins through cooking, then that's not much good is it?

Tagged-6 Word Memoir

We have been tagged by Stanislaw. =)

This is how to play:

1. Post a 6-word memoir on your blog and include visuals if you'd like.
2. Link to the blog and dog who tagged you, ideally to their original memoir post.
3. Tag at least 5 more pups with blogs, link to them, and leave them a comment with an invitation to play.
4. Have fun!

Patient

Leash manners extraordinaire, Mama's boy. =D

Leash puller extradonaire.

Tolerant
(one of Mommy's knitting projects in progress)

Zoomies

Couch potato

I am not really sure who to tag, but if you would like to participate, please leave a comment linking to your blog. I look forward to reading your memoirs! =)

Picture Of Ice Pack

Today we made up a new bag of ice. Thought I'd share a picture of how we do Henry's. It is filled with crushed ice. Henry is a bigger fellow, (80 lbs) so he needs a nice big bag. (2.5 gallon bags) Make sure the ice is not stuck in a clump when you use it!!! Very important! Also, it must be actual ice! Not frozen veggies or anything like that.

After a seizure, it is a good idea to give your dog something that is both sweet and has some fat. If you feed raw, you could feed a pice of raw meat with some honey on it. Today we picked up some Haagen Dazs vanilla ice cream for this purpose. It's such a tiny cute little container. =) We would give about half of it after a seizure, and then a regular meal.

As I was taking a picture of Henry's ice cream, he was looking at me like this. He looks as if he is saying, "Awww Mom, can't I have the ice-cream now, pretty please?"

Go to the link at the top of this blog entry, and it will tell you more about both the ice cream and the ice bag trick.

Guess what sweet Henry did today?

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He mutilated his very first stuffy! =O

".....as your attorney...I'm advising you to not admit to anything...pretend the cat did it. I've noticed the gypsy gerbils or gang gerbil intiation is really taking off on here...try that one also...but don't say a word...let me do the talking."

Laziest dog ever...

I snapped this sweet picture of Henry just a few minutes ago. =) I lifted the blankie a little bit for this picture. He really likes to be snuggled up. We will tuck him in before we go grocery shopping or etc., and come home to find him still all snuggledy under his blankie.

Mabel takes good care of Henry. =)

I had posted a while ago about Henry having a scar under one of his eyes and I wondered if it had something to do with his being head shy, This is the scar I was speaking of.

This is a picture of when we were at my husband's sisters house in Florida. The shaggy dog is my sister in law's. She tried her best to get Henry to get up. She was bouncing all over and barking and showing him her toys. He was too lazy, lol! Her name is Ginger. I think Ginger was wondering what was wrong with Henry and thinking surely he can't be a dog, he's much too laid back!

Some livelier pictures: (Henry only sleeps 23 1/2 hours a day, not all 24)