It’s certainly better than Diamond Dog Food.

That’s an egregious situation, isn’t it? I’m glad to be trying this raw diet. I think I can assume that it’s safe food and hasn’t been contaminated. And I can identify all of it!

I noticed that article last night or this morning...I looked at the store tonight and didn’t see any of the Diamond products. I can’t remember ever seeing any around here. Wonder where they sell it.

What about salmonella? That doesn’t affect dogs?

The vet said that a dog’s stomach acid levels are sufficiently high (much higher than in a human) to kill most salmonella bacteria so that it doesn’t become a problem, unless the dog’s health is already severely compromised. Also, adding a tablespoon of cider vinegar to the meal helps keep Terry’s digestive system at a higher pH so that the bacteria can’t thrive. AND, the yogurt introduces good bacteria to her intestinal track which also fights off the bad bacteria. But, in the main, dogs seemed to be designed to eat things that would put a human in the hospital (think how dogs LOVE to eat rotten stuff, especially really, really aged dead things - the rottener the better - with no ill effects.)

sounds like a plan to me!!  Where do you buy organ meats and do they sell “sweetbreads” (I am pretty sure they qualify as organ meats) which have to be one of my very favorite things and incredibly difficult to find (yeah, I know gross if you are just reading about them and have never eaten them--but mmm, I love them!!) (of course I love beef hearts and tongues, too).  Hey, I grew up as a farmer’s daughter and you EAT ALL THOSE THINGS!! LOL
As an aside, my cat LOVED yogurt and ate it all the time--sometimes without being invited too - of course he also loved doritos and oreos, too (we never gave them to him, but he could smell them a mile away and would steal them and hide them where we weren’t supposed to find them!!--and he died at the ripe old age of 18, so I guess it didn’t kill him!)

You’ve definitely heard about Terry’s thieving ways, but there was a little dog....her name was Mavis....and her weakness was chocolate. Now chocolate is supposed to be toxic and very dangerous for dogs, but Mavie could manage to put away a lot of it without a sign of discomfort. The day she figured out how to open my large leather bookbag, with the snaps at the top, and haul out a one pound bar of Nestle’s milk chocolate was the day I was sure we were in trouble. While I was in the shower, she got the bar out and tore off the wrapper and ate the whole thing. She earned the name Lead Belly that day. And then there was the pound of Christmas truffles....

She lived to a fairly ripe old age of 14 1/2, which was pretty good for a girl with her rocky start in life and discerning tastes.

The local butcher sells organ meats (heart, kidneys, liver). Don’t know where you buy sweetbreads around here. There is a specialty butcher one town over who might. He apparently sells some interesting items. I’ve never had any that I know of, but hear they are delicious. Do sweetbreads ever go in old fashioned mincemeat pie? If so, I’ve probably had them without knowing.

Mavis the wonder dog! LOL, remember when she ate that big chocolate kiss! We thought she was a goner then. But no, she was back scratching on my door for a snack the next day lol! Good old May-May!

Old fashioned (REAL!!) mincemeat!  We were just discussing it the other day with my mom who makes me my very own “small” mincemeat pie every year.  No meat in it anymore, but lots and lots of brandy!!  The meat in mincemeat was--to the best of my knowledge--venison.  Sweetbreads would not have been in it.  I am determined to find some somewhere this weekend and it is all your fault!!  Cause now I am craving them and ONLY the way I cook them will do!! ;)

PS--cynicalcyn is no longer...I might be doing something with some forums another blogger has started which could be interesting…