04.09.07
Posted in Cats for cat people, Dogs for dog lovers at 10:18 am by glendale
Per AnimalHubbub.com…
Del Monte has voluntarily recalled various treats, snacks and wet dog food with specific codes. Brands affected include Jerky Treats, Gravy Train Beef Sticks, Pounce Meaty Morsels and some Dollar General treats, and some Ol’ Roy and Happy Tails wet dog food. Cat foods are also involved.
Delmonte pet food recalls
Many people think most dog food uses meat that is unfit/unsafe for humans and is unhealthy for animals as well. Should you care to, here are some web sites for making homemade dog food and biscuits. I’m sure there are lots of sites for cat food as well. Basically it is 40% meat, 30% Vegetables, 30% Starch.
http://www.i-love-dogs.com/dog-food-recipes.html
http://www.seefido.com/html/dog_food_recipes.htm
http://www.dragonbear.com/rec-food.html
http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/2049/doggie.htm
http://www.dogaware.com/treatref.html
Thanks to JAN S. for this pet information!
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04.06.07
Posted in Horses for the horse crazy, Other interesting stuff at 12:45 pm by glendale
Last November we installed 3/8-inch peastone gravel for our horses under a 12×20 ft. shed roof shelter against our horse barn. The intent was to benefit our three barefoot horses: to stimulate their hoof growth, toughen their soles, and hopefully keep their hoof walls worn down so that professional trimmings might be less frequent.
I found winter maintenance of the peastone to be very tolerable this first year. In blowing snowstorms, snow did accumulate on the gravel. I would scrape and shovel it off by hand, trying not to take away much gravel. Remaining snow and what the horses carried in did turn into ice clumps, but the gravel remained effective because it never packed solid. It did freeze up close to the surface, but the top inch or so (of 3-4 inches total gravel depth) did not freeze and remained loose enough for their hooves to stir it around.
In March we got plenty of snow with thawing days in between, and the last couple of snows I didn’t bother to scrape off the pea gravel because it melted so quickly. The horses were on the gravel for most of their hay feedings (twice daily) and occasionally just to loaf or shelter.
The horse went 9 weeks without trimming and could have gone probably 2 weeks longer because they were in decent shape. I had them trimmed in March because they were going to be used during April and it wasn’t going to be convenient to have it done then.
For what it’s worth, in New Hampshire winters our horses’ hooves do not grow very much anyway due to the cold. In past winters (when they wore shoes in summer,) I have pulled their shoes from October or November until April. Sometimes their feet got worn down too much, especially on some problem horses with softer hooves.
In general I am pleased with the pea gravel so far.
See all the updated blog info on using peastone gravel for horsekeeping… and be sure to look for other folks’ COMMENTS at the end of these posts.
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