Dog Foods

Once again, Caren has done all the work for me...


After finding out that what I was transitioning Jack Elliott to was too high in fat, I did some internet research and I came up with a list of brands that fit your criteria. In case anyone else is interested here is the list:

Brand Protein %/Fat%

California Natural Lamb 21/11
Excel Lamb Meal :& Rice 22/12
Eagle Pack Maintenance 20/12
Nutro's Natural Choice 21/12
Nature's Recipe Maintenance Lamb 20/10
Cycle Adult 22/8
Science Diet Savory Recipe Chicken 20/12
Purina Dealer's Pride Economy 18/6
Purina Mainstay 16/6
Natural Life Lamaderm 22/10
Fromm Family Maintenance 20/11
Avoderm Brown Rice, Oatmeal & Chicken Meal Formula Lite 18/8
Avoderm Natural Lamb Meal and Brown Rice 20/10
Castor & Pollux Natural Ultramix Lamb & Rice 22/12

We're going to go with Avoderm Natural Lamb Meal and Brown Rice. I've looked at the ingredients and I like it...lots of Omega 3s, glucosamine and probiotics, and it's available at Petsmart.

Thanks, Caren!

For MANY years I have fed Pedigree which is 21/10 and is available in grocery stores everywhere.

Picture of Remy



Remy is adjusting to life in Salt Lake City, aidded by her uncle, Stewart, who is the son of Brogue.

All Gone But One

Remy and Beckett flew out this morning, together in the same crate. They're going to be living within a short distance of each other in Salt Lake with families that are friends. Which means they'll get to see lots of one another.

Remy weighed 10 pounds 12 ounces at the vet on Tuesday
and Beckett was 13 pounds 8 ounces.

It is interesting to me that the pups are in the same formation, size-wise, at 3 months as they were at birth:
Elliott and Beckett the largest with Spider and Brother the smallest and in between, from larger to smaller, are Marco, Charlie, Remy and Lola. That seldom happens. And there WAS some shifting around getting to this age.

Which leaves Spider
Gonna have to get serious about finding her a home now that everyone else is gone. Of course, Wombat will miss her terribly, but maybe she'll develope some manners if she has to deal with adult dogs rather than a pup that is half her size!

Have I Mentioned...

These are Smart Puppies
It's almost noon, the door to the outside via the deck is wide open, the pups (who LOVE it outside) are loose... and they're all IN the house. Even Wonbat who was born and raised outdoors. Several of them are chewing on my fairly new straw broom... I get a new one before every litter... but the rest are lying in front of the floor fans. When I say it's hot here, you can believe it!

TWO Smart Puppies
Yesterday the crew was here cutting the grass. And last evening when I went to bring the pups inside, two of them were outside the fence. I thought they had widened the hole under it which they started after the rain earlier this week. One, Elliott, was standing outside the front gate yipping to let me know he couldn't get in. The other one was all the way on the opposite side of the yard, at the back gate. As soon as she saw me, she came tearing all the way around the fence to the front and waltzed right in. Now, THAT is pretty smart for a little bitty 11 weeks old infant no matter what the species! By the way, that pup was... Dora the Explorer (aka Remy.)

And they had not finished the escape route under the fence. The back gate... where Remy was waiting when I went outside... was unlatched. The pups managed to squeeze thrugh to get out but couldn't figure out how to open it enough from their side to get back in. I wouldn't have found it for a while except Ost and Rida got out this morning and I caught him wiggling his butt back in. (Rida, like the puppies) came in the front gate.)