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On the topic of kids's music - I really like Jack Johnson's Curious George soundtrack. 

Ohhh we have the movie, I bet the soundtrack is amazing.  I will have to check it out.Hav
 

Yes!  We have that one.  That's a great one!  And I'll add Laurie Berkner to that list.  She has some awesome kids songs too.  
 

Haven't heard of her.  I will have to check this one out too.

Hey Jazz (or whoever)  Tell me about the Raw Meat diet for dogs.  I've read some about it, but don't get how people afford it.

we looked into it but would have to butcher your own animals to keep cost down found the best dog food blue buffalo or chicken soup we use chicken soup

You can keep cost down in other ways too.  Get in good with butcher shops.  I buy bags of off brand chicken leg quarters from Walmart  Each 10 lb bag is 5 bucks.  Generally one bag will last about 7 days for my 60lb dog.  You can also get organs and organ meat by the pound there.  I use a solid gold multivitamin suppliment and give wild salmon fish oil capsuls mixed in to food.  I also have an organic meat supplier nearby.  She grinds full animals bone and all and packages them in individual 5 lb bags.   I can get buffalo, rabbit, duck, chicken, turkey, mackeral.  She also sells bags of chicken backs, turkey necks, chicken feet, and duck necks.  Some raw feeders don't believe in feeding ground meat for various reasons including nutritional value but I do the best I can for myself financially.  It will still always be better than kibble. 
 

Okay.. do you mean you feed them chicken soup?
 

This is a good food-4 stars.  My dog never liked it but the protein is not as high as I would like-only min. 24%.  If I were you, if you want to feed a dry dog food go to http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/  They break everything down for you.  Chicken soup has the same percent of protein as Blue buffalo.  I am not a fan of blue buffalo though.  After speaking with a rep I found that all of the good sources of protein aren't even in the cold formed bits.  What is the point of that when they aren't cold forming the most nutricious part of the food.  Of course I am also a food snob and both of these brands are much better than you can get at a local supermarket.  If I am in between feedings I generally feed Solid Gold-Barking at the moon 41% protein.  My dog likes it but I have seen many other dogs turn their noses up to it.  We tried taste of the wild in the past too but my dog is pretty picky and didn't like it.  It also had less protein so I didn't mind the switch.  There are many other good dog foods out there.  I would just do some research.  http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/ is the best place to start.

If you want to feed RAW EyeHeart is your girl she is the GURU in that dept.  She has everything figured out vitamin/supplement etc.  She has been feeding it for years with her dog.

If you are interested in the raw prey model diet I would join this group  http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfeeding/  It is VERY informational.  On a weekly basis my dog gets 1 cup-ish ground meat in the am with fish oil and vits and a chicken leg quarter, turkey neck, duck necks, or quail in the pm.  It is really not that much more expensive (if at all) if you can find good meat sources.

My 11yr old dog has a hypothyroid and when I started her on this diet 5 years ago she gained more energy, smells better, has clean teeth, poops less, shiny coat, and she actually had her thyroid meds dropped down to a lower dose after starting on it.  I can't even remember the last time I picked up poop out of my back yard because there is so little of it and it decentagrates into the ground very fast, it looks like Coyote poop.  I also don't feed vegetables other than once in a blue moon.  Some people feel it is nessesary.  I do not.  If you have any other questions feel free to PM me.

We are responsible what we feed our animals and if you go in blind, whether it be with dry dog food or a raw diet that is lacking nutrients it is our own fault.  I am not telling you how to do it.  Just sharing what I do.  Also, every dog is different and has different needs.

70%, that is an excellent dog food.   I fed that to my GSD for pretty much all of his life.  He lived to 14.5 years old... never had a health problem.

If I've killed them I'm going to cry!!!  I am starting to HATE HATE HATE digital thermometers.  I opened the incubator to turn and my Scovie eggs felt almost hot to the touch.  My digital says 99.  I turned and spritzed everyone and put in a plain jane thermometer and they are more like 101.5    We are on day 30!!  I candled one and saw movement but the guinea egg that is due to hatch any day didn't seem to be moving. 

Good to hear!!

Beautiful doggie, horse and house pics, everyone.

I got a call this morning to say that my dog had won a pet tricks competition at a local pet store (we went there on the weekend to buy him a new night time coat for winter). He was filmed doing a few tricks as part of the competition. We won a year's supply of dog food. But we don't feed him commercial food, we make up his food ourselves. Oh well, some other doggie will appreciate it. It was exciting to win, anyway :-) Now we are in the running to win a car, LOL. The dog can't drive so he'll have to give the car to me. The food that we won is Nutro Natural Choice. Anyone heard of that?

I just quoted EVERYBODY and it didn't post.  Good grief!  Just know that I responded to everyone.

Hi everyone . No Turkeys again . However this time alot of their birds are diseased so I think I'll be avoiding there for any bird purchases 

If I've killed them I'm going to cry!!!  I am starting to HATE HATE HATE digital thermometers.  I opened the incubator to turn and my Scovie eggs felt almost hot to the touch.  My digital says 99.  I turned and spritzed everyone and put in a plain jane thermometer and they are more like 101.5    We are on day 30!!  I candled one and saw movement but the guinea egg that is due to hatch any day didn't seem to be moving.