Stopped in a pet store to buy doggy toothpaste and a new six foot leash

[conuly]

Came out with two each duck and chicken feet, lamb and pig ears (each dog liked a different body part more, so that's nice and even), and also a bag of Himalayan dog chews. And a new 6 foot leash.

Forgot the toothpaste.

The bag for the Himalayan dog chews says the ingredient list includes cow milk, yak milk, lime juice, and salt. It then continues "no chemicals or preservatives". Excuse me, exactly what do you guys think "salt" is if not a chemical and a preservative? Not to mention that lime juice.

The dogs are intensely interested in having it, but not in chewing it. Dogs are very strange animals, and I'm still weirded out by the fact that they don't purr.

Comments

[miss_s_b]

OMg those Himalayan things! Roxy and Spike both go nuts for them.

[conuly]

Perhaps I'll mail them to you, then - MP and Finn aren't that interested.

[miss_s_b]

You want me to paypal you some money? Postage might be prohibitive

[conuly]

If postage is too much, I'll just freecycle it.

[dogstar]

You can usually get raw chicken and duck feet in any good Asian market for WAY CHEAPER than the pet store- I usually pay about $0.29/pound here in Texas, and a pound of chicken feet is A LOT OF CHICKEN FEET. (Duck feet are more but not a ton- I think I paid $0.59 last time? But they had more leg on them, too) They make GREAT doggie dental floss because of all the connective tissue....

[conuly]

I don't really want raw, though, especially with Moonie's propensity for hiding her treats under my pillow.

[ex_inklessej388]

Wait, isn't salt a mineral? Also, isn't lime juice an organic compound?

[conuly]

Sure. Doesn't mean they're not chemicals. And they're certainly preservatives! At least the salt is, I suppose the lime juice might just be flavoring.

[smile_n_cuddle]

Haha! Are you used to cats? How'd you wind up with dogs?

[conuly]

Well, Moonpie was easy. Eva (younger niece) wanted a dog really, really a lot. She begged constantly for months and months. Eventually we went to a shelter to get a dog. We tried one run by the ASPCA, but the woman in charge was - oy. So we went to Animal Haven, a small shelter in Chinatown. And that went well, and we got Moonpie on our second try. This was in December.

As for Finn, the whole sorry story is on my journal several times by now, because I am just incensed at it, but long story short the people who owned him were neglectful, and after the second time we found him out with no tags, no id, no nothing we took him to the shelter, as we told those people we would. And we did leave a note on the porch, and now we've adopted him! Legally and everything.

(Edit: To be very clear, it wasn't just the fact that they didn't supervise this poor animal and keep him from escaping multiple times over the past year - something they admitted to themselves! That was just the icing on the cake.)

[smile_n_cuddle]

Aww! They are new family members. So sweet, and good on you for taking in poor Finn! <3

[chanter1944]

It probably doesn't help if I say that the fuzzball in the icon did purr, does it?

... To be fair, it wasn't a cat purr, it was this adorable snort/purr/sigh thing, usually when he was getting petted. I'm told it's very much an individual dog quirk, and often a retriever thing. Oh God was it cuuuuuuute!

[willnot_willso]

Of course you forgot the toothpaste! Isn't that just life? :D

[sareini]

I used to bring pig ears for my brother's dogs every time I visited. They were always much appreciated. Which also reminds me to buy one tomorrow for the new dog when I visit next week.

[conuly]

I'm sure the dog will be glad :)

Purring dog

[polydad]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EzbRjloK7Q

Re: Purring dog

[conuly]

Aw!