With enough of this stuff I could rule the world
For those who’ve been with me for awhile you probably remember that Gizmo finally came home from the ICU a week ago now. He’s steadily making progress. It’s slow, but it’s happening. The day after he got home, he lost a couple of teeth. Funny how almost starving and dehydrating to death will do that to do a body.
Before the incident, all of our pack usually ate the primo dry food from Costco. Everybody was happy with it; and it could be bought at a reasonable price in 40 lb bags. Not to mention Nate picks it up for us when he’s doing a big shopping there and usually just drops it by here since we live so close. But I digress….
Since Gizmo lost those teeth I thought perhaps that dry kibble might be more difficult for him to eat. So I started looking around for an alternative and came across this- It’s called Red Barn Beef Formula. The label states that it’s over 69% pure beef, beef lung and liver. No corn, soy or beets. They need less of it, so they poop less. Not that cleaning up after Giz has been a huge problem anyway.
I had seen dog food in a chub before; but it had always been at a Petsmart type place and always refrigerated. This was just sitting on a shelf at Tractor Supply Co. You know who had decided we needed to go there to “check things out”. And no, we don’t have a tractor; but why would that matter to Doug?
For once I was happy that he’d made a stop that I’d deemed totally unnecessary. I was intrigued and decided to get a roll for Gizmo. It’s $5 a roll. However since Gizmo, is under 10 lbs, it said to give him between 1/4″ and 1″ per day. A roll will last him over 10 days I calculated. But would he eat it?
OMG! This stuff should actually be labeled Crack for Dogs!
I’ve never seen anything like it! The entire pack went nutso when I opened it. And the nice thing is that you can cut through the package easily with a big knife and once opened you don’t have that God awful canned pet food smell left in your frig. I just put a piece of foil over the end, put it back in the frig and it’s good to go. Sadly, I cannot afford to keep all 5 on it right now. If I could, I would. So it’s just Gizmo that has it for his main food every day.
I use small slivers of it to get the rest to comply with whatever I want. They see me slicing tiny pieces of it and go to their crates, just waiting for it. I’m telling you, if I ever get enough of this I could control every dog in the world. And then if they had opposable thumbs, I’d be set.
This is some good shit. Plus your furry one isn’t left with canned dog food breath. (Doug says it smells like ham). Gizmo is thriving on it.
Anyway, just wanted to share the discovery of a great product. I’m not sure if cats could eat it too. If you’re a cat person you might ask your vet or call the company.
BTW- I’ll have a big post with new photos of Giz soon.
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If that stuff tastes and smells so good — maybe it could be a back-up as hors-doevres for unexpected guests! Triscuit and Red Barn — mmmmmm — .
Hmmm. That may not be bad idea. When sliced it kinda looks like a terrine anyway. Besides, I trust Gizmo’s taste implicitly. I heard once that beef lung is eaten by bipeds in France. So there you go!
Think I would have to call it something other than ‘lung’ before I’d try it. However, I do know if I was starving…? Had a very poor (money-wise – not spiritually) friend years ago who had 4 cats — and she fed them – and I suspect/know – herself the catfood. When I cooked for my family I would cook extra for her — and I suspect (yet again) she was feeding the cats the people food as well. She and the cats seemed quite healthy and cheerful. Could have been an act on her part — but you can’t misinterpret cats cheerfulness!!
The French also eat snails and tripe (guts) so that says if you put a mystery definition and lots of butter on it?????
Add garlic to almost anything and I’m in. Doug’s dad worked for a little while for some company that also made dog food. According to him, all pet food has to be fit for human consumption. Five star cuisine. I ‘d think not; but perfectly safe, so I’ve beern told.