Happy Late Birthday Saya!

April 28 or 29th I forgot which need to check anyways she is now two years old!

Her Birthday treat was going to the mini farmer's market in the downtown area this Saturday she loves going and behaves so well with people there. Everyone just loves her and wants to pet her.

The meat, veggie, and fruit farmer was there I bought $41 worth of meat for saya all grass fed and free range!

146oz of meat sounds like a wonderful birthday gift for her!

I got her a lb of ground lamb, two things of lamb hear one of it was 8oz the other had a 8oz piece and a 6oz piece of heart in it, she also got lamb liver, beef heart, beef liver, beef tongue, beef kidney, pork tongue, pork heart, and pork liver.

Forgot how much of each I got her I guess we'll see once I get around to thawing and sorting it all out.

She has plenty of liver so probably will just sort the kidney, tongues and hearts and then do the liver once it's low.

I mostly got organs with some ground lamb since Saya has plenty of boneless pork, bone in items, and whole quail and whole saury(type of fish).

Saya at 8weeks tugging blanket out of crate

finally decent weather!

Saya hiding out in mom's new furniture

This week has been crazy! So rainy and stormy tornado warnings, watches etc.

The dog park we go to has been flooded from all the rain hopefully we get some dry weather.

This weekend we'll probably go to the park to walk around instead which is nice the dogs love walking in the park.




Saya's been doing good she was at the vet recently to have her ears checked and to get a shot since she'll be boarded soon.

She behaved so well when getting her ears checked and the shot she didn't shiba scream at all the vet said she was the most well behaved shiba they've had.

She also got weighed and she now weighs 21lbs she doesn't look fat so it must be gained muscle.

Yesterday she ate 9oz of pork roast and today she just got a chicken liver.

I plan to take them for a nice walk in the field which I hope stays clear and doesn't rain..

Farmer's market will open in May which is great! I love buying the meat for me and Saya.

Hopefully after the Louisiana trip we'll start going to it.

Sadly the farmer market doesn't allow dogs anymore probably thanks to the few jerks who bring dogs who don't behave. =(

Last year was the first year they did it coarse people still brought their little small dogs and some brought their big dogs too.

What made me mad was this one owner of a Pomeranian she had him on a long  leash about 20 feet of leash I believe. that dog walked everywhere got in people's way and even went and peed on the vendor's stall! I mean gross!

One lady at the farmer's market had a old looking pug that had long nails I mean they were long they started to curl it made me a bit sick inside to see the poor pug like that..

I loved the farmer's market it's great place to get meat, veggies and fruit from different local farmers lot of them have pretty good deals on their roasts, ground meats, organs and stuff.

When Saya was old enough had her shots I brought her to the market to meet people probably why she is so well behaved in public places and likes people is from going to the farmer's market.

I'd always made sure she peed and pooped before bringing her there and made sure she got some exercise too so she wasn't too crazy.

Sad other dog owners couldn't do the same.

I still plan to bring Saya at each farmer's market I go to I'll just walk on the side streets by it she got plenty of attention last year when I brought her. Once my mom was done buying her stuff I'd then go buy Saya her meats and organs.

Windy spring day

Today is a windy day we have a tornado watch till 10:PM. >.<

Saya went to the vets yesterday she weighs 21lbs now she was 20lbs. She is a muscle shiba inu very muscley and tank like. lol


She got a 75oz of a pork shoulder roast today ate about 3oz of it and also got a chicken foot with it.

Tomorrow she will get the roast again.

May will be here soon and Saya, Bella, and Dink will be boarding soon since we are going to Louisiana for my brother's graduation.

I hope my next trip to Louisiana after this one I can bring saya she loves traveling and would love to go visit my brother.

I plan to buy some frog legs, alligator meat, and maybe get some freezer burned meat from my  sister in law's family since they all hunt they might have freezer burned meat of deer, fish, pheasants that Saya can have.

I'll be boarding her at The dog house it looks great and the staff don't mind feeding raw and will even feed the dogs separately so they don't try to take each others food.

They've also boarded shiba inu before one owner has three shiba inu one which is blind which makes me happy they have experience with shiba inu.

The dogs there are also pretty quiet too some barked a bit but not too much.

I'll report how the dogs do when we pick them up..

Not much to report

Today was a cold rainy day.

The two dogs got one walk today. I played with Bella had her run around outside and she was tired.

Saya played with her flirt pole and stuff.

After the walk I checked for ticks Saya didn't have any she did have two, but I got them off during our walk easy to spot them on her white legs.

It took me atleast 10 or more minutes of checking every bit of Saya..

Bella coarse is very easy she's white single coated.

Tomorrow supposed to be decent so I'll be re potting my carnivorous plant bog. Soon I'll have two bogs. =)

Today I got my poke'mon heartgold soulsilver soundtrack came a bit later than my B&W sound track I love both of them..

I've been listening to my learn Japanese CD doubt I'll learn to speak it all by this CD, but it's a start. Eventually I plan to buy some books, and that rosetta stone CD thing too.

Saya's dog trainer's son too Japanese somewhere in the area so maybe she can direct me to where the class takes place. I wouldn't mind going if it means I'll learn Japanese.

I'd love to visit Japan and coarse knowing how to speak will be great make it easier to learn about shiba inu and other Nihon ken like Hokkaido.

I'd love to visit Hokkaido to meet the breeders and dog owners of the Hokkaido inu.

I'd also love to have one as a pet eventually once I get my own house and stuff.

Reason why I love feeding saya raw

This is a pork rib I fed her it was free range coarse she didn't eat it all at once it was spread out throughout the year she still has a couple ribs left.

 I started feeding Raw to Saya on March 22, 2009 for many reasons mostly because I thought it was best for her, seemed natural, and more variety than kibble.

Don't get me wrong I'm not anti kibble or kibble hater or anything I'm fine with it if it's of decent quality then go for it. Saya gets wellness core ocean and dog treats as treats and for training.

Saya's diet has been going great her coat is nice, she's happy, loves her meals sometimes she can be picky about things, but usually after offering it to her on various days she'll try it and start to like it.

Saya used to hate beef tongue, but now she loves beef tongue, pork tongue, and even lamb tongue same for beef heart. I don't feed those often usually when I get them is when the farmer's market is open I love buying her grass fed or free ranged meats I buy local farm meats for myself too.

Since going raw Saya started to reverse sneeze less and less which is of coarse good! She used to do it every night or during eating her kibble, but now she rarely does it anymore. She will reverse sneeze every once in a blue moon, but not often so that's good.

I really think raw boosted Saya's immune system a lot.

Saya's more able to jump higher too before she'd hesitate before jumping now she jumps on my bed with no issue, jumps a bit over her agility jump and even jumps up on fallen down trees before she had to crawl under it or I had to help her over it.

I love how much variety raw brings yesterday she ate lamb ribs, beef liver, and green tripe, today she got pork, tomorrow she's fasting and day after that gets ground sheep.

She really loves the whole prey quail I got from hare today also she loves the beef gullet and beef lung, ground goat, duck, and tripe.


Anyways just saying how much I love feeding raw diet I owe it to They are what they eat blog, Masakado shiba inu, and few other people that inspired me to look into what makes good kibble and about raw etc.

Another reason I started raw was due to all the kibble recalls I did tons of research and decided to do rotation for Saya's kibble meals.

It just got so annoying trying to figure out what was the best kibble to feed her I just said to myself screw this and eventually got a few packs of chicken thighs then later got ton of pork that was on sale, chicken breasts, chicken gizzards and hearts, and beef liver and kidney and got full on into raw.

I don't think I'll ever go back to kibble ever again if needed I'll home cook for my dogs if need be, but I just can't stand to put Saya or any of my future dogs onto kibble.

Saya's blowing her coat

Saya and Bella have been enjoying this warmer weather with me on my walks in my field and when I relax in the backyard the two usually walk around playing with their toys and then they relax with me.

Saya enjoys playing fetch with her toys, and when done she likes to lay under my chair.

Saya has started to blow her coat now and at the time is blowing on her legs and her chest so fair she has been enjoying being groomed.

Saya's birthday is on April 20ths I might get some ground elk, ostrich, and beef and make a yummy meat cake for her. Two chicken foot as candles also cooked smashed sweet potatoes as icing since she really loves cooked sweet potatoes.

May I'll be gone for a week will be boarding while I'm gone. I plan to board her at a really nice place they will feed raw just fine which is good and reviews have been good.

I bought some ground pre mixed raw for the time she'll be boarding I got it nicely packed so it'll be easy for them to take out with no need to guess or measure.

Bella our two year old boxer will be boarding with Saya too she is kibble fed so I worry Bella will eat her meal fast and steal Saya's I hope the staff will keep an eye so Saya can eat it with no issue..

The picture I posted is of Saya during her young years she's walking on top of a fallen tree in my woods.

Hi again!

Haven't posted in awhile almost been two years wow! =\

I'd hoped to update this more, but haven't due to my slow internet. Now my pc has been broken need to fix it hopefully I can get a decent internet speed so I can post more pictures and updates.

Anyways Saya will be raw fed for two years this March 22nd! can't wait!

She'll be getting whole quail for her special meal since she never had it before hope she likes it if not she might take a bit to like it we'll see.

Here's the quail I got.
http://hare-today.com/product_info.php?cPath=23_51&products_id=244

Saya also has beef lung, beef gullet to try she really loves the beef pancreas, green tripe, duck, goat and beef organ mix.

Can't wait to get more from hare today I'll have to try different stuff like the whole rabbit, pigs head etc.

I added a picture of one of Saya's meals I'll take pictures of Saya trying her quail out on March 22nd.