Low posting for this month

As you probably notice blog hasn't been updated too much. Lot of life stuff getting in way.

Grandpa getting worse after surgery. :\ He's diabetic and has some of his toe taken off. That went well except for the thing he pulled out of himself which made him go back to the hospital. I forgot what it was called. He was so confused.

He is to point where he doesn't remember his daughter/my mom.. :\

This morning he is a bit mad and being hard to handle.

Mom had go on errands so she went to see if she could help calm him down.

Saya turned four Yesterday. She got a nice walk and ate rabbit yummy. She also had fun greeting a guest that came by.

The surgery has been done so can't do much about it, but I think it would been best to not have done it. His quality of life has went way down recently. It's sad.

Previous surgery he was confused for couple days and recovered back to normal mental state, but it's been while and he is way worse so his Alzheimer must took turn for the worst.

Anyways I hope he gets better mentally, but I don't think he will it'll take a miracle if he gets better.

I'll try post more soon. I'm hoping to buy honest kitchen zeal soon so I'll post my thoughts on it when it comes.

Cost of things March 2013

                     Cost of things of March 2013

• FOOD: $12.61
• TREATS: $0
• ACCESSORIES & MISC: $0
• VET/MEDICAL: $0

TOTAL: $12.61

Food:Bought two packs of turkey wings that were on a decent sale and beef ribs.

I'm not fan of heavy bones, but Saya is good about just getting the meat off so I got it and it was on sale.

$5.83 for beef ribs, $6.78 for the wings each pack had three wings in it. I cut the wing tip off and froze it individually. also cut ribs apart and froze individually.

Treats:Still have some home made treats and mom bought dog treats so didn't cost anything for me
Accessories: No toys or accessories yet

Vet/Meds: No vet visit this month. April she is going so we'll see how much it costs.. Need get heartguard and going to try frontline to see if it works on ticks this time and doesn't make her loose outer coat like advantix 2 did..

I'd love to walk her in field during spring and summer, but ticks are bad in the field. Too numerous and she is so thick coated it is impossible to be 100% on finding them all.. :(

I see people do this a lot so I'll try to keep better track.

I've been enjoying the warmer weather, but rain is making it hard to walk or do yard work.. :\ Need to weed the flower and veggie gardens.

Saya the treeing shiba inu and day 3 on amazing grass

Saya smiling in this picture because she had wonderful day yesterday.Why was it wonderful? She chased a squirrel up tree.

Before I let the dogs out I tried to give the squirrels chance to get to the woods and stuff well they all ran to the woods. I guess this one figured pear tree was good enough to run up.

I let dogs out to enjoy the morning while I did some stuff. I come walking down with bird seeds and the squirrel jumped off the pear tree that is at side of the house. Saya gives chase squirrel panics and runs up closest tree which is bit closer to the woods, but not enough.

Saya whines at it barks at the squirrel and puts her paw on the tree rinse repeat few times and the squirrel wanted to escape goes to the tree closest to the house and hangs there for a bit Saya coarse follows it to the tree. She climbed the stairs to the back deck coarse not high enough.

Squirrel makes leap to the ground and escapes to the woods on the right if your facing the house.

Saya didn't notice so she looked up whined a bit and checked the other trees the squirrel used to be on.

Monday is when she treed her first squirrel. We had very deep snow about 9inches maybe I forgot. She actually caught up to the squirrel, but it sunk into the snow a bit and Saya kept looking for it in the snow.

She did grab it, but it got loose with some missing fur on it's tail..

Chase was back on and the squirrel got to the tree chattering away at me and Saya it wasn't too happy.

I'm pretty impressed with her as she did good job keeping it on the tree. If I was a squirrel hunter type I'd have two squirrels by now as there were some clear shots..

Though squirrel season is not going on so I think that would be illegal? I could be wrong. Either way I'm not interested in squirrel right now.

Today is day three of the amazing grass green super food stuff. This morning I had it mixed with milk again and I don't mind the taste with it in milk I have to stir it a bit after a bit.

I also had a egg mixed with some spinach too yummy.

For lunch I made a smoothie and had some potatoes, broccoli, carrots, and left over cooked salmon.

The smoothie tasted really good I put half orange, apple, banana, little bit of blueberries, strawberries, pineapple, mango, tiny bit of raw honey, and cranberry juice.

The blender actually worked this time and didn't leak. I think we'll need new blender soon as it has leaked some which isn't fun.

I like the product so far they do have other flavors and even original which probably taste really grassy with no chocolate or berries..

They have samples of each flavors which I plan to try eventually.

I think I'll stick with chocolate though. The samples are inside a cup it does cost some money, but good way to taste test to find which you like best..

I do feel a bit more energized now, but who knows could be placebo effect..

If it is ah well makes good addition for my smoothies.

I'm not one to take daily supplements I don't like them and from the nutrition label this seems to have a good amount of nutrition in it and even has pre and probiotics.

So I feel the supplement is more natural versus multivitamin type pill..

I do still take fish oil, but besides that I don't plan to take any.

Amazing grass:Chocolate green super food arrived.

Amazing greens stuff came today. :) I got it from amazon as they coarse have it for lower amount then the company selling it for.. $32.46 compared to $49.99.

I opened it up to see how it looks the powder is chocolate color since I got chocolate.. I'm thinking it'd be green if I got the original formula.

I tasted tiny bit of the powder and it tasted pretty good.

It comes with a scoop it's a little buried in the stuff.

Coarse today is day one on trying this we'll see if the claims it makes is true or not.

I do like the taste so if anything I'll get it from Amazon as it's lower priced and use to mix with my smoothies to give it a boost.

Especially with mowing season begins I'm going to be the main one mowing the fields which is a lot of work doing 16acres.. We only mow whole thing once a year.

I also got a protein bar for free it's not from amazing grass it's called kind +. I'm not one to eat protein bars, but it was free so I thought I'd try it.

                                             Ingredients of the product.

Yeah it has barley grass, wheat grass, alfalfa, and tons other ingredients.. Does have spirulina which I read is supposed to be good for you.

I seen spirulina and few pet supplements and read about it some..

I had my first cup with dinner.. I mixed it with milk it doesn't taste too bad not super sugary like chocolate milk, but drinkable at least.

I think it be more better blended as a smoothie.

Dinner for me was pork chop, mashed potatoes, broccoli, and carrots yummy.

Saya had 2.24oz lamb kidney, tiny bit of sweet potato, tiny bit of caned dog mix, honest kitchen, and joint supplement. Yummy. Saya loved it of coarse.

Bella had usual kibble and bit of caned dog food mix and sweet potatoes.

Tomorrow she'll get turkey thigh and some organs and caned dog food mix.

Nice walk in snow before spring.

We got some more snow which dogs enjoyed. I'm looking forward to spring and hope we don't get anymore as I worry about our fruit trees.

We went on usual walk today and had a lot of fun and it was much easier to walk in the snow as it melted down some so it wasn't so high.

Bella did well on her walk and had a good exercise. Saya coarse did good on walk. First walk Bella was on leash and Saya off and second walk Saya on leash and Bella off.

Bella showed interest in a leaf so we had fun with it for a bit.

 

Saya decided to lay down on one of the rounds so me and Bella kept walking the trails while she enjoyed the snow.

Good thing we had such nice walk today too as temps will be getting in the 40F and 50F so snow will be gone in few days.

I'm expecting a package tomorrow. I got this product called Amazing green Chocolate Green SuperFood.





I got it for $32.42 versus 49.99 It supposed to boost immune system, detoxifies and few other benefits.

Ingredients seems good I never tried any supplement like this especially one that has wheat grass, barley grass, alfalfa in it..

I picked the chocolate one I figured it taste good and if not I'm sure blending it with banana and some fruit would help.

I try to not go to nuts on vitamins as I prefer to get it from diet. Eating good meats, veggies, fruit and so on.

I'm doing very well diet wise, but I figure it be nice to have on hand especially if I travel and don't have chance to get enough veggies or fruit or for nice snack. 

Plus I thought I'd try it who knows maybe it'll give me even more of a boost of energy.

The who grasses and stuff might be a nutrition fad who knows. I thought I'd give it a trial for myself and see for myself if it taste good and how I feel after having it once a day.

It'll be here tomorrow so I'll see how I like it full review tomorrow when it comes along with pictures on how it looks.

I'll probably mix it in milk at first to see if it taste good with just milk.

Groundhog is back!

Today I did usual took dogs on walk then did some yard work while dogs explored some and relaxed..

I found out why Saya has been adamant about checking the shed at least once when outside.

A groundhog is under there. :(

I got two, but apparently there was three or maybe this one is new one coming in to the hole..

I really need to block that area darn cats go under it and groundhogs..

I was sitting on chair while Saya was laying down and Bella was chewing on meaty lamb leg bone. She finished it today. I saw it run from the shed to the field. I was taken back because I thought I was done with it.

Once the two were gone I had no veggies being eaten.. Maybe this one was more sneaky I dunno. I'll need take care of it especially before we plant veggies. 

Soon will be removing the mulch off the bog.

Anyways Bella has been on Totw:southwest canyon kibble for while so far she has done well on it poop wise and no gas coming from her which is good.

Energy wise is same as when she is one wellness core ocean. She seems to like the taste of it too.

She is getting low on it so I've started switching her to wellness core.

Turkey and chicken is the protein of the kibble. I haven't fed this since we first switched her to adult kibble.

Dink had issue with it so we switched to core ocean. I think Dink had issue with cooked turkey.

Bella did fine on it I think, but been long time so can't remember too well.

She has just started so we'll see how she does on this kibble.

She enjoys raw and cooked chicken and turkey with no stomach upset so hopefully kibble form is fine..

Next kibble I plan to do is fromm or some other brand probably duck formula or beef.

 

Spring is coming.2

Flowers are coming up

Weather has warmed up some 35F to 40F and sometimes in the 50F or so which is nice.

Coarse warm weather means ticks are out. I hate ticks.

Saya will need to go to the vet to get some more heartguard and I plan to try frontline plus again see if it works this time. advantix Saya lost under coat, but frontline plus didn't work at all.

If it doesn't work after couple months I'm done with both frontline plus and advantix.

Pear tree getting ready to bloom soon

The pear tree is getting ready to bloom which be nice to get some pears. I hope we don't get any bad frost that will ruin it..

One day out of this week we have rain/snow showers hopefully we don't get it.

I've mainly been doing minor yard work taking stuff to compost like leaves and compost stuff from the bucket in the garage..

Today I picked up Bella's number twos and Saya was hanging out back, but when I got done picking it up she moved to the side of the house.

I then played fetch and tug with Bella for a bit then headed to the dock to relax.

Dogs coarse followed and explored the area.

Saya does really well off leash sometimes I think she isn't a shiba. haha

Not sure why she is good, but I'm happy. Probably thanks to being where I am as I can practice it more often.

Compost is doing good and well composting stuff. I enjoy it as it keeps a lot of things out of the trash like coffee grounds, tea, ashes from the fire place, stuff from food I don't eat, banana peels and so on.

The turning compost sucks the crank broke on my so it no longer works well. :\

I plan to get another squire compost as it works just as good though turning the compost can be hard, but it does good job.

The bin on the right is done composting it practically looks like dirt..

I'm keeping the turning compost as I plan to try to fix it so I can lock the lid better and just turn it by hand somehow if it doesn't work out I'll use it for something eventually or trash it.

Bella loves her bison hide

Bella is doing better off leash too she listens and doesn't go as nuts like she used to which is good I don't want to get gray hair early in my life.

Bella is off!

Amazing how fast Bella can run she is now much more mature and when she runs she keeps it in the yard.

Though I think her runaway troubles was a mix of hypothyroidism and not being treated correctly by my dad..

He was having some emotional issues and he'd go sleep on the couch instead of his room like normal person and Bella being goofy friendly boxer puppy she coarse wanted to lick his face and be petted..

He yelled at her very loud way to loud for any sort of correction. Which sent Bella into shaking mess.

I was pissed, but couldn't say anything as a daughter is always wrong and below her dad.. Well that is how I feel my dad thinks of me..

Sure I understand to respect my parent's I do, but when I put up with what I put up sometimes it is hard and sometimes daughter is right.

I think it was due to meds he was taking dumb doctor kept over medicating him on things plus his drinking did not help.

Since being on the medicine Bella is less lethargic and less flighty she acted scared a lot which is due to hypothyroidism I think. Before the meds Bella mainly layed on the couch did nothing and now she is active and happy.

I've told the vet about Bella's running and he says that is symptom of hyperthyoidism.. She has had blood checks and she is fine no need change meds.

I dunno what exactly is reason for her running, but I don't think things are so clear cut on it.

I'm glad she is better and dad is no longer changing medicines so much so he is stable mostly his only issue is he repeats himself sometimes..