Steadfast Stanley from John Cody Kim / corgi searches for his boy during zompie apocalypse

Not much to blog about today, but found this video it is adorable!

Steadfast Stanley is a wonderful animated short about a corgi searching for his human in the zombie apocalypse. It was made by a third year CalArts student John Cody Kim.



I'm bit of a zombie fan love walking dead, night of living dead etc..

I think walking dead gotta be my favorite comic and tv series.

I'm currently playing the Telltale game:The walking dead and I love it a lot it's a point and click type of game that is what telltale games is known for.. I'm currently playing the second season.. Sadly only episode 1 and 2 is out. Episode 3 comes out soon sometime in May no solid release date..

I downloaded the season pass for season 1 & 2 on the ps3..

The wait for new episode does suck, but luckily I got other things that keep me busy books, other games and chores etc.

I loved season one it was fun and whole choice thing is cool. Though either way ending is same, but characters do act bit differently depending on choices.

Season 2 is turning out to be interesting can't wait to play it all. Playing a kid is interesting..

New kibble for Bella

Tiny flowers on our walk

Yesterday I ordered a new kibble to try. It's a relatively new brand for USA.

Ingredients seem pretty good and the sample I got Saya and Bella liked it. Bella usually has to smell any new kibble or treat given and this she went right to eat it.

Saya is raw fed I don't think I'd ever switch her to kibble unless something dramatic happened, but she's been doing well on raw diet since she was 8months and I can afford it so I plan to keep her on it.

I did a small trail to see how would Saya do the samples they send have two cups in it not bad amount for sample.

A cup is about her serving size so I fed Saya the farmina herring kibble for two days no transition and poop was fine no loose poop. she only did #2 once, but she was out off leash while I did yard work so she could have gone second. She is pretty good with eating variety of things and transitions to new proteins and things pretty well so it wasn't too big surprise.

Piece of hornet hive flew off and landed her during a storm..

Bella walking besides me she sometimes walk in front, off leash or besides.

So far Bella is doing well on her current kibble, but I'm curious about this new one. So far what I read it is good stuff and ingredients seem good. The grain and grain free lines look good.

Bella current food is Totw:High prairie.  The formula i ordered is Farmina:Chicken & ancestral grains

They have a lamb formula, but is currently not out yet. I might try that next.
















Totw:High Prairie Ingredients:
Bison, lamb meal, chicken meal, sweet potatoes, peas, potatoes, canola oil, egg product, roasted bison, roasted venison, natural flavor, tomato pomace, ocean fish meal, potato protein, salt, choline chloride, dried chicory root, tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries, yucca schidigera extract, dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus casei fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus plantarum fermentation product, dried Trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation extract, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, niacin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin (vitamin B2), vitamin D supplement, folic acid.










Guaranteed Analysis:
Protein: 32% Minimum, Fat: 18% Minimum
Calcium: 2.1%, as-fed; Phosphorus: 1.4%, as-fed
Calories: 3,719 kcal/kg (370 kcal/cup) Calculated Metabolizable Energy



Farmina:Chicken & grains Ingredients:
Deboned chicken, dehydrated chicken (source of glucosamine & chondroitin sulfate), whole spelt, whole oats, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), dehydrated egg product, herring (source of glucosamine & chondroitin sulfate), dehydrated herring (source of glucosamine & chondroitin sulfate), dried beet pulp, herring & salmon oil blend (preserved with mixed tocopherols), dried carrots, sun-cured alfalfa meal, chicory root extract, fructooligosaccharide, yeast extract (source of mannan-oligosaccharides), dehydrated pomegranate, dehydrated apple, dehydrated spinach, psyllium seed husk, dehydrated blackcurrant berry, dehydrated sweet orange, dehydrated blueberry, salt, brewers dried yeast, turmeric, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, ascorbic acid, niacin, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, biotin, folic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, choline chloride, beta-carotene, zinc proteinate, manganese proteinate, iron proteinate, copper proteinate, selenium yeast, DL-methionine, taurine, L-carnitine, aloe vera gel concentrate, green tea extract, rosemary extract.


Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein (min): 30.00%; Crude Fat (min): 18.00%; Crude Fiber (max): 2.90%; Moisture (max): 10.00%; Ash (max): 6.80%; Calcium (min): 1.20%; Phosphorus (min): 0.95%; Omega-6 Fatty Acids* (min): 3.30%; Omega-3 Fatty Acids* (min): 0.90%; Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA*) (min): 0.50%; Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA*) (min): 0.30%; Glucosamine* (min): 900mg/kg; Chondroitin Sulfate* (min): 600mg/kg. *Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.

I'd love to put her on full raw diet she loves it, but for now can only do am kibble and pm raw and it seems to work for her right now.

She gets variety of items like chicken quarters, pork ribs, parts from a whole chicken, pork shoulder roast, boneless pork, ground chicken, ground beef, beef heart, beef, chicken, pork, lamb liver, lamb kidney, beef thymus, deer liver, heart, lung, pancreas, tripe, fish, and once in while beef tongue.

She's in good weight and energy. Lean and fast..

Oh yeah the mower stopped part of it broke it's just crappy mower been giving us issues for long time I think it was bad one when we bought it.. riding mower is important as cutting the fields takes even longer with push mower!

I hope repair people can fix it and it isn't too pricey.

Luckily I got the yard and almost all the first field done. so just gotta finish the first field and the second field trails.

Saya pouncing on a mouse or something.

Bella still has a decent bit of Totw so once she is low I'll start transitioning. I'll write back if she does well. I hope she does. The kibble does have good smell the herring one had a fish smell to it Saya went nuts over it.

Happy Birthday to Saya

                                             

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                       {._._._._.}     BIRTHDAY SAYA!
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Today Saya is five years old. :) Crazy how fast they grow.. Her plans of the day 

is relax in morning watch me cook some kibble topper stuff for Bella and if weather

holds go for nice walk full of ticks.. darn ticks are all over the place in 

the field, woods, and by the pond. I was hoping the extra cold winter would have 

helped with numbers.

The stuff I'm cooking Saya gets it too as nice small snack. I'll make a blog post 

on it later when it is done.

Saya gets beef thymus and sardines for her meals today also a dog cup cake I made 

for Bella's birthday. The batch made enough that each dog gets 15 cupcakes and 

that's a lot so I froze them.

It has pumpkin in it and for icing I mixed plain greek yogurt with peanut butter. 
If the two know there is cupcake in their bowl thawing out they get excited. 

I've been giving them every once in while and still got plenty so Bella and Saya 

will get it as a nice desert.

Spring is nice despite the ticks flowers and nice weather makes it worth it.

Feeling better! :D

Bella has been on her med for good while and she is feeling better day after the vet visit she acted more perky. Still loose poop, but not too bad.

Yesterday her #2 had bit more form to it and today it's even better. She's still on antibiotics so she'll probably not be 100% on poop till she is done with it. Still waiting to hear back on if the pus came back as anything bad.

The bump went way down since the vet visit so I'm hoping the issue cleared up now.

She is back to being playful, alert and begging for belly rubs.

Saya is healthy as usual well besides her spinal issue, but that doesn't seem to put damper on her she is still happy, active and stuff. She gets joint supplements and it seems to help.

Saya loves her sardines, herring and quail. April 29th will be her birthday! She'll be five years old.

I plan to give her beef thymus, and sardines for her meal and a dog cup cake I made on Bella's birthday.. I made so many I froze them so I just take out to thaw then give. They like them frozen too nice summer treat.

Crazy week! D:

 Well this week has been crazy Fridge not fitting, but luckily taking base boards out worked. We didn't think about the baseboards adding a bit for length. Ah well lesson learned.

Wednesday Bella started to have loose poop in the pm she hasn't gotten into anything in the house she's been much better behaved and no odd stuff in the field, but who knows. She did eat grass a few times when we were hanging outside Tuesday and some on walk. Spring being here grass is new and exciting..

Thursday morning sometime she vomited foam it had grass in it.

She's been getting same brand of kibble and haven't had any raw treats or raw meals.. I got her some pre and probiotics from ark natural gentle digest stuff on Wednesday. coarse soon as I noticed the loose poop I fed her a bland diet. it helped some, but still not 100%

Thursday She stayed same loose poop once in while watery so we got her a vet appointment the next day.

Friday she was bit more calmer didn't try to get in mom's lap to cuddle or try to lick her still same loose poop.

I noticed after mom left she was limping on her right back foot I checked her foot pad and inbetween no cuts, thorns or anything. I had her lay on the couch to rest for bit. I then headed upstairs to make small lunch and she coarse had to follow me up and she was slow climbing the stairs I went to help her and carried her up it.. 56-58lbs of pure boxer muscle.. hehe

I checked again and saw a bump on the leg she was favoring it was soft. Luckily she had the appointment.

This how she walked no pressure on this foot she kept it up when walking or standing she could site or lay down fine.. Poor girl.

Finger for size reference. I'm sure this was reason for her limp. The vet checked the stool sample and said no signs of parasites or anything too bad like infection..

She took some fluid from the bump to send off to be tested and prescribed some meds for her.

So far she has made a total improvement with walking she is putting pressure on it and not acting tired well after the vet visit she was sleepy too much excitement greeting all the people. Today she is back to her old crazy happy boxer self.

Still not 100% good on her poop. It is better though it's not as frequent and is loose not liquid. Still not as formed as should be, but it's an improvement over before.

She is taking her meds fine hiding it in cheese seems work good. She gets the probiotic on her food and she eats that no issue.

I'm hoping tomorrow she'll show more improvement poop wise. Eventually once good I'll slowly work back her kibble into her meals.

Dad wanted to feed her just kibble this morning luckily mom heard it and stopped him.

I hope the stuff the vet sent in is nothing bad and the antibiotics help. Coarse antibiotics can cause diareah, but hopefully the pro and prebiotics help little.

The bump has gone down which is good.

Crazy month

Well in Feb I broke the camera.. That sucked accidentally dropped it.

We eventually got a new camera this one has video which is nice.

Got Saya 4lbs of beef thymus and 3lbs of beef heart maybe bit more I forgot how much it weighed. Payed about $17 for it all.

The beef sweetbreads(thymus) gone up in price was $1.49lb now is $2.99lb. Heart is still about the same I don't mind the price hike it's not too bad. one person said thymus was 5$lb where they are so I rather $2.99lb..

Been while since I gotten thymus need to be sure I keep it in stock.

I usually rotate it with kidneys. one week she gets thymus and the next kidney.

Beef Thymus fed frozen nice warm weather treat. hehe

Well as usual when it rains it pours.. Fridge has been on the fritz lately it came with the house so I'm sure it is old.. It was leaking water and just down right annoying food would get lost in it.

We got a new one coarse mom forgot to measure the baseboard and in order to fit the fridge in had to take it out. coarse after that it still needed half inch more.. Crazy.. We got the counter out by the fridge so it would fit.

Just gotta trim the counter so it can fit without an issue.. we'll see how that goes.

I like the fridge and it roomy and well lighted. freezer is at bottom decent space. No need for water jug in fridge since the fridge has one in it. so that saves room in the fridge.

Other crazy thing during winter storms our pussy willow had some branches that grew too close to roof and it rubbed on it which damage the roof some. :\ Repairmen from the company that put it up came and fixed it coarse gotta pay that luckily we have replacement roofing shingles in case stuff like this happened so was just charged for fixing it so it was bit less if they had to bring material over.

Back to dog related stuff Saya has had two quail from her quail collection.. so 46 left to go.

Crazy the amount I ordered, but Saya loves whole quail and it should last good bit.

I count it as bone in item it has pretty much everything, bone, organs, meat, blood and even extra feathers.. Saya only eats the feathers surrounding the quail she leaves the ones on the wing.

What remains of the quail..

 Saya has had her sardines before and she loves them she had them canned before, but never raw. The herring she didn't like as much at first Not sure why, but I kept offering it and eventually mixed cut up pieces of herring into her egg, or ground meat. She'd eat it mixed with something and eventually I offered it plain and she ate it.

Glad she decided she liked it as I got a lot. If she didn't then Bella would get all the herring.

Today she slept in the whole fridge event. Bella was put in the basement till we were done.

We went for nice walk afterwards and on way back I saw a great blue heron in the yard we came home different way to not scare it so I could attempt a decent pic.

The heron comes to the pond every so often probably eats some fish maybe a garter snake or who knows. I don't mind there is plenty of fish for us and any animals that want it.

Today Saya got egg for breakfast plus joint supplements and salmon oil for dinner she got sardines. Yummy.

Saya liked the cooler temps today it snowed some this morning! It's melted now. Luckily the flowers seem fine and the fruit trees haven't flowered yet so they're fine.

second hare today order

Again haven't posted in while seems like either something chaotic happening or just don't feel up to posting something or too busy.

Anyways I had ordered some yummy stuff from hare today. Luckily it's close enough it comes in good time. This is second time ordering from them first time I did a variety of items. It was nice to try the different things.

This time I only ordered three different things. Whole herring, whole sardines and quail.

The fish I bought four of them each and quail six. Fish is 2lbs so good bit of fish. Quail is 8 per bag so not bad.

Saya loves fish never had whole raw sardines or herring before she has had canned sardines.

She loved the quail from last time I got it. It has shipped today and should be here sometime in Wednesday or any day after that.

I also ordered 2lb back of ziwipeak had coupon so got free shipping and 20% off had order a bit extra stuff to get the free shipping. I got a 5lb bag of kibble to use as training treats.

I'll write more as things come.