Feet!

Dinosaur foot?

I think turkey feet look so much like dinosaur feet it's funny! No wonder turkeys are tough birds!

Size comparison turkey on top weighs 5.29oz and chicken on bottom weighs 2.01oz.

Today Saya gets a turkey foot and 5.82oz of boneless goose for her meal Yummy this will be her first turkey foot Bella my boxer is main one who has eaten them as they're more her size..

The two items are frozen in the picture, but I let them thawed out before feeding them.

I had her eat outside it's cold outside, but she doesn't mind she loves the cold plus eating outside is fun. :)

Gives her something to occupy herself with while I do some yard work. I need haul up some wood to put into the garage to get ready for winter.

Made a ton of dog treats!

I spent a long time making this a lot of cooking, mixing, grinding and stuff.

I made a total of 7.36lbs of treats the weight includes the big ziplock and little ziplocks, but still a good bit of yummy dog treats!

I use usual fish fudge recipe and added few things to it to make it my own as usual..

I added about 4 or 5 eggs, three cans sardines, one caned tuna, the flour, and some oatmeal too.

I cooked beef, chicken and lamb liver, beef and lamb kidney, three things of beef thymus, two pieces of beef heart, tiny piece of beef tongue, chicken hearts.

I also cooked some boneless pork and then ground it and added it to the eggs and flour, I used coconut oil to cook the meat..

I then cooked the three small zip lock bags of cooked turkey it was frozen so I needed thaw it out before grinding it.

Few days ago I picked some yellow squash along with zucchini for us people.
I cooked the yellow squash along with bag of carrots, some green peppers, little bit of zucchini then once really soft I grind the veggies up.

With the yellow squash I only ground the middle part as the skin was really hard and I took the seeds out and cooked them with some seasonings on a cookie sheet in the oven they tasted pretty good liked baked pumpkin seeds. hehe

I also mixed in a caned of normal pumpkin not pumpkin pie kind. I thought It'd be fitting since Halloween is near plus the dogs like pumpkin.

I cooked the first batch and put the rest in containers to cook the next day.

Bella had gone with me to get the squash she took one so she had a yummy chew item. haha

I plan to check out this one dehydrator at this one place will make dehydrating hearts and boneless meat for treats easier..

And before the farmer's market closes I hope to get some more beef heart, tongue, liver, and kidneys too.

At the moment the freeze is full with the new treats added to it.

Luckily by then there should be room between Saya eating her normal meals and Bella getting her raw treats.

I like the fish fudge or well fish and meat treats they can be broken into small bits if I want to and don't smell too bad despite the organs in it..

This batch has some veggies and fruits in it which I think is good especially since they came from my garden well except for the caned pumpkin, but still..

The addition of the fruit and veggies made the batch bigger I did add a good bit of meat to it so it isn't all veggies or fruit.

Saya and Bella really enjoy the taste of these treats with the fruit and veggies or just the fish and meat.

I usually use the fish fudge for recall treat sometimes they get little bit of hot dogs, string cheese, or dehydrated chicken heart for recall treats both Saya and Bella loves it.

Notes of an east Siberian hunter came

Today the book Notes of an East Siberian hunter came! I'll have full review later as it's a big book.

I also ordered Hunting Laika Breeds of Russia too. I'm interested in Laika breed and how they hunt.

I still love Hokkaido dogs, shiba inu, shikoku and all the Japanese breeds, but I enjoy learning about different breeds I like.

One thing is for sure I'm getting a Hokkaido dog someday.

Dragon I drew today

It'll take awhile as this book is big and I don't read fast which is fine it'll keep me busy..

chicken feet and turkey feet

Saturday we picked up the dog's chicken and turkey feet sadly due to some regulation she can't keep the chicken heads which is too bad.. :\

I got 63 chicken feet and 14 turkey feet all for $11 which is nice deal.

She'll have more for me before end of October which once I get that it should last me till end of spring probably or end of winter we'll see.. She'll open back to sell meat in spring so that's good.

I like giving chicken feet as their good source of natural glucosamine.

I'm not sure if it helps with joints same as gucosamine supplements, but I think it's worth giving couple a week and Saya does enjoy them.

I give her the feet twice a week the turkey feet one turkey foot twice a week be enough as the turkey feet are much bigger then chicken feet they kinda look like dinosaur feet. hehe

 

Made dog treats

I recently ran out of dog treats so Tuesday night I made some more.

I didn't put any cooked ground fruit or veggies this time.

I had cooked a 4oz boneless pork 4 2.24oz of liver some was beef some chicken, some chicken heart.

I then mixed 1 mackerel, 2 cans of tuna 4cans of sardines with the canning water.in a large mixing bowl and added seven eggs to it. I probably overdid it on the eggs 4 probably been enough for what I did.

I then ground the cooked meat and mixed with the fish and eggs then cooked 4 bags of cooked turkey not sure how much it weighed probably 4 oz or so.

I used coconut oil to cook the meat can use any kind oil you prefer olive or whatever..

I also added table spoon of melted coconut oil to the mix too for extra flavor.

turkey cooked

pork and organs mixed with the caned fish and eggs

Once thawed and stuff I ground the turkey meat and then mixed with the fish, eggs, and meat mix.

Turkey meat and organs are all ground up and mixed.

I added a cup of oats and a cup of wheat flour can use any other kind of flour if need to. coconut flour is one I plan to try next time I run out of the treats..

I also put 1 clove of crushed garlic in it it's optional though

Here's what they look like when done this was from another time I made them, but they look same except no fruit or veggies in it.

I spread the mix on a greased cookie sheet I just used pam on it. and cook on 350F for 30 minutes then cut them into square shapes or whatever shape you want to make them.

cook for 5 more minutes and then should be done..

Here's the original recipe I found online..
2 small tins tuna in water OR 1 large can salmon in
water
2 eggs
1 tsp garlic powder (optional)
1.5 cups flour (all purpose, whole wheat, and oat all
work well)

Put fish (with canning water), eggs, and garlic in a
blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into bowl and add
flour, mix well. Press into a greased 9x9 baking dish
and bake at 350F for half hour. Half way through baking,
 cut into squares and continue baking. When done, allow
to cool, remove from pan and break into pre cut squares.
Store in the fridge in an airtight container.

Saya got a chicken quarter Sunday

I gave Saya a chicken quarter Sunday and got video of it. took it with my 3ds so it only recorded so much so it's in three parts.

part one 3:40 minutes


Part two 2:56 minutes


part three 0:49..


I haven't been feeding chicken too much which I really need to get some Saya does like it.

Being such big meal she got a small meal on Monday.

Turns out the farmer I'm getting chicken feet from forgot to email me to let me know she has enough so I sent email asking if she had them and she forgot.

Anyways I'll be picking them up this Saturday so Saya should be happy to get chicken feet again. I'm going to have her save turkey feet too.

Sadly she can't save the heads due to regulations and junk which is too bad. :\

Ah well chicken feet and turkey feet is nice thing either way. Turkey feet are really big probably too much bone for Saya, but make a nice treat for Bella and Saya can have some too one foot probably last her whole week I never seen turkey foot in person so not sure how big it is.

I also found a source of bone in goat for decent price about same price as lamb not bad, but bit more then usual items. I got 4lbs of it and good thing it's already individually frozen so I can take a bit out.

I'm getting a lot of chicken feet so freezing them individually will be fun!  I've been saving the bags from our bread for the turkey feet in case their bigger then normal ziplocks..

Chicken feet yummy!

I plan get more chicken and turkey feet at October since she stops selling stuff at end of October need enough to last winter and some spring..

I also need get some more kidneys and liver too since farmer market ends sometime after fall forgot when..

I really need my own freezer right now I share with my parent's, but even though mom recently gave me the bigger part of the chest freeze I somehow managed to fill it up.

Right now I'm mainly just looking for good deal on one or good one from craigslist.

If I had my own freeze then Bella could have raw more often since I can make a Saya and Bella area so I can find both dog's food easily without taking one or the other..

For now my parent's freeze is fine.. Once I get room I hope to get some beef scrap from the meat processor or order from hare today. then get some blue ridge beef tripe..

Recall videos and mole digging..

Videos are taken from my 3ds so not greatest quality video better then nothing since I don't really have video camera.
First video she was in the side of the house as usual walking around the brush..

Second come video.. As you can see the backyard is nice size. no fence too. 


This is the area where wild cottontail rabbits hang out. none were there so I recalled her.


We checked the garden for anything and I saw mole evidence.. :( I told her to dig for them so she did.

She didn't found any though. Saya does love digging for them though.


This video is my favorite one she turned very quickly to come. :)


Last video

Yesterday she did a mini shiba 500 outside crazy! Wish I had 3ds with me at that time. She did came when I called her then I told her to go and have fun. hehe

Shiba inu as a breed isn't good breed for off leash work due to their prey drive, independence, and stubbornness.

I dunno why Saya does good maybe growing up with Bella helped since Bella was good influence on her and did good off leash.
Maybe it's being in the country and having good bit of land to practice on or she is good personality for it. I dunno.

I use fish fudge, dehydrated chicken hearts, string cheese or dehydrated fish and once in while hot dog bits for her recall treat.

Fish fudge is yummy to dogs I did add bit more fish then what recipe says.. I do a mix of caned mackerel, salmon and sardines I also add things like sweet potatoes, pumpkin or cooked ground liver, cooked ground turkey meat or just the fish..

It's bit squishier then a dog biscuit. I had cook it bit more with the extra fish or if I add meat or liver to it..

Here's the recipe

2 small tins tuna in water OR 1 large can salmon in
water
2 eggs
1 tsp garlic powder (optional)
1.5 cups flour (all purpose, whole wheat, and oat all
work well)

Put fish (with canning water), eggs, and garlic in a
blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into bowl and add
flour, mix well. Press into a greased 9x9 baking dish
and bake at 350F for half hour. Half way through baking,
 cut into squares and continue baking. When done, allow
to cool, remove from pan and break into pre cut squares.
Store in the fridge in an airtight container.

If you add anything like sweet potatoes or pumpkin or meat add extra flour or oats.

I did flour and oats..