Food 4 Paws

04/23/2025

Good morning. I think we need to ask the rain Gods to turn off the faucet for a minute. My yard is a swamp. I'm so glad I mowed on Monday. But we do need the moisture to replenish the aquifers.
Lucy is with me today because she gets to go to the vet later today for her annual wellness exam. I'm hoping she won't p**p when they take her temperature.
Have a great day everyone!!

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04/22/2025

Good afternoon. What a nice Spring rain. I got my yard mowed and fertilized yesterday before it rained again. Yay! Gotta make hay when the sun shines my Dad used to say.
Get out and enjoy the day before the rain starts again.

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04/19/2025

Good morning. I am here and OPEN today, normal hours.
I woke up yesterday very dizzy and nauseous. Vertigo!! Ick, not fun.
I am better today, thank goodness. Our Boon had that and I can feel for the poor guy now. I mean I felt for him them as I knew he was having a hard time with it. That was last year for him and ironically about this same time.
Have a great day and Happy Easter!!

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04/18/2025

Good afternoon. I am open today, normal hours. However I am a bit under the weather. But my good friend Judy is taking care of things for me today.
Stop in and stock up on some goodies for your furry family members

04/16/2025

Good morning. It's a bright shiny new day. The trees are starting to bud out, finally. I think one of our maple trees in the front yard is dead however.
You know I am full of helpful advice. Well sometimes. Keeping our houses clean is no easy task when we share our homes with four legged furry creatures. I'm a bit of a clean freak but let's face it sometimes we have to just let a little go. Not much though. Dog beds for example. I have several in the house and one here for Bella to lay on. I always buy beds that the covers come off and can be washed. And they are not cheap beds. I bought some nice beds for all the "kids" a few years ago. I went to wash Boon's bed and when I pulled the cover off it was FULL of his hair. All the hair went through the cover into the bed!! What a mess. So I started putting sheets on all the beds. Just a twin or full sheet folded in half and tucked over the beds. I wash those every week instead of the bed covers themselves. SO much easier. And if someone has an accident it's much easier to clean up. Usually. I had some sheets from my reflexology days that I use or I did buy some new ones from Massage Warehouse. Those are nice sheets and not horribly expensive. And smaller than other sheets.
Have a great day everyone.

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04/15/2025

Good afternoon. I still have some adorable Easter cookies for your pups Easter basket. Every dog deserves an Easter basket don't you think? I do. I have lots of tasty treats to fill them with. Stop in and check them out.
Have a great day everyone.

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04/12/2025

Good morning. What nice day it is today. Time to get the patio or deck cleaned up and the furniture out. Woohooo. Finally. Get out and enjoy it.
I have Easter cookies too for your pups. Stop in and get yours while supply lasts.
Have a great day!!

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04/11/2025

Easter is fast approaching. I have some Peeps for your furry friends. And some other fun and tasty cookies too. Stop in and get one of these for your furry friend‘s Easter basket. They deserve a basket too you know.

04/11/2025

Good morning. The Golden Girls are here today. Our microwave died the other night. So someone is coming to hopefully fix it today. I know we really shouldn't use a microwave, but they are really convenient. However, I have found that hot water can work just as good. Except for heating up Bella's food.
To keep the dogs safe and out of the way I brought the goldens with me today.
Whenever people come to my house they are directed to use the garage door to come in. That way no one can escape out the front door. Tess was an escape artist. If she saw a chance to run out that door she would. Even when you TELL people to NOT use the front door they still do. I don't think Ruby or Kally would run out the door but I don't really want to find out.
Keep them safe.
Have a great day. It's a nice day, get out and enjoy it.

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04/10/2025

Good morning. I think Spring is finally here.
My Farmina rep was in yesterday. I always enjoy visiting with her as we talk the same talk. Good food for our pets. And Farmina is one of the best dry foods you can feed your pets. It's clean, Non GMO, organic. Cooked at a lower temperature. We talked about Glyphosate. You know what that is right? The chemical found in Roundup that kills weeds. It can stay in the ground for 20 years. It is everywhere actually. In the air, water, everywhere. Have you heard the ads on the radio saying keep Glyphosate in our state?
Sponsored by Modern Ag Alliance. They were founded by Bayer who makes, owns Glyphosate. Monsanto owned it before. I understand that farmers need this chemical to keep the weeds out of the fields. But.. it is a known carcinogen. Which is sprayed on so many crops. And when you talk about grains in pet foods, guess what is also in that pet food??? Glyphosate.
Farmina doesn't have that in their foods. Just a little information to "chew" on.
Have a great day!!

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04/08/2025

Good afternoon. It's a nice day without the wind for a change.
Do you ever feel like you are running on the treadmill of life? Just running from one thing to another. Getting through each day. I do.
"Life doesn't give you breathing room. You have to learn to breathe through it". I used to have that saying hanging in my office when I was a reflexology. I found it in a Yogo Journal magazine years ago and it still resonates with me today. As it does with you I'm sure.
We have to find those little moments of time to enjoy life every day.
So get outside with your best furry friend or just yourself and enjoy a moment of sunshine.

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04/05/2025

Good morning. Brrrr. We need our parkas again today.
Maybe by next weekend we can get our patio furniture out. I hope anyway.
Have a good weekend.

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04/04/2025

Good morning. Thank you to whoever turned off the wind machine. For now anyway. It's going to be a good day.
Get out and enjoy it with your best furry friend.

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04/03/2025

Good morning. Can somone please turn OFF the wind machine??!! Good grief.
I had a customer ask me yesterday how do you know when "it's time"? That is one of the hardest decisions we as pet parents have to make. When do we let them go?? My vet once told me is the light still on in their eyes or are they waving their white flag.
There are obvious times of course if an animal is in organ failure, has cancer and is clearly suffering. Then that makes the decision far easier. But with Bella for example it's not so clear and easy. I thought we were there a couple weeks ago. But then she was moving better and actually is doing really good now, for a girl her age that is.
So I don't have a good answer to that question but if you listen to your pet they will tell you, you will know. And your vet can help too.
I know the level of care I am giving Bella and now Boon is a lot and others might not want to do all this work. And that's ok. You do the best you can and that's all anyone can do.
Love them EVERYDAY and enjoy the time you have with them!!!

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04/02/2025

Good afternoon. This morning with the rain if you have dogs you might have had that nice aroma of wet dog. I did for a bit. I have a solution for that though I didn't use them this morning. Raincoats and boots. I did take some pictures though when I tried them on the Golden Girls. As you can see Ruby was NOT impressed.
I did put one of the boots on Boon's foot that I am keeping bandaged so it would stay dry. And it worked. The boots have 2 closures and stay ON!! It was great!! Stop in and check them out.

04/01/2025

Good afternoon. Boon's toe must have been really hurting him because Sunday night he could hardly walk. We made a makeshift harness out of my yoga strap to support his backend. And it worked. Yesterday he was walking on his own again. Whew!! These kids keep us on our toes. I'm just glad he's walking better.
Kally got a bath on Sunday. She hates them but she did pretty good this time. Being a puppy mill mama I'm sure she didn't have any baths. Though she doesn't have dew claws so I wonder if at some point her life wasn't too bad. Bad enough though I know.
She's a beautiful fluffy golden today though!
Have a great day everyone.

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03/29/2025

Good morning. Boon is ok today. His toe started bleeding again when my husband got home. But a clean up and rewrap and he was good. Thank God!! Poor guy. These kids keep us going for sure.
Have a great day!!

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