One year!
And Kip is doing so well - happy, healthy and full of energy. He's doing so well, in fact, that we've decided to take on a new project:
Pudgy little no-name
This little girl was brought in as a stray - you can read more about her here.
She's a sweet dog, and is doing great. The one issue - very overweight. So we will be working on that, using, of course, a raw diet. She's been here just over a week already, and has taken to raw like a pro.
First meal
If I didn't know better, I'd say she was fed raw by her previous owners. She's had no problem with bone-in chicken breasts, and no poop issues at all! In fact, the night I brought her home, I put down a beef roast for Kip, and she attacked it with vigour! She's currently being fed in her kennel, for two reasons - to make it her "good" place, and to deal with any food-guarding issues she or Kip may have. Eventually, I'll try to feed them both in the kitchen.
She is much shorter than Kip, and her ideal body weight is probably somewhere around 15 pounds, compared to Kip's 20-22 pounds. She currently weight a whopping 23 pounds, but that will be decreasing with proper food and lots of exercise - play time with Kip included!
One thing this will change is my organization methods. I have taken to giving Kip large hunks of meat, for multiple days, and letting him set the pace at which he eats. For example, a 3 pound roast should take him 6 days to eat. If he eats in it 5 days, then he fasts for the 6. If he takes 7 days to eat it, so be it. It save a lot of work in portioning the meat ahead of time, as well as giving him a good "chew" workout. I want to continue to do this with Kip, but may not be able to with the new GirlDog, depending on what feeding issues she has - I have noticed she is ALWAYS hungry, so a "gorge" model may or may not be right for her. Then again, if she is allowed to eat as much as she wants, it might make her issues better. We'll try a few things, once she has settled in more, and see.
So that's what new around here. And hopefully I'll be posting here a bit more, with up-dates on how she is doing with her new diet and new life :)
