Freshly Prepared Food For Dogs (BARF)

Got this recipe from a friend - SK (recommended for Teddy in the past...)

BARFing* required giving dogs RAW Bones + Meats...
(*BARF : Bones And RAW Food)

To BARF successfully ~one need to learn and understand the proper nutrition for dog. This is easy as it only require some reading and research...

The alternative is to supplement the usual dry dog food ("kibble") with "freshly prepared foods".

This is a good way to learn about dog nutrition...

The basic method is to REDUCE the kibble by 30% or 50% and replace with "freshly prepared food".

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Basic Recipe:

(A) Buy good quality + hygenic mince meat - suggest to get lamb mince.

Boil a little water (just enough water to cover the mince meat)

Add the mince into the boiling water + cook for 10 minutes - (NO SALT or other seasoning).

After 10 minutes, will have cooked mince with a little gravy. ~* This will smell great!

(B) Boil carrots until soft. Once soft, either chop into very fine pieces or blend in blender.

(C) Chop leafy green vegetables, beet root, white cabbage and/or apples into very very fine pieces (or blend in a blender).

Mix all (A), (B) + (C) together - the proportion should be about 30% meat and 70% (B) + (C)...

If make enough to last a week - then suggest to divide + pack the Mixture into little plastic bags and freeze.

Just take out one bag at a time (preheat in micro or pan) ~ mix into kibble and feed.

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In addition to giving freshly prepared foods - can also add other supplement to their daily diet.

For example:
Monday: Add one tablespoon of yogurt
Tuesday: Add one tablespoon if cod liver oil
Wednesday: Add one raw egg (with shell) + half teaspoon of raw garlic (minced)
Thursday: Add one + half tablespoon of honey
Friday: Add 2 tablespoon of vitagen
Saturday: Add One tablespoon of Olive Oil
Sunday: Add One Teaspoon of Apple Cider Vinegar

To help with skin + coat: consider giving some primrose oil (maybe some Brewers Yeast) once or twice a week (adviced to check with Pet's Doctor if pet's health requires special attention)

*Note: can vary the recipe by using different meats and different vegetables + fruits... be creative...

Examples of meats: mince beef or mince chicken. Can also use pork products like pork liver or pork meat (but with pork - must remember to cook longer! ... pork products can have worm eggs that are only killed with prolonged cooking. Can also use chicken meat or chicken giblets, etc...

Examples of vegetables + fruits: Most types of green vegetables, bananas, papaya... different varieties of apples...

But REMEMBER to check the websites for what DOGS CANNOT EAT!
For examples: Do Not Feed - avocados or onions, grapes, broccoli, etc...

What is good and what to avoid for our beloved pets~!
Animal Poison Control Center

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More Sample Recipes:
Dog Recipes and Treats, Cook For Your Dog~!!!
Dog Treats

Useful Tips - General

Got this in one of my forwarded email and I found they are pretty useful.. ' )

Useful Tips:

1. Cure for headaches:
Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go.

2. Use of Soap Wrapper:
Don't throw away the wrapper after removing a bar of soap. Place it inside your school cabinet or shoe box. It is a cheap way to filling the air with a nice smell.

3. Are your shoes smelly?
Here's a solution. Put some tea leaves into a pair of stocking stuff each into a shoe. Leave for day or two and the smell just vanishes.

4. Tips for stamp collectors:
Place the envelope in the freezer for a few hours. You'll then able to easily lift the stamps off with a pair of tweezers.

5. To keep buttons from dropping off:
Dag a drop of clear nails polish onto the thread that secures the buttons.
This will harden and make it more difficult for the thread to break off.

6. Are cockroaches in your home driving u mad?
Try this tested trick. Fill a large bowl with cheap wine and leave it under the sink. The pests will drink it, fall in the bowl and drown easy.

7. To avoid hurting your fingers while hammering nails into the wall:
Hold the nails with a wooden clothes peg instead. So even u miss, u won't get hurt.

8. To get rid of itch from mosquito bite:
Try applying soap on the area - instant relief.

9. Ants, ants, ants, everywhere
Well, they are never said to never cross a chalk line. So get your chalk out and draw a line on the floor or wherever ants tend to march, see for yourself.

10. Don't panic if your soup's too salty:
Add cut raw potatoes and throw them away once they are cooked as they have absorbed the salt. Your soup's saved!

11. Use air-fresher spray to clean mirrors:
It does a good job and better still, give a lovely smell to the shine.

12. If u have problem with slippery shoelaces which refuse to stay:
Rub them with a candle and make them less slippery so that knot stay put

13. If u have stubborn grease stains on your work clothes:
Add a bottle of Coke with detergent. It'll help loosen the grease.

14. Dirty marks on your white court shoes:
Just add some medicated oil on a piece of cloth and clean off the dirty marks on your white court. They'll be looking as new again.

Remedy to a Healthy Scalp

I stumble upon this remedy some time back - remedy to a healthy scalp..

This hair and scalp rinse uses herbs and vinegar. Herbs acts as the anti-fungal and soothing properties. Whereas, vinegar is used to restore the hair's correct PH.

What you basically need :
1 pot - for holding things in place
1 stove - for cooking
1 spoon - for stirring
1 sieve - to strain off the herbs
1 empty + clean shampoo bottle - for storage

Ingredients :
2 cups of apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup of dried sage, rosemary, or thyme leave or any combination

Heat vinegar to boiling point. Remove from stove. Add in herbs. Stir and cover the pot. Let the herbs stay in the vinegar for 10 minutes. Strain and remove/discard all herbs. Let it cool to room temperature. Store liquid of cooked vinegar with infused herbs in a empty shampoo bottle. Remember to label it.

Use about 1/4 cup in 2 cups of water as a rinse after shampooing.

Be Healthy~!!! Lead a Healthy Lifestyle - eat healthy, think healthy + live healthy!

Thunder!!!

As days goes by, my fondness for rain (water) grew at a tremendous rate! My love for thunder and lightning grew too... As when there is thunder and/or lightning, there will always be rain! (but there is false alarms too - but I am okay with it..)

The pitter-patter rhythm of the rain, accompanied by occasional beat of the drumming thunderclaps and the constant flashes of lightning makes my mellow day nostalgic when it is accompanied by some slow classical music. It is a rather soothing and relaxing combination.. Just relax and let the mind wonder..

I am used to be afraid of thunders and lightnings when I was little. But, now, I will just enjoy the constant rumblings, roaring and thundering noise it makes.. At times, I do wished that it would be nice if it is slightly ever more louder.. Sometimes, I just can't have enough of it~!!! Why so? I dunno.. What I felt is, the thundering sound is comforting, soothing, relaxing and I feel safe... It is bold, strong, energising, straightforward and warm...

It is amazing on how lil ones thinks.. When I was little, I always day dream... keeping everything to myself..
It is very fortunate that now, there is a place for lil ones to pour their heart out: http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/nature/thunder_and_lightning/

Treasure Nature, Love It and Take Action Now Before It Is Too Late!!!



:: A little facts about Thunder ::
Thunder is the sound made by lightning. Depending on the nature of the lightning and distance of the listener, it can range from a sharp, loud crack to a long, low rumble (brontide). The sudden increase in pressure and temperature from lightning produces rapid expansion of the air surrounding and within a bolt of lightning. In turn, this expansion of air creates a sonic shock wave which produces the sound of thunder.
-Courtesy of Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder)