The downside of canine doubt
May. 18th, 2007 02:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sff_corgi_ljI got my dog treat order from the eBay store Discount Pet Direct today. I'd been searching for a particular item, dried/smoked bovine tracheas, for some time, since Pet Supermarket seemed to stop carrying Moo Tubes as a loose item. D'Argo and the girls love them immensely (I think Gemma might have picked them out originally, smart girl!), and as it turns out, they're a natural source of glucosamine, which is good for the boxer-boy's joints (he's had incidents of limping and stiffness).
12" tracheas can be cut into 2 or 3 pieces to keep them from running out too fast, although at less than $2 each (not including shipping), it works out really well.
Now, D'Argo and the girls knew exactly what they were getting as soon as enough wrapper came off for them to smell what I was sawing at on the cutting board. Sirius, however, was really unsure about his piece of trachea. He accepted it, but dropped it and at one point walked away from it. Bad moove *cough*.
He became sorry for his indifference after Meissa took it from him with prejudice. 'I AM taking this, no you do NOT get to argue, it's MINE NOW.' Growling was involved on Meissa's part, no sympathy on mine. I had an extra piece, because Puppy had stayed outside when I called dogs in, so he lost out too. D'Argo took the extra treat appreciatively... then Sirius, deciding to remedy his loss, grabbed the end of the piece and tried to pull it from D's mouth... however, D'Argo loves his moo tubes. They've played tug with rawhides before (see recent picture post), so Sirius thought his big brother would be a pushover.
Wrong. D held on like grim death, and all Sirius pulled loose was a little shaggy scrap from the unevenly-cut edge (I need me a hacksaw, these things are tough!). He'll have to console himself with rawhide, I got two orders of the flavoured 'retriever' packs, too.
Alas, I don't think Discount Pet sells cat-friendly snacks, but not being certain of the snacking habits of cats outside of mousing and birding, my felinoid Flisties will have to check out the shop and advise. For the dog-people, the prices are terrific. Take a look - she communicates well and promptly, and the items for sale are hefty batches, no piddling one-thing-at-a-time purchasing.
12" tracheas can be cut into 2 or 3 pieces to keep them from running out too fast, although at less than $2 each (not including shipping), it works out really well.
Now, D'Argo and the girls knew exactly what they were getting as soon as enough wrapper came off for them to smell what I was sawing at on the cutting board. Sirius, however, was really unsure about his piece of trachea. He accepted it, but dropped it and at one point walked away from it. Bad moove *cough*.
He became sorry for his indifference after Meissa took it from him with prejudice. 'I AM taking this, no you do NOT get to argue, it's MINE NOW.' Growling was involved on Meissa's part, no sympathy on mine. I had an extra piece, because Puppy had stayed outside when I called dogs in, so he lost out too. D'Argo took the extra treat appreciatively... then Sirius, deciding to remedy his loss, grabbed the end of the piece and tried to pull it from D's mouth... however, D'Argo loves his moo tubes. They've played tug with rawhides before (see recent picture post), so Sirius thought his big brother would be a pushover.
Wrong. D held on like grim death, and all Sirius pulled loose was a little shaggy scrap from the unevenly-cut edge (I need me a hacksaw, these things are tough!). He'll have to console himself with rawhide, I got two orders of the flavoured 'retriever' packs, too.
Alas, I don't think Discount Pet sells cat-friendly snacks, but not being certain of the snacking habits of cats outside of mousing and birding, my felinoid Flisties will have to check out the shop and advise. For the dog-people, the prices are terrific. Take a look - she communicates well and promptly, and the items for sale are hefty batches, no piddling one-thing-at-a-time purchasing.
