Well, on to Fall 2018.  Summer was a bear.  My furry child, the big black lab Bailey had major surgery (his spleen removed) and has been dealing with some other issues ever since.  It appears he is allergic to dog food.  Our research has revealed that most dog foods are covered/coated with stuff that doesn’t do a dog any good but keeps the dog food from rotting.  Then we have the fillers, lots of stuff that no one, including the dog, should probably be ingesting.  Not smiling about all that information.

So, our Mr. Bailey is now eating like a king.  Every day or two I cook him beef or chicken or turkey (fish didn’t work well for his digestion).  Then he gets five cups of food a day, 60% of the beef, chicken or turkey, and 40% fresh vegetables with a tablespoon of organic better or greek olive oil.  Snow peas I believe are his favorite vegetable but he is also very fond of pumpkin, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower and loves fruit- favorites apple and blueberries frozen.  The good news is Bailey is doing quite well.  His weight seems to be stable now and his white blood count has gone down.

So happy we are moving on.  I still won’t leave him to vacation but… he is doing much better.