tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374918652024-03-07T13:11:06.223-05:00Thou and Thou OnlyRiches we heed not, nor man's empty praise.<br><br>
This blog belongs to the family of JunkMale, a Christian and Georgia Tech alumnus. Target demographics might include conservative Christian, healthy-eating, homeschooling, interracial families, and others who do not call this world "home." Where homemade is usually better than store-bought. For more info, click the "About" link below.Harmonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15105846442509828835noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-34375472633678008092010-01-06T08:23:00.003-05:002010-01-06T08:33:50.275-05:00New Year's PicturesMy parents and sister were in town for New Year's. We dressed up in traditional Korean clothes (hanbok) and took some pictures. Unfortunately any picture that has me in it was not taken on our SLR camera, since I didn't know if my parents would understand how to use it. But the one I included below is good enough. <br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/S0SPJCRKqvI/AAAAAAAACng/68ul9EyU4DI/s1600-h/IMGP3053.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/S0SPJCRKqvI/AAAAAAAACng/68ul9EyU4DI/s400/IMGP3053.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423617236651387634" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/S0SPI18G-xI/AAAAAAAACnY/SCgtv9fVyB8/s1600-h/IMGP3026.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/S0SPI18G-xI/AAAAAAAACnY/SCgtv9fVyB8/s400/IMGP3026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423617233341840146" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/S0SPIqFMKhI/AAAAAAAACnQ/P3NWMCFoySA/s1600-h/IMG_1983.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/S0SPIqFMKhI/AAAAAAAACnQ/P3NWMCFoySA/s400/IMG_1983.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423617230158703122" /></a><br />The blinking timer on the camera was enough to hold Pearl's attention, but not Luna's. We tried to get Luna to look at the camera, but saying "Look!" to Luna usually indicates that someone is here and that she should run to either the front or back door and bark. In the last picture she is on alert looking toward the back door.JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-46236800823427961102009-10-13T08:57:00.000-04:002009-10-13T08:57:55.818-04:00Luna's Raw Diet Starts AnewThat Luna, she's got a lot of heart.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/StR0DdNiVeI/AAAAAAAACKk/ixnSCgYAvwo/s1600-h/IMGP1620.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/StR0DdNiVeI/AAAAAAAACKk/ixnSCgYAvwo/s400/IMGP1620.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392062256599160290" /></a><br /><br />...dehydrating in the garage at 125 degrees F, since 6 PM yesterday.<br /><br />A few weeks before Pearl was born, we switched Luna over to high quality canned food, then eventually to high quality dry food. We did this because we wanted to eliminate possibilities for Pearl to catch food-borne illness from Luna's licks, which were and sometimes still are quite plenty. After we stopped the raw diet, we did deep cleanings of the house.<br /><br />Mostly we were concerned with Luna's fondness for licking faces, but now that she has been with Pearl for 4 months, she knows that licking Pearl's face means getting swatted. Sometimes I'll put her right to her face to see what she'll do, and Luna will sniff and turn her face away. "I must flee temptation!"<br /><br />I also started to cut the contents of a bag labeled "Organs" but when I offered some to Luna, she sniffed and turned away. I'm not quite sure what organ it is, nor am I sure what animal it came from, but it did have a bit of an "off" odor to it. I just figured it was the normal smell of an animal product which we never buy for ourselves, but I guess Luna decided that she didn't want it. <br /><br />I've decided that from now on, I will dehydrate all organ meats for Luna. It's a bit of work every time I have to dehydrate, but I think it's much more convenient after that. Undehydrated organs can only stay unthawed for so long before they start getting gross. Dehydrated organ pieces stay in the freezer - I can take a piece out and give it to Luna and don't have to go through the hand washing process that I do with undehydrated (I still do rinse though). Also, if the power were to go out for an extended period of time, dehydrated organs will be much less likely to go bad. Related to this is that dehydrated organs are MUCH more convenient for travel.<br /><br />(I don't believe there's as much nutrient loss from dehydration. This is also why I dehydrated at such a low temperature, for meats.)<br /><br />Of course, I do realize that heart is closer to a muscle meat than an organ, so I will have to dig through our chest freezer and attempt to find some liver, the best multivitamin a dog can get. We will be in the vicinity of one of the big Asian grocery stores this weekend, so we'll be able to stock up there, if I can't find liver already in our possession.<br /><br />Luna's in for some treats the next couple of months. We have the usual chicken leg quarters, but we also have duck feet, goat pieces, whole sardines, and one gutted/skinned rabbit.JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-77677684774082858192009-07-07T07:34:00.001-04:002009-07-07T07:34:00.993-04:00How Luna's Brain is Organized<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SlHhlbBnoyI/AAAAAAAABZM/O6s3AZLtLJQ/s1600-h/moby_wrap_luna.jpg" target="n2" title="Moby Wrap - Luna"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355309464946189090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SlHhlbBnoyI/AAAAAAAABZM/O6s3AZLtLJQ/s400/moby_wrap_luna.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Percentages of Luna's brain devoted to certain tasks:<br /><br />45% - "Foods that my parents have let me have in the past, which I am henceforth entitled to."<br />40% - Who hands out food most readily, a.k.a. grandparents.<br />10% - "Tricks that I do in order to get my parents to give me food."<br />4% - Motor skills; "So I can get to my food."<br />1% - Basic body processes and functions; "digest food, poop out the rest, keep breathing so I can get more food."<br /><br /><i><span style="font-size:65%;">Moby Wrap courtesy of our friends at <a href="http://www.frogandelephant.com" target="n1" title="FrogandElephant.com">Frog and Elephant</a></span><br /></i>JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-26156413231507541582009-03-30T07:09:00.000-04:002009-03-30T07:09:03.774-04:00Luna at the BeachI had sort of forgotten about taking Luna to the beach back when we were at my parent's house. Here's a video I put together. This was on Christmas Eve 2008.<br /><br />Be sure to watch till the end so you can see what we refer to as Tether Pup.<br /><center><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/prFjFowWMJg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/prFjFowWMJg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center>JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-33040654681185440732009-03-28T14:50:00.002-04:002009-03-28T15:02:26.425-04:00The Guard Dog<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/Sc5xEghrEbI/AAAAAAAABIA/FSbewK7y208/s1600-h/luna_the_guard_dog.jpg" title="Thou and Thou Only - Luna The Guard Dog" target="n1"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/Sc5xEghrEbI/AAAAAAAABIA/FSbewK7y208/s400/luna_the_guard_dog.jpg" alt="Luna the Guard Dog" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318312532235719090" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">dont come close to my momma or my little sister, or i might bite you!<br /><br />(yes, i am resting my paw on my little sister, but it's very comfurtable.)</span></span><br /></div>Lunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312164595442853966noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-50836970690109425302009-01-02T20:00:00.003-05:002009-01-02T20:11:20.141-05:00Luna is home(More doggy elimination is discussed. Be forewarned!)<br /><br />Our puppy is back with us, and looking more like a poodle than ever. She was apparently a bad pup and pulled out her first catheter, so they had to shave her <span style="font-style:italic;">other</span> front leg so they could put a second one in. At least her front legs match! The vet was very kind to us and did not charge us for the second day Luna spent in the hospital. We are very, very grateful for that. It does appear, based on a smell test, that at some point when Luna was at the hospital some strange dog peed on her. That's just gross.<br /><br />But the good news is that Luna is at home and seems to be almost 100% recovered. The only slightly worrying issue is that she hasn't pooped since coming home yesterday. I vaguely remember this from when she was very sick as a puppy. Once she came home from the hospital she had a couple of soft poops and then... nothing. A day or two later she was back to normal again. So hopefully that will happen this time and we will not have to take her to the vet a second time. Poor puppy.Harmonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15105846442509828835noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-39127446044637943222009-01-01T08:06:00.001-05:002009-01-01T08:08:18.157-05:00Poor Little Luna, ReduxLuna has been sick again, perhaps with the same <a href="http://thou-and-thou-only.blogspot.com/2007/10/poor-little-luna.html" target="n1" title="Thou and Thou Only - Poor Little Luna">malady that struck her when she was a baby</a>.<br /><br />She has been at the vet's office for the past two days. This is very distressing to us because 1) she's our baby, and 2) overnight vet's office hospitalization + care = EXPENSIVE. We miss her so much and can only make efforts to put on our fake happy faces right now.<br /><br />(multiple diarrheal references and descriptions follow; read at your own risk)<br /><br />On our car trip up from Florida, she began with the ever-pleasant diarrhea at some gas station north of Daytona Beach, on I-95. First time, we just figured it was a one-time event. Two hours later, she did it again by the side of the I-10, this time more watery. We started to think something was up, since this occasion included a tinge of blood. Two hours later, she did it again by the side of I-75. This time was also blood-tinged. Oh, and she was acting perfectly fine aside from all this.<br /><br />After the third occasion, we called our vet's office to ask if there were any over-the-counter human medicines we could give her. We bought some Walgreens brand anti-diarrheal and gave her 1/4 tablet. There were four hours between the third and fourth episodes, and it seemed to help solidify a <i>little</i> bit.<br /><br />A couple of hours after we got to Harmony's parents' house, we found that she was refusing food. As most people with dogs probably know, something is not right when a dog refuses food. She also vomited twice...not the yellow foamy empty stomach barf either. Mostly water, once with a slight pink tinge. We stayed in the family room all night with her, observing her and taking her out whenever she needed. Thankfully, she usually did drink water when we offered it to her.<br /><br />We took her to the vet in the morning. The doctor said she had a possible case of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemorrhagic_gastroenteritis" target="n2" title="Wikipedia - Hemorrhagic gastroenteritis">hemorrhagic gastroenteritis</a>, or HGE. Wikipedia says it is more common in small dogs, and even more so with toy poodles, of which Luna is half. <br /><br />We don't think it was stress-induced, because Luna travels very well, and because well, she had no stress that day. It could have been some table scrap that she had, but she'd been having table scraps the whole two weeks we were in Florida. Anyways, the vet called us yesterday to tell us that she was still a bit dehydrated (perhaps indicating that Luna's condition was more serious than she was acting like) and that she wanted to keep her an extra 24 hours. Thus dollar bills fly out our of bank account and anguish flows into our hearts. We wish we could've told her that we weren't abandoning her.<br /><br />We have decided that Luna is GOING to come home today. Who knows if perhaps the stress of being separated from her parents isn't slowing recovery? Although IV treatment is most effective, subcutaneous fluids are also another option, albeit less effective. If the vet suggests another day, we will say "No, we miss our baby and can scarcely afford three days of hospitalization, so you can either provide the care for free, or you can give her a subcutaneous injection and we will bring her home and take our chances."<br /><br />I'll post updates later. If you're so inclined to pray for a dog, please do so. And at the very least, pray for us because we are quite weary.JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-8700516137643336412008-12-15T08:22:00.000-05:002008-12-15T08:22:00.453-05:00Luna The HuttLuna the Hutt basks in her palace chamber, with her slave in the background. Every now and then the slave tries to assert herself and claim that the Hutt tail is actually not Luna's. But we know who it really belongs to.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SUUJMC_I1WI/AAAAAAAABCM/_YdbHsgTOnA/s1600-h/luna_the_hutt_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SUUJMC_I1WI/AAAAAAAABCM/_YdbHsgTOnA/s400/luna_the_hutt_1.jpg" border="0" alt="Luna the Hutt 1"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279636240726545762" /></a><br /><br />Having been displeased by the slave one too many times, Luna the Hutt has disposed of her.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SUUJMVqsfRI/AAAAAAAABCU/doWhKNvycog/s1600-h/luna_the_hutt_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SUUJMVqsfRI/AAAAAAAABCU/doWhKNvycog/s400/luna_the_hutt_2.jpg" border="0" alt="Luna the Hutt 2"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279636245741075730" /></a>JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-59125586899862257072008-11-17T13:31:00.002-05:002008-11-17T13:33:56.894-05:00Scaredy-Dog<span style="font-size:85%;">i'm really afraid of mommy's bread machine. it makes these strange clicking noises. whenever mommy or daddy puts something in there, i put my tail way down and ask them to pick me up. i start to shiver too.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">does anyone else have a doggy who is afraid of a bread machine? or any pets that are afraid of the bread machine like i am? i could use a support group.</span>Lunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16312164595442853966noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-84535038818136384492008-10-31T10:41:00.003-04:002008-10-31T10:47:41.153-04:00Garden Update - October 2008Hopefully the next few months will be better blogging months than this one. I even almost forgot to do a garden update.<br /><br />The weatherman on the radio said that cold temperatures this past week would bring the end of the growing season. One of my co-workers (who knows that we garden) also remarked that it was the end of the growing season. Not so. For us, the growing season is year-round.<br /><br />We woke up this morning to find this little ice spike. The temperature has been fairly cold (for Georgia) this week. Perhaps other days had the potential for ice formation, but this is the only day that I noticed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SQsTyW7YRcI/AAAAAAAABAk/3bHcIqifVjw/s1600-h/2008oct_garden1.jpg" target="n1" title="Thou and Thou Only - Garden Update Oct 2008 - Ice Spike"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SQsTyW7YRcI/AAAAAAAABAk/3bHcIqifVjw/s400/2008oct_garden1.jpg" alt="Garden Update Oct 2008 - Ice Spike" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263322345381578178" border="0" /></a><br /><br />What you see here is mostly cabbage. Broccoli occupies the top right, more Chinese radish in the top left, brussel sprouts on the bottom row, and spinach and carrots occupy the bottom right quadrant. Those who enlarge the picture will see that we have some garlic coming up! And if your eyes are well-trained, you might see some onion sprouts too (mostly potato onions). I am very excited about growing onions, as we use onions <i>quite</i> frequently. We also have green onions growing in a window box, to the left of the raised bed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SQsTymPiE6I/AAAAAAAABAs/QsZZUNYOXNU/s1600-h/2008oct_garden2.jpg" target="n2" title="Thou and Thou Only - Garden Update Oct 2008 - 2nd raised bed"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SQsTymPiE6I/AAAAAAAABAs/QsZZUNYOXNU/s400/2008oct_garden2.jpg" alt="Garden Update Oct 2008 - 2nd Raised Bed" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263322349492638626" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The first raised bed that we made. Note to selves for next year: radish and turnips SHADE things like crazy. A number of our carrot and spinach plots in this box totally failed because the foliage blocked sunlight. We planted two plots of napa cabbage (used for kimchi), but it doesn't look like we'll be having any homegrown kimchi this year. We also planted onions and garlic in this box, in the failed squares.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SQsTys7-faI/AAAAAAAABA0/2z2jiydc1Bo/s1600-h/2008oct_garden3.jpg" target="n3" title="Thou and Thou Only - Garden Update Oct 2008 - 1st raised bed"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SQsTys7-faI/AAAAAAAABA0/2z2jiydc1Bo/s400/2008oct_garden3.jpg" alt="Garden Update 2008 - 1st raised bed" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263322351289662882" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is what happens when the pup runs gleefully around the yard while it's still dew-y. If she were smart enough, she'd figure out that dirt socks lead to baths.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SQsTy7AjuZI/AAAAAAAABA8/9CUQBvB0UaE/s1600-h/luna_dirt_socks.jpg" target="n4" title = "Thou and Thou Only - Luna's Dirt Socks"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SQsTy7AjuZI/AAAAAAAABA8/9CUQBvB0UaE/s400/luna_dirt_socks.jpg" alt="Luna's Dirt Socks" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263322355066976658" border="0" /></a><br />I know that all people think <i>their</i> own dog is the cutest, but for us, this is actually true.. ;)JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-55013711170614624052008-10-04T08:02:00.001-04:002008-10-04T08:02:00.651-04:00Luna's New GT Sweater, and Chinese RadishSince the weather is cooling, and since Georgia Tech football is underway, Luna's mommy made her a sweater with the Georgia Tech logo on it. She will be a shining beacon in a state woefully full of unfortunate people known as UGA fans.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6rnDgO6uSz0MJTN6mQ5Hc_AsAv686I4Y9DFLmlJ15jHLHb7G8jl6RYA9PEacXPT3of4JrqOcQdBmFZj9pzePcEVXSskXb-6WBx4wD9mdiuF6lm3IW85WZ1RHg8HyfPPO4WINwIw/s1600-h/Luna_GT_sweater.jpg" target="n1" title="Thou and Thou Only - Luna's GT Sweater"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6rnDgO6uSz0MJTN6mQ5Hc_AsAv686I4Y9DFLmlJ15jHLHb7G8jl6RYA9PEacXPT3of4JrqOcQdBmFZj9pzePcEVXSskXb-6WBx4wD9mdiuF6lm3IW85WZ1RHg8HyfPPO4WINwIw/s400/Luna_GT_sweater.jpg" border="0" alt="Luna's GT Sweater"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252928334887754530" /></a><br /><br />We pulled up our second Chinese radish today. The battery is for size reference. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SOYmfegFMJI/AAAAAAAAAwk/ms0KRJrgVAM/s1600-h/2nd_chinese_radish.jpg" target="n2" title="Thou and Thou Only - 2nd Chinese Radish"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SOYmfegFMJI/AAAAAAAAAwk/ms0KRJrgVAM/s400/2nd_chinese_radish.jpg" border="0" alt="2nd Chinese Radish"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252928337579683986" /></a>JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-44962056237040144152008-07-23T08:17:00.000-04:002008-12-09T17:09:39.712-05:00July 2008 Raw Diet Update: Dogsitter Portion Control!Raw feeding tip of the month: <b>Exercise <i>extremely simple</i> portion control when leaving your dog with other people!!</b> Especially if you are not going to leave the caretaker with raw foods.<br /><br />Earlier this month, we went camping with some people from church. Thinking she'd be more trouble than she'd be worth during a camping trip, we left her with a college-age girl who is spending the summer nannying for an older couple with an adopted baby boy. They were going camping too, and leaving the baby and dog with the nanny at their house. So we thought we'd do that too (except our baby and dog are one in the same). We left the girl with a can of grain-free dog food, with explanation that she was to get a quarter of the can per meal.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SIcb1INSYqI/AAAAAAAAAsA/5cVxLeBVTSE/s1600-h/cylindrical_can.jpg" title="Stock image - cylindrical can" target="new"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SIcb1INSYqI/AAAAAAAAAsA/5cVxLeBVTSE/s200/cylindrical_can.jpg" border="0" alt="Stock image - cylindrical can"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226176492136981154" /></a><br />Well, she must have heard wrong or something, because Luna came back with no leftover dog food. Admittedly, even I find it hard to gauge how much a quarter of a can is. She got at least four meals worth of food in three sittings. Not to mention probably plenty of other standard dog foods.<br /><br />I should mention that the older couple also has a dog, a Maltese. But. This Maltese...weighs something like 25 pounds. The ideal weight for a Maltese is 4 to 6 pounds! The dog is fed a standard dog food that one can buy at Walmart or Petsmart (I'm not quite sure which it was...either Ol' Roy, Eukanuba, both, or more). They also leave out dry food for him to graze throughout the day.<br /><br />Well, you know Luna, and Luna is not a very picky eater. She got in their house and pretty much went straight for the grazing bowl and gobbled up what was in there. I have no idea whether nanny ever poured more grazing food into that bowl, but I am fairly certain that Luna would've had some more. So make that about 5 meals that she had, when she really should've had 3.<br /><br />She didn't feel too fat when we got her back, but according to eyewitness reports, she pooped a lot. And we can testify that she certainly continued pooping a lot after we got her back. She had at least 3 substantial instances in the span of a couple of hours. That is not normal for Luna, who might ordinarily poop about twice a day, in smaller amounts than she did. So the food didn't agree with the lower half of Luna's gastrointestinal tract, and I certainly didn't find it very agreeable either. Let's just say that her daddy felt like he should've bought a pack of diaper wipes.<br /><br />Anyways, allow me to reiterate the raw feeding tip of the month. <b>Exercise <i>extremely simple</i> portion control when leaving your dog with other people!!</b> If you are leaving your dog with someone who won't have a problem feeding raw, make sure you cut the meat into <u>single meal portions</u>. You <u>must</u> dummy-proof the portions. Do not trust the caretaker to take away the chicken leg quarter after doggy's had "approximately a third of the original size of the leg quarter." This is hard to do, since even you yourself might have trouble remembering how big the meat originally was, how much the dog's eaten, and whether you can maybe, just maybe, let the dog have a "few more bites," since she's enjoying the meal so much.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SIcb1A4uIdI/AAAAAAAAAsI/biVYGMJy_Gg/s1600-h/sardine_can.jpg" title="Stock image - sardine can" target="new2"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SIcb1A4uIdI/AAAAAAAAAsI/biVYGMJy_Gg/s200/sardine_can.jpg" border="0" alt="Stock image - sardine can"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226176490171670994" /></a>If you are not going to leave your dog with easy portions of raw meat, give foods that are simple to portion out. Next time we leave Luna with not-raw food, it will be things like hard boiled eggs and sardines. As I mentioned in <a href="http://thou-and-thou-only.blogspot.com/2008/06/june-2008-raw-diet-update.html" title="Thou and Thou Only - June 2008 Raw Diet Update">last month's raw diet update</a>, I consider eggs to be one of the most convenient foods for a dog. The standard large egg from the grocery store is 2 ounces, which is exactly how much Luna gets in one meal. Portion control doesn't get much easier than that. Also, flat cans like sardine cans are much easier to portion than cylindrical cans. The added bonus is that sardines are generally very good for dogs.JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-82895078273222586862008-06-16T08:22:00.001-04:002008-12-09T17:09:43.278-05:00June 2008 Raw Diet UpdateI have sort of slacked off in doing the raw diet updates, because there isn't really that much to report. That's probably a good thing.<br /><br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SFZWNSMsLLI/AAAAAAAAApo/lvdAS9-vadE/s200/1021157_cracked_egg.jpg" border="0" alt="Stock image - cracked egg"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212448404951280818" />Raw feeding tip of the month: If you ever find yourself in a dire situation and find that you have no dog/cat food, eggs are your lifesaver! Eggs are extremely convenient pet food, both for the preparer and the devourer. They're almost like fast food for dogs, except much healthier. Bonus if your dog will eat the shell, which Luna usually doesn't (she just plays with it and leaves pieces all over the place). Extra bonus if the eggs are from vegetarian hens and/or organic and/or farm fresh. I suppose cooked eggs would be easy as well, if that's all you have or if that's what you're comfortable with.<br /><br />Luna continues to be quite a healthy dog. Ever since we switched her to raw meats, she has been much more enthusiastic about eating. This is probably a good thing, but it doesn't feel so great when she's waking me up at 5:30AM because she wants to eat. Up until this morning, she had not done an empty-stomach-foamy barf in a long time. <br /><br />There were a few days that Luna did not get her usual raw meats. That was when we were visiting grandmother-that-does-not-oppose-the-raw-diet. Of course, we didn't know that at the time, so we brought along some high quality canned food in case there was going to be a squabble. Luna seemed to be much more yappy and finished the canned food much more quickly. It could be that the yappiness has nothing to do with the fact that she practically inhaled the canned food, but I thought it might have been involved somehow. Of course, she usually is a bit more yappy in new environments too, so I could be wrong. We brought along the dehydrated raw organ meats and still fed her those at night. <br /><br />We noticed no change in health from the few days that she was on high quality canned food. As we only fed her this food for a few days, I don't know whether she would continue to be this healthy on a consistent canned diet. It would be more expensive though, since we are not willing to feed her cheaper canned food made from dead/dying/diseased/disabled roadkill carcasses (slight exaggeration).<br /><br />We will be visiting the other grandmother at the end of this month. This one is not a fan of the raw diet and there is probably not much that will change her mind on that. We will be bringing canned food, but will also be bringing dehydrated raw organ meats to give her at night (liver and kidney) or as treats (heart).JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-9277774155937278372008-05-22T13:31:00.001-04:002008-05-23T09:40:09.005-04:00Past Weekend Visit to NCThis weekend, the JunkFamily was in Charlotte, North Carolina visiting Harmony's maternal grandmother. This grandmother is getting up there in the age category (currently she's 86), so we are trying to spend more quality time with her whenever possible. We left Thursday after my <a href="http://thou-and-thou-only.blogspot.com/2008/05/my-notes-from-cultural-awareness.html" title="Thou and Thou Only - Notes from Cultural Awareness Training">mandatory cultural awareness training</a> and returned the following Tuesday. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/Images/nc83_09.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.sherwanus.com/Images/nc83_09.jpg" border="0" alt="G-ma, stylin'" /></a>Although she may be 86 (this picture's from a few years ago), she's still going strong. This is the woman who bought herself a chainsaw and sawed down her own Christmas tree a few years ago. She claims that she is scaling back her activities a bit, but no activities this weekend seemed very scaled back. She and I went out together multiple times during the visit, sawed down maple trees, and hauled the remains into a secluded area. I asked her about this purported "scaling back," to which she basically said that she still does the same things, but just not as much in one day. She did seem quite content to let Harmony take care of household chores (cooking, laundry, etc.) while we took care of outdoor "manly" chores. So maybe she has scaled back her indoor activities ;)<br /><br />Word was that granny was not going to have a garden this year (she's been gardening ever since time began), which was sort of a shocker...or not, considering her age and energy. But the day we left, we got a phone call from Harmony's mom, asking us to bring our electric tiller and help G-ma get her plot ready. We worked on the garden Friday morning. We attached a plow to one of her riding mowers and plowed up the plot. Then I went over the whole thing with the tiller twice. <br /><br />Luna continues to be a good carpet (car-pet). Every now and then she tries to crawl into my lap while I'm driving, but otherwise she is as ideal as a traveling dog gets. The terror comes when we get to our destination. She spends the first few hours constantly lurking around and sniffing. She barks much more than usual, for whatever reason. Harmony theorizes that she is trying to establish her presence in unfamiliar territory. The worst part was at night. The aunt that lives with the Charlotte grandma cares for and trains horses and is very much a night person. I don't know if caring for horses means you become a night person, but that's the way it is with her. So you can imagine that Luna would be barking up a storm when said aunt comes in at night. <br /><br />Luna did have a blast while we were there though. 19 acres is certainly quite a bit more than our tiny 0.146 acre lot. She got absolutely filthy muddy on Friday when we plowed up the garden. She also ran into the horse paddock once, which was a bit of a concern because 1) she ran under an electric fence to get in there, 2) there were horses in there which could squash her, and 3) she wouldn't listen when we called her back! <br /><br />Darn dog. Apparently all of our efforts to train her have gone down the drain. In dire situations, we use two tactics to recall her. The first method is maybe 70% reliable; we say "Luna, bye bye." She has learned that "bye bye" means that her people are leaving and are going to shut her in/out and that she is going to be distressingly separated from her people. This method is about 70% reliable. However, sometimes something wraps up her attention so much that even the dreadful thought of separation doesn't recall her. In this situation, there is one absolutely sure-fire way to get her to come to us. We say "Luna, I have food!" She will stop dead in her tracks and dash back to us. We do not have to use this tactic much, and we prefer not to, because we don't want to overfeed her. To my knowledge, this has never not-worked.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/Images/nc83_01.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.sherwanus.com/Images/nc83_01.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Oh right, back on subject. The visit to grandma. Well, there wasn't much that would interest most of you. Chopping down maple trees on beautiful 19 acre NC country property, ripping up garden plots, indulging in a bit of satellite television (a guilty pleasure, we guiltily admit), and snacking on those junk foods that grandmothers always seem to have around. That about sums up the trip for me. If the junk food thing was bad this time, it will undoubtedly be worse when we visit the other grandma next month, who always has more of these foods which we would never buy for ourselves, but used to enjoy in our previous lives (pre-healthy-eating).JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-4669166860241237242008-04-29T07:04:00.001-04:002008-12-09T17:09:49.734-05:00A Well-Stocked Pantry<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYmd6jAQ80FgT_Q_aoJ4CZm06xwG55hQelBDb2aw2gGFoK3upd1ZiH6cMSQBhV5c70Bxsk84e0mObQa8tpcr7hKnCm-gMddd624dANNzReo7d42MrP18cNQwK9NtTnIk01jzKgg/s1600-h/grains.jpg" title="Our Stockpile of Grains/Beans"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYmd6jAQ80FgT_Q_aoJ4CZm06xwG55hQelBDb2aw2gGFoK3upd1ZiH6cMSQBhV5c70Bxsk84e0mObQa8tpcr7hKnCm-gMddd624dANNzReo7d42MrP18cNQwK9NtTnIk01jzKgg/s400/grains.jpg" alt="Our Stockpile of Grains/Beans" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194440613374493026" border="0"></a><br /></div><br />Here you see the towering mountain which is our grain, bean, and sweetener supply - and the ferocious puppy who is guarding them ;-) The three large buckets on the bottom are soft wheat, hard white wheat, and rolled oats. More hard white wheat on the next row, followed by kidney beans, great northern beans, and popcorn. The next row up has hard red wheat, yellow corn, and barley. At the top (and most importantly, according to JM) are our sweeteners - evaporated honey and evaporated molasses.<br /><br />Much of this has been in our house for quite a while now. We've had white wheats, oats, and sweeteners for a very long time. But with the recent 'sky is falling' talk of <a href="http://thou-and-thou-only.blogspot.com/2008/04/for-anyone-wondering-why-food-prices.html" title="Thou and Thou Only - Food Shortages">food prices on the rise and food rationing</a>, we took it upon ourselves to buy up items we had previously only considered (then discarded the thought of) buying in bulk before. Most of what we bought will keep about a decade before quality begins to decline (assuming they are stored at about 70°F or below, with low humidity). I would assume that we will eat through all this well before then, so no worries there.<br /><br />JunkMale adds: Don't be fooled into thinking that all these didn't make a gash in our account balance. It was a rather big gash, but probably smaller than it would've been, had we bought these items later this year (or in later years).Harmonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15105846442509828835noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-13248740612634365592008-04-16T13:09:00.001-04:002008-12-09T17:09:51.982-05:00Cheap Meats at Hispanic Grocery Stores - April 2008 Raw Diet updateApril 2008 raw diet update:<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SAYrrmTvoTI/AAAAAAAAAbo/tXWkcgplhy4/s1600-h/luna_cute_puppy.jpg" title="Click me to see a cute puppy!" target="newwindow"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SAYrrmTvoTI/AAAAAAAAAbo/tXWkcgplhy4/s400/luna_cute_puppy.jpg" border="0" alt="A cute puppy" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189883648608805170" /></a><br /><br />Recently with Luna's raw diet, I've been trying to locate cheap sources of non-typical animals and organs. We do not have enough space in our freezers to join a co-op (where you typically buy things in tens of pounds), so that option is out. We do not live in a rural enough area to where people are offering us goat and chicken carcasses every day. The international grocery stores are a great place to shop for atypical meats, but those are 45+ minutes away from us.<br /><br />So I got a bit creative. I saw a deer processing place near our house, and that led to me eventually calling a taxidermist. Ever heard of anyone getting their raw meats and organs from a taxidermist? Well, you still haven't, because we decided it wouldn't be the best option. The one that I talked to mostly got small carnivorous animals, which we aren't too thrilled about feeding to Luna. He also said he got beavers from time to time, but some other raw feeders told me that giardia present in beaver meat might not even be killed by long-term deep freezing. So we dropped the taxidermist option, but I still might call deer processing places when deer season begins.<br /><br />My next thought was to visit some carnicerias and/or Hispanic grocery stores. The Atlanta area has a large Hispanic population, and there are Hispanic grocery stores all over the place. I had been wanting to get Luna some more heart (fodder for <a href="http://thou-and-thou-only.blogspot.com/2008/04/our-new-dehydrator.html" target="newwindow" title="Blog post about our new dehydrator">our new dehydrator</a>), so off I went, in search for a dead cow's heart, hopefully for a good price. Wouldn't you know, I got heart for $1/pound. That's a really good price on beef heart! I was hoping they would carry other animal meats such as rabbit or goat, but they didn't. They also had kidney, but I didn't need any. I think it was a good price too, but I don't remember. Even if the heart were the same price as the international store's, this would still be the better choice, since it's MUCH closer to our house.<br /><br />So if you happen to fit all these qualities, a local Hispanic grocery store would be a great option for you:<br /><ul><li>Are feeding a non-pre-packaged raw diet</li><br /><li>(EDIT, forgot to add) If you don't have a big dog</li><br /><li>Live in a fairly suburban area</li><br /><li>Can't/won't join a co-op</li><br /><li>Don't know any farmers</li><br /><li>Don't have any gigantic international grocery stores near you</li></ul>(you sure are picky)<br /><br />Oh right, the health of our puppy. She's doing fine, although every now and then, absolutely out of the blue, she'll unload some tarry poop. We're not quite sure why, especially since she's acting absolutely fine in every other way. Tarry stools could indicate upper GI tract bleeding, but you'd think she'd be showing some other symptoms, which she is not. If this continues, we will probably take her to the vet.JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-17267642090117495492008-03-29T20:47:00.000-04:002008-12-09T17:09:54.265-05:00Another Garden Update, Etc.We spent a good portion of the day working on garden stuff. We went to Home Depot in the morning and got a bunch of stuff that we'd been needing.<br /><br />Overview:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R-7cB8fNGdI/AAAAAAAAAL0/Xj1fHd_ImjI/s1600-h/IMG_3386.JPG" target="newwindow1"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R-7cB8fNGdI/AAAAAAAAAL0/Xj1fHd_ImjI/s400/IMG_3386.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183322147125008850" /></a><br /><br />I finally added a trellis for the "Kentucky Wonder" pole beans. We also got chicken wire to line the garden, since Luna could still crawl in. Since we're going to be laying (NOT live) traps for chipmunks/rats/mice and ant bait, it is extremely imperative that the dog not be able to get in.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R-7eisfNGiI/AAAAAAAAAMc/d2KKUwV7MtE/s1600-h/IMG_3387.jpg" target="newwindow2"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R-7eisfNGiI/AAAAAAAAAMc/d2KKUwV7MtE/s400/IMG_3387.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183324908788980258" /></a><br /><br />With leftover chicken wire, I made a border for the compost piles so we can let Luna back in no-man's-land with us. Previously, we'd have to hold her or leave her in our backyard, because the compost piles are like a buffet to her. A toxic buffet to her, because there are lots of onions in the piles.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R-7cCsfNGfI/AAAAAAAAAME/mhK4GplYZGQ/s1600-h/IMG_3389.JPG" target="newwindow3"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R-7cCsfNGfI/AAAAAAAAAME/mhK4GplYZGQ/s400/IMG_3389.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183322160009910770" /></a><br />I know the chicken wire is not totally animal-proof, but that's okay, because the main purpose of it is to keep Luna out of things; I don't really care if animals eat compost scraps. If they decide to get into the garden area, they will (hopefully) soon be weeded out of the gene pool before they can eat our vegetables.<br /><br />Luna usually gets fish on Friday (Catholic dog?), but we were a day behind. I remember many times seeing fish bones like this in cartoons, but I never thought it actually had a basis in reality:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R-7cC8fNGgI/AAAAAAAAAMM/k3ydyK7P0Mg/s1600-h/IMG_3390.JPG" target="newwindow4"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R-7cC8fNGgI/AAAAAAAAAMM/k3ydyK7P0Mg/s400/IMG_3390.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183322164304878082" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R-7cDMfNGhI/AAAAAAAAAMU/rKXNnYiAuKs/s1600-h/IMG_3393.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R-7cDMfNGhI/AAAAAAAAAMU/rKXNnYiAuKs/s400/IMG_3393.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183322168599845394" /></a><br /><br />Usually she eats the whole thing, but I guess she wasn't in the mood today.JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-12169854123252751102008-03-18T09:46:00.000-04:002008-03-18T09:46:39.749-04:00March Raw Diet UpdateHere's a comprehensive list of the variety of animal meat and organs that Luna has had:<br /><ul><li>Chicken leg quarters</li><br /><li>Chicken giblets</li><br /><li>Whole cornish hens, including giblets (but without feathers, head, feet, guts, etc)</li><br /><li>Turkey neck and giblets</li><br /><li>Beef shank</li><br /><li>Beef organs: liver, kidney, spleen, heart</li><br /><li>Various fish: mackerel pike, sardines, weakfish</li><br /><li>Lamb shank</li><br /><li>Duck, including giblets</li><br /><li>Ox lips</li><br /><li>Rabbit</li><br /><li>Frog legs</li><br /><li>One small lizard at my parents' house</li><br /><li>One small moth that got into our house a few months ago</ul><br />Luna's health has been maintained at the status quo, which is fine. Every now and then she has black-ish poop, but then it goes away. The vet says it could indicate upper digestive system bleeding or upset. We give her one half of a Pepcid AC (per vet orders) and it goes away.<br /><br />Breath is not much of an issue, unless she is panting right in our face. Purportedly, raw fed dogs do not have bad breath, but this certainly is not the case with our pup.<br /><br />While we were in Florida, she had fish for three meals within the span of a week (twice more than usual). Whatever the cause (we postulate that it was the increased fish intake), her fur seemed to be even softer than usual. We do try not to go too crazy with fish feeding, since some fish are known to be a source of thiaminase, an enzyme which metabolizes the essential vitamin B1, or thiamin. Thiamin itself is mostly found in vegetable sources, which we don't feed Luna much at all. Thus the restriction on weekly fish intake.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/" target="newwindow2">USDA Nutrient Database</a> has become one of my favorite nutrient references for Luna, since it even has nutrition information on raw meats and organs. It even has information regarding amino acid amounts, which are not listed on food labels. However, it's a bit cumbersome to try to compare two separate products. So I put together a <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=prOsLI8BfABWqTnS6MOrTNw" target="newwindow3">simple comparison spreadsheet, listing nutrients for beef organs</a>.<br /><br />Owing to the findings from the database and the spreadsheet, spleen has a found a role as a special niche item in Luna's diet. Although liver is, hands down, the overall best multivitamin foodstuff for raw fed animals, spleen trumps liver in the categories of vitamin C and iron. The vitamin C content is notable because many raw feeders feel the need to supplement it. It is mostly found in fruits and vegetables, which couldn't even be called an insignificant part of Luna's diet. The iron content in the spleen would probably be helpful for a pet who's had recent blood loss. The high iron content of spleen makes sense, considering the spleen is a repository for extra red blood cells, and also creates red blood cells.<br /><br />Judging by the fact that spleen has high iron content probably because of its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematopoeisis" target="newwindow4">hematopoietic</a> role, I deduce that red bone marrow also has comparatively high iron content, since marrow is the primary producer of red blood cells. I have not been able to find much information on the actual nutritional content of bone marrow, which is why I had to take such leaps in logic.<br /><br />Okay, let's see a show of hands (or comments) for anyone who actually read through all that. I don't blame any of you for skipping it, especially if you don't have pets or are not especially concerned with their nutrition. For anyone who raw feeds, your show of hand only counts half. And anyone who might come to this post looking for raw feeding info only counts half too.JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-83144159963643533582008-03-17T17:45:00.004-04:002008-03-17T18:07:47.629-04:00Hangeul Quilt<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">For many weeks now, I have been toiling day and night (haha) to finish this Hangeul baby quilt:<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sherwanus.com/Images/misc/hangeul_quilt1.jpg" target="newwindow1"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://sherwanus.com/Images/misc/hangeul_quilt1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Hangeul is the Korean alphabet, and - as some of you will surely notice - I didn't put them entirely in alphabetical order. Between 사 ("sa") and 자 ("ja"), I should have put 아 ("ah"). But since I already had it on the first row, I didn't repeat it. Perhaps someone else could have come up with a better method so that I would have gotten everything in and in order. Oh well.<br /><br />The quilt is 100% hand-sewn, which wasn't too bad considering. It didn't take me nearly as long as I thought it would. Of course, the whole thing will probably fall apart in three months because of my poor sewing skills.<br /><br />... Let's hope I'm wrong about that. :-(<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sherwanus.com/Images/misc/hangeul_quilt3.jpg" target="newwinwdo2"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://sherwanus.com/Images/misc/hangeul_quilt3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Luna, modeling the completed quilt.<br /></div>Harmonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15105846442509828835noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-11884672370460595252008-03-14T07:59:00.000-04:002008-12-09T17:09:58.070-05:00Summary of our Florida TripThe trip down was uneventful. Going to my parents' part of Florida takes about 8 hours. This is the longest that Luna's ever ridden in the car at once. She did admirably. She slept most of the way, waking up periodically to try to get into my lap, and stink up the car with her dog breath panting. For whatever reason, her breath started smelling like fish on the way down, so it was like fish dog breath.<br /><br />Somehow word got to my dad that Harmony is a very good flautist. He proceeded to bring her book after book after song after song, and she played them all. Eventually I got out a guitar played some basic accompaniment. At the request of my parents, we ended up playing hymns; they were singing and we were playing. Next time we visit my parents, I will most certainly bring a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capo" target="newwindow">capo</a>. Many hymns seem to be written in Eb. As far as technique is concerned, it is extremely simple to play in sharp and flat keys on the guitar. However, the difficult part is muscle fatigue in one's fretting hand. Anyways, this hymn playing happened on at least two nights. <br /><br />Friday, Harmony and I were left alone. My sister had not yet come home, and my parents had gone to my dad's PhD advisor's funeral in Tallahassee. Since Luna had probably fully recovered from her spay, we wanted to take her to a dog park. Now Georgia dog parks are all taxpayer funded and you just bring your dog and walk right in. NOT the case with Florida dog parks. All the dog parks in that area required you to present updated shot records. They also required you to register your dog with the attendant. This may not seem like much to some of you, but we are used to bringing Luna to the park and going right in without any hassle. The one we tried to go to had an entrance fee even though it was already funded by taxes. Needless to say, Luna did not get to romp around at any dog parks during our visit.<br /><br />I'd been toying with the idea of fishing in the backyard, since my parents have a canal front house. Not so much for myself, but for Luna. The softness of her fur seems to correlate fairly strongly with feeding of fish, so why not try to get some for free? So I got a couple of fishing poles and some frozen shrimp and headed off to try to catch some fish for her. Harmony joined me with the intent of just keeping me company, but eventually joined in and out-fished me. I didn't catch anything that day, but she caught four, I think. <br /><br />Out on the dock:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R9m4SkrjcBI/AAAAAAAAAK0/N1CuzEmf3bc/s1600-h/fishing3.jpg" target="newpic3"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R9m4SkrjcBI/AAAAAAAAAK0/N1CuzEmf3bc/s400/fishing3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177371875862605842" /></a><br /><br />Even though it's not red, I deduce that this is a young <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_drum" target="newwindow1">red drum</a>, judging by the spots on its tail. This was the biggest fish that we kept (I caught a stingray, which was the heaviest, but we didn't keep it).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R9m4RUrjb_I/AAAAAAAAAKk/hTeQ6SFra8A/s1600-h/fishing1.jpg" target="newpic1"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R9m4RUrjb_I/AAAAAAAAAKk/hTeQ6SFra8A/s400/fishing1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177371854387769330" /></a><br /><br />I believe this is a pufferfish. It didn't puff up at all, so it apparently wasn't that distressed, or it wasn't a pufferfish. This, BTW, is quite a rare catch around these parts. It must've taken a wrong turn, because it's pretty far away from the ocean. Needless to say, we didn't want to give this one to Luna, so we tossed it back.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R9m4SErjcAI/AAAAAAAAAKs/hxZhL5xZ_Vc/s1600-h/fishing2.jpg" target="newpic2"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R9m4SErjcAI/AAAAAAAAAKs/hxZhL5xZ_Vc/s400/fishing2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177371867272671234" /></a><br /><br />I did end up catching two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weakfish" target="newwindow2">weakfish</a> and the aforementioned stingray, which I threw back while the women fretted whilst thinking about Steve Irwin. (BTW, I survived)<br /><br />Luna shows off her wonderfully soft coat, which will continue to be wonderfully soft with the five fresh fishies that we brought home for her.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R9m7K0rjcCI/AAAAAAAAAK8/6KSljItL398/s1600-h/luna_dock1.jpg" target="newpic4"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R9m7K0rjcCI/AAAAAAAAAK8/6KSljItL398/s400/luna_dock1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177375041253503010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R9m7LkrjcDI/AAAAAAAAALE/VQaevQ5OhZE/s1600-h/luna_dock2.jpg" target="newpic5"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R9m7LkrjcDI/AAAAAAAAALE/VQaevQ5OhZE/s400/luna_dock2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177375054138404914" /></a>JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-10582041383510122322008-03-02T20:20:00.002-05:002008-12-09T17:09:58.727-05:00I'm a Morning Person, plus totally unrelated stuff about Luna(I was going to post a picture of Luna that I took today, but since this blog is not named "All About Luna," I figured that I should post about <i>something</i> else. Especially considering that the past four entries have been about her. But perhaps a picture of Luna will find its way onto this post somehow...)<br /><br />I don't know about the rest of you, but I am definitely a morning person. Perhaps I have passed other morning people on the street, or perhaps I even go to church with some, or work with some, but I have never known anyone else to say outright that he/she is a morning person. <br /><br />What makes me think that I'm a morning person? A couple of different things. One big reason is that when my alarm goes off in the morning, I hardly ever am tempted to press the snooze button. Usually I turn the alarm off, get out of bed, and continue with the morning routine. Once I'm out of bed, my body usually just goes on auto-pilot, continuing the morning routine. I am usually not tempted to get back in bed, because if I'm getting up early, I have someplace to be. And if you know me in real life, you might know that I absolutely <i>despise</i> tardiness, both in myself and others. <br /><br />To me, mornings have a couple of endearing qualities. There's just something about being up in the mornings when most other people are still sleeping. I like the seclusion that is typical of mornings. I like the feeling of morning, knowing that the whole day is still ahead of me. (unless I am dreading that day, for whatever reason) Plus it's very cool when it's foggy outside, the few times that that does happen around here.<br /><br />Perhaps one thing that helps me be a morning person is that I place a very high priority on <a href="http://thou-and-thou-only.blogspot.com/2007/12/junkmale-muses-about-sleep.html" target="newwindow">getting the proper amount of sleep</a>. I would guess that this is a big factor in the lack of temptation for me to press snooze or get back in bed Because I usually get enough sleep per night, my body does not scream at me to get back in bed. <br /><br />Have I ever tried being an evening person? Not in recent memory. I do remember staying up later in high school and parts of college, but (at least in college), I always had the thought in the back of my mind that I was loosing sleep.<br /><br />Harmony is definitely NOT a morning person. Perhaps she can explain herself in the comments. Interestingly, she is not much of an evening person either. I believe she has labeled herself a mid-day person. <br /><br />Are there any fellow morning people out there? Do evening people care to explain the endearing qualities of evenings? I'm not saying that evenings have no endearing qualities, but I'd like to hear your reasons.<br /><br /><hr width = "75%" /><br /><br />Totally unrelated to anything in this whole post, today's weather was great. Mostly sunny, temperatures right around 70F. Harmony worked on her quilt on the patio, and I sat with her, doing whatever. To keep Luna occupied, I gave her a wing from the duck that I butchered up on Friday night. She bothered it for a while on the patio, but then she decided to take it to the dirt and eat it there (I hesitate to call it a lawn...there's not much "lawn" in our backyard). I like this picture because I see the little wolf inside of her come out...but it's funny because she's so NOT a wolf in some ways. It's also funny to see our petite little bichon/poodle lying in the dirt gnawing on a raw duck wing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlovh40m7Qkf9NX8epB0A1hXPWpIgtKDG_xAgMGOnLjm6aVilxTY12CXpow1b8iYZ7Pc7T40SwCvLbuPM59PdYktnD6Y93LCw3X2btft34xTv3SDooWRmvHQmp-JHvtqVRRIvWQ/s1600-h/little_wolfie.png" target="newwindow2"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlovh40m7Qkf9NX8epB0A1hXPWpIgtKDG_xAgMGOnLjm6aVilxTY12CXpow1b8iYZ7Pc7T40SwCvLbuPM59PdYktnD6Y93LCw3X2btft34xTv3SDooWRmvHQmp-JHvtqVRRIvWQ/s400/little_wolfie.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173316807075906226" /></a><br /><br />BTW, there wasn't much meat <i>at all</i> on these wings, so for any prospective raw feeders or raw critics in the audience, I do not feed wings on a regular basis...too bony. In fact, we never feed wings by themselves; the only time she gets wings is when she's working on a whole cornish hen or something similar. I didn't want the duck's bony wings to go to waste, so I kept them around. Came in handy, because she is working on a lamb shank these days and doesn't get any of the bone off of it, because it's too hard for her. So while not wasting the duck wing, I was also able to keep her busy while outside, and get her a big dose of calcium and marrow.JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-26358708651027222992008-02-27T13:02:00.004-05:002008-12-09T17:09:58.962-05:00Poor Luna<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9eaB_MpM0c8R3Ps4vrOFdQZSWOR2kCxZEImyCozuGqRF82zewdTL-Rh-YvqX8Ad6tcEb-qv5ifBeZgkvdw5vgIJnF0ImedqBo_kGpMR8-O-B8IICpyoRzmlKQCWFYgfEUjsONEQ/s1600-h/IMG_3334.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9eaB_MpM0c8R3Ps4vrOFdQZSWOR2kCxZEImyCozuGqRF82zewdTL-Rh-YvqX8Ad6tcEb-qv5ifBeZgkvdw5vgIJnF0ImedqBo_kGpMR8-O-B8IICpyoRzmlKQCWFYgfEUjsONEQ/s400/IMG_3334.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171723305630406066" border="0" /></a><br />As you can see, Luna is now home - and not exactly looking her best. The satellite-dish collar she's wearing did not come home with her yesterday, but she spent way too much time last night (we're talking laaate last night) licking at her incision, so this morning I went to the vet and picked it up. Can you tell she doesn't really like it? ;-)<br /><br />Poor puppy. At least she seems to be recovering well. Aside from being spayed, she was also microchipped and had a few retained baby teeth extracted. There was no sense in putting her under more than once, but I'm sure this recovery is no picnic to her. She hasn't really been interested in drinking since she came home, although she will lick off some water from my fingers if I offer them to her.<br /><br />But at least she's going to be ok. That's really the most important thing, and we are very grateful for those of you who prayed for her - as silly as it may have felt to pray for the health of a dog.Harmonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15105846442509828835noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-67817209240796973882008-02-26T07:08:00.004-05:002008-02-26T07:50:37.749-05:00It'll Probably Be Fine, But...Luna's getting spayed today. As I type this, Harmony and Luna are probably on their way over to the vet. We keep telling ourselves that fixing operations are probably the most common operation a vet does. We keep telling ourselves that Luna is a healthy dog and most definitely not the smallest dog the vet has ever spayed. We hope she won't have any issues with anesthesia, as some small dogs can.<br /><br />But we have been known to be recipients of bad luck in the past. So we still worry, despite the fact that (we hope) everything will probably turn out fine. After all, she's our baby. It's no coincidence that we got her right after learning of our 2nd miscarriage. <br /><br />Last night, I was wondering aloud if it would be considered weird that we love our dog so much. Harmony reminded me of the story/parable that Nathan tells David in 2 Samuel 12. <br /><br /><blockquote><i>1 The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, "There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, 3 but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him. <br /> 4 "Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him." <br /><br /> 5 David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, "As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die! 6 He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity." </i></blockquote><br />If Nathan, a prophet of God, illustrates the strength of this of man/pet relationship in a good light, then it couldn't be so wrong to treat your pet with such love, right? <br /><br />Luna shares our food...sort of (she eats raw what we would eat cooked). She drinks from our figurative cup sometimes (we give her orange juice fairly frequently for the vitamin C). Although she doesn't quite sleep in our arms, she does sleep in our bed and usually curls up right next to one of us. As I do not have a daughter (sniff, I want many...), I don't know if she is like a daughter to me. I'm guessing I would love a daughter in the same manner, except more.<br /><br />I know all of this probably sounds <i>really</i> silly to most of you, but JUST IN CASE something went wrong during the surgery, we made sure Luna had a wonderful day yesterday. Harmony forewent going out so Luna wouldn't have to be by herself at all. (After all, Luna's version of the fiery pit is being by herself.) She got lots of treats during the day (in part because she threw up because her stomach was so empty and acidic). Harmony let her play in the backyard much more than usual. I came home early to be able to have more time with her. We took her to the dog park, where she had a blast. She actually played this time! I know in the last video she was running around, but she actually <i>played</i> with another dog this time. <br /><br />Usually for her meals I toss the piece of meaty bone onto her rug and let her go at it by herself. Yesterday I held the frog legs (yes, frog legs, she is a fine diner) while she ate in my lap. She likes to eat in her safe places :) We let her play with things we normally take away from her, like our slippers.<br /><br />We'll probably look back on this post and laugh about how silly it was. I hope we do, because that means everything will have turned out fine.JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-7215659808060047742008-02-24T14:42:00.003-05:002008-12-09T17:09:59.184-05:00Fun With Puns (and Raw Diet Variety)<center>Don't give me any lip! (give it to Luna instead)</center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R8HOiT_J7FI/AAAAAAAAAKM/aRF9xB8O6Zc/s1600-h/IMG_3327.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R8HOiT_J7FI/AAAAAAAAAKM/aRF9xB8O6Zc/s400/IMG_3327.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170640936074079314" /></a><br /><br /><br /><center>Luna has a big heart. It almost weighs as much as she does.</center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R8HOjz_J7GI/AAAAAAAAAKU/h0K98KOlL8M/s1600-h/IMG_3331.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/R8HOjz_J7GI/AAAAAAAAAKU/h0K98KOlL8M/s400/IMG_3331.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170640961843883106" /></a><br /><br />These are buys from yesterday's excursion to the farmer's market. It was mostly cow...on a somewhat related note, I didn't know until recently that ox was just beef with an education. We got beef heart, ox lips, beef kidneys, duck, and sardines. Choices were limited due to our price limit of $2/pound. Thus we didn't get any lamb, rabbit, or goat.JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-27557272726735687592008-02-23T10:06:00.000-05:002008-02-23T10:06:41.728-05:00February Raw Diet UpdateToday we are going to a farmer's market in order to stock up on some more varied meats. Hopeful buys will include rabbit, goat, chicken parts, liver, heart and other organs, some variety of fish, maybe quail/pheasant, duck.... If the farmer's market has it for <= $2/pound, then it will be considered. <br /><br />Luna's health continues to be fine with the raw diet. We have had a couple of choking scares recently. On raw feeding FAQs, there's usually a question asking about won't-the-dog-choke-on-bones. Well, Luna has the opposite problem. She does not try to swallow bones unless they are quite small. If she's going to choke on something, she chokes on pieces of meat that are small enough to fit in her mouth, but a bit too big to squeeze down her throat. From now on, for meat-only meals, we are going to cut the meat into non-choking sizes. Raw feeding die-hards would probably not look favorably upon this, because ripping meat off bones is considered a good exercise. However, if there's no bone in the first place, there will be not as great of a work out anyways, so we don't feel bad about doing this with boneless pieces. We certainly don't want Luna to choke!<br /><br />Luna went through a phase where she didn't really eat the bones. She would eat all the meat off the bones, then would gnaw on the bone throughout the day. We think it was because she was teething, seeing as we found a fallen out molar and canine in the past month. As she now has more big girl teeth, she has gone back to crunching up bones in a delicious manner (for her anyways). During the teething (?) phase, she learned to pin the bone down with her paw and rip the meat off. So now instead of just wiping her mouth afterwards, I have to wipe her paws as well.<br /><br />I don't know if it's just that we got lucky, or because she's a puppy, or because of her diet, but Luna has very soft fur. We notice it even more when we go to dog parks and pet other bichon/poodle type dogs; they never have fur as soft as Luna's. We went to a bichon playgroup a couple weeks ago, figuring we'd pet at least one dog whose fur was as soft as her's. Out of the approximately 13 dogs that were there, only the 4 month old puppy came close to being at Luna's quality. Hey, I'm just reporting the facts ;)<br /><br />Here's video of Luna at the bichon playgroup. Ewokgirl should appreciate the music:<br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kCHCd2Xc-kA&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kCHCd2Xc-kA&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br />Here's video of Luna's most recent dog park visit:<br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wiDyO3idXp0&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wiDyO3idXp0&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com1