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<DIV>We have chickens who have wonderful personalities and fun to have
around (except when they eat the tender plants) but we have most plants safely x
penned off nowadays or up high in huge pots. :)</DIV>
<DIV>The "girls" provide our dogs with good fresh eggs and also we use the
dried and then pulverized eggshells as a supplement that
is cheap & easy!</DIV>
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<DIV>Let egg shells dry out and then grind to powder in
a Vitamixer or coffee grinder and store in a covered jar. Sprinkle a bit
over each meals food. OR better yet try making up Healthy Powder
Supplement. If you want to make a really good homemade Healthy Powder try
this! It is good and pretty cheep too...and a substitute for "Missing
Link"!</DIV>
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<DIV> Here is a good "HEALTHY POWDER SUPPLEMENT" Recipe
from our Vet Dr. Doug Yearout who gave us this recipe in one of
his handouts. When mixing this be sure to make it using ingrediants
from the health food store. </DIV>
<DIV>Combine 2 c. nutritional yeast, 1c. lectithin granules, 1/4 c. kelp (we use
more kelp than he says) or alfalfa powder and 1/4 c. bone meal (or 900 mg.
calcium or 3 tsp. eggshell powder) Optional: 100mg. vitamin C (=1/4 tsp. sodium
ascorbate) and 1 tsp. garlic powder.</DIV>
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<DIV>Yeast Substitution: Omit the yeast, reduce the bone meal to 5 tsp. of
calcium or 3200 mg. ( 1 3/4 tsp. eggshell powder). Use half the usual
amount of Healthy Powder in each recipe you mix up of real meat and
veggies. Add a complete dog-multivitamin mineral supplement daily
as Kelp Substitution: Use 1/4 tsp. iodized salt plus
1/4th cup of either alfalfa or montmorionite clay or a pet vitamin/mineral
supplement. </DIV>
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<DIV>A GOOD MEAT SUPPLEMENT FOR DOG KIBBLE using the Healthy
Powder:</DIV>
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<DIV>1 # (or 2 cups) ground raw turkey, chicken, lean hamburger, lean chopped
chuckchuck or ground or chopped lean beef heart. THIS IS ENOUGH FOR *8*
BASSET HOUND MEALS SUPPLEMENT AT OUR HOUSE.</DIV>
<DIV>4 tsp vegetable oil (olive flax are best)</DIV>
<DIV>4 tsp Healthy Powder</DIV>
<DIV>1 3/4 tsp bone meal or 1100 - 1200 milligrams calcium or 2/3 tsp.
eggshell powder</DIV>
<DIV>1/4 to 1/2 c. vegetables grated /chopped (we cook them a little)</DIV>
<DIV>At mealtime feed 1/4 c. of this mixture for every 1 c. of dog
kibble. It can be frozen and thawed at mealtime. Add fresh vegetables,
vitamins and Missing Link (or Healthy Powder) when each meal is served.</DIV>
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<DIV>We feed 2% Cottage cheese too as it is a palatable source of protein to
boost the nutritional value of kibble. No meat to chop an easy dinner or
breakfast meal and the Hounds LOVE it!!!</DIV>
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<DIV>PS I used to think it was hard work to feed our dogs good fresh food but no
more. It is hard to just go ahead and DO IT kinda equivelent to brushing your
teeth...once you do it once you just DO IT you feel so great and you are
rewarded later too!. It is easier and easier once you start and you see the
difference in the hounds! Shiney coats, vital, and full of sass
Houndies!!!</DIV>
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<DIV>Love and Woofs from Hudson Honey, Henry and Itty Bitty and their Mama
Alexa</DIV>
<DIV>Reminder to Save The Date</DIV>
<DIV>Basset Fun Day</DIV>
<DIV>June 23rd 12 - 3 at the Academy of Canine Behavior</DIV>
<DIV>BRoPS takes over the entire Doggy Daycare Building and Yards!</DIV>
<DIV>This is our biG push fundraiser of the year to help the Rescue
Houndies!</DIV>
<DIV>$10 each person and dogs go free (Basset Buffet! Meatballs! Treats!) </DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.adoptabasset.net">www.adoptabasset.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV>Go to <A href="http://www.aocb.com">www.aocb.com</A> for interactive
directions to Basset Fun Day!</DIV>
<DIV>Please contact Basset Rescue of Puget Sound to RSVP so we will have pleanty
of good food for our picnic</DIV>
<DIV>lunch!</DIV>
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<DIV>Arroughs!</DIV>
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