Ottawa K9 School

Must haves for your library:

The Culture Clash  - by Jean Donaldson

When Pigs Fly – by Jane Killion

Books by the following authors:

- Ian Dunbar

Happy Reading!

Read any good dog related books lately?  Please share!

Happy Thanksgiving! A time when many of you are cooking up a big ole turkey and sharing it with your family.

Be careful what you choose to share with your dog. Here is a short list of DOS and DON’TS…

  DON’T:
give your dog turkey skin. It’s high in fat, difficult for dogs to digest and can sometimes cause tummy troubles if it holds any of that yummy marinade and spices.

DO, instead:
give your dog a bite-size piece of bland white meat

DON’T:
give your dog any cooked bones. Also, make sure they are discarded where the dog can’t sneak them out of the trash when you’re not looking.
Cooked turkey bones splinter easily and can damage your dog’s insides.

DO, instead:
give your dog a dog appropriate treat to chomp down on. A raw bone, for example.

DON’T:
put any gravy or sauce on your dog’s regular food, thinking you are giving Rover “just a special treat.” Rover’s tummy is not going to enjoy the extra cream, salt, butter or unfamiliar ingredients even if his nose thinks he will!

DO, instead:
add a little broth.

DON’T:
give Fido leftovers from your plate instead of his regular meal.

DO, instead:
add a little mashed sweet potato (no butter or cream of course), a few cooked carrots and a small piece of white, bland, turkey meat. Plain pureed pumpkin is great for your dog. You can also save some of the cooked veggies or white meat as treats.

How about making your dog a Turkey loaf? Here’s a recipe I found at bellaonline.com

Turkey Loaf for Dogs

• 2 pounds ground turkey
• 1/2 cup cooked mixed vegetables
• 1 T. garlic powder
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/2 cup barley
• 1 cup quick cooking oats
• 1/2 cup canned low-fat gravy

Preparation -
Grease a 9″ loaf pan; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground turkey, vegetables, garlic powder, egg, barley and oats. Mix the ingredients together well and place the mixture into the prepared loaf pan. Press the mixture to flatten and level, then use a table knife to cut a few shallow slits on top. Pour the gravy over the loaf and bake in a preheated oven at 350° for 1 to 1-1/4 hours or until nicely browned on top. Cool, then cut the loaf into about six slices. Wrap in plastic wrap or foil and store in the refrigerator. To feed – Break the slices into bite-size pieces.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Another hard to watch video.  It’s just encouraging to know that many of these dogs DO have a future.  We adopted Hemingway, the Great Dane you see 11 seconds into this video.  We’ve had him a year now, and his Puppy Mill days are wayyyy behind him.