September 28, 2004

Her first bone

The hurricane puppy, Vanna, got her first bone today. An oxtail bone. She didn't seem to know what to do with it....was trying to scrape off the fragments of meat left on it. She's fed in a kennel so that the hawks aka Kalli and Maxi don't go and eat out her food.

She was finished the food part and I didn't see the bone so thought she had finished that. Alas, when I let her out, the hawk Maxi went in and snapped up the unfinished bone. I held her mouth open, hoping it would fall out, but to no avail.

Oh well, Vanna didn't seem too perturbed anyway, so why should I be? She was in a hurry to go and grab at the water. Unlike most dogs, she doesn't use her tongue to lap up the liquid. She opens her mouth and literally bites the water! Quite funny to look at.

Oh, you want to know about Kalli and Penny nuh? Still grrrrrrrrrrrrowling at each other. Today I saw Penny rail up on her hind legs in a tussle with the bitch Kalli. She suffered a little scratch on her face, so I had to comfort her.

Oh I will be so happy when my brother takes Kalli away at year end.

Oh, I won't start another sentence with Oh again.

Posted by yamfoot at September 28, 2004 03:14 PM
Comments

When we were kids, we gave our dogs chicken bones mixed in cornmeal all the time. We didn't realize that chicken bones splintered and could get stuck in their throat. Although, that never did happen.

Posted by: Stu at September 28, 2004 08:55 PM

correct you are. we only give them the second leg. if we give them the regular leg it's because Pops has already chewed it up for them.

Posted by: Michelle at September 28, 2004 11:45 PM

Mine get any bone except fish.

Posted by: Dr. D. at September 29, 2004 12:18 AM

You see, you have 2 kinds of dog. You have pure bred, and mongrel. Mongrel can eat anything. Pure bred get bone splinter in them mouth. Weakling dawg dem.

Posted by: Mad Bull at September 30, 2004 06:10 PM

We actually had both kinds, some pedigree and some mongrel. We gave all of them the same cornmeal bone and left over mixture. I agree though that the pedigree dog not so strong.

Posted by: Stu at September 30, 2004 08:47 PM