The Gift of the VAL-i

Hick bought dry food for our new puppy, Pepper. Pepper did not find it at all enticing. Not even with water Hick sprinkled on it to make it moist. So he went to town and got Pedigree Cycle for puppies, in a can. The can said to feed a 1-3 pound dog about 1/3 to 1/2 a can per day. Pepper liked it okay. Hick was feeding him morning and evening. He left a spoon stuck down in the can, and put a baggie down over the top.

Well. I discovered that Hick was using my GOOD plastic spoons! I like to eat with a plastic spoon. The plain white smooth kind of spoon. I only had four or five, and washed them with the regular silverware. But NOT one that was in dogfood! Of course Hick got an earful, and then switched to using a fork. But he used my GOOD plastic forks! The white smooth kind. Hick got the other earful. I showed him which plastic forks he was allowed to use.

Anyhoo... Hick had four cans of food. It was running out. I was afraid Pepper would go hungry because Hick kept delaying the purchase of more puppy food. I wanted to make sure he got the kind Pepper liked. Hick went back for more, but the feed store was out, and Walmart didn't have that kind. So he was going to try Tractor Supply, and Rural King.

Meanwhile, I was doing the regular shopping, and picked up some clear plastic spoons for Hick to use specifically for dishing out dogfood. 

Then I saw something else that would solve our problem, hanging from one of those annoying plastic strips.

Lids for pet food cans! Sure, they have cat pictures on top. Pepper's not gonna mind, and Hick can stop using baggies. He can cut a slit in one of the lids for the spoon handle to poke through, and throw away the spoon after that can is empty. Or just use a new spoon each feeding.

I was pretty pleased with myself, getting these items to make Hick's chore a little easier.

Hick was also buying something that day. Food that I had been harping about for Pepper. Imagine my surprise when Hick came home with this:

At least Pepper enjoys the pouches of puppy food. I daresay he'd also enjoy the spoons and lids, but those are not healthy things for a puppy to chew on.