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.
I object! Specifically I object to leaving the spoon of fork in the can until it is empty. It's a hate of mine. Rinse the utensil and put a lid on the can.
ReplyDeleteThe pouches of chicken food look yummy.
I agree, but Hick is the feeder, and I can't imagine him rinsing the utensil between feedings. At best, he might be persuaded to throw it away.
DeleteI hope you won't be horrified to learn that I use the spoons I eat with to spoon Toni Louise's meal out of the can. She gets 1/3 can mixed with a half pack of Moist and Meaty. She prances at my feet when I am preparing it. The other two dogs look up with woeful eyes until I add a few sprinkles of Moist and Meaty to their dry food. Kevin gets dry cat food. I have found the most inexpensive way to get the different foods is ordering online from Walmart. I get the biggest bags of dog and cat food in the brands I prefer and multi packs of Moist and meaty and 6 packs of the cans of Purina One. The stores don't carry the big sizes or multi packs and they bring it to my door. Not that I am lazy, just too old to be heaving that stuff around.
ReplyDeleteIt's your mouth, not mine! So it doesn't bother me. If Hick used a REAL spoon, I might make sure he got it to eat with...
DeleteI can only see problems with ordering our dog food. It might be left by the garage, or on the sidewalk, where it would get soaked in rain, or Jack would chew into the bottom of the bag and start eating it. Hick just bought a case (24) of the canned Pedigree puppy food at Rural King for $42.96. Puppies are as expensive as kids! Pepper goes to the vet tomorrow for shots, too.