Surprise,Surprise!Lacey has no tear stains on Natural Balance Beef Dog Food Roll!

Surprise,Surprise!Our Lacey has no tear stains on Natural Balance Beef Dog Food Roll which is very similar to raw food sort of
Natural Balance Beef Dog Food Roll(Taken from website)

http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/dogformulas/DFRolls.html

Beef Lungs, Wheat Flour, Sugar, Beef Kidney, Wheat Bran, Beef, Beef Spleen, Beef Fat, Salt, Rice Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Egg, Glycerin, Lecithin, Dicalcium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Natural Smoke Flavor, Ascorbic Acid, Natural Flavor, Powdered Garlic, Vitamin E Supplement, Kelp Meal, Brewers Yeast, Calcium Disodium, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Rosemary Extract, Canola Oil, Sodium Erythorbate, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Sodium Nitrite, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Natural Mixed Tocopherols.
What;s surprising to me though,is that on dry dog food that consists of Beef there are some tear stains but not on something closer to raw.I think she’d do wonderfully on raw(BARF) but I don’t have the guts to do it myself.

Brownie gets loose

Tonight Brownie got loose apparently while we were getting ready to go out with Lacey Girl in the car already so I managed to convince her to stay in the car while I helped my dad get Brownie back to her owner(as our electronic gate was open)who wandered into our yard thinking oh,this is my home! so we got her out of our yard and here she goes..prancing around happily excited for exercise/freedom from confinement in her yard but we got her back to her house safely.

Lacey picks Natural Balance Beef Dog Food Roll over Acana Grasslands

Today Lacey had some Natural Balance Beef Dog Food Roll mixed with her Acana Grasslands.I mixed up her Natural Balance Beef Dog Food Roll with her Acana Grasslands with ham and she ate few bites of the Acana Grasslands & ate all of the Natural Balance Beef Dog Food Roll which we didn’t expect!She left all of her Acana Grasslands!Next time,we’ll do 1/4 c Natural Balance Beef Dog Food Roll with an 1/8 cup of Can Food + 1/8 cup of Acana Grasslands so that hopefully she’ll eat some of the other food and not the Natural Balance Dog Food Roll itself!
However after lunch she took a walk and didn’t take a poop so we’re not sure if she’s constipated but we’ll try walk her in the am..It could be she’s constipated and if she is the pumpkin in her dog food mix(dry/can/people food)should help.

Lacey’s Christmas Eve Celebration

Lacey spent Christmas Eve with the Shiira extended family.She enjoyed some yummy pork and steak including a few bites of almond wafers.Lacey Girl even ate some lobster(small pieces of course) and she loved it!Many family members greeted her with love & affection.A few family members said they have poodles.Some have said that they are surprised she’s so well kept with no tear stains as many Maltese dogs have brown tear stains.Some children(of our large extended family that continues to grow each year) also played with her and loved on her even one who was supposed to be afraid of dogs.For the first time experiencing loud noise Lacey did well although she did get restless.

Lacey Princess wants to wish all the dogs & their owners a Merry Christmas!

Lacey Princess & her owner,Loreene,would like to extend a wonderful,delightful & memorial Christmas with other dog owners & their dogs.We wish you a Happy Holidays & hope all have a wonderful new exciting year!As we almost close 2010,we want to thank everyone whose checked out,Lacey Princess’,website with helpful tips & info on how to keep your dogs healthy as possible with good care as well as updated information/news with our dear Lacey Princess!Check back to see how Lacey spent Christmas eve & Christmas Day in the next few blogs over the next few days!

Barks & Thanks to VCA University for a Christmas Card

Many Barks & Thanks of appreciation go out to VCA University Animal Hospital for their wonderful and dedicated staff to help care for Lacey this past year.Thoughts of remembering Lacey on Christmas reminds us how lucky we are to have chose a great caring team of staff & physicians to help keep our Lacey healthy as possible.Words can’t even come close…Barks & hugs to the staff who signed her Christmas Card!

Canidae new grain free diets

Canidae Grain Free Pure Sky Duck/Turkey
Pure Land Bison/Lamb
Pure Elements Chicken/Turkey/Lamb/Ocean Fish
Pure Sea Salmon

I don’t know if we will try Canidae again(dry) unless we can find a sample from a store that sells Canidae.but their can food might be an option for Lacey.Could be an option for Brownie though..

Trying to transition Lacey to Nature’s Variety Instinct Beef & Lamb

It’s been roughly a month since she started Acana Grasslands so now we’re transitioning her to Nature’s Variety Instinct Beef & Lamb.I offered it to her with 1/8c dry +1/8 cup can.At first she took to it somewhat then went back a few times so I made her the Acana Grasslands with can food(1/4c dry + 1/4 c can)..she ate some but ate the Nature’s Variety more which is good because we are trying to rotate between the two formulas on a month to month basis.When she ate 1/8 cup of Nature’s Variety by itself(dry) her bowels were decent so with 1/8 cup dry + 1/8 cup can we’re not sure how it will turn out..If it’s soft we will pick up some pumpkin to add to it over a few days and see if we can up it to 1/4 cup dry + 1/4 cup can eventually.Otherwise we’ll try the transition slowly by trying to mix the two formulas with can food(not to equal more than 1/2 cup) & possibly add pumpkin to it..Think she’ll take it eventually but we’ll try it and see..Hopefully this one(Nature’s Variety)doesn’t need to go to Brownie…
Check back for an update:Lacey does good on it by itself on an 1/8cup but together with can food we need to add pumpkin & add twice the people food topper than usual..We’ll probably end up using Nature’s Variety every now and then but not on a regular basis.

Lacey update on Acana Grasslands

Lacey Girl is so far doing well on Acana Grasslands.She still itches but as long as there are no hot spots we’re not too concerned about it..She’s eating moreorless daily of Acana Grasslands with whatever can food is mixed in there with her Acana Grasslands.She’s got two options to either eat the dry/can food mix OR to eat it itself(just the dry food Acana Grasslands or Nature’s Variety Instinct Beef & Lamb)..In the end she chooses the dry/can food mix.Basically I give her whatever can food is on sale usually under $3.00 per can and she gets moreorless the proteins that’s in her two dry foods(turkey,beef,lamb & fish) that are all fairly grain free(2 grains or less).On occasion we give her a different protein like Duck,Chicken in can food(not dry)…We are also slowly transitioning to raw food meaning she’s starting to get familiar with this type of food.Over the past year(2010) she’s been getting more freeze dried/dehydrated raw food treats..In 2009,she was introduced to Stella & Chewy(freeze dried)..Meanwhile we are getting her some “raw food” dog food rolls from Natural Balance from time to time instead of can food.We still use can food overall but we do give some”raw”type of dog food rolls/complete meals from time to time.As the years go on slowly it will become her main diet..Meanwhile,it will be a small part of her diet.

I also found that in the Caroline Prime Jerky treat there is propylene glycol in their treats..One that’s a no no for Lacey girl so our “second” dog aka Brownie will finish it..What’s a no no for Lacey usually goes to Brownie but we try to give fairly high quality when she needs it or is out of dog food.Lace & Brownie will not necessarily be on the same diet although Brownie loves Raw more than dry or can.

Tear Stains by Protein

I often write this type of things on her website so that it’s easier to find than go through her daily notebook that I keep for her eatings/what’s coming up like dr visits/trips/meds and so on..

Beef:There’s some..Not a lot..
Chicken:There’s some..Not a lot..
Duck:No prediction yet
Lamb:Very very little to none on some days..Crummy like on her whiskers
Pork:Very very little to none
Bison:No prediction yet
Vension:No prediction yet
Fish:No prediction yet