Lucy, our adopted girl. She graces our life, and causes us significant expense in time and money. We wouldn’t have it any other way!

My latest time-gulping activity is making her food from scratch. I start with 1lb packaged meat-for-pets (sheep, pork, lots of organ meats) from Circle Star Ranch (http://www.circlestarranch.info/index.html).

I prepare the food using variations of ingredients that I found on the following sites:

http://www.onthegreenfarms.com/natural-animal-care/how-to-make-your-own-healthy-natural-dog-food/

http://cookingfor10.blogspot.com/2010/01/dog-food.html

http://turtlewoman.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Make-Healthy-Homemade-Dog-Food

It is a LOT of work, but … WOW is she excited and happy and super-eager for her meals. She was always pushing for food (she is a dog, after all!), but now she almost dances, and she does little wheelies. How cute 😉

I am going to make flea/tick powder as soon as my supplies arrive. http://www.primallyinspired.com/homemade-flea-powder-repellent/  is the site I obtained the information from.

The batches I make last about 4 days. It takes about 30 minutes prep time and about 45 minutes in the oven. I tried crock-potting it yesterday …. ICK it STANK because I cooked the meat first and I could smell the lamb. I have to mull on methods, and my tolerances.

After all … I’M a vegetarian!

… with gratitude ^_^