This isn't much of a My Town Monday, heck, it isn't even much of a post.
One of my dogs has sensitive, allergic skin. To prevent flare-ups, we have to feed him protein types to which he hasn't developed hyper-reactions. Basically, that means weird dehydrated meats and organs. Duck and salmon jerky might not seem too unusual, but what about the bison lung puffs and kangaroo nuggets?
This week at the fancy pet store's aisle of dried flesh, I discovered a whole new category of lagomorph carcass strips! What you can't see in my cell picture is the nosebleed shelf of cages a foot above this, which some detractors would call evidence that the sign poster was merely stepstool-challenged. However, duplicates of this same sign dangled all down jerky-rawhide row, so you know what I think?
Monty Python was right about them all along!
If you click over to the official My Town Monday blog linked in the top line, you'll find better stuff to look at, including a cool visit to a US Olympic training facility with Barrie Summy!
UPDATE: ...not to mention the bridges and hippie coffee!
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It's too early here to read about bison lung puffs. It may be too early any time. Anyway, I wouldn't run my back on a bunny, Clare. Not ever.
Have to agree with Leah. (Aside from the fact that I can now not stop a Monty Python and the Holy Grail attack rabbit loop from running through my head!)
OTOH, human food stuffs don't bear scrutiny, either.
Haggis, anyone?
(No bunnies were harmed in the making of this post.)
That's "turn my back on a bunny."
Yeesh, it was to early for being sensible, too.
Bizarre. As you know, my dogs have similar issues. We went through the venison and the duck before we found salmon and potato. Now as snacks they get utterly disgusting "sweet potato wrapped in salmon skin" treats to go with their salmon and sweet potato wet food and salmon and sweet potato kibble. Yech.
Growing up, our dogs would never have survived if they'd had such food needs. Course in those days we never even thought about human food allergies, much less for dogs.
Thanks, Clare. Monty Python will be stuck in my head the rest of the day. Hehe, my secretary will LOVE that.
I used to have a Shih Tzu that was allergic to duck. All the expensive dog foods had duck in them. We started feeding him the ones that were lamb, and he developed skin allergies again. Oh, so fun.
Leah- I'm sorry about the am puffery! Your logical distrust of rabbithood has kept you kicking this long- don't give up now!
Taryn-I'm sure my pooches would adore haggis if given the chance. They know what's dead and love it, even if it's some wacko species their ancestors wouldn't have encountered, like prawn.
Laura- Okay, here's where I debase myself. My old man can't chew the yam jerky anymore, though he needs the fiber, so I slice and bake fresh yam strips for them every week.
Charles- Yes, I admit it's pathetic, and they would've perished on the veldt! However, in older times, you fed dogs scraps from your table, and the humans were eating less processed, refined junk, too. Modern people have way more allergies than we used to have as well. Hmm...
Crystal- I'm usually the victim of the mental jukebox ambush. I'm happy to inflict it for once!
We have several wild rabbits that hop through our back yard. I'll warn our poodle about just how evil they are! ;) And thank you for the link. ;)
Barrie- Today, you really held up the (Olympic) torch of MTM!
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