I asked him. He told me!

[gewaltiger Sturm]

First let me thank Holmeshx2 for all the help!!!
So, after an extensive research period and being on the fence about raw feeding I decided to take the plunge. I stroll on down the local grocery store to get the yummies. I know I can get things at better places but it was a trial run. Anyway, I roll up in the store and proceed to gather the yummies. As I ask the guy in the meat department for different items such as beef heart and such he starts looking into my cart at all the other "strange" items I have such as pork back and chicken necks. I get in a concerned voice, "what are you feeding?" I chuckled and said, "a dog". He walked away! So I spy right there on the self a beef tongue. I have never thought much about them but it sounds good and I swipe it up. All yummies in hand I stroll to the beer isle and snatch up a case of yummies for me! I head to the check out lane and start unloading various animal parts and a case of beer. As I am being checked out the cashier is starting to look at me like my nose is bleeding. Never a single word after the standard "How are you". Nope! Just the "what in the ****" look. So I pay, smile and say, "Mans gota eat". I could feel the burn of the stare as I walked away. In the truck and off to the house all excited that I am going to make my dog some good food.
Once home, I grab my scales and post up in the kitchen, pull up a stool and pop a brew. Ready to do work!
I start by giving Storm a piece of pork back to see if he likes it! Shazam!! He is in love! I weigh out the portions and move on. Now to the chicken back and necks. Again, BAM! He gobbles it down looking for more. Again, I weigh out the portions. Moving on to the liver we hit a stand off. He dropped this thing on the floor, looked at me like "what in the **** is this?" We stare for a minute and woosh, in a flash he picks it up and proceeds to sling this slimy, bloody piece of poultry organ around my kitchen as if it was a **** toy!
After stopping long enough to clean what looked like a small massacre in my now slaughter house looking kitchen I put Storm outside so I could finish.
On to the beef tounge. Ok folks, let me tell you I am a southern boy and not much bothers me. HOWEVER, when I opened this thing and it flopped out on my kitchen counter I started having seconds thoughts. There it was in its full glory! Taste buds and all. As I drink my beer and look at this thing pondering what the **** I was doing the smell hit me. Yes people, it is possible to have bad breath when there in not a mouth attached to the tounge. So, even a longer period of pondering and drinking insued. After a short conversation with myself I decide I have reached the point of no return. I must continue on this quest. I grab my best, sharpest knife and make the first slice near the tip. Yep, I had to step back, drink more beer and do some more soul searching and ponder the inevitable. I could feel the pain in my own tounge. 6 beers and some slicing and dicing later, it was complete. The raw diet everyone raves about. I now have a biohazard for a kitchen, a buzz and a dog looking at me like he wasnt even sure what was going on. Being that he had already been fed and some test snacks, I decide to wait until moring to unveil the finished product. Not sure how my boy is going to react to his new diet, I also cut up some Fresh Pet Select and put in the bottom of is bowl. We are on day 3 and now he wont touch the Fresh Pet Select. Scarfs down his raw and snubs his nose at the FPS. The Pom on the other hand is another story but that for a different post.

[Lilie]

Great story! Made me smile all the way through....and now I want a beer...I don't drink beer, but now I want one.

[gewaltiger Sturm]

LOL. Thanks. Now get you a beer!!

[Lauri & The Gang]

Isn't amazing what we will do for our dogs??

Trust me, you will get used to doing this stuff. In just a few months you will be driving along, see a small mammal dead by the side of the road and the VERY FIRST thought that will go through your head is "I wonder how fresh that is??"

[gewaltiger Sturm]

Originally Posted by Lauri & The Gang

Isn't amazing what we will do for our dogs??

Trust me, you will get used to doing this stuff. In just a few months you will be driving along, see a small mammal dead by the side of the road and the VERY FIRST thought that will go through your head is "I wonder how fresh that is??"

LOL I hope so. Its not so bad right now. Thinking of buying half a cow and mabey a pig. That way we can all eat good organic meats!!!

[jprice103]

Great story! Was actually laughing out loud....and that is not easy for me to do! Good luck on your raw feeding adventures!

[Holmeshx2]

I don't know how I ever missed this post!! I died laughing at the story.. just for the record you can't drink a 6 pack every time you feed him dinner lol.

Glad he finally ate his liver but it's not nearly as bad as putting a lamb testicle in the bowl only for the dog to take it out realize it bounces then starts kicking it through the house like a ball.. that was a fun evening spent disinfecting my entire house from having ball juice everywhere

Laurie while thats bad I think I've been worse lately.. I keep an eye on CL and keep asking myself if I would be a horrible person responding to all the "rabbit free to good home" posts.. not sure if theres a special place reserved in the warm afterlife if I take someones pet to feed mine

[Sunflowers]

Gotta love those men from NC!

Sitting here in the middle of the night, reading up on what to do when my GSD puppy arrives.

When I found this forum I thought I would take down the name of the proper kibble to feed my little landshark when he gets here... but here I am, snickering at the visual of a long, tastebud-y, floppy beef tongue.


Brought back childhood trauma of the one time my parents decided they would bring one home and introduce me to such a "delicacy." Mouthless bad breath, indeed... scarred me for life, LOL. It must be the late hour, because I am thinking, "Well, I could swing it, if I get myself one of those toxic dust respirator things from Home Depot..." LOL!