[nagdu] Fiber

Fri Feb 27 23:13:43 UTC 2009

Rox,

I wonder if your former football jock knew my former soccer pro in their
previous lives.  /smile/

I haven't taught Mitzi any of that advanced household stuff, though she does
have a few of the skills, and I've shown her the tasks and taught her names
of things.  She can put the skills together to get in trouble, especially if
it comes to getting her teeth into something that's not good for her!
/smile/

Also, she supervises intently.  I swear if I do something a little
different, she questions my methods and examines the end result to make sure
I haven't screwed things up.  /smile/  What's really fun is to watch her in
the well-lighted kitchen with Daisy's dad, who is an excellent cook and
always trying out new recipes, which he talks his way through while he's
cooking.  Mitzi follows his every move with great interest and has starting
pointing things out to him when he goes looking for them, though he's too
busy to notice.  /smile/  And, no, it's not just for the dropped food,
though she's not above cleaning up if it's needed.  Half the time, she so
involved with watching, Daisy is the one to grab the yummy off the floor
from under Mitzi's feet.  Too, too funny.

Anyway, I like hearing your stories of how your dogs do their work and how
you manage to work two so neither gets worn down or soured by it all.

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Lisa Belville
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:39 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fiber

Another way to give dogs fiber is frozen green beans.

I just plop a handful in Katy's bowl along with her food and she's a happy 
camper.

Plus, it's easier than defrosting pumpkin.  <grins>

I do agree with Ben's good taste, though, except I'd have to have some 
cinnamon and nut meg thrown in with it.

Lisa

Lisa Belville
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From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IT)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fiber

> Tracy,
> If you've got a microwave, defrosting the pumpkin should be no problem,
> just nuke it for about 15 seconds or so.
> I doubt you'd lose any nutritional value by freezing it, if that
> happened, the frozen food industry would not exist.
> And, purayed pumpkin is extremely yummy!
> Ben has excellent taste.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:19 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fiber
>
> Thanks to all.  I froze about half of it.  The ice cube idea is a good
> one, but I'd rather give it to Ben unfrozen, and I'm not sure I'd always
> remember to take some out of the freezer in time.
>
> Rebecca, I may indeed look up some pumpkin recipes.  I don't usually
> like pumpkin, but this sure does smell good!
> And Benny loves it, too.  I wasn't sure if he was just eating it because
> it was with his food, and he's a Labrador, so I took a bit on my fingers
> and offered it to him, and he scarfed it right up with a happy slurp.
> So that's good, that he likes stuff that's good for him.
> Tracy
>
>
>> Or, use the leftovers and make stew or pie.
>> Pumpkin is yummy!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Julie J.
>> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 4:49 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fiber
>>
>> Tracy,
>>
>> No, I didn't freeze it.  I got the smaller 15 oz? cans.  I kept the
>> leftovers in the refrigerator.  I was giving it twice a day.  I'm
>> thinking that one can was lasting  3 or 4 days.
>>
>> If you got the really big can, you might want to freeze some of it.  I
>
>> wouldn't think it would affect the fiber, but I don't know for sure.
>>
>> HTH
>> Julie
>>
>>
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