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I didn't take Jax with me to get my hair done because I was thinking my friend's rescue Pit was going to be there (I wasn't worried about fighting or anything...just managing two dogs in a small salon). They didn't bring her because they (friend who does my hair and his wife who is my Mom's best friend and a great friend of mine...and BIG into dog rescue) figured Jax would come (and they were NONE TOO PLEASED when I showed up dogless!) I guilted Suzy (wife) into going to get PopTart! I hate to sit and have my hair done, so at least this made it MUCH more enjoyable!!) Man, she is so sweet, and she sat with me the whole time!!



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bomary said:
I didn't take Jax with me to get my hair done because I was thinking my friend's rescue Pit was going to be there (I wasn't worried about fighting or anything...just managing two dogs in a small salon). They didn't bring her because they (friend who does my hair and his wife who is my Mom's best friend and a great friend of mine...and BIG into dog rescue) figured Jax would come (and they were NONE TOO PLEASED when I showed up dogless!) I guilted Suzy (wife) into going to get PopTart! I hate to sit and have my hair done, so at least this made it MUCH more enjoyable!!) Man, she is so sweet, and she sat with me the whole time!!



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It's not legal here to have them in the salon! :(
 
GennyB said:
We buy them young and feed them till they are ready for my freezer.
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Ooooo, I can't do that! I'm not a vegetarian, but if I'm buying a cow, I can't look it in the eyes! :bag: (and mentally naming it!:wideyed: ) No need to defend yourself. LOL! I get it. I just can't DO it. My daughter in law would have a mini farm if our son would allow it. I said, "You'd go out there and feed him every day and then say, today's your day?? :eek: No can do over here. :nono: I've never fed anything that I haven't love on so it wouldn't work for me. But she would love to raise a cow and chickens.
Regalis said:
From our walk the other night....

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YES! I spotted those glowing eyes!! LOL So fricking cool! I love owls and have only seen one in the wild in my life! He was sitting on the roof peak of our last house in broad daylight. Before cell phone cameras! lol No time for a picture but I will never forget when he took off! It was like slow motion...he spread those wings and they were huge! Like poetry in motion, baby! How beautiful! Ever since I've been wishing to see one again. We hear them Hoo Hoo Hoo a lot at night but I can never find them. Too dark and the trees are too thick. :(
 
MyBuddy said:
Ooooo, I can't do that! I'm not a vegetarian, but if I'm buying a cow, I can't look it in the eyes! :bag: (and mentally naming it!:wideyed: ) No need to defend yourself. LOL! I get it. I just can't DO it. My daughter in law would have a mini farm if our son would allow it. I said, "You'd go out there and feed him every day and then say, today's your day?? :eek: No can do over here. :nono: I've never fed anything that I haven't love on so it wouldn't work for me. But she would love to raise a cow and chickens.
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LOL! How did I know you were going to say that?
It's definitely a mentality you have to develop. I am not that involved in their care. We don't really feed them. They are grass fed.
We do this every other year. In the off year, the pasture is planted and cared for so they have lots of grass to eat. As far as names, all of them have the same name, Lunch and Dinner, as a reminder.
We try to grow as much of our food as possible. I like to know what is in what I am eating. Human food is almost as tainted of dog food. Pesticides, GMO's and other crap added to increase production or help it endure shipping as well as last longer....no thank you!
 
GennyB said:
LOL! How did I know you were going to say that?
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:D Cause you know me! lol

Lunch and Dinner. :spit: Yea, I 'get' all the reasons to do it and if someone else did it for me, it'd be good. :whistle: Just don't let me see them.

Remember my story about my kids when they were small? At the dinner table our son would ask, "Is this cow or pig or what?" :groan: I'd always answer him with a curt, "A Cow, OK!? Now, shut up and eat!" :sick: Damn kid, has to make me put a face to what I'm eating!! :rofl:
 
GennyB said:
We try to grow as much of our food as possible. I like to know what is in what I am eating. Human food is almost as tainted of dog food. Pesticides, GMO's and other crap added to increase production or help it endure shipping as well as last longer....no thank you!
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Same here and that's why 99.9% of our red meat is venison and almost all of the vegies are from the garden.
 
MyBuddy said:
Lunch and Dinner. :spit: Yea, I 'get' all the reasons to do it and if someone else did it for me, it'd be good. :whistle: Just don't let me see them.
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The boat website I'm on has a couple in Kingman AZ doing just that. The animals are free grazers on their property.
A person or a few people go in on a calf.
The calf will have a tag indicating who it goes to.
They're doing chicken, eggs and getting into pigs too.
That way people can buy quality meat, and know where it came from, what it ate, and to an extent a feel good aspect knowing the animal lived a relatively free and happy life before it fed their family(s).
 
GennyB said:
LOL! How did I know you were going to say that?
It's definitely a mentality you have to develop. I am not that involved in their care. We don't really feed them. They are grass fed.
We do this every other year. In the off year, the pasture is planted and cared for so they have lots of grass to eat. As far as names, all of them have the same name, Lunch and Dinner, as a reminder.
We try to grow as much of our food as possible. I like to know what is in what I am eating. Human food is almost as tainted of dog food. Pesticides, GMO's and other crap added to increase production or help it endure shipping as well as last longer....no thank you!
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Most every seed you plant has been genetically modified & most every grass seed has been genetically modified. You'd have to go out of your way to find seeds that haven't been modified and then you'll have other issues to deal with.
 
Happy Friday from the Dingo Savage :)

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Oh I LOVE owls and we have quite a few of them around here! Some VERY large and yes not unusual to spot them during the day. We also have burrowing owls that are the epitome of adorable!

Pop Tart is just so sweet! I love that pit face, may be biased :D! What a gentle soul. I wish I had a dog to accompany me for hair cuts! Well I kind of do considering I've been cutting my own hair for about two years now LOL
 
MyBuddy said:
YES! I spotted those glowing eyes!! LOL So fricking cool! I love owls and have only seen one in the wild in my life! He was sitting on the roof peak of our last house in broad daylight. Before cell phone cameras! lol No time for a picture but I will never forget when he took off! It was like slow motion...he spread those wings and they were huge! Like poetry in motion, baby! How beautiful! Ever since I've been wishing to see one again. We hear them Hoo Hoo Hoo a lot at night but I can never find them. Too dark and the trees are too thick.
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Its not that rare that I see adults, but they're super hard to photograph usually and they spook pretty easily. But seeing a baby?! And 3 if them?! We just stood there in aww for a few seconds before I even thought to grab my phone LOL one of them was sitting on the power lines that run over the road when we first spotted it, but of course it flew into the tree after I got my phone out, so I just kinda aimed my phone at where it was and hoped that i could capture some aspect of it! We keep walking that road at night now, but haven't seen them again :( my guess is they went back into the more wooded area.

And LOL at naming cows. My mom says the same thing. I'm like "whatever, if I had acreage, I'd so do it". Bigger LOL at your son :D my boys do that too! But it doesn't bother me lol the first time my eldest saw a dead deer in my dad's truck the only thing he asked was "so, are there 'bambi nuggets' in there and can we have them for dinner?!" We about died laughing. So I think I could handle raising a cow for food, as long as I knew that going into it. Now, if I thought it was a pet and got told later that it wasn't, then there'd probably be some non-moomoo blood shed. But part of the reason we stress that we are eating animals to them is to prevent waste. I'm funny that way. I don't even believe in killing or "hurting" plants unless it's to eat or invasive. Probably why my yard is full of dandelions :) I get on the kids about it all the time, absolutely no ripping leaves off trees just for fun! And no squishing bugs, other than ants, mosquitos, ticks, etc. We leave spiders and bees alone. Wasps I even leave be as long as they're not nesting in inappropriate places (like in my siding :s ) the one I DO kill that is truly beneficial is frickin centipedes. They creep me the hell out. If they're outside, they get to lice, but inside they go squish! (This is probably why people think I'm crazy LOL)


Picture of Kaizer after our walk last night :D I'm pretty sure he thinks he's human! We didn't walk all that far (only 6 miles) but he was wiped out! Probably from "playing" badminton with us :) apparently it's not just good exercise for us humans! He was chasing the birdie back and forth, caught it a few times too! LOL crazy dog! He honestly did really good for it being his first time being out there while we play since he was teeny tiny. We only had one doggie/kid collision when they both went for the birdie! Bahaha. Adds a whole new level of challenge to the game trying to not run into him! The lab just laid off to the side like "yeah, whatever". I couldn't believe it!

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Regalis, I too don't kill anything unless I'm either going to eat it, it bites me, or it's a truly giant spider inside the house. I even leave the little black ants that roam around alone. They don't hurt anything and eat dead bugs and crumbs! Kaizer is so cute, my dad always said a tired dog is a good dog :D
 
Gelcoater said:
The boat website I'm on has a couple in Kingman AZ doing just that. The animals are free grazers on their property.
A person or a few people go in on a calf.
The calf will have a tag indicating who it goes to.
They're doing chicken, eggs and getting into pigs too.
That way people can buy quality meat, and know where it came from, what it ate, and to an extent a feel good aspect knowing the animal lived a relatively free and happy life before it fed their family(s).
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Ahh....hubby's dream! It's so much more than just the food when you really get into it. There are little communities popping up that are like a co-op. They all work together to accomplish goals. The theory is not one family can do it all so they barter. Fascinating lifestyle.

Drogon said:
Most every seed you plant has been genetically modified & most every grass seed has been genetically modified. You'd have to go out of your way to find seeds that haven't been modified and then you'll have other issues to deal with.
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It's not too hard especially now with countries banning GMO's. I'm not a true buyer of organic. The pollinators don't know which fields are organic or non GMO. We have probably crossed a line where there is no going back. I'm just lessening my risk.
 
Regalis said:
Its not that rare that I see adults, but they're super hard to photograph usually and they spook pretty easily. But seeing a baby?! And 3 if them?! We just stood there in aww for a few seconds before I even thought to grab my phone LOL one of them was sitting on the power lines that run over the road when we first spotted it, but of course it flew into the tree after I got my phone out, so I just kinda aimed my phone at where it was and hoped that i could capture some aspect of it! We keep walking that road at night now, but haven't seen them again :( my guess is they went back into the more wooded area.

And LOL at naming cows. My mom says the same thing. I'm like "whatever, if I had acreage, I'd so do it". Bigger LOL at your son :D my boys do that too! But it doesn't bother me lol the first time my eldest saw a dead deer in my dad's truck the only thing he asked was "so, are there 'bambi nuggets' in there and can we have them for dinner?!" We about died laughing. So I think I could handle raising a cow for food, as long as I knew that going into it. Now, if I thought it was a pet and got told later that it wasn't, then there'd probably be some non-moomoo blood shed. But part of the reason we stress that we are eating animals to them is to prevent waste. I'm funny that way. I don't even believe in killing or "hurting" plants unless it's to eat or invasive. Probably why my yard is full of dandelions :) I get on the kids about it all the time, absolutely no ripping leaves off trees just for fun! And no squishing bugs, other than ants, mosquitos, ticks, etc. We leave spiders and bees alone. Wasps I even leave be as long as they're not nesting in inappropriate places (like in my siding :s ) the one I DO kill that is truly beneficial is frickin centipedes. They creep me the hell out. If they're outside, they get to lice, but inside they go squish! (This is probably why people think I'm crazy LOL)


Picture of Kaizer after our walk last night :D I'm pretty sure he thinks he's human! We didn't walk all that far (only 6 miles) but he was wiped out! Probably from "playing" badminton with us :) apparently it's not just good exercise for us humans! He was chasing the birdie back and forth, caught it a few times too! LOL crazy dog! He honestly did really good for it being his first time being out there while we play since he was teeny tiny. We only had one doggie/kid collision when they both went for the birdie! Bahaha. Adds a whole new level of challenge to the game trying to not run into him! The lab just laid off to the side like "yeah, whatever". I couldn't believe it!

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:scratch:Ya mean they aren't human?? Funny they have me fooled completely! lol
 
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