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Image below of Romeo chewing on a deer skull.  He dragged it out of the bushes a month ago and now chews on it for a few minutes each day along our walk.

From 2013_Misc

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Dog Raw Diet

February 10, 2013 — 1 Comment

We have always fed our dogs a high quality dry food diet.  We recently decided to switch to a home-made raw diet.  It’s based on the BARF diet, with some modifications from additional reading about pet raw diets, mostly from The Whole Dog Journal.

Here’s the diet we make at home in a spreadsheet file with the ingredients and their percentages. It includes our January 2013 mix of ingredients. We vary the mix each time we make a new one.  We try to keep the percentages between meat, vegetables, fruit, eggs and supplements the same, but we will vary the specific meat, vegetable and fruit ingredients in each new mix for variety.

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Consumer Products

  • Local same day delivery for online orders, but this one is for existing small retailers. ow.ly/dMdH3ow.ly/i/Wube
  • #Wal Mart pulling the #Kindle: Additional insight offered in the comments about Wal Mart vs.#Amazon ow.ly/dTihe
  • ‘Click and collect’ offers consumers a new way to get groceries ow.ly/dU3qx #onlinegrocery
  • Supermarkets aim to win back health-food shoppers ow.ly/e0AuX Good summary on what mainline grocery is doing in natural/organic.

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  • Write because you love the reader. Never write to prove your point. Write to remind the reader they have infinite value.
  • RT @TheLightOfDog: What does it mean to give your dog “a job”? ow.ly/e2E7H ow.ly/i/YjS1Great video w/ my wife & our Romeo
  • Great podcast covering #cholesterol and how current accepted western medicial methods miss the boat completely. ow.ly/ebHVe #paleo
  • How Social Media Influences SEO ow.ly/eckTdGood stuff. #seo

LinkedIn/Quora

  • How does sales tax factor into retail margin calculations? ow.ly/ebGXf#quora A question and my answer posted #retail

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A recent yard project for me:  taking down this tree that recently died and sawing it up.

From 2012_Misc

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  • Interesting service: they build and maintain your food garden for you. ow.ly/9tYm4 I think this is a viable biz idea
  • Analysis: Wal-Mart’s price push tests manufacturers’ prowess: ow.ly/9ucwx
  • RT @dhgisme Kleiner Perkins Explores Next-Gen Agriculture Investing bit.ly/wBlsAn Sorry, KPCB, fake chicken not for me.
  • RT @RethinkRetail: CPGs Increase Account-Specific Marketing:supermarketnews.com/latest-news/cp…Great data here.
  • A peak at some possible organic food trends here: Top 5 Organic Products at 2012 Expo West: ow.ly/9CSkP
  • Nordstrom’s offering free shipping for items bought in-store: ow.ly/9Da9E I don’t foresee many other retailers doing this.
  • Kale is hot, and other takeaways from a huge food show: ow.ly/9FSQn Expowest tradeshow write-up

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  • How to embrace Facebook’s Timeline:ow.ly/9x43W Nice how-to with the why for brands

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  • RT keith_rng Wow… just tried new AMZN Flow app… first AR execution I can see myself usingbit.ly/rImKpN. Me: Agreed!
  • A few good posts by Michael Hyatt on personel development and growth: ow.ly/7ebHJ, ow.ly/7ebNf and ow.ly/7ebQ5
  • Here’s an article on good Twitter marketing tips and practices: ow.ly/7eaQM

 

Retail/Consumer Packaged Goods

  • Great example how Starbucks is fostering online interaction in a retail location: ow.ly/7eE44 Starbucks QR Codes Offer Rich…

 

Books/E-Books/Publishing/Blogging

  • 5 Ways to Make Your Author Page Mobile-Friendly zite.to/sbfTVV
  • Since I am publishing a book in 2/2012, I found this article helpful, and timely: ow.ly/7eaZpHow My Book Hit #1 on Kindle

 

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  • My dog only comes when she wants to. How do I get her to come EVERY time? ow.ly/7guHY #JuvenileDogs
  • RT @TheLightOfDog: RT @PetPR: The future is very optimistic for #pet products according to Mintel ow.ly/7g08C #petnews #petbusiness
  • RT @TheLightOfDog: Separation anxiety can be a frustrating issue to deal with, especially if your dog is destructive. ow.ly/7emcR

 

Training/Outdoors/Health/Food/Weather/GPS

  • RT @TheGearJunkie: Love this concept. Pearl Izumi’s ‘Unsanctioned Racing’ project is now live.  bit.ly/uT5FtF

 

Jesus Christ/Christianity

  • RT @JamesTippins: IF men respond to God in faith, it is because God has given them sight to see and faith itself as a gift. #gracealone

 


 

 

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This is a survey we did last fall that I neglected to get posted. It polled 94 online respondents about their dog’s chewing preferences and behavior, using Kwik Surveys.

What we learned is that if you want to make a chewing toy for a dog, make it smelly and soft.  For smells, dogs like plastic, wood and food.  In terms of soft, they liked toys they can sink their teeth into.  You can download it or view it below.

Love My Dog Training Chewing Survey Results 2010 Sept