This lovely woman introduced me to Dana from Shepherds of the Mount, the breeder of her new young German Shepherd. I was so happy to have a chance to celebrate yet another deeply committed and responsible breeder on the air. I’d just like to add that the raw dehydrated food I have been telling folks about for years — and my dogs have at every meal as a third of their diet — is The Honest Kitchen, which is now a website sponsor and has a whole page on my website.
Hi Tracie:
I just wanted to write and let you know I heard the breeder, Dana from Shepherds of the Mount from whom we got our GSD pup Sky, on your program!! What a thrill!
Also, thank you so much for giving me supportive advice on how to raise Sky with great information that you always provide on your shows. I have purchased a gigantic bottle of fish oil from Nordic Naturals which we’ve been giving him for over a month, as well as supplements which actually Dana had introduced us to called Fresh Factors. I am giving Sky a mixed diet of dry kibble (again from a maker which Dana introduced us to, Flint River Ranch Kibbles) mixed with something (like cottage cheese, yogurt, egg, organic chicken stock, etc.) in the morning, a mixture of dry kibble and premium canned dog food for lunch, and at night he gets whatever we are eating (the protein meat/fish quickly braised in chicken stock and mixed with some form of complex carb and 1-2 vegetables). At 4 months, he is already over 50 lbs. and quite full of himself, no thanks to our constant admiration. Of course, we are trying to keep a firm hand and have started training sessions with a local trainer. We walk anywhere from 2-4 miles a day, sometimes alone, sometimes with another friend/dog. It’s a lot of work and I won’t lie and say it’s at times quite stressful and challenging, but I am hopeful that we will get a handle on things and have a good balance to the family. As I write, Sky is pooped from his little doggy play date and romp in the snow, and sleeps contentedly by the front door.
I continue to listen to your show with much admiration over all the thoughtful topics you raise and challenging us with possibilities and alternative perspectives that perhaps will become common thinking in the future. So much of what I’ve heard you raise in your show, as well as have read that have become the standards we live by today, were unheard of when I was growing up with our 3 mutts and you have really been a great inspiration and source of information.
With great respect,
Monday
