40 pounds usually fits in an area the size of a medium cooler like you'd take on a family day trip somewhere. So between four and five times that size. I could fit that in my commercial upright freezer with some overflow into my two fridges (LOL, yeah). Bones take a lot of space so figure at least 2/3 again for the bones. Probably you'll want a medium chest freezer if you want somewhere to store other food for a while (hee!).

Shanks (ask for cross cut), rib leftovers, tongue, kidney, pancreas, heart, lung, liver, "Soup bones" no more than six inches or two pounds each cut, tail of course, and be sure to bargain for a share of the ground. One eighth should be yours, but if they balk, believe me, a tenth will provide plenty of ground for your family (or dogs if that's your intention). If the other sharers aren't getting any ground, then ask for tip, flank, round, and chuck ground. These are all the fattier

Most hospitals have a compounding pharmacy. I used to have to get a special syrup version of a new drug to treat my son's digestive problems when he was an infant (grape flavor, yum!). They didn't just add flavor (most do that nowadays), they literally made the drug suspension there in the facility because it was only available in adult version at the time. I like Prozymes and can highly recommend it as a supplemental support, but it's true that EPI dogs need the pancreatic sourced supplement

Oddly, more exercise is one way to improve condition on a healthy dog. My sheepdogs always come back from their trainers (100 acres in the mountains) totally ripped and several pounds heavier in all the right places. I've scaled waaaaaaaay back and don't have as much work as I used to for keeping a dog muscled up and HUNGRY. We still have chores and walks, but compared to their trainers it's nothing. They expend as much energy in one training session as they do all day here, and they

Glenda, the fat content of meats is substantially higher as a general rule. My mom was horrified when she moved out here from CA. If I had a little dog and wanted to stick with commercial food I'd do Honest Kitchen. It's a dehydrated food and my experience has been that it gives you a LOT of bang for your buck. The only thing is that some dogs love it and some dogs think it's Not Food and there doesn't seem to be a happy medium. You can get a sample though before investing in it.

Small breeds have done most of their growing by nine months, so you may have hit that age practically overnight (it does happen). Just try cutting back your usual food about half for a few days and as folks have said, "tough love" her begging for treats. A varied diet is fine and desireable, but it should be up to you. You can add little goodies once you've figured out what her normal "adult" intake should be. I'd also wait to switch up food until then too. There are definitely

That's going to be a really awesome dog when he grows up if you put some work into him. I'm not a huge fan of mastiffs because they've in many cases had most of the "environmental awareness" bred out of them in favor of physical characteristics. Anyway, what you've got there is a 120 pup who thinks he knows what his job is - to go check out everything in sight and learn the difference between "normal" and "threat." The key is, I would say, to redirect

Two things make me less concerned (lol) - one, the dogs are used to that kind of food, and two, bloat isn't caused strictly by overeating, from what I've seen, but by overeating AND - if you know what I mean. Additional risk factors. Dogs are actually adapted to a cycle of gorge and fast - it's just that some breeds we've manipulated to the point that we've eliminated that function. Which is okay, because we don't require them to hunt for their food anymore. ;) I wouldn't

By side do you mean literally just the flank, loin, rib, plate - or half the carcass? Half a beef will fill the bed of a small pickup, especially if you request all the bones. If you look at your whole leg - a steer SHANK bone is that big, without the meat. The meat is usually packed in vaccum bags or paper, while the bones come in larger plastic bags, from 2.5 to 5 kg (beef might be bigger, that's what I get with a big sheep). You may get boxes or you may have to pay for them - ask ahead of

Oh! I'm going to sign off and come back as a complete stranger so you all will totally respect my word as divinely inspired. Post number one - "I hear Sheep Poop Pellets are what all the well bread (sic) dogs is eating" - insert link here to my farm where I'll be happy to ship you a fresh box of Sheep Pellets.