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Who is hot in Japan/America? Japanese singer/song writer "Hikaru Utada"
Recently, I was reading a newspaper and, I found an article about one of my favorite Japanese singers- Hikaru Utada and, I found out that she has started concert tours in the states and has appeared on American TV shows such as "Early show" and she is getting famous in the states. In fact, I have found that American idol host Ryan Seacrest has blogged about her on his site, and called her "Japanese Madonna". To read about Hikaru Utada on Ryan Seacrest blog site, please click here.
So, who is Hiaru Utada?
Hikaru Utada was born in New York to record producer (father), and Enka singer (mother) and she was raised in Tokyo,Japan. She is a singer/song writer and she writes lyrics of her own songs, and sold more than 52 million records world wide.
The first song I have listened to and the one that made me become a fan of her is titled "First love". The song was huge hit in Japan and it became the song that made her name known big in Japan and earned nickname "hikki" as Japanese fan call her.The song was so catchy and her voice is unique and once you listened to it, the music tone would not get out from your head.
Bellow are 2 of my favorite songs of hers. Both is old songs but I still enjoy listening to her.
First love
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A song released in the states is titled "Come back to me", and again, very catchy and hard to get the song tones out of my head.
Come back to me
The song released in the states "Come back to me" is a song that all lyrics is written in English. It is nice that everyone who does not speak Japanese can sing the song with Karaoke this way and can understand what the song is about, but I would love to see her sing in mixture of Japanese and English just like songs released in Japan and became mega hit such as "First love".
If you like to know more about Hikki- Hikaru Utada, you can visit her official site.To visit her official site, please click here.
What do you think about her songs?
Save more on Buffalo treats, and Beef treats
**February is the month of Valentine's Day. We will offer extra treat every week in February if you order over required purchase amount.**
** Week 2(Feb 5th through 11th):One count of free 8oz Venison lung treats with order over$150 (Merchandise sub total after any discounts are applied must be over $150. Exclude shipping fee).
With this free treats offer of week 2, you will receive following benefits
- You will receive Free shipping automatically
- You will get one count of free lamb Trachea with your order
- You will get one count of Free 8oz Venison lung treats ($16.53 value)
** If the 8oz Venison lung were out of stock,we will include different treats with $16.53 value. If your dogs were allergic to specific type of protein source,please leave us a note in the special instruction box when you check out. We will include treats from different type of protein source with value of $16.53
** Also,when you place an order over $150 for this week 2 offer, you do not need to put Venison lung treat in your shopping cart.
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** Baguette biscuits;Grass-fed Buffalo liver biscuits <4oz>
This is our buffalo liver biscuits with a little exotic twist using fully grass-fed buffalo liver.
Normally,it is 4.18,but with sales price,it is $3.67
You can read more on Baguette biscuits in the entry titled "Palette's note: Baguette biscuits". Please click here to read the entry.
All of our biscuits will be made to order approx. 12 hrs before shipping time,and we offer freshest biscuits on the market. All of our biscuits and Surf Turf Jerky are lab tested,and registered with department of agriculture.
All biscuits size is 1.5 inches.
Please store this biscuits in freezer for longer shelf life in your air-tight zip bag after receiving your order.
** Buffalo bully sticks
4",6",12" and buffalo bully sticks end available.These are made in USA from Buffalo that received No antibiotic,No growth hormone in their life.Nitrate free, and no smoke liquid is used to make these. Due to natural dog treats,thickness of the bully sticks can vary.
4" single: Normally,it is $2.33,but with sales price,it is $2.18
4" 10 pieces package: Normally,it is $22.56,but with sales price,it is $21.05
6" 10 pieces package: Normally,it is $40.32,but with sales price,it is $37.64
12" single: Normally,It is $9.04 but with sales price,it is $8.45
12" 10 pieces package: Normally,it is $87.45,but with sales price,it is $81.62
Buffalo bully sticks end 3"-6" single:
Normally,It is $2.73 but with sales price,it is $2.55
** Buffalo tendon
5"-7" and 11"-15" sizes are available.These are made in USA from Buffalo that received No antibiotic,No growth hormone in their life.
5"-7" Normally,it is $1.17,but with sales price,it is $1.1
11"-15" Normally,It is $2.47 but with sales price,it is $2.31
**Surf Turf Jerky 1 oz
SurfTurf Jerky is made with American fully grass-fed buffalo meat with wild-caught salmon with skin on.We do not use the grass-fed buffalo meat with grain finished.
Normally,it is $8.95,with sales price,it will be $8.36
Our Surf Turf Jerky is lab tested,and registered with department of agriculture.This will be made to order,approx 16 hrs before shipping time.
You can read more on Surf Turf Jerky in the entry titled "Palette's note: Surf Turf Jerky". Please click here to read the entry.
Please store Surf Turf Jerky in freezer for longer shelf life in your air-tight zip bag after receiving your order.
** Buffalo Trachea 6"
Buffalo Trachea 6 inch in size.These are made from Buffalo that received No antibiotic,No growth hormone in their life. Buffalo trachea is 2-3 times more in weight,and a little thicker than regular beef trachea.
This treat is crunchy,and great snack for dogs. You can get single piece , 5 pieces, or 10 pieces package.
5pieces:Normally,it is $16.50,with sales price,it will be $16.22
10pieces:Normally,it is $32.20,with sales price,it will be $31.29
**This Buffalo trachea's sales price is valid while supply lasts
You can read more on Buffalo trachea in the entry titled "Palette's note: Buffalo Trachea". Please click here to read the entry.
**Dehydrated grass-fed buffalo tripe strip
Dehydrated grass-fed Buffalo Tripe 6" and 12"available.Width of this treat is vary due to natural products. These are made in USA.
6" Normally,it is $1.20,with sales price,it will be $1.13
12" Normally,it is $1.70,with sales price,it will be $1.59
** Beef Dogitos 2oz (dehydrated 100% grass-fed beef lung)
Dehydrated 100% Beef lung from grass-fed beef.
Normally, it is $5.27,but with sales price,it will be $4.83
** Free Range Brazilian Beef Trachea 6"
Trachea provides natural Glucosamine and, it is especially great for Arthritis dogs.
Trachea is known with name "moo-tube, windee",and this is Free range Brazilian beef trachea.
This treat is crunchy,and great snack for dogs. You can get single piece , 6 pieces, or 12 pieces package.
single:Normally,it is $1.27, with sales price,it will be $1.19
6pieces:Normally,it is $7.3,with sales price,it will be $6.97
12pieces:Normally,it is $13.99,with sales price,it will be $13.47
**This Beef trachea's sales price is valid while supply lasts
** Free range Brazilian beef braided bully sticks 12"
12"Free Range Brazilian beef braided bully sticks made in Brazil. You can buy piece by piece or 10 pieces package. These are made from Free range Brazilian beef that received No antibiotic, No growth hormone in their life. Due to natural treats,thickness of the bully sticks can vary.
* Watch Palette enjoy her Free Range Brazilian beef braided bully sticks 12" bellow.If you are a blog subscriber or reading from facebook,please click here to watch the video.
12" 10 pieces package: Normally,it is $66.44,but with sales price,it is $62.01
** Free range Brazilian beef braided bully sticks ring
12" Free Range Brazilian beef braided bully sticks ring made in Brazil.Ring size in average is about 4.5". These are made from Free range Brazilian beef that received No antibiotic,No growth hormone in their life. Due to natural treats,thickness of the bully sticks can vary.
Normally,It is $9.73 but with sales price,it is $9.39
** Angus beef Bully sticks
Angus beef bully sticks.Available in 3 sizes: 2"-4", 7" and 12". These are made from grass-fed Angus beef in Argentina that received No antibiotic, No growth hormone in their life.
No liquid smoke is used.Due to natural dog treats,thickness of the bully sticks can vary.
2"-4" single: Normally,it is $1.42,with sales price,it will be $1.33
2"-4" 10 pieces package: Normally,it is $13.75,but with sales price,it is $12.83
7"single: Normally,it is $4.38,with sales price,it will be $4.1
7" 10 pieces package: Normally,it is $42.42,but with sales price,it is $39.58
12"single: Normally,it is $7.98,with sales price,it will be $7.47
12" 10 pieces package: Normally,it is $77.25,but with sales price,it is $72.10
** Grass-fed Angus beef tendon 8"-11"
Grass-fed Angus beef tendon (Paddy wack) made in Argentina.
Normally,it is $3.08, but with sales price,it will be $2.89
** Grass-fed Angus beef Tripe springs 10"-11"
Grass-fed Angus beef tripe springs made in Argentina.
This is 10-11 inch long tripe spring stick.One package comes with 2 spring sticks
Normally,it is $5.39,with sales price,it will be $5.05
Please enjoy treat hunt for your furry friends!!
*You can get Free shipping with order over $100 (No coupon code required)
*You can get FREE one count of lamb trachea (Lamb version of Moo-tubes)with every order!
* Watch Palette enjoy her Lamb trachea bellow.If you are a blog subscriber or reading from facebook,please click here to watch the video.
**If your dogs were allergic to lamb,and cannot enjoy "one count of free lamb trachea"that comes with your order, please let us know. We will include something else.
* We accept only US order,no international order please.
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The British pub menu: Curry shepherd pie "Yassy's version" Updated on Feb 3rd,2010
In previous entry titled " Traveling without flying ", I wrote about the unique British pub that me and my husband have found near our house. The pub has been one of our favorite eatery place since our first visit. One of our favorite dish there is shepherd pie with curry flavor. Since we liked it so much that I have tried re-create the dish we have tasted there. I think it came close to we have had there with my twist to the dish. You can try out and see if you like it.
Here is how I make my version of curry shepherd pie.
I made scoring on potato part with fork
When I make mashed potatoes/shepherd pie topping, I do not use regular potatoes. I use Yukon Gold Potatoes. It is more creamy texture and it definitely taste much better than regular potatoes. With baked potatoes,I do not use Yukon gold potatoes. I use Russet potato because it has more texture to it and best suits to the dish.
So, my choice of potato I used for shepherd pie is Yukon Gold Potato. I usually wash potatoes, wrap them in saran and put it on microwaveable plate and cook them. 1 potatoes needs 3 minutes plus one minute. If you use 3 potatoes,3 potatoes x 3 minutes+1 minutes=10minutes. It depends on size of the potatoes but,usually I use 5 potatoes or so. If it happened to be too much of potato, you can always make different dish using leftover mashed potatoes.
For example, you can make the mashed potato like a golf sized ball, and wrap it with thin ham. When you wrap the potato ball, you need to wrap like funnel shape and you can place the wider open side outward on plate and it looks pretty. You can use leftover mashed potato salad too instead of regular mashed potato. And, if you like to go further to use it up, wrap the potato like sushi roll with ham and dredge it into flour, put them to beaten egg, roll on panko bread crumbs and deep fry them. It is good side dish with different takes to leftover meal.
Anyway, first step for shepherd pie is to make the topping=potato part.
After cooked in microwave, I use chopstick to get peel off and I mash them with masher. After that,I sprinkle kosher salt,and put 1-3 table spoon worth of butter and I add 1-2 handful of shredded reduced moisture motzarella cheese ( I prefer fresh Motzarella when it comes to taste test competition but,it has too much moisture and it does not work well in this dish) and handful of grated Parmesan cheese let it melt by heat.Then,I add splash of milk, splash of heavy cream and stir,and add 1-2 table spoon of sour cream and keep adding milk till desired texture. Then,season it with pepper. This is my topping part.
As for meat part, all you need is half ground lamb,half ground beef,canned green peas, small chopped carrots,1 clove of garlic.
Sometimes, finding ground lamb in a package is difficult.Not all grocery store carry the ground lamb all the time. So,what I do is to buy a package of boneless leg of lamb, and cut to about half pound or so (amount will be depending on how much meat you like to use) and put it to food processor and zap to ground meat. When I make a burger patties,I tend to buy a favorite cut of meat,then ground the meat before making patties in food processor.
So, put about half table spoon of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (I prefer cold pressed EVOO) in a big wide bottom pan, cook ground beef and ground lamb. Then, add grated 1 clove of garlic chopped carrots and cook to tender. Season it with salt and pepper (I usually use Molton brand's "Nature's season".It is a seasoning blend bottle with blue cap). Then, sprinkle "hot madras curry powder", and adjust hotness to your preference, and add bit of ground cumin, add bit of ground coriander splash of Worcester sauce and add touch of chopped fresh Rosemary. Adjust overall taste. When curried meat is about done, add a bit of water-drained green peas and stir and take off from heat.
So, potato part and meat part, both cooked through at this point. Therefore, easy to assemble parts to make it to shepherd pie.
Prepare baking dish,butter the dish, and pour curry flavored meat part on bottom, and place mashed potato on top. Brash the top of mashed potato with melted butter and put the dish under broiler.
Broiler brown the food very quick so, you need to watch the food so as not to get it burned.
When potato part gets bit of brown color on top, it is done. Since mashed potato part does not include egg like other shepherd pie recipe,you do not need to cook it long time in the oven.
This dish is express version of shepherd pie, and easy to make,quick to serve. I hope your family would enjoy this dish as much as mine does. When you scoop some portion of the shepherd pie, since mashed potato has Motzarella in it, you will see the string of the cheese. That makes our dog "Palette" go nuts about our meal. Sadly,she never get our meal, but she enjoys the smell of the melted stringy cheese in the potato part.
Enjoy!
Do dogs watch TV and enjoy watching TV shows?
When TV is on, sometimes, I stare at her wondering whether she is actually watching TV even if she does not understand what it is about. It is interesting. Sometimes, I can tell she is following something on TV with her eyes and sometimes, careless and ask for tummy rubs.
To me, it seems, she tends to stare at TV screen when we are watching animal TV shows.
One of her attention getter kind of TV shows is dog training show aired on animal planet channel called "It's Me Or The Dogs". With this show, she can hear the clicker sound when the trainer "Victoria Stillwell" uses clicker to train the dog on the show, and since she is clicker trained, it makes more interesting show to watch with me?
What is clicker training?
You can read more on clicker training at previous entry titled " Clicker training: clicker is your friend".
One of the episodes we watched was about a dog that jumps at TV with loud bark when he sees animals on TV. Maybe to dogs, since smelling is big part of communication method among dogs,when they cannot smell the animals on TV screen, they get frustrated and bark at the screen? Palette does not react like that way to animal TV shows but, is Palette really watching TV and enjoy watching the shows?
Do dogs watch TV and enjoy watching TV shows?
Dogs love to chase any moving objects; jogger,cars,bicycles,balls, squirrels...They are sensitive to moving objects and often react to them. Also, as I wrote in previous entries titled "How dogs see colors", "How well dogs can see"dogs see moving object better than objects that stand still. Also, they see colors of TV screen differently than us since dogs can’t see red, orange, or green; those colors for them,look like yellow or blue. But they see black,white gray.
Also, they are sensitive to sound as well. When Palette hears something, sometimes, ears facing forward to where the sound is/might coming from, and if it were her meal time, she holds her meal in the mouth, freeze her motion, and she tries to get detail of the sound and when she gets relaxed, she continue eating meal.
So, maybe they are following the moving object on the screen with their eyes and since they react to sound as well, they may look like watching TV just like we do.
Here is an interesting experiment we can do. Turn the TV on that has scenes that has much less movement with much quiet sound on the screen and see how your dogs react to the TV screen. Then, try turn the TV on and choose the program that has lots of movement with sound. Which of the two shows they react most? My guess is that probably Palette would show less interest in scene that has forest on screen with just sound of river flowing compare to dog TV show that she can hear the language of the dogs.
Each dogs have their own personality and each would react differently to TV shows.
One thing that I must remind Palette all the time when TV is on is that she seems not being able to tell "door bell" on the show and "door bell" in reality. I tell her "That was TV" and she looks at me with puzzled look and settle down again.
Can your dogs tell difference of "door bell" on TV shows and "door bell" in reality?
How do your dogs react to the TV shows?
What is your dog's favorite TV shows if they have any?
Olive Garden menu: Zuppa Toscana " Yassy's Version "
One of the restaurants I like to go to is Olive garden. One of the reasons I go there is for their soup, to be specific, " Zuppa Toscana". In Italian, Zuppa means "soup". It is very tasty garlicky spicy bacon potato soup with Kale if you will.
I think, it is basically a bacon potato soup with pork sausage, crushed red pepper and chopped kale. Here is how you can make my version of Zuppa Toscana.
I start off preheating the oven at about 400F
1. To small baking sheet, line non stick foil and place one link of hot Italian sausage and bake the sausage in the oven til done.
** This way, the finished soup does not have greasy top and still tasty when you have them
** I use Italian hot sausage because it has full of flavor and it also can add spiciness without adding crushed red pepper to the soup
** Also,if you do not like spicy soup, you can swap the hot Italian sausage with mild sausage or kielbasa sausage or smoked sausage. If you use fully cooked kielbasa/smoked sausage, just cut to small pieces and cook in the skillet with cold press Extra Virgin Olive Oil rather than bake in the oven
2. When sausage is done, cool it down enough to handle with hands.
3. Cut the sausage to about a little bigger than thumb nail size
4. Pour about 1tbs of cold press Extra Virgin Olive Oil to deep sauce pan, and grate about 1 clove of garlic and when you can smell the garlic, add diced Russet potato and when potato is half done, add sliced onion and cook til translucent.
5. Add cooked sausage
6. Add about 1C of chicken broth, 1C of milk and let potatoes cook through
** This amount is good for about 2 adult serving. If you make soup for more people, add equal amount of chicken broth and milk and finish the soup off with splash of heavy cream.
7. While potato is cooking in other sauce pan, prepare the skillet and, place center cut Bacon about 6 slices and add about 1tbs of water
** Why Center cut Bacon? It is leaner cut of Bacon and you still can get same tasty flavor out of it. My favorite brand is oscar mayer brand. I do not use oil to get the bacon going. All you need is about 1tbs of water. Don't put too much water in the skillet though. You do not want to steam the bacon
** As Bacon cooks, now and then, flip the bacon and cook till Bacon does not get bend over when lift the bacon up. And Place the cooked Bacon onto paper towel. By letting them rest on the paper towel,it crisp up more
On the talk of Bacon. I think there are many ways to cook Bacon. Some people cook in oven, some people cook in skillet, some people fry them... I found one interesting video to show you how to cook the Bacon in the microwave at youtube. I have not tried this method yet but interested in trying this method once later.
I do use microwave to cook the pepperoni first sandwiching the pepperoni with paper towel just like the guy in the video did for Bacon to make my homemade pepperoni pizza does not get too greasy when cooked. Maybe using the method for Bacon would work.
How to cook the perfect Bacon in the microwave
8.When soup is close to finish, add chopped Kale about handful
8. Add splash of heavy cream to make the soup a little creamier and simmer the soup a little
9. Right before you serve, pour the Zuppa Toscana soup and cut the crisp bacon with kitchen scissor.
** I usually cut the Bacon over the cup of soup. This way, your hands do not get greasy.
** As side note, I use kitchen scissor to cut bunch of chives over bowls or sauce pan or wherever I like to put the chive in for dish. This way, you do not need to chase around the small bits of chives on cutting board, easy cleaning, and no mess.
This dish is less greasy version of Zuppa Toscana (Toscana soup), and it is very easy to make. I hope your family would enjoy this dish as much as mine does.
Enjoy!
Yassy's Gourmet Dog Kitchen Bulk Price list-Updated Jan 29th,2010
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Entree: Gourmet dehydrated snacks
**Real Meat pure dehydrated grass-fed Venison Lung Dog treats
This is a dehydrated venison lung treats made from free-range NZ venison that receives no antibiotic, no growth hormone in life.Made in NZ.Ingredient: NZ venison lung. This comes in 9"x11" big researable bag 8oz.
Case of 3 Price each $14.32 case price $42.98
**Lamb Trail Mix 16oz
These are dehydrated lamb liver,dehydrated lamb meat, dehydrated dehydrated lamb tripe,and dehydrated lamb lung. This is not a mixed patty. Those pieces are in 6 inch x 15 inch resealable bag with weight of 16oz.These are made from free-range grass-fed US Lamb.
Case of 3 Price each $17.10 case price $51.30
**Goat Dogitos ( dehydrated grass-fed goat lung treat)2 oz bagGreat for training treats.You can cut into small pieces with hands Case of 12 bag Price each $4.79 case price $57.47 **Beef Dogitos ( dehydrated grass-fed beef lung treat)2 oz bag
Great for training treats.You can cut into small pieces with hands
Case of 12 bag Price each $4.68 case price $56.16
**Lamb Dogitos ( dehydrated grass-fed lamb lung treat)2 oz bag
Great for training treats.You can cut into small pieces with hands
Case of 12 bag Price each $4.68 case price $56.16
**Gator bites (this is dehydrated American alligator meat)3 oz bag Great for training treats.You can cut into small pieces with hands Case of 12 bag Price each $7.15 case price $85.83
**Australian 100% Kangaroo meat Jerky (this is dried Kangaroo meat treat)3.5 oz bag
Great for gourmet camping snack (small snack).
**Australian 100% Kangaroo cubed Lung treat (this is dried Kangaroo cubed lung treat)1.76 oz bag
Great for training treats.You can cut into small pieces with scissors
case of 8 bag Price each $7.36 case price $58.85
Desert:Snacks for special paws
**Buffalo bully sticks
Made from buffalo that did not receive anti-biotic or growth hormone in life.No liquid smoke is used.
Bully stick is made by cleaned and baked.This is nitrate free bully sticks.
=4" bully sticks=
case of 20 sticks Price each $2.03 case price $40.60
=6" bully sticks=
case of 20 sticks Price each $3.63 case price $72.58
=12" bully sticks=
case of 10 sticks Price each $7.87 case price $78.7
**Buffalo Trachea 6"
Case of 40 ct $3.01 per trachea case price $120.51
**Buffalo tendon
Made from buffalo that did not receive anti-biotic or growth hormone in life.No liquid smoke is used.
Tendon is made in USA
5"-7" case of 60 price each $1.02 Case price $61.43
11"-15" case of 30 price each $2.14 Case price $64.27
** Dehydrated Grass-fed US buffalo tripe strip 6"
Case of 30 ct price each $1.05 case price $31.58
** Dehydrated Grass-fed US buffalo tripe strip 12"
Case of 30 ct price each $1.49 case price $44.56
**Angus beef bully sticks
Made from Grass-fed Angus beef that did not receive anti-biotic or growth hormone in life.No liquid smoke is used.
Bully stick is made in Argentina
=7" bully sticks=
case of 40 price each $3.82 Case price $152.68
=12" bully sticks=
case of 20 price each $6.95 Case price $139.05
**Angus beef tendon
Made from Grass-fed Angus beef that did not receive anti-biotic or growth hormone in life.No liquid smoke is used.
Tendon is made in Argentina
=8"-11" Angus beef tendon
case of 30 price each $2.7 Case price $80.90
**Angus beef tripe twists 5" 3 twists per package
Made from Grass-fed Angus beef that did not receive anti-biotic or growth hormone in life.No liquid smoke is used.
Made in Argentina
price coming soon
**Angus beef tripe springs 10"-11" 2 springs per package
Made from Grass-fed Angus beef that did not receive anti-biotic or growth hormone in life.No liquid smoke is used.
Made in Argentina
case of 20 Price each $4.72 Case price $94.31
**Free range grass-fed Brazilian Beef Trachea 6"
Trachea is especially great for Arthritis dog.Trachea provides natural glucosamin for your dogs.
Trachea is well known with name "Moo tube/Windees)
Case of 130 Price each $1.11 Case price $144.34
** Free range Brazilian beef braided bully sticks 12"Case of 25 price each $5.98 case price $149.48
**Free-range grass-fed US lamb trachea 6"
Trachea is especially great for Arthritis dog.Trachea provides natural glucosamin for your dogs.
With Beef Trachea,it is well known with name "Moo tube/Windees).This is Lamb version of moo-tube.
Case of 200 price each 77 cents case price $154.50
**Dehydrated Rabbit ear
Dehydrated rabbit ear is about 2-5" in size and it still has fur on it.Palette does twirl for it,jump for it and she ate it right up with some begging puppy eyes.This is made in USA.4oz bag contains approx 15 rabbit ears.
12 bags Price each $4.68 Case price $56.16
***Deer Antlers
Antlers are available in 4 sizes:XS approx 2-4 inches,M approx 4-7 inches,L approx 5-10 inches,XXL approx 9- 12 inches.These are harvested in Missouri state,USA. It does not make any mess,no odor to it, yet it provides natural mineral etc and it is much better choice for gnawing pleasure.These lasts lot longer than bully sticks. How long it would last would be depending on how long your dogs would spend on gnawing and your dogs' ability to saw it down.
These Antlers are not coming with same exact shape,color, texture.Some are whitish,some are brownish,some are little wider width etc and it gives variety in chew for your dogs. These would not splinter like pet shop's pet bone treats would.It more likely gets saw down by gnawing action of your dogs.
If your dog was trying to put all body weight to Antler and try to break these Antler into half,maybe it is not the chew for them. As with any chew or treats, please do not leave your dogs alone with these chew.Please supervise. And if Antler gets small enough to gulp,please take it away to avoid choking hazard.
XS 2"-4" recommended for dogs weigh under 15lb
case of 12 price each $4.05 case price $48.57
M 4"-7" recommend for 15-45lb dogs
case of 12 price each $8.68 case price $104.19
L 5"-10" recommend for 30-80lb dogs
case of 12 price each $11.29 case price $135.53
XXL 8"-12" recommend for 60lb dog and up case of 5 price each $19.74 case price $98.7
Note: Size is based on thickness of the Antler and weight of the Antler NOT length of the Antler.
** Deer Antler bottomcase of 3 price each $5.94 case price $17.82
** Deer Antler with some velvet on
case of 5 price each $7.62 case price $38.08
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Playing game of fetch ball/Frisbee
Palette runs after the ball with full speed, grab it in her mouth, comes back to me squeaking the ball. Then, toss the ball or Frisbee to me as if to say "Do it again!" and there is no end for this game for her. I sometime wonder whether she is not getting tired of the game because doing the same thing over and over but it seems, never get tired of the game of fetch.
I think, playing ball or Frisbee is very good exercise because it is fun and it is something you too can have fun playing with them. Plus when they bring balls/Frisbee back to you, they get big praise from you and it makes the play time more enjoyable.
Bellow picture is 3 top items Palette loves to go fetch. Frisbee, squeaky ball, and soft squeaky toys.
The ball I use for game of fetch is squeaky ball, not tennis ball because material is soft and squeaky sound makes her go more excited and fun.
I sometime use small soft and easy to grab squeaky toys for fetch game. I believe the squeaky toy in the picture is called "Booda Racoon squatters" and she has chicken one and rabbit one.
Then, the Frisbee in the picture above is called "Soft bite floppy disc" and hers is 7" size. I have tried other Frisbee as well but,I like this one best because it is soft enough to be able to fold and gentle to her mouth when she fetch it. Some of the discs available on the market is either harder material or size is much bigger than I want it to be. She is big Corgi that stands 14" tall while average Corgi I hear is 12" tall. Still, when she use average size discs,she gets stumble over when she bring the disc back to me and this one is so far our favorite to play Frisbee.
Palette naturally loved playing ball but, when she was puppy, I needed to teach her to bring the ball back to me instead of grabbing the ball and wondering off to the side.
How to teach your dog to fetch the ball and bring it back to you?
Here is how we did. I used clicker to train Palette.
1. I taught her to "sit"
To teach your dog to sit, hold the small treat in your hands and bring it above his head. Naturally,when dogs follow the treat you have in your hand with nose, their butt should touch the floor. As soon as the butt touch the floor, praise him and give him a treat. Clicker training is very effective to teach many thing because click sound can tell your dog very fast what behavior earned the treat.
** With Palette, once she learned "sit", I let her sit before everything she loves: food, game, go outside for walk or potty, or being pet etc
2. I taught her "give"
To teach "give" , Palette's puppy training class trainer has told us to start with low valued items to trade. Then, make sure to give items back to him and praise. This is to tell them everything you take away would not gone forever but would come back. So, they do not need to guard them or growls at you when you reach your hand to the items.
I also found it very effective to teach her "give" is through game "Tug of war". I let her sit, and when I got her attention, I shake a rope toy a bit to get her excited and said "get it" and let her play tug of war with me a second or two and, without a word, I just stop moving or stop any vocal to her and eventually she gets bored and she release the rope toy from her mouth. When she dropped her side of rope toy, I said "Give" and praised her and gave treats.
At this point, Palette learned she needs to sit if she wanted to play game with me and learned what "give" means- "give" means drop items in your mouth.
3. Tossed the toy very close distance and encouraged her to go and touch the toy, even better if she grabbed the toy. When Palette grabbed the toy,I clicked and gave her treats.
4. I taught her to bring it back to me.
When she goes after the toy,grabbed it in the mouth, and turn around, click and treats and eventually, clicked when she grabbed the toy,turned around, and moving toward me with the toy.
5. I taught her to go get it and bring it back to me with further distance
Once she knows "get it""bring it""give", she could play fetch ball game with me. Concept of Frisbee is similar but, with different toy shape(?), I needed to teach her to go get it and bring it back to me too. She first learned to go after and get it and bring it back to me just like we play fetch ball. Then, once she seemed comfortable with the Frisbee toy, I taught her how to play differently: catch it in the air.
What I did was "pretended" I am her Frisbee and I hold the Frisbee with my hand and move it toward her and when she get it in the mouth,I clicked and treat. Gradually, from short distance, I tossed the Frisbee and she went after and caught in the Air and, I made the toss further distance as we practice it.
I am not good at tossing Frisbee in the Air, and I need practice to toss the Frisbee better but that is ok. Palette has fun and so do I. It is one of our favorite games to play together.
Watch how Palette enjoys ball/Frisbee bellow.
Palette enjoys fetch ball
Palette enjoys Frisbee Part I
Palette enjoys Frisbee Part II
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To play the game of fetch ball or Frisbee, here is a rule for Palette
** Sit & quiet before the game - I would not toss the ball or Frisbee if she were jumping around or barking continuously. Only when she is calm and quiet, game begins. Also, she needs to release the object in the mouth to continue playing the game.
** This rule is for human but, when/if your dogs did not release the object in their mouth, don't try to get the ball out from their mouth with force. Just ignore them and wait until they get bored and release the ball near you and try to walk away from you.
It is also good to stop the game before they loose interests in the game.
Playing fetch ball is a game, but this game can teach your dog many things, especially teaching them to "give" through this type of game is very effective and fun. Using clicker to train your dogs is also plus because it gives very clear signal to them and let them think what made you click and they got a piece of treats. You can teach your dogs many fun tricks using clicker.
You can read more on clicker training in the entry titled "Clicker training;Clicker is your friend"
When we play game of fetch ball/Frisbee, Palette sleeps very deep. Next morning, she stays in the crate even if the door is opened for her to out to stretch. She sleeps in and yawn very big, and finally out from her crate.
She yawns VERY big! But she is always ready for another set of fetch game
Do you play game of fetch ball/Frisbee with your dogs?
What is your dog's favorite game to play with you?
What do you call ..... in Japanese? : Jumper, trainer, and paper driver
Those words are the words people in Japan think you will be understanding what they are pointing out and you will be thinking about the same exact items. However, often times, those are the words that create misunderstanding each other.
Some English words that founds place in Japanese sometime have much much different meaning from original meaning in English.
For example, British English word "Jumper". We Japanese pronounce the word as you pronounce it. What we have in mind? It is a clothe that is for exercise, work, or for warmth and cuff and waist area is tightened, and sometimes, students call it "windbreaker".
In British English, "jumper" means what we imagine as "sweater". Do you think you know what we imagine when we say "Jumper skirt"? People in England would call it "pinafore dress" and we are imagining the clothe: skirt without sleeves or collars. Some young kids in Japan call jumper skirt "Jan suka" It is shorten words, just like "paso kon" for "Personal computer".
Another word that may create misunderstanding will be "trainer". If you shout the word to Japanese, they will understand the word but they would think about different thing from what you think.
The word "trainer" points type of clothe in Japan. Trainer, what we imagine, is an exercise clothe sports athletes would wear to protect their body so as not to get their body cold while practicing. In British English, it means athletic shoes. In Japan, athletic shoe is called "sneaker".
Recently, I was talking to my husband that my sister was "paper driver". He thought I meant my sister was the person who delivers newspaper to neighborhood. In my mind, "paper driver" meant person who took and passed driver license test and have drivers license but not driving cars for years and years.
When you travel around the world, and meet people and learn their culture is very interesting. Language is one of the things you may find it interesting to learn more too.
**All Natura dog treats** Yassy's revised menu with regular price,Updated on Jan 26th,2010
**Red areas are the updated area.
**Price change,size change effects from Jan 26th,2010
Menu
Appetizer for good dogs : Gourmet dog biscuits
These biscuits are made to order approx 12 hours before shipping time and vacuum-packed for freshness. Biscuits are 1.5" diameter and Surf Turf Jerky is 4-5 inch long,approx 1 inch width and in 1 oz,you will get about 4-6 strips.
Biscuits and Surf Turf Jerky does not have any preservatives and, they need to be stored in freezer.Please store them in your freezer after receiving the products.
**Baguette biscuits 4oz approx 10 biscuits $4.18
(unbleached all-purpose flour,water, fully grass-fed (grass finished) buffalo liver,baking powder,extra virgin olive oil for browning)
**Greek biscuits 4oz approx 15 biscuits $4.96
(Garbanzo bean flour,water, wild caught salmon,baking powder,extra virgin olive oil for browning)
**Real Meat pure dehydrated grass-fed Venison Lung Dog treats
This is a dehydrated venison lung treats made from free-range NZ venison that receives no anti-biotic, no growth hormone in life.Made in NZ.Ingredient: NZ venison lung. This comes in 9"x11" big researable bag 8oz. $16.53
**Lamb Trail Mix 16oz $19.72
These are dehydrated lamb liver,dehydrated lamb meat, dehydrated dehydrated lamb tripe,and dehydrated lamb lung. This is not a mixed patty. Those pieces are in 6 inch x 15 inch resealable bag with weight of 16oz.These are made from free-range grass-fed US Lamb.
**Surf Turf Jerky 1 oz $8.95
(Ingredients: fully grass-fed buffalo,wild caught salmon)
This will be made by Yassy's Gourmet Dog Kitchen and we start making from approx 16hrs before shipping time.We offer freshest Jerky ever on the market to your furry friends.1 ounce contains roughly 4-6 strips of Jerky of 4-5 inch long strip.
We use fully grass-fed buffalo meat that lived in several hundreds acres' grazing place.We do not use grass-fed buffalo meat with grain finished.Fully grass-fed meat are lower in kcal and fat,has more protein,and more Omega3(good for skin & coat)
**Every 6 packages of Surf Turf Jerky you buy,you will receive one count of free 1 oz package of Surf Turf Jerky**
** Goat Dogitos (dehydrated grass-fed goat lung treat) 2oz bag $5.41
** Beef Dogitos (dehydrated grass-fed beef lung treat) 2oz bag $5.27 ** Lamb Dogitos (dehydrated grass-fed lamb lung treat) 2oz bag $5.27 ** Gator bites (dehydrated American Alligator meat treat) 3oz bag $8.05
**Australian 100% Kangaroo meat Jerky (dried kangaroo meat treat) 3.5oz bag $7.48
(great for gourmet camping snack/small snack)
** Australian 100% Kangaroo cubed lung treat (dried kangaroo lung treat) 1.76oz bag $8.44
(great for training treats)
Desert:Gourmet bully sticks and all natural dog treats
**Ostrich Tendon
7-10" long,made in US and,it is individually wrapped.Sold per piece $10.7
**Pork snout (Pork snozzel)
3.5"-4.5" size,made in US,individually wrapped. sold by piece $2.13
4" 10 pieces $22.56, 6" 10 pieces $40.32, 12" 10 pieces $87.45
Made from buffalo that did not receive anti-biotic or growth hormone in life.No liquid smoke is used.
Bully stick is made by cleaned and baked.This is nitrate free bully sticks.
NEW! **Buffalo bully sticks end 3"-6" $2.73/stick
This is end of buffalo bully sticks. Length between 3"-6". Made from buffalo that did not receive anti-biotic or growth hormone in life.No liquid smoke is used.Bully stick is made by cleaned and baked.This is nitrate free bully sticks.
**Buffalo trachea 6"
Made from buffalo in Colorado state that did not receive anti-biotic or growth hormone in life.
Buffalo trachea is about 2 times or so heavier and thicker than regular beef trachea.
$3.38(single)
$16.50(5 pieces)
$32.20(10 pieces)
** Grass-fed Buffalo tendon 5”-7” $1.17 11"-15" $2.47Made from grass-fed buffalo.This is thin tendon and 2 size available: 5"-7" and 11"-15". These are made in USA.
NEW!! ** Dehydrated Grass-fed buffalo tripe strip 6" $ 1.20, 12" $1.70
**Free range grass-fed Brazilian Beef Trachea 6"
Trachea is especially great for Arthritis dog.Trachea provides natural glucosamin for your dogs.
Trachea is well known with name "Moo tube/Windees)
$1.27(single) $7.3(6 pieces) $13.99(12 pieces)
**Angus Beef bully sticks 2”-4” $1.42 , 7”$4.38, 12”$7.98
2"-4" 10 pieces $13.75, 7" 10 pieces $42.42, 12" 10 pieces $77.25
Made from grass-fed Angus beef in Argentina.
** Angus Beef tendon 8”-11” $3.08
Made from grass-fed Angus beef in Argentina.
** Angus Beef tripe twists 5” 3/pack $1.86
Made from grass-fed Angus beef in Argentina.
** Angus Beef tripe spring 10”-11” 2/pack $5.39
Made from grass-fed Angus beef in Argentina.
**Free Range Brazilian Beef braided bully sticks 12” $6.87
10 pieces $66.44
**Free Range Brazilian Beef braided bully sticks ring $9.73
We offer Free Range Brazilian beef braided bully sticks ring only when we can get them.
**Free-range grass-fed US lamb trachea 6"
Trachea is especially great for Arthritis dog.Trachea provides natural glucosamin for your dogs.
With Beef Trachea,it is well known with name "Moo tube/Windees).This is Lamb version of moo-tube.
88 cents(single)
$10.21(12 pieces) $19.18(24 pieces)
Dehydrated rabbit ear is about 2-5" in size and it still has fur on it. when taste test,our dog "Palette" made twirl for it, jump for it and she ate it right up with some begging puppy eyes.Made is USA,and 4 oz bag comes with approx 15 rabbit ears
***Deer Antlers
Antlers are available in 4 sizes:XS approx 2"-4",M approx 4"-7",L approx 5"-10",XXL approx 9"- 12" .These are harvested in Missouri state,USA. It does not make any mess,no odor to it, yet it provides natural mineral etc and it is much better choice for gnawing pleasure.These lasts lot longer than bully sticks. How long it would last would be depending on how long your dogs would spend on gnawing and your dogs' ability to saw it down.
These Antlers are not coming with same exact shape,color, texture.Some are whitish,some are brownish,some are little wider width etc and it gives variety in chew for your dogs. These would not splinter like pet shop's pet bone treats would.It more likely gets saw down by gnawing action of your dogs.
If your dog was trying to put all body weight to Antler and try to break these Antler into half,maybe it is not the chew for them.
As with any chew or treats, please do not leave your dogs alone with these chew.Please supervise. And if Antler gets small enough to gulp,please take it away to avoid choking hazard.
XS 2"-4" recommended for dogs weigh under 15lb $4.59
M 4"-7" recommend for 15-45lb dogs $9.84
L 5"-10" recommend for 30-80lb dogs $12.80
XXL 8"-12" recommend for 60lb dog and up $23.49
Note: Size is based on thickness of the Antler and weight of the Antler and,we put length of the Antler to show you how big it will be.
NEW!! ** Deer Antler bottom $7
This is the bottom of Deer Antlers. Width is about 3", height is about 1" or so. Another favorite of our dog "Palette". Deer Antler bottom has more marrow exposed than regular Antlers she already has to chew on. Deer Antler bottom is as hard as regular Antlers we offer on our website and, it lasts long.
We offer Deer Antler bottom only when we can get them.
As with any chew or treats, please do not leave your dogs alone with these chew.Please supervise. And if Antler gets small enough to gulp,please take it away to avoid choking hazard.
NEW!! ** Deer Antler with some velvet on $8.63
Deer Antler with some velvet on has some fuzzy stuff on it. That fuzz is called velvet and very good for joint. Amount of velvet left on Antler is varied,so is width. Antler is NOT fully covered with velvet but rather, some velvet residue is left and you can find some soft fuzz (velvet) on it.
This Deer Antler with some velvet left on is softer chew than regular Deer Antler offered on our website, and great starter chew. Dogs can strip off the outer area of the Antler and can eat the velvet without any washing. Don't washout the goodness you get with this Antler. If you wash this Antler with some velvet on, velvet can get removed and all the best part of this Antlers goes away. Velvet is very good for them.
We offer Deer Antler with some velvet left on, only when we can get them.
As with any chew or treats, please do not leave your dogs alone with these chew. Please supervise. And if Antler gets small enough to gulp,please take it away to avoid choking hazard.
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Do dogs have favorite types?
In doggie community, do they have their favorite types?
I think they do to some extent. Dogs have emotions and express them with facial expression, vocal, and body language whether they are comfortable with situation around them or sad or happy or feeling fear etc.. So, maybe they could have dogs that could not get along with or dogs that are inseparable and get along very well.
With Palette, to some dogs, she put her ears fold back,head low to the ground, butt wagging in the air and greet nose to nose. To other dogs, especially to dogs that come up to her and go to her rear right away without nose to nose greeting or the dogs that barking at or lunching at her from a bit distance, she freezes, and I feel tense although she does not lunch at them or anything, just I can tell she is uncomfortable and be alert around her.
She seems to do fine with any size of dogs as long as the dogs that come up to her comes and greet nose to nose calmly. Dogs come right to her butt without nose to nose greeting is, it seems, she does not feel comfortable with.
Occasionally, when we meet other dogs, she folds her ears back,head low to the ground, butt wagging in the air and go attempt to nose to nose greeting but other dogs just growl at or start barking at her as she comes close, and end up keep walking and pass by the dogs. So, sometimes, her friendly manner does not get accepted.
What matter to dogs that make them go ..... " My favorite type is .." ?
Looks? Personality? Female/male? Or, scent? Do they have scent they do not like? If they had very bad experience with particular dogs, they feel uncomfortable around dogs that resemble to the particular dog? In other words, bad experience also influence to form the new relationship?
Please tell us what you think. We would love to hear your thoughts on this.
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