** Palette’s k9 Foodie Mystery Bag Beef Deluxe $39.45
** Palette’s K9 Foodie Mystery variety gift bag $39.45
** You can get Free shipping with order over $100 (No coupon code required.)
If you use coupon code for other promotion such as 10% off coupon code, the subtotal after coupon was applied must be over $100. Shipping fee, sales tax excluded.
** Starting Jan 2014,all Free shipping orders has been shipped by Retail Ground (Formally known as standard post) or lowest cost shipping method unless your order include Yassy’s Gourmet Dog Kitchen brand biscuits or Jerky.
** Starting from October 8th Saturday, we will no longer offer snack Saturday program.
*** Shipping schedule ***
If your order contains our brand of biscuits and Jerky, it will be shipped from Monday through Wednesday to make sure our products would arrive at your door fresh.This applies to all postal zones.
All orders (Free shipping or paid shipping) without our brand of biscuits and jerky to postal code 5-9 (IL to west, AK,HI,FL) from our zip code 22501,will be shipped via first class parcel or retail ground method unless it contains our brand of our biscuits or Jerky and orders will be shipped Monday through Wednesday.
Paid shipping order weighing more than 12 oz without our brand of biscuits and Jerky to postal zone 1-4 from our zip code 22501, and free shipping order weighing more than 12 oz to postal zone 1-4 without our brand of biscuits and Jerky will be shipped Monday through Friday.
Orders to postal zone 1-4 and those weight of order including shipping envelope or box less than 12 oz will be shipped via first class parcel and which case, order will be shipped from Monday through Wednesday.If orders is weighing more than 12 oz or if orders contain our brand of biscuits or Jerky will be shipped by priority mail from Monday through Friday.
Orders will be shipped via USPS. For customer in zone 1-4 from us in VA, orders will be shipped by either first class parcel (less than 12 oz including shipping envelop or box) or priority mail (more than 12 oz weight). For customers living in zone 5 to west (Chicago to west coast,FL,HI,AK), order will be shipped by first class parcel or retail ground unless orders contains our brand of biscuits or Jerky.
When orders going to zone 5 – 8 had made to order biscuits /Jerky in them, order will be shipped via first class parcel or priority mail.And those will be shipped from Monday through Wednesday.
We prefer priority mail or first class parcel method if your order contains our brand of biscuits or Jerky since they are made with fresh ingredients without preservatives, and not like other pre made biscuits or Jerky treats.
USPS does not offer retail ground service to the area zone 1 to 4 from us.
*** Flat rate shipping rate***
You will see the flat rate shipping charge during the checkout
Charge is fixed flat fee.
$0 to $99.99 (after all discount applied) is at $7.99
$100.00 and over is Free shipping. Items will be shipped via USPS.
Zone 1-zone 4 from zip code 22501 will be shipped via either first class mail or priority mail
Zone 5-zone 8 from zip code 22501 will be shipped via either first class mail or retail ground. However, when the order weigh more than 13 oz and your order contains our brand of biscuits or Jerky which requires faster shipping method, it will be shipped via priority mail.
You can check the postal zone for your area by visiting USPS site here.
Click on Get Zone for ZIP Code Pair tab and then enter our zip code 22501 on Origin ZIP Code, enter your zip code for Destination ZIP Code and hit the “Get zone” button to see the zone number for your area.
** Starting Jan 20th,2016, We no longer offer the complementary treats with order
** We accept only US order,no international order please.
**If you become a fan of our Facebook page,you can get “Fan only” offer,and discounts.
** Sign up for our e-newsletter to save on your pet treats. When you first sign up for our e-newsletter, you will receive 12% off coupon code in your welcome e-mail to use for your next order.
** Palette’s k9 Foodie Mystery Bag Beef Deluxe $39.45
** Palette’s K9 Foodie Mystery variety gift bag $39.45
** You can get Free shipping with order over $100 (No coupon code required.)
If you use coupon code for other promotion such as 10% off coupon code, the subtotal after coupon was applied must be over $100. Shipping fee, sales tax excluded.
** Starting Jan 2014,all Free shipping orders has been shipped by Retail Ground (Formally known as standard post) or lowest cost shipping method unless your order include Yassy’s Gourmet Dog Kitchen brand biscuits or Jerky.
*** Shipping schedule ***
If your order contains our brand of biscuits and Jerky, it will be shipped from Monday through Wednesday to make sure our products would arrive at your door fresh.This applies to all postal zones.
All orders (Free shipping or paid shipping) without our brand of biscuits and jerky to postal code 5-9 (IL to west, AK,HI,FL) from our zip code 22501,will be shipped via first class parcel or retail ground method unless it contains our brand of our biscuits or Jerky and orders will be shipped Monday through Wednesday.
Paid shipping order weighing more than 12 oz without our brand of biscuits and Jerky to postal zone 1-4 from our zip code 22501, and free shipping order weighing more than 12 oz to postal zone 1-4 without our brand of biscuits and Jerky will be shipped Monday through Friday.
Orders to postal zone 1-4 and those weight of order including shipping envelope or box less than 12 oz will be shipped via first class parcel and which case, order will be shipped from Monday through Wednesday.If orders is weighing more than 12 oz or if orders contain our brand of biscuits or Jerky will be shipped by priority mail from Monday through Friday.
Orders will be shipped via USPS. For customer in zone 1-4 from us in VA, orders will be shipped by either first class parcel (less than 12 oz including shipping envelop or box) or priority mail (more than 12 oz weight). For customers living in zone 5 to west (Chicago to west coast,FL,HI,AK), order will be shipped by first class parcel or retail ground unless orders contains our brand of biscuits or Jerky.
When orders going to zone 5 – 8 had made to order biscuits /Jerky in them, order will be shipped via first class parcel or priority mail.And those will be shipped from Monday through Wednesday.
We prefer priority mail or first class parcel method if your order contains our brand of biscuits or Jerky since they are made with fresh ingredients without preservatives, and not like other pre made biscuits or Jerky treats.
USPS does not offer retail ground service to the area zone 1 to 4 from us.
** Starting Jan 20th,2016, We no longer offer the complementary treats with order
** We accept only US order,no international order please.
**If you become a fan of our Facebook page,you can get “Fan only” offer,and discounts.
** Sign up for our e-newsletter to save on your pet treats. When you first sign up for our e-newsletter, you will receive 12% off coupon code in your welcome e-mail to use for your next order.
If you were asked to name a few Japanese sports, sumo might be one of the sports name you might name.
Sumo is a competitive traditional national Japanese sport where wrestlers,who only wears belly belts (mawashi) in the ring, tries to push opponent wrestler out of a circular ring or touch the ground with anything other than the soles of his feet.
Originally, sumo was used to measure the wrestler’s strength or for dueling, but it is now professional sport in Japan.
Most sumo wrestlers are required to live in sumo training stables, known in Japanese as xyz (owner’s name) beya. Their daily lives—from meals to their manner of dress—are dictated by strict tradition.
I hear that newbie wrestlers do a lot of work for superiors from cooking for them, laundry their superior’s belts etc…
Ozumo..
Nihon Sumo kyokai (Japan sumo association) holds 6 tournamenta each year in Tokyo, Osaka,Nagoya, Fukuoka.
The competition is concluded in accordance with traditional rituals such as ring entrance ceremony by wrestlers in the makuuchi ( the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo) and yokozuna (grand champion) divisions,and bow -twirling rite.
Sumo wrestler requirement..
I read that wrestlers must be over 173cm tall (5′ 8″), and have to weigh over 75kg (165lb)
The wrestlers wear chonmage (top knot) but to be able to wear chonmage, he must be above jyu-ryou rank. He would wear oicho style topknot).
Match..
When called by the ring steward,the wrestler will go up to the ring,lift his leg,stamp his feet
The wrestlers is given chikaramizu (water) , sprinkle salt over the ring,and perform the shiko (lift his leg,stamp his feet), in the middle of the ring,facing toward the opponent.
The wrestler takes his place and sprinkle salt over, and over til time limit is reached.
After the 4 minutes limit, the match begins
The referee (Gyouji) judges the match and winner is declared
Banzuke…
The eight win of each tournament are called kachikoshi, and the eight losses are called makekoshi.Both effects ranking of the wrestlers.
Banzuke is ranking chart.
For Maku uchi, The wrestlers names are lined up from right to left: highest ranking to the lowest ranking; yokozuna-ozaki-sekiwake-komusubi-maegashira.
For Juryo, The ranks above jyuryo are called sekitori, who receives monthly salaries from Japan Sumo Association.
For Yokozuna, The highest rank of all wrestlers, yokozuna will not be demoted by the consequences of tournament but if the result turns out to be bad, he could be forced to retire.
Chanko Nabe..
Chanko Nabe is a hot pot dish sumo wrestlers eat as staple.It got variety of vegetables, meat, and seafood.
Retired wrestlers tend to open up the restaurants with specialty of Chanko Nabe.
It might be fun for you to try out one of those restaurant if you happen to be around the Ryogoku area (Tokyo).
Wrestlers from outside Japan..
Sumo wrestlers used to be mostly Japanese but recent years, you can see more wrestlers from outside Japan;Mongolia, USA, China,Russia,European countries etc.
To read more on Sumo at Japan guide website, please click here.
To read more on Sumo at Time website, please click here.
** Palette’s k9 Foodie Mystery Bag Beef Deluxe $39.45
** Palette’s K9 Foodie Mystery variety gift bag $39.45
** You can get Free shipping with order over $100 (No coupon code required.)
If you use coupon code for other promotion such as 10% off coupon code, the subtotal after coupon was applied must be over $100. Shipping fee, sales tax excluded.
** Starting Jan 2014,all Free shipping orders has been shipped by Retail Ground (Formally known as standard post) or lowest cost shipping method unless your order include Yassy’s Gourmet Dog Kitchen brand biscuits or Jerky.
** Starting from October 8th Saturday, we will no longer offer snack Saturday program.
*** Shipping schedule ***
If your order contains our brand of biscuits and Jerky, it will be shipped from Monday through Wednesday to make sure our products would arrive at your door fresh.This applies to all postal zones.
All orders (Free shipping or paid shipping) without our brand of biscuits and jerky to postal code 5-9 (IL to west, AK,HI,FL) from our zip code 22501,will be shipped via first class parcel or retail ground method unless it contains our brand of our biscuits or Jerky and orders will be shipped Monday through Wednesday.
Paid shipping order weighing more than 12 oz without our brand of biscuits and Jerky to postal zone 1-4 from our zip code 22501, and free shipping order weighing more than 12 oz to postal zone 1-4 without our brand of biscuits and Jerky will be shipped Monday through Friday.
Orders to postal zone 1-4 and those weight of order including shipping envelope or box less than 12 oz will be shipped via first class parcel and which case, order will be shipped from Monday through Wednesday.If orders is weighing more than 12 oz or if orders contain our brand of biscuits or Jerky will be shipped by priority mail from Monday through Friday.
Orders will be shipped via USPS. For customer in zone 1-4 from us in VA, orders will be shipped by either first class parcel (less than 12 oz including shipping envelop or box) or priority mail (more than 12 oz weight). For customers living in zone 5 to west (Chicago to west coast,FL,HI,AK), order will be shipped by first class parcel or retail ground unless orders contains our brand of biscuits or Jerky.
When orders going to zone 5 – 8 had made to order biscuits /Jerky in them, order will be shipped via first class parcel or priority mail.And those will be shipped from Monday through Wednesday.
We prefer priority mail or first class parcel method if your order contains our brand of biscuits or Jerky since they are made with fresh ingredients without preservatives, and not like other pre made biscuits or Jerky treats.
USPS does not offer retail ground service to the area zone 1 to 4 from us.
*** Flat rate shipping rate***
You will see the flat rate shipping charge during the checkout
Charge is fixed flat fee.
$0 to $99.99 (after all discount applied) is at $7.99
$100.00 and over is Free shipping. Items will be shipped via USPS.
Zone 1-zone 4 from zip code 22501 will be shipped via either first class mail or priority mail
Zone 5-zone 8 from zip code 22501 will be shipped via either first class mail or retail ground. However, when the order weigh more than 13 oz and your order contains our brand of biscuits or Jerky which requires faster shipping method, it will be shipped via priority mail.
You can check the postal zone for your area by visiting USPS site here.
Click on Get Zone for ZIP Code Pair tab and then enter our zip code 22501 on Origin ZIP Code, enter your zip code for Destination ZIP Code and hit the “Get zone” button to see the zone number for your area.
** Starting Jan 20th,2016, We no longer offer the complementary treats with order
** We accept only US order,no international order please.
**If you become a fan of our Facebook page,you can get “Fan only” offer,and discounts.
** Sign up for our e-newsletter to save on your pet treats. When you first sign up for our e-newsletter, you will receive 12% off coupon code in your welcome e-mail to use for your next order.
This American Lamb ear is soft texture, and it has been one of our k9 executive chef “Palette’s favorite chew since when she was a puppy. She still get this old time favorite chew as jackpot treat sometimes.
** Palette’s k9 Foodie Mystery Bag Beef Deluxe $39.45
** Palette’s K9 Foodie Mystery variety gift bag $39.45
** You can get Free shipping with order over $100 (No coupon code required.)
If you use coupon code for other promotion such as 10% off coupon code, the subtotal after coupon was applied must be over $100. Shipping fee, sales tax excluded.
** Starting Jan 2014,all Free shipping orders has been shipped by Retail Ground (Formally known as standard post) or lowest cost shipping method unless your order include Yassy’s Gourmet Dog Kitchen brand biscuits or Jerky.
** Starting from October 8th Saturday, we will no longer offer snack Saturday program.
*** Shipping schedule ***
If your order contains our brand of biscuits and Jerky, it will be shipped from Monday through Wednesday to make sure our products would arrive at your door fresh.This applies to all postal zones.
All orders (Free shipping or paid shipping) without our brand of biscuits and jerky to postal code 5-9 (IL to west, AK,HI,FL) from our zip code 22501,will be shipped via first class parcel or retail ground method unless it contains our brand of our biscuits or Jerky and orders will be shipped Monday through Wednesday.
Paid shipping order weighing more than 12 oz without our brand of biscuits and Jerky to postal zone 1-4 from our zip code 22501, and free shipping order weighing more than 12 oz to postal zone 1-4 without our brand of biscuits and Jerky will be shipped Monday through Friday.
Orders to postal zone 1-4 and those weight of order including shipping envelope or box less than 12 oz will be shipped via first class parcel and which case, order will be shipped from Monday through Wednesday.If orders is weighing more than 12 oz or if orders contain our brand of biscuits or Jerky will be shipped by priority mail from Monday through Friday.
Orders will be shipped via USPS. For customer in zone 1-4 from us in VA, orders will be shipped by either first class parcel (less than 12 oz including shipping envelop or box) or priority mail (more than 12 oz weight). For customers living in zone 5 to west (Chicago to west coast,FL,HI,AK), order will be shipped by first class parcel or retail ground unless orders contains our brand of biscuits or Jerky.
When orders going to zone 5 – 8 had made to order biscuits /Jerky in them, order will be shipped via first class parcel or priority mail.And those will be shipped from Monday through Wednesday.
We prefer priority mail or first class parcel method if your order contains our brand of biscuits or Jerky since they are made with fresh ingredients without preservatives, and not like other pre made biscuits or Jerky treats.
USPS does not offer retail ground service to the area zone 1 to 4 from us.
*** Flat rate shipping rate***
You will see the flat rate shipping charge during the checkout
Charge is fixed flat fee.
$0 to $99.99 (after all discount applied) is at $7.99
$100.00 and over is Free shipping. Items will be shipped via USPS.
Zone 1-zone 4 from zip code 22501 will be shipped via either first class mail or priority mail
Zone 5-zone 8 from zip code 22501 will be shipped via either first class mail or retail ground. However, when the order weigh more than 13 oz and your order contains our brand of biscuits or Jerky which requires faster shipping method, it will be shipped via priority mail.
You can check the postal zone for your area by visiting USPS site here.
Click on Get Zone for ZIP Code Pair tab and then enter our zip code 22501 on Origin ZIP Code, enter your zip code for Destination ZIP Code and hit the “Get zone” button to see the zone number for your area.
** Starting Jan 20th,2016, We no longer offer the complementary treats with order
** We accept only US order,no international order please.
**If you become a fan of our Facebook page,you can get “Fan only” offer,and discounts.
** Sign up for our e-newsletter to save on your pet treats. When you first sign up for our e-newsletter, you will receive 12% off coupon code in your welcome e-mail to use for your next order.
In the previous entry titled “Yassy’s note: Liam in NICU;day 8- day 14“, I wrote Liam came to our family about 3 weeks early (36 weeks and 2 days) and he has spent next 3 weeks in NICU.
He was tiny little baby; 18″ tall, weighing 5 lb 6 oz…
Day 63…..
Since he was born, he was master of moving small hands and chubby legs so fast.
I still remember when my mother in law has seen him flipping the hands so fast that she once said that he looked like an Indian god with 6 arms (Kali).
Day 63, Liam was in the mood of exercising on the floor and I had lots of fun watching his moves.
I got Liam’s exercise tutorial then.
Follow his move.
1. Left arm up,right arm down,right leg up,left leg kick to the right side
2. Right arm up, right leg down, left leg kick to the right side
3. Right arm straight down, left arm down to the 4 o’clock position, right leg stay down, left leg kick to the side a bit higher
4. repeat
I just took picture of his exercise because his foot move was funny and that I saw the monkey toes (curling up his toe although I could not capture his monkey toe part with this picture).
I can do Monkey toes and my father can do that too but my mother cannot do it, my husband cannot do it.
Day 64… Heart doctor visit…
Liam had to go to Heart doctor on Day 64, and he did weigh in.
He was weighing 9 lb 1 oz, and he was 53 cm (about 20″) tall.
He was gaining one ounce per day. Growing like a weed.
Liam did echo (ultrasound on his heart). It seemed that the 2 holes were not closed yet, but doctor strongly thought that those holes are smaller and he would expect them to be closed on its own as he grows more.
The leak in his heat is minor at that point and, he wanted to simply keep an eye on it.
He thought the leak was also not a problem enough to cause Liam to have anything major to live his normal life.
Overall, heart seemed to be not much of worry and, I was relieved.
You can imagine how we felt when we were asked to sit down and talk about issue doctor has found on his heart long time ago. Since heart is major thing and it got me scared but fortunately not as serious as son of Jimmy Kimmel “Billy”.
The doctor did not think of the need to do surgery and that was a good news. Even if he needed one, the surgery itself looked minor and not an open heart surgery.
The location of the heart (center) might need be monitored for the lung,we were told back then, but so far so good.
We came back home being told that we should see the doctor again in 6 months, and after that when he became 3 years old.
After the heart doctor visit, Liam was sleeping soundly..
All the poking might have made him sleepy.However, he took all the milk I gave to him after coming back home. He eats good.
Day 66..
For last 2 days or so, Liam got better at breastfeeding technique, and I saw his chin moving and swallowing more frequently.Then, I started getting hang of it too as day passes by.
Since big bottle/jag of formula we were feeding to Liam alternating with breast milk was gone,I switched him to all breast milk feeding again just like we used to (when supply is low, use formula) since I seemed to produce more milk than before.
Day 65, he was up about every 2 hours or so and I got less sleeping (1 hour or so each in between the feeding) and I found myself feeling very tired and having hard time to keep my eyes open..
I was fortunate then my mother in law was staying with us and helped us to feed him.
I could nap while she was feeding etc.It was a big plus for me.
Day 66 night, me and Liam had rough night.
As you know, I was way too tired and took nap like around 8 pm to 10 pm or so.
When I went to nap, my mother in law fed him.
When I asked her if he was all right (I saw her holding Liam in her arms in the dim light), she said she got good burp out of him, but Liam was straining excessively and she picked him up and he farted a lot.
She thought he had lots of gas in his tummy.
Previous feeding which I did at about 4pm,Liam was fine. No straining, no discomfort look, no nothing.
One thing that alarmed me was that he took 100ml milk of breast milk in 10 min, which I thought was too fast.
It might be too vigorous sucking to feed and air got in his tummy?
And even though he did burp I heard, he might needed more burping out?
Too much crying to the time he was actually fed caused it??
I thought of all the possibilities but I was not sure which one was the cause.
Because of gassy tummy, he could not sleep well and cried, cried every 15 minutes or so even though he was not crossing his leg to strain.I picked him up, rock him,but nothing worked.
So,finally, it came across my mind that we could do tummy massage.
So, I did that on him by laying him on the towel on the floor and some gas came out from rear.And he was feeling better.
If yo udo not know how to do the tummy massage, here is how you do it.
Infant Tummy Massage
Babies digestive system works clock wise motion. Babies’ uncomfortable side tend to be left hand side;12’oclock to 6 o’clock side…
1. Head touch; with your left hand side, cup his head and with right hand give him circle motion touch on his head, to calm him
2. With your right hand, place to the cross your baby ‘s tummy. Slide hands on his tummy to the groin. Repeat with your other hand (like a water wheel),a few times
3. Place your thumbs on the center so your hands come to their side of the body.Then, slide out to the waist, a few times
4. Imagine the clock. With your left hand, gently slide your hand from 7 o’clock to 7 o’clock clock wise (big circle) ,a few times
5. With your right hand, gently give pressure and slide your hand from 12 o’clock to the 6 o’clock clockwise, a few times
6. Alternate 7 o’clock to 7 o’clock motion with 12 o’clock to 6’ oclock motion, a few times
7. With your right hand,write the Japanese Hiragana letter の;From 12 o’clock to 7 o’clock and 7 o’clock to 7 o’clock a few times
8 Hold baby’s ankle and gently bounce to relax his tummy, a few times
9. Hold onto his ankle and take his knee and, very gently push baby’s legs against his belly, hold 5 seconds. Release the leg.
10. Bounce the leg again and repeat. Can do up to 6 times with leg bend motion.
Next feeding came. I tried to let him sit to burp but he did not want to bend, which he sometimes did when he wanted to drink more milk before the burping.
So, I let him drink a bit more and then tried bending him to sit.I do not know which, if he wanted to drink more thus he did not want o bend then or because of gas in the tummy.
He fought with me a bit trying to reclining back, but he did sit and he gave me a big burp.After that, he was able to sit without fighting me back.
That reaction,I had about 1 feeding after the feeding done by my mother in law,which was about 4 am feeding then.
Finally came 7 am or so feeding,. Liam could burp without fighting me back from the first time to sit to burp.
He was drinking milk much more slowly and I took more break to burp; about one sit up to burp at about every 1 oz or in the middle when he slowed down.
At the end, I had him sleep in my arms. So,he was then felt better and slept good for another 4 hours then.
Next feeding after the 7am feeding time,he did fine; no fighting with me to burp and I could have him sleep at the end,and he slept good 3-4 hours which he could not do since 10 pm last night.
So, I was up all night from 10 pm to 7 am that day… Liam did not have a good sleep either.
I slept in next day because of that. I had many thing to learn each day about parenting.
I admire my mother how she raised me and my sister when you yourself actually go through the parenting experience. I thank her every much.
Day 67..
When another feeding time came, he was taking milk slowly,which was good.
However, since he cried when he wiped his mouth and ready to let him sit up, I worried about gas in his tummy again.
But then if the crying starts even before I touch him for sit up to burp,then,I wondered it is his saying of “I want to drink more milk!” rather than “My tummy hurts”.
After a bit more drinking, he did not cry when I wiped his mouth ready to sit up to burp and he sit up without fighting me.I tapped his back to burp but no burp coming.
After the bottle finished (breast milk),I let him sit again and tried to burp him but no burp.
It might be because no air in his tummy especially he was drinking milk slowly. But when you do not hear the burp, I get sort of panic..partly because I am getting used to hear at least one good burp.
Every once in a while,I did not get any burp out of hm but it was rare occasion.
Since I did not hear his burping,I did tummy massage just in case,which simply makes me feel comfortable doing so when you do not hear the burp.
Now,he was comfortably sleeping with his both arms up.
