Yep, it truly is smoooooth. And so much fun to drive. 1800cc gives it plenty of power even after adding the trike conversion.
Here's a "Talk About Anything" - II
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Same here. They work for me and are not godawful LOUD like the Harleys. I've lost enough hearing already. I'd rather hear music or nature when riding.
geohorn
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I believe dogs die of cancer because of what we feed them. They are like slaves…they have no choice in when or what they are allowed to eat. They eat what we give them…or go hungry. And we usually give them commercial dog food that is over-processed, un-pronounceable and mysterious ingredients..much of which is not real food and whatever “meat by-products” are come from old, diseased, unfit animals that cannot be used for human food.
My wife and I recently tried some fancy “farmers dog” type foods…and our dog was generally not interested and after the introductory-offer expired we couldn’t justify the cost anyway.
So we developed our own dog-food from real people-food, … it costs less than regular dry or canned dog-food…. and our dog loves it. It’s really not troublesome to do after-all.
Here’s the recipie:
A 10lb bag of chicken hind-quarters from the local grocery costs $6. This is the basis for our recipie. It meets FDA requirements for human consumption (it’s in the regular grocery meat section) and has no hormones or added “stuff” per FDA rules.
Put the entire contents in a large kettle, cover generously with water and bring to boil then simmer for two or three hours until the meat is ready to fall off the bone. (I use tongs to grab the drumstick bone at the end and while submerged in the broth…vigorously give it a “shake” and the bone slips right out of the meat and gets tossed into the garbage or buried for fertilizer in the garden.) Using a large strainer-scoop such as for when boiling crawfish, lift up the rest of the meat and use the tongs to pick out any other bones and toss them.
Cut up and dice 3 or 4 sweet potatoes (washed but skins On) and toss them into the simmering pot. Thirty minutes later Toss a 2lb bag of frozen mixed soup-vegetables (lima beans, English peas, carrots, etc) into the still simmering pot. Twenty more minutes throw in 2-3 cups of dry oatmeal (Quaker State style, simmer 5 mins) to absorb almost all the broth, leaving the entire contents “mushy” or slightly wet even.
Leave the pot to cool while covered overnight.
Next day, using a large soup-ladle…. Ladle 3 large scoops (big dog) of the food into quart zip-lok bags for the freezer. Keep one or two just for the refrigerator for the next day or so of servings. We bring two days servings out of the freezer and into the refrigerator to defrost ahead of time, and have found the dog prefers it either cool or room-temp…not so much warm.
Makes 10 days food (about 20 lbs food for a big dog…20-30 days smaller breeds). Cost around $12.
Our dog is a large white German shepherd type and she tells us when it’s 5PM and time to eat. She loves this food and never tires of it.
Our cost is less than previous genric-brands or Pedigree/Alpo/Good-Sam stuff and we know it’s better for her. It smells good enough to eat ourselves.
NO SALT or spices should be used.
OOOPS>>> I COMPLETELY FORGOT another ingredient: AFTER IT’S ALL COOKED AND while adding the oats…I stir-in two cans of canned-pumpkin….stirring to mix it in thoroughly . No need to cook further when adding the pumpkin and oats…the oats don’t really need cooking since they’re added when the pot is till hot and has overnight to cool down.
We have recently made a slight alteration when we accidentally allowed our deep-freeze to partially defrost (grandkids left the door a-jar after helping themselves to ice cream.) We had a frozen turkey left-over from last year when the grocery gave them away as post-Thanksgiving promotionals. It was a 15 lb bird and I cut the spine out of it, quartered it, and then used it in the above recipie instead of chicken.
Queenie Loves It!
She is active and her poop is normal so we know it has the right amount of fiber (the sweet potatoes and oats. Rice can be substituted for oats but our dog prefers the oats if vigorous eating means anything, and oats are better nutritionally anyway.)
Hope this finds favor with you as it did for us.
My wife and I recently tried some fancy “farmers dog” type foods…and our dog was generally not interested and after the introductory-offer expired we couldn’t justify the cost anyway.
So we developed our own dog-food from real people-food, … it costs less than regular dry or canned dog-food…. and our dog loves it. It’s really not troublesome to do after-all.
Here’s the recipie:
A 10lb bag of chicken hind-quarters from the local grocery costs $6. This is the basis for our recipie. It meets FDA requirements for human consumption (it’s in the regular grocery meat section) and has no hormones or added “stuff” per FDA rules.
Put the entire contents in a large kettle, cover generously with water and bring to boil then simmer for two or three hours until the meat is ready to fall off the bone. (I use tongs to grab the drumstick bone at the end and while submerged in the broth…vigorously give it a “shake” and the bone slips right out of the meat and gets tossed into the garbage or buried for fertilizer in the garden.) Using a large strainer-scoop such as for when boiling crawfish, lift up the rest of the meat and use the tongs to pick out any other bones and toss them.
Cut up and dice 3 or 4 sweet potatoes (washed but skins On) and toss them into the simmering pot. Thirty minutes later Toss a 2lb bag of frozen mixed soup-vegetables (lima beans, English peas, carrots, etc) into the still simmering pot. Twenty more minutes throw in 2-3 cups of dry oatmeal (Quaker State style, simmer 5 mins) to absorb almost all the broth, leaving the entire contents “mushy” or slightly wet even.
Leave the pot to cool while covered overnight.
Next day, using a large soup-ladle…. Ladle 3 large scoops (big dog) of the food into quart zip-lok bags for the freezer. Keep one or two just for the refrigerator for the next day or so of servings. We bring two days servings out of the freezer and into the refrigerator to defrost ahead of time, and have found the dog prefers it either cool or room-temp…not so much warm.
Makes 10 days food (about 20 lbs food for a big dog…20-30 days smaller breeds). Cost around $12.
Our dog is a large white German shepherd type and she tells us when it’s 5PM and time to eat. She loves this food and never tires of it.
Our cost is less than previous genric-brands or Pedigree/Alpo/Good-Sam stuff and we know it’s better for her. It smells good enough to eat ourselves.
NO SALT or spices should be used.
OOOPS>>> I COMPLETELY FORGOT another ingredient: AFTER IT’S ALL COOKED AND while adding the oats…I stir-in two cans of canned-pumpkin….stirring to mix it in thoroughly . No need to cook further when adding the pumpkin and oats…the oats don’t really need cooking since they’re added when the pot is till hot and has overnight to cool down.
We have recently made a slight alteration when we accidentally allowed our deep-freeze to partially defrost (grandkids left the door a-jar after helping themselves to ice cream.) We had a frozen turkey left-over from last year when the grocery gave them away as post-Thanksgiving promotionals. It was a 15 lb bird and I cut the spine out of it, quartered it, and then used it in the above recipie instead of chicken.
Queenie Loves It!
She is active and her poop is normal so we know it has the right amount of fiber (the sweet potatoes and oats. Rice can be substituted for oats but our dog prefers the oats if vigorous eating means anything, and oats are better nutritionally anyway.)
Hope this finds favor with you as it did for us.
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ItBmine
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Good info Goehorn, I appreciate that. And I couldn't agree more. I just don't trust what goes in commercial dog food bags.
My wife actually did start making our own natural dog and cat food with real chicken and such. But unfortunately they ate the store bought stuff for many years before we started giving them fresh food. And she did still feed them some kibble for their teeth cleaning.
I remember many years ago going to the grocery stores around here to get the left overs and cuttings from the butcher shops as my uncle and cousin were sled dog racers and had a kennel and they also made their own feeds.
I can't explain the cat, but I did read though that labs are prone to cancer and that's what my dog was...part black lab and part mastiff. They both passed at 11 years old.
But again thanks for the info and advice.
My wife actually did start making our own natural dog and cat food with real chicken and such. But unfortunately they ate the store bought stuff for many years before we started giving them fresh food. And she did still feed them some kibble for their teeth cleaning.
I remember many years ago going to the grocery stores around here to get the left overs and cuttings from the butcher shops as my uncle and cousin were sled dog racers and had a kennel and they also made their own feeds.
I can't explain the cat, but I did read though that labs are prone to cancer and that's what my dog was...part black lab and part mastiff. They both passed at 11 years old.
But again thanks for the info and advice.
geohorn
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I should have clarified that when I said I “pour the entire contents” of the chicken hind-quarters bag into the pot…. I SHOULD have MADE IT CLEAR…I do NOT use the bloody water in the bag. I cut the bag end…pour the bloody water down the drain…and refill the bag with water from the tap to rinse the chicken… pour that rinse water down the drain… THEN pour the contents of hind-quarters into the pot and add sufficient water to fully cover.
I do believe that the meat is put in the bag with saline-solution water at the processing-plant and do not think it wise to use that in the food. (and is also why you never want to add salt or any other spices to the recipie.
Hope that helps.
I do believe that the meat is put in the bag with saline-solution water at the processing-plant and do not think it wise to use that in the food. (and is also why you never want to add salt or any other spices to the recipie.
Hope that helps.
geohorn
Well-known member
OOOPS>>> I COMPLETELY FORGOT another ingredient: AFTER IT’S ALL COOKED AND while adding the oats…I stir-in two cans of canned-pumpkin….stirring to mix it in thoroughly . No need to cook further when adding the pumpkin and oats…the oats don’t really need cooking since they’re added when the pot is till hot and has overnight to cool down.
Sorry for the two memory-failures. (I’d edit the recipie post if I could but time expired for that.)
Sorry for the two memory-failures. (I’d edit the recipie post if I could but time expired for that.)
aurthuritis
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i take an old slaughter cow in and have her ground into ground beef. i feed it to the dogs raw and it works fine and for me is cheaper than bagged dog food. i also have the bones bagged up with some extra tallow.
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This is embarrassing, I've been weed eating my pond dam with my phone in my pocket to listen to my Bluetooth headset and am apparently posting a mess. I'm so sorry.
So, I put one of these tooth bars on my tractor bucket last week. What a HUGE difference in the bucket's digging ability.
Stock photo, not my tractor but it gives you an idea.
BXpanded Piranha Toothbar
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I've been thinking all week that my biggest regret wasn't getting it years ago.
I have had a tooth bar 15+ years. Love it.
Took it off this week. I had gravel dumped on my main trail and I needed to spread it better with the bucket edge, and then by hand with a rake.
For digging the tooth bar rocks. For leveling and scraping it is best to have it off. Two bolts do the trick. Easy on, easy off.
Took it off this week. I had gravel dumped on my main trail and I needed to spread it better with the bucket edge, and then by hand with a rake.
For digging the tooth bar rocks. For leveling and scraping it is best to have it off. Two bolts do the trick. Easy on, easy off.