I AM PANICED !!! WALMART HAS SHUT US OFF !! I THOUGHT IT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE - THEY HAVE 50 POUND BAGS OF PURINA DOG CHOW- FOR $22.49( THE CHEAPEST PURINA ONLY BECAUSE WE ADD SO MUCH BEEF TO IT-- AND TUMS FOR CALCIUM) -----WHEN I FIRST FOUND IT-- I COULD ORDER 12 BAGS A DAY-- DELIVERED FREE-- SO I ORDERED 12 BAGS 3 DAYS IN A ROW--- AND A HUGE FEDEX TRUCK ARRIVED WITH 36 BAGS OF DOG FOOD ALL PACKAGED IN EXTREMELY STURDY CARDBOARD BOXES--- IT FILLED THE TRUCK..
I DID THAT TWICE-- AND NEXT TIME YOU COULD ONLY ORDER 6 BAGS-- SO I DID THAT 3 DAYS IN A ROW... MORE BEAUTIFUL CARDBOARD BOXES---
SO TODAY I CAN ONLY ORDER ONE BAG-- WHICH DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE FREE SHIPPING... SO I CAN'T KEEP ORDERING ON E BAG A DAY BECAUSE THE $5 SHIPPING BRINGS THE COST TO WHAT I CAN GET IT ELSEWHERE...
SO NOW I AM TRYING THE DOG FOOD DISTRIBUTOR-- AND SEE IF WE CAN GET IT DELIVERED BY THE PALLET- WHICH IS A MIXED BAG....WELL NOT "BAG" IN THE PAPER SENSE. AND IF I HAVE TO GO THAT ROAD, SHOULD I SWITCH TO THE CHICKEN SOUP BRAND AGAIN..
THE REASON I LIKE THAT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY INGREDIENTS THAT IF ONE IS BAD, AT LEAST IT IS DILUTED..
MOST ALL DOG FOOD IS/ WELL, WAS MADE BY DIAMOND MANUFACTURING ( EXCEPT PURINA WHO MAKE THEIR OWN - I THINK)-- EVEN COSTCO BRAND "KIRKLAND" WAS MFG BY DIAMOND-- THEN THEY HAD THE BIG RECALL-- SO NOW YOU CAN NOT FIND THE NAME OF DIAMOND ANYWHERE-- BUT BECAUSE IT WAS/IS SUCH A HUGE INDUSTRY I THINK THEY JUST CHANGED THE NAME....
RATTLING ON--- THE LAST RECALL I HEARD OF WAS DUE TO SOME - QUICK REPAIR--DUCT TAPE THAT WAS COLLECTING SALMONELLA...
SO WE NEED TO FIND A STEADY SOURCE OF FOOD... I AM WORKING ON IT... AND WE NEED A BIG METAL BOX TO STORE IT IN-- LIKE THE AMBULANCE???
A PALLET DOES NOT FIT IN THE AMBULANCE--- AND THE MINUTE YOU START STORING BAGS OF DOG FOOD ANYWHERE IN A BUILDING , GISELLE AND HER FAMILY WILL FIND IT-- AND THE BOTTOM BAG IN A STACK WILL BE EMPTY-- BEEN THERE-DONE THAT... AND IF YOU THINK YOU CAN OUTSMART A BUNCH OF RATS, YOU ARE WRONG... AT LEAST I HAVE FOUND MANY TIMES THAT MY CREATIVITY DOES NOT BEGIN TO COMPARE WITH THEIRS.
IT IS LIKE TRYING TO OUTSMART A SQUIRREL AND KEEP THEM OUT OF THE BIRD FEEDER... THEY HAVE A TALENT THAT FAR EXCEEDS ANYONE IN THE BUSINESS OF ADVERTISING A SQUIRREL PROOF FEEDER .. AND SQUIRRELS ARE JUST RATS WITH FUR.
I VAGUELY REMEMBER PHILLIPS AS A DOG FOOD DISTRIBUTER-- SO I AM NOW TRYING TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT--- I HAVE TO FIND A SOLUTION-- AND THO I APPRECIATE ALL THE CP'S SENDING FOOD- IT BOTHERS ME THAT SO MUCH GOES TO UPS....
IN THE MEANTIME-- WE HAVE ONLY 3 BAGS OF DRY FOOD--- LAST TIME I TRIED TO BUY ALL THE LOCAL WALMART HAD, THE MANAGER STOPPED ME. - WELL--- MAYBE THAT CAN BE MY ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE DAY-- CALL THE POLICE.. I AM NOT ALLOWED TO BUY THINGS IN THE WALMART STORE???? AND PLAY THE OBSTREPEROUS OLD LADY FOR THE DAY.
AND THERE ARE 2 WALMARTS IN MY AREA...
ON THE TOPIC OF RATS.... THE SOUTH HAS AN EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM-- PIGS-- WILD PIGS WHICH ARE JUST HUGE RATS--- THEIR DIET IS ABOUT ANYTHING CHEWABLE -- THEY ARE STRONG-- PROLIFIC AND VERY INTELLIGENT. FLORIDA TOURIST BUREAU BRAGS ABOUT THE SUN AND SAND-- BUT NEVER MENTION THE ODD WILDLIFE BIG SNAKES AND PIGS..--- I HAVE SEEN THE EFFECTS OF WILD PIGS IN-- OF ALL PLACES-- THE WALT DISNEY" PERFECT COMMUNITY" MOST OF TEH PIG PROBLEM IS STILL SOUTH OF THE BORDER-- BUT IF YOU READ SOME OF THE FARMERS REPORTS- IT IS A GROWING PROBLEM -- AND MOVING NORTH.
THAT'S WHY IN NEW ENGLAND WE HAVE SNOW.... IT KEEPS ALOT OF UNDESIREABLES SOUTH OF THE MASON DIXON LINE. WHEREVER THAT IS.
AND I AM TOLD WE CAN EXPECT 12 -18 INCHES IN A SLOW MOVING SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY STORM
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JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT BOO MADE IT TO HER NEW HOME IN GEORGIA. SHE WAS A GREAT TRAVELER AND A PERFECT HOTEL GUEST. SHE AND TIZZY MET AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BECAME FRIENDS. THAT IS, UNTIL THEY GOT IN A SNARLING SPAT OVER A KONG. AFTER THAT, TIZZY GOT VERY JEALOUS AND HAD TO GO TO TIME OUT FOR AGGRESSIVE BARKING. THAT WORKED FOR AWHILE BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF BARKING EARNED HER A RAP ON HER NOSE AND THAT STOPPED IT. BOO SEEMS TO BE SETTLING IN QUITE WELL. SHE IS EATING, SLEEPING AND GOING TO THE BATHROOM REGULARLY. SHE LOVES THE BACKYARD (MINUS THE SNOW!); IN FACT, SHE AND TIZZY ARE NAPPING NOW AFTER A MORNING PRACTICING THEIR ZOOMIES AND MEETING SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS. WE ARE VERY HAPPY SHE IS HERE AND HONORED THAT YOU ALLOWED US TO BECOME HER FOREVER PET PARENTS. WE WILL SHARE LOTS OF PHOTOS OF HER SO EVERYONE CAN FOLLOW HER AS SHE BECOMES A SOUTHERN BELLE.
PAM and TED
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