Well, it was an interesting weekend. Faulkner and I experimented, and I cleaned.

I needed to find out how much he would/should eat and how thin the mix needed to be-- too thin was taking too much processing time and stank up the house so bad the people got barfy! And we never got to true doggie-diarhhea, but there was one night of very loose stool to discover yesterday AM.... nice surprise for Hardi at 6 AM on a Sunday morning getting ready to go do church, eh? It took all day to get their corner, the dog beds, the dog rugs, and the cleaning implements all cleaned up, eeeewwwww.

Results of various prep approaches and dog reactions-- I'm making a rice-cooker full a day and running a potato masher through it when it's hot and loose, and giving it to him in two divided batches. It amounts to 5 cups kibble steamed in 2-1/2 cups water a day for regaining the weight (4 cups more likely for daily maintenance).

This "picky" eater is now wolfing down food as soon as I set it down, looking for more, sleeping like a fat snake, and no more loose stools.

The boarding kennel has OKd using this as a daily ration when we vacation, and I can start making extra for the freezer.

I think I made it 4 different ways yesterday to see which worked best-- now that I have to down to a reasonable system, I've thrown out the unnecessarily yucky ones!

~Susan