Anyone who has ever been around my house for dinnertime is always AMAZED at how quickly my dogs eat.  Molly-the-Moose would regularly eat her meal so fast that it would come back up, upon which she would…yes…eat it again.  Yum!  *IF* no other dog is in the house, Brady eats relatively leisurely…taking maybe a full minute to eat kibble.  But if other dogs are present, even separating them all to crates or their own area doesn’t work…they still all wolf it down.  Dinnertime here lasts approximately 13 seconds total.

I’ve always been concerned about bloat because of this, and even more than that it just doesn’t seem HEALTHY to eat that fast.  I soak their kibble for a few minutes before feeding (worst minutes of their lives, just ask them), but still worry.  And with our recent digestive, ahem, issues I am more sensitive than ever to what and how my dogs eat.  So, I stumbled somewhere across a link to these dog bowls that promised to “prevent your dog from bolting his food”.

They arrived today, and sure do work!  I’ve heard before about putting a rock in your dog’s bowl to keep them from eating so fast…this is even better IMO.  They are a bit spendy but, well, so are gastro problems that require vet visits.  Dinner tonite took nearly 2 whole minutes.    http://www.brake-fast.net/

Also, I don’t know about you other show people but I tend to have several different fancy “show” shampoos, but always found myself lacking a good, solid basic “everyday” dog shampoo.  Obviously my dogs don’t get washed every day, but when they just plain old need a bath I want something that smells good, isn’t harsh on the coat, and rinses quickly and cleanly.  I bought a gallon jug of this stuff a while back off of Amazon:

It’s called “Buddy Wash” (yes, ridiculous name) and is made by Cloud Star.  Natural ingredients, herbal scent (I got lavender and mint), soap-free (so can be used with flea treatments), and can be used on puppies.  I love that it’s thick and easy to put on, lathers well, and rinses easily.  And I think it smells great!