Saturday, February 11, 2023

Oops! Watch what you eat.



 Dear Friends

The world is now counting down hours to this year’s Puppy Bowl XIX! It will be aired tomorrow, Feb. 12th, 11 am PST, on Animal Planet. It will be Team Ruff vs. Team Fluff. Only puppies between 12 and 21 weeks can compete and there are height and weight limitations. Puppies must show they are well socialized with people and other puppies, and they must have had their full range of vaccinations. All this according to Google.

It seems, therefore, that this is the time to make a public confession. Recently, (Kathleen was out of town) I saw some cookies in the pantry, wondering why they were on the bottom shelf and not with the other cookies. After eating five of them (they were delicious) I realized they were not for me but for one of my grandpups named Sirius!! I quickly read the label of ingredients, made sure we had 7-up in the fridge, and waited, hoping this would not require any urgent care.

I am happy to say that I am fine---no side or after effects, except all the stop signs I come to say SPOT.  In the future, I will be sure and read more carefully what packages say. In other words, I will paws before eating! 

I will certainly avoid another package in our pantry which says “Temptations, Rocky Lobster flavor, crunchy outside, soft inside, under 2 calories per treat” and then, in fine print, “treats for cats”. I would only eat them if it was for a good claws.

John

 

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