Let me just tell you, 4 dogs, a bunny and a bird, means lots of laundry.  I washed all the dog beds, bunny beds, the birds bedding, and the cover that goes over the bird cage at night.  Then I lugged all the dog crates outside for a good scrub and air dry.  In between, I was running into the garage and bagging up the 20 pounds of duck necks I’d bought for the dogs as it was thawing out. (Can I just tell you I hate big frozen blocks of animals parts that I have to thaw and dig through?  YUCK!)  Once the crates were drying and most of the bedding was finished, I scrubbed out the bunny condo, collapsed it down, and moved it into the garage.  Then the dining room got vacuumed and mopped, all the dog beds were put back together, and the crates brought in from outside and put back.  Once that was done, my office where Norbert is now living, was vacuumed and his litter box cleaned, plus, I got him fed and medicated with both his antibiotic and pain meds.

Besides duck necks, I made veggie slop and thawed out a tube of beef organ blend, and got them partitioned into ice cube trays for easy small dog portioning day to day.  I thawed out a 20 pound tube of ground turkey, and got that reorganized into smaller portions, while also roasting a chicken for dinner, with spaghetti and a salad. I cleaned up the dinner mess, then fed the dogs, cleaned THAT mess up, and then FINALLY got a chance to read some of my new book.  Whew!

The good news?  All the dogs are clean and have clean beds to sleep in, my kitchen is clean, there is lots of frozen dog supplies accessible and ready for feeding, and I feel good that it’s all done.  Hopefully, next Sunday won’t be quite as busy.  Tonight?  The master bedroom and bathroom, and a continuation of laundry, except now it will be human laundry.

Now, you may be thinking this is some great stock pile of meat for human consumption, and you couldn’t be more wrong. This haul comes especially for the dogs, and goes into “their” deep freeze from which I pull all their meals. You see, my dogs eat a raw diet, which means they eat a diet comprised of raw meat, veggies, organ meat, eggs, and several other yummies dogs love, which we humans think are disgusting.

Tonight was organ meat night. I had run out of organ meat blend, so that meant it was time to create more. Thankfully, a good friend and fellow raw feeder informed me quite early on that making your own organ meat blend was disgusting, time consuming, and messy. So I simply buy Bravo’s beef organ meat blend, thaw it out, and then refreeze in ice cube trays. (with 4 dogs 10 pounds and under, you have to improvise so it doesn’t go bad before you can feed it all) Then over time, I can simply pull individually frozen cubes of organ meat out of the deep freeze, thaw, and feed to the dogs. Portioning the stuff out into ice cube trays is still gross, and something I put off until the last possible moment.  After finally getting it over and done with after all of the procrastination, I can now sit back and not worry about organ meat for the next few months. YAY!

However, this weekend, I will have 20 pounds of chicken frames, 20 pounds of chicken necks, and 20 pounds of ground turkey coming in which will also need to be portioned into small dog sized servings.  So stay tuned for even more meaty disgustingness!