The Spelzer Chronicles

What's Goin' On

It's been a jolly time for me. I have a new home with a new awesome bed to sleep on. We have a cozy fireplace to cuddle up by. Dad installed a new fire screen with glass doors and made some nice warm fires last week when it was super cold at night.

The nail I tore on Ocracoke has healed up. I'm back to my regular run around in the yard. Let's see what else...the new food is great. We stopped eating Timberwolf Organics 'cause they started putting yucky stuff in the food that we don't want to eat. We're also pretty sure they lied about some things too. They didn't even tell their retailers about the changes to their food. We can't eat food made by a company that we don't trust.

Now we're eating The Honest Kitchen. We're on the Thrive formula right now. We're gonna try the Embark too. We got a great email from Jenna over at THK and she answered all our questions about their food. It has no ethoxyquin, BHA/BHT, sodium selenite, corn, whey, soy, beet pulp, tomato pumace, or any other crap we don't like.

Our pal Francis Rocks informed us that they gave their December pawlanthropy gift to the HSUS. We hate the HSUS because they think everyone should be vegan (veganism and dogs don't mix), and they think that companion animals should be made extinct. We're not sure why a company that makes food for dogs and cats with meat in it would give money to an organization like HSUS, especially since HSUS already makes millions of dollars. We emailed Lucy Postins at THK to let her know that we're not happy that they gave HSUS money, and hope that this is not an ongoing relationship. We're not going to buy food from a company that makes a habit out of giving money to a group like that. Francis won't buy their products anymore because of it. We're waiting to see what kind of response we get from THK about it. If they assure us that they will never give to them again, or PETA, then we'll keep on buying their food. So far we really like their food, and since Dad doesn't have the time to make us homemade meals right now (he and Mama San are still settling in to our new home), THK is the perfect solution. We've heard about Grandma Lucy's True which is also dehydrated. They have a lamb formula. Since we love lamb we'll probably get that too. And if THK turns out to be dyed in the wool PETA and HSUS lovers then we might start eating G'ma Lucy's and drop THK. I hope not, I really LOVE their food. It's so wholesome and tasty. They are also moving to using more organic ingredients and cruelty free meats. We like the sound of that.

As far as Presidential things go, I've been takin' it pretty easy. We're still undecided about whether I'm going to run again. That will depend on who gets nominated by the parties. I'll be honest, being President is not all it's cracked up to be. Sure you get to fly around in Air Force One and Marine One, and the power and prestige is cool. But it's a lot of work and stress and quite frankly, a dog has better things to do with her time than take care of a bunch of idiot humans who seem to be really good at screwing things up. I hope I've helped change that a little. It's an uphill battle that's for sure.

I'm also working on my list of pardons. So far I plan on pardoning all the members of the Naughty Pup Club, including Rosie, even though she ate a condom out of the trash and pooped it out her butt in the front yard (GROSS!). I love her, but sometimes she can be sooooo stupid. I don't plan on pardoning any humans though, especially Michael Vick. I can't believe he only got 23 months, but at least he got some time. Hopefully he'll get the book thrown at him for the state charges. I hate dog fighters.

All in all everything is pretty darn good. We're counting our blessings and not taking anything for granted.

Happy Holidays everybody!!! And may the new year be filled with on good health and good things for everyone!!!