There is a wonderful product called Fit and Fertile that our Mistress gives to Shadow each time when she starts her season and is going to mate. It contains things like folic acid to make sure she is as ready as she can be to have some puppies. Anyway, it’s not that I especially want the powder but our Mistress gives it to Shadow mixed into three teaspoons of vanilla yoghurt and it’s just not fair. It’s not my fault I’m male and not trying to get pregnant. I like vanilla yoghurt too. Oh I get to lick out the empty pot each time Shadow comes to the end of one, but there is nothing like three teaspoons left at that stage and believe me I am counting. Shadow loves it so much that as soon as she hears our Mistress take the lid off the Fit and Fertile container she runs to be ready for when it’s all mixed in. She will keep having it now right up to when the puppies are weaned and she doesn’t need to produce milk for them – that’s a lot of vanilla yoghurt she’s going to get through over the coming weeks. Our Mistress has explained that she has to be careful about what vanilla yoghurt she uses as some contain artificial sweeteners which can be harmful to dogs. In particular you must avoid xylitol which can be toxic to dogs and stevia which can cause a drop in a dog’s blood pressure. Anyway, ours are safe and I’d like to eat some more if it. Our master is allowed a whole one for breakfast and I was wondering if I could ask for one to be mixed in with my morning dog food.
Shadow is totally fed up at not being able to go for a walk, although looking on the bright side the rest is doing her bad leg good, so there are positives.
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