posted 8 years ago
I honestly don't know where to put this, but while comical I think it has some potential.
I got back from work this morning and per custom went around to check on some of the growies before bed. As everyone knows, dogs will eat about anything. A couple days ago ours got into a bag of birdseed, mostly millet and some black oil sunflower that I have been spreading and making the birds work for their dinner. The idea was they are pecking all over the place and will eat the leaf- and grasshoppers which are already emerging due to the mild winter.
Since dogs don't really grind food, the seeds in the turds are completely intact. I haven't seen the birds working them over, I am not sure if this is due to the stink of carnivore or what. I know some seeds may not be good for dogs to eat due to a chance for compaction (like I wish he hadn't eaten sunflower), but dogs are basically the tiger shark of the land. What seeds do you guys think I could use to start in the field? I suspect this birdseed is not Permie-kosher, but I am thinking of things like Sunn Hemp and chicory. This dog likes to spread his work around about a three acre area so it could be useful. What about iron clay peas? I don't like the idea of legumes in his diet but he just bolts this stuff and tries to sneak it without getting caught, and transit is about 40 minutes from stem to stern so I doubt he would absorb much if anything. That being said dogs are dumbasses and will eat stuff, throw up, get the runs and generally make you wish they hadn't done it.
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Standing on the shoulders of giants. Giants with dirt under their nails