;-) GOT (getting off...) RE: [at-l] Homemade "Dog" Biscuits

[nealb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (William Neal)]

When I worked at Wally World we had some elderly who would buy dog or cat
food but who did not have dogs or cats.  It was cheaper than regular food
and I guess it streched some people's fixed income.  But one gentleman had
lots of money.

Knowing him, I finally asked why he bought it.  He told me that one of his
sons worked for a company that made people and pet foods and that a lot of
pet foods were made to a "higher" standard than the people foods. For
example, the tuna that went into his son's company's pet food was of a much
higher grade than that which went in their people tuna.

Now I can see hoards of backpackers descending on Wally World and clearing
out the pet food section.  Or is this why so many people want to take their
pets on the trail?

William, The Turtle Food Turtle
-- Turtles Love Steaks and Chocolate

PS	Once I took a class in Journalism (or was it Philosophy?).  Our Prof
told us that the pet food industry did not really exist until fairly
recently.  Pets ate food scraps.  That even when feed stores started to sell
food for quasi-pets (rabbits, etc.), the pet food industry did not really
get going.  It was not until some Mad Avenue type "invented" the industry
and sold people on the idea that the multi-million dollar industry was
spawned.  And all because some saleman sold people on the idea that they
needed to spend money on their pets.



-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Hicks [mailto:daveh@psknet.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 1:48 PM
To: William Neal; AT-L List (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [at-l] Homemade "Dog" Biscuits


Brings to mind some advice, which I received a number of years ago and which
I have posted before.

A friend who has many years of mountain rescue experience in the Pacific NW
advises that you carry regular milk bone dog biscuits as your emergency
rations.

He claimed that most folk carry stuff, as emergency rations that gets eaten
long before an emergency, or far too early in an emergency.  When you
finally decide you are hungry enough to eat a milk-bone, you are probably
about hungry enough to be needing your emergency rations.  Besides, he said
they had good food value to weight and keep especially well.

Chainsaw

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Neal" <nealb@midlandstech.com>
To: "AT-L List (E-mail)" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 12:53 PM
Subject: [at-l] Homemade "Dog" Biscuits

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Although this recipe is for the dogs ;-) it sounds like it might make a good
trail snack.
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