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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The PAOs Maintenance: March 2013

There goes March, and we're into April now. Still keep track of the expenses for the PAOs so that I get a rough idea on the expenditure.

Monthly average for the PAO's expenses as per March 2013
Food: RM107.55
Treats: RM 19.95
Veterinary and Medical: N/A
Accessories and Miscellaneous: RM199.70 RM11.70

TOTAL MONTHLY EXPENSES = RM326.90 RM138.90

Food
Nothing special. We got more red meat for March instead of the usual chicken which made the bulk of Teh Pao's main diet. Not quite sure why beef and mutton are generally cheaper than other time of the year, so I did stocked up a bit. Poultry price did hiked up a lot more than usual, I'm hoping it will get back to normal in April.


Treats
I bought a pack of LM Farm Fresh Turkey Flavor treats from local retail at RM12.45, 50% off from the usual RM24.90. Was impressed with the quality, Teh Pao liked it but enthusiasm wasn't there. Not getting it anytime soon, at least not for that sort of price unless it is on special deals.

I've also bought some cow's ear and trachea. Have yet to do anything to the ear, but dehydrated trachea is a hit at home. Teh Pao loved it to the max. If these goodies come with good deal, I'm considering getting in bulk and dehydrated in small batches for Teh Pao to chew upon or as treat at home. Nothing beats a homemade, natural and raw dehydrated chews/ treats. 
 

Accessories
Bought new plush toy for Teh Pao. A Monkey to replace the broken beany. Plush toys are more of a bedtime toy for Teh Pao.

I've decided not to add in the dehydrator cost into the PAOs' account. Although currently it served to dehydrate treats and other food stuff for the PAO at home, but I've a better plan for it in future months, thus striking out the extra RM188 from the monthly expenses.

8 comments:

  1. 阿包是什么品种的狗?它被你养得好幸福~~~

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    1. 啊包和黑黑一样是abang adik,蔡狗一只。^^

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    1. 是滴。。偏向prey modal diet ^^

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    2. 这样吃会比较健康吗?身体会不会发臭?

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    3. 啊,很好的问题。我个人认为是蛮subjective的。

      茶包(Teh Pao)本身有atopy和一连串的问题,puppyhood的时候主食偏向high quality kibble based,没改善;转homecooked,边上网research一边trial and error的improve,atopy受到控制(药物用量,它的兽医点头可以减少)。现在给生肉,还在周旋在BARF和Prey Model Diet之间,前者我家阿包拉肚子,后者就蛮好的效果。现在基本上not on drugs, only given when necessary,比起kibble fed的时候药物就是weekly necessity。牙齿,变得更干净,我这个懒惰的主人每隔两三天才给它刷牙一次 ==

      另外一个豆沙包,之前还在我家的时候比较能够接受homecooked和BARF,实行prey model diet时它不敢碰它自己的食物 =__= 那时候不管它吃什么,好像垃圾桶那样,效果都没分别。

      至于身体会不会发臭,两只都on raw feeding的时候狗味减少,尤其啊包比较明显,体味没那么重了。

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  3. 刷牙!?Mark从来没有刷牙咧,有给dental treats 吧了,这样算不算?

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    1. 给Dental treats有没有清理牙齿的效果,这个我不能够comment。我本身给过GreXnies, ToXgh TeXth StiXk和一些quality属于中等的洁牙棒。有给的时候,两只包前面的牙齿蛮干净的,不过到了后边尤其是4th Pre Molar的就不太有效了,还会看到部分黄黄的 >__<

      哎呀,阿Mark没刷牙,竟然让我想起了你早前在诊所的口臭奇遇 XP

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