Monday
May172010
Cosmo finds his people . . . with a little help from his friends
Monday, May 17, 2010 at 11:46PM Cosmo got adopted yesterday! After waiting so long to find the exactly right home, he finally found his meant-to-be people. Cosmo got a helping hand from Camp Cocker Ambassador, Stuart, whom you will see in the very bottom video below. Stuart took great pride in doing the home safety check so that Cosmo could get adopted. (thank you to Monica and Stuart) Thank you to Diane and Mike for driving to meet Cathy and Cosmo so that he can begin his new life with you! (we met in Kettleman City, they drove from Alameda, we drove from Los Angeles, but it was SO worth it for Cosmo). The black cocker in the picture is Cosmo's friend Raven who came along for the ride to send him off with love. Now go out and have the best life of your dreams Cosmo, we will never forget you here at Camp Cocker - we love you!
Sunday
May092010
we wore silly hats to wish you a happy doggie mother's day!
Sunday, May 9, 2010 at 08:37PM 
Okay, we admit it . . . none of these cutie pies needs homes. We just laughed so hard when our friend Marla, from the English Cocker Spaniel Rescue Club sent this to us that we had to share. How do you get so many cockers and friends to line up in a row, wear silly hats and then pose for a picture? Food of course!
Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 09:33PM
ADOPTIONS ON THE HORIZON!
Shaggy and Sampson are getting adopted on Tuesday by Darla and Mike of Reno, NV. Thank you to volunteer, Lolly, for doing the home safety check today. Thank you to Darla who flew down to Los Angeles a week ago to meet these two wonderful dogs in person. And we are all looking forward to Tuesday when Darla will be coming back to Los Angeles to take Shaggy and Sampson back to their new forever home. Waiting for the right home for these two bonded dogs really paid off. Thank you to Suzanne and Rena and all of the countless volunteers who rallied to help Shaggy and Sampson after their owner, John passed away. We hope John is looking down right now and very happy with whom we picked to give his beloved dogs a wonderful home.
Josie is getting adopted on the 23rd by Susan of Redwood Shores, CA. Thank you to Monica and Stuart for doing the home safety check and thank you to Susan for coming to Los Angeles to adopt Josie and drive her back to her new forever home . . . we can't wait for Josie to begin her new life with you! Pictured on the left is Susan with Stuart the Camp Cocker alumni - if you live in the bay area, you might be lucky enough to have Stuart show up for your home safety check - once Stuart gives you the paws of approval, you are ready for adoption. Stuart even got dressed up in his little home checking outfit, good boy Stuart!
One of the puppies are getting adopted on May 18th by Jane and Peter of Piedmont, CA. Thank you to Monica and Stuart for doing their home safety check last month and thank you to Jane for driving down to Los Angeles to meet Brady and Kramer and open up your nice home to adopt one of them. They are such lovely puppies and we know you are going to have a difficult time choosing between the two of them, so no matter whom you pick, you are going to have a great puppy! And Cosmo has an adoption pending a home safety check with Diane and Mike in Alameda, CA. Thank you to Monica and Stuart who will be doing the home check next weekend and we can't wait to see if Cosmo has finally found his perfect match!
Shaggy and Sampson are getting adopted on Tuesday by Darla and Mike of Reno, NV. Thank you to volunteer, Lolly, for doing the home safety check today. Thank you to Darla who flew down to Los Angeles a week ago to meet these two wonderful dogs in person. And we are all looking forward to Tuesday when Darla will be coming back to Los Angeles to take Shaggy and Sampson back to their new forever home. Waiting for the right home for these two bonded dogs really paid off. Thank you to Suzanne and Rena and all of the countless volunteers who rallied to help Shaggy and Sampson after their owner, John passed away. We hope John is looking down right now and very happy with whom we picked to give his beloved dogs a wonderful home.
Josie is getting adopted on the 23rd by Susan of Redwood Shores, CA. Thank you to Monica and Stuart for doing the home safety check and thank you to Susan for coming to Los Angeles to adopt Josie and drive her back to her new forever home . . . we can't wait for Josie to begin her new life with you! Pictured on the left is Susan with Stuart the Camp Cocker alumni - if you live in the bay area, you might be lucky enough to have Stuart show up for your home safety check - once Stuart gives you the paws of approval, you are ready for adoption. Stuart even got dressed up in his little home checking outfit, good boy Stuart!
One of the puppies are getting adopted on May 18th by Jane and Peter of Piedmont, CA. Thank you to Monica and Stuart for doing their home safety check last month and thank you to Jane for driving down to Los Angeles to meet Brady and Kramer and open up your nice home to adopt one of them. They are such lovely puppies and we know you are going to have a difficult time choosing between the two of them, so no matter whom you pick, you are going to have a great puppy! And Cosmo has an adoption pending a home safety check with Diane and Mike in Alameda, CA. Thank you to Monica and Stuart who will be doing the home check next weekend and we can't wait to see if Cosmo has finally found his perfect match!
tagged Brady, Cosmo, Josie, Kramer, Shaggy & Sampson, Stuart, silly pictures
Brady, Cosmo, Josie, Kramer, Shaggy & Sampson, Stuart, silly pictures Thursday
May062010
what's your wiggle butt eating?
Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 09:33PM From left to right: Cosmo (who loves real food but will eat anything), Maddy (who has skin allergies and needs grain free food and chinese herbal support), Raven (who lost ten pounds simply by eating home cooked meals and giving up a corn based diet her former owner had her on), and Sweet Pea (who's life was literally saved by home cooking). By the way, Sweet Pea weighed in today at 18.5 pounds! Whoo Hooo! (from his emaciated weight of 11.4 pounds)
We LOVE this website! Clean Food for Pets . . . it has the same philosophy we promote, to teach people how to read ingredients of everything they feed to their dogs.
They even have a little video on there on how to home cook . . . so funny because we have a little video we are working on to show you how we home cook, but theirs is so much better than ours (we will still put ours out at some point, Sweet Pea is in it because he likes to be in the kitchen when we cook for the dogs!).
Hey everyone . . . if you are not home cooking, that's okay - really, it is. But how about just making a commitment to learning how to read the first five ingredients of your dog food and being more aware of what you are feeding your dog? (the first three to five ingredients makes up about eighty percent of the food) Awareness and education is half of it, the other half is being willing to be inconvenienced if you have to find another store to buy the better quality food at. But hey, it is worth it in the long run if you are saving money on vet bills and ear infections and skin problems, right? And of course, giving our dogs a chance for a longer and healthier life.
Here's a quick cheat sheet for you:
Do NOT feed anything that has corn, wheat, whey, gluten or grains.
DO feed something that has at least ONE whole source of protein in the first three ingredients. A whole source of protein will not have the words "by-products" or "meal" following it. You also want the protein to be named specifically by name, such as Chicken (stay away from the generic word poultry) or Lamb, Beef, Venison, etc.
One last tip, read through all of the ingredients and if you see the word "animal protein" anywhere - run, don't walk, that entire bag of dog food to the nearest dumpster. Maybe we shouldn't tell you what animal protein is or what the "animal" is they don't care to name specifically. But if you google it or read up on what "animal protein" is on the Clean Food for Pets website, please try to prepare yourself as you may need a trash can handy in case you suddenly feel nauseous. Well, maybe its better you just don't know what it is. The next time you are in a grocery store or a low priced chain store, just for kicks, check out how many dog food bags have animal protein in the ingredients. Its cheap to buy for a reason. Yuck!
