Yes, that’s my dog, and yes, she thinks that she is human. Note that she is in the baby crib before baby #1 arrived and that she was willing to try on her headband, too. Calliope has little interest in being canine and even less interest in eating dog food, which leads me to the topic of this week’s blog post.
Yesterday I got a frantic phone call from a friend. ”We’ve been in the doggy ER all night and guess what? Chantee has food allergies!’. I offered up my condolences, but I wasn’t really so surprised by this news. After all, our dog, Calliope, has all but stopped eating dog food since our children started solids. The dog would rather starve than eat her kibble, and on the rare occasion that the kids have left just Calliope and I behind for a weekend, she sits wistfully under the kitchen table hoping that if she stays long enough that crumbs will materialize. Thus, on the tail end of a holiday weekend, a holiday largely celebrated with grilled hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad and pie, it did not surprise me that my friend’s dog stumbled upon something that upset her delicate system. I mean, I found Calliope up to her back paws in a garbage bag, licking a discarded package of smoked salmon yesterday morning; I suppose that we are very lucky that she did not lapse into a scratching fit herself. If humans can be allergic to food, if there are substances that set off our immune systems then why couldn’t they upset the canine immune system? It doesn’t sound like too much of a stretch to me, but it sure sounds like a great project. Maybe my next book will be dedicated to my first baby and all of her sensitive friends. After all, I would do it for my human children, why not for my dog?
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Is this a mail order business for allergy free deserts? I have the book, but would like to try the products before ordering all the special ingredient to try for my daughter. Her allergy is soy, so I’m not sure how many of the specialty items are necessary. Gluten, wheat, egg, and dairy or not her problem. I understand about the xanthan gum and choc., but it’s all a bit much to digest. (no pun intended)
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