Getting Eric to Eat

You probably recall that Eric doesn't really like dog food. Cat food, cow poop, yes; dog food, not so much.

Yesterday, I dumped the crumbs that had accumulated at the bottom of our dog food container into the yard. Later, I found Eric grazing away; he liked the crumbs even though he didn't like the dog food from which they crumbled. This was the moment I discovered, just as Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, that Eric likes ground-up dog food.

So, I quickly developed a process for preparing dog food that Eric will actually eat: grind the kibble up with a mortar and pestle. It takes no more than half an hour to make breakfast for him, and it's terrific exercise.

To learn more about penicillin's discovery, click http://www.exn.ca/Stories/2004/04/19/51.asp?t=dp