Duck Breast & Kale

Ryo is over at ours again this season. Feeding him is a bit of a pain. Ensuring him eating his volume of food daily is a challenge. This boy isn't motivated by food. He likes junk like cream and cakes and such. Not allowed. He is fussy and doesn't want to eat unless he's hungry. He will walk away from a full bowl of even his supposed favorite foods. 

For Ryo, I save myself the angst and only prepare his food in the night. I ignore him in the day until he comes to tell me he is hungry and wants to eat. He knows how to do that and I understand him. This boy literally eats to live. He can do two meals a day, but he now prefers to do one meal a day — dinner. Unlike Choya now, who has gotten over her initial two years of 'I don't want to eat' moods. She's a little gourmand now, and while not overly greedy, she enjoys her varied meals.

Christmas isn't a time for the dogs to gorge and over-indulge. I have no wish to send floofs to the vet for something they're intolerant to or accidentally get sick with. No randomly new foods during this period. We stick to tried and tested proteins. Luckily for me, these Shiba-ken don't often steal food off of the table or get into my cupboards when I'm not at home. They're not dog-dogs. Quite dependable. 

The floofs are fine with their raw base for meals. For fun and to tickle their tastebuds, I also add freeze-dried nibbles, cooked meats, bone broth, and such. My plant pods are growing kale. The kale has grown leafy and tall. Today, I seared duck breast and wilted kale as toppers to the floofs' Christmas dinner. Choya loved it. And at least Ryo walloped all of that. Whewwwww.