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  • TheLowestStone@lemmy.worldtoDogs@lemmy.worldPick him up already!
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    18 days ago

    Once we took my dog to a park on the bay but we tried to avoid letting her go in the water because she would need a bath afterward. It wasn’t a particularly hot day but after trying to go towards the water twice and being told to stay with us, she started walking slowly, hanging her, head and panting heavily. A few minutes later, she started to limp. I checked her feet to make sure she didn’t pick up a burr or foxtail and couldn’t find any sign of the problem so I turned to walk back towards the car. She refused to follow. I went to pick her up, worried that she might be injured and she darted away.

    Finally, I gestured in the direction of the water and said, “Fine, go swimming.”

    She took off running only pausing once to let me catch up before she would have lost sight of me on her way to the water.

    The strange part is, she’s not a particularly smart dog except for when she is being emotionally manipulative. Also, for the record, she was pissed about needing a bath when we got home.

    Edit: forgot the dog tax.













  • I worked for a catering company that was looking into making a bid on a contract at a for profit prison company in California. The bosses had the chef put together a 7 day sample menu. He shows it to me and asks for feedback. This guy put stuff like quinoa and salmon on there. I just started laughing. I couldn’t help it. He askes what was funny and I asked him what the food cost was. Apparently no one thought to ask or had a clue what a typical prison meal consisted of. He just sort of assumed it would be around 6-7 dollars per meal. The contract was for 87 cents per meal. That’s right. The prison wanted 3 meals per person per day for $2.61. To be fair, there was also a flat fee but it would barely cover the cost of delivering the meals and the additional staff required to produce them. For it to be worth it to the owners, we would have had to produce those meals for about $1.50 per person per day. You don’t get to serve roasted salmon with quinoa salad at that price point.