well today i needed to re-deworm dozer...
checked my pyrantel payomate and it expired last week, least i got 1 dose out of that last bottle lol
so decided to pay the extra couple bucks to invest in an even broader spectrum de-wormer...since i dont have the supplies to do a proper fecal here (ill admit i used to used the highschool bio lab to do my dogs fecals before i moved lol) and his past is so sketchy (and i found out hook worm is common here in TN as well AND he did have fleas when i got him i decided to go fll spectrum and invest in the Fenbendrazole (safe-guard)
now the safeguard powerd for dogs is almost $16 for 3 doses, with fen ou treat for 3 days and then repeat in 2 weeks, so $32 just to deworm the Dozy one....
and i always deworm the pups before the go home just to be sure so id have to pay that again x 3 for the crestie babies...
so instead i picked up the 10% suspension for goats, its the exact same stuff easier to give because i can syrnge it rather than mixing with food, it doesnt expire untill 2014 and 1 bottle will treat 250 5lb dogs LOL!. so dozer is 6 1/4 lbs now so he gets 1.1cc, today, tomorrow and thursday. then in 2 weeks time he should have doubled his weight again so hell get abotu 2.5cc x 3 days.
2 weeks later the crestie pups will get about .5 a cc each x 3 days and ill also do Ruby at the same time at 2cc's x 3. and itll stil leave me with an entire bottle that can be sused for goats, cattle, horses, rabbits, cats, even chickens...
people scoff when i tell them i buy livestock meds for my dogs whenever possible...but i mean when you compare the DOG product to the livestock product its the EXACT same thing (both at 10% fen) everything is the same...i can spend $32 on a full deworming schedual for 1 dog or i can spend $20 and deworm ALL my dogs plus livestock as needed for the next couple years!
i do the same with ivermectin...
heartguard would cost me $5 a month for jasper and ruby eventually about $7 for dozer and $6 a month per cat (a total of $28 per month...)
i can buy injectable ivomec (given orally) at $38 for a 50ml bottle and treat up to 5000lbs of dog/cat! even if Dozer reaches 100lbs id still have enoughin that $38 bottle to treat ALL the dogs and cats for about 3 years lol.
people think im nutz but why wouldnt i do it that way?!
obviously i wouldnt suggest it for people who arnt unsure of their pets weight or unsure about dosing ect...but, if you know your pets weight and know the dosage, i dont see why you shoudlnt use the cheaper EXACT same product.
anywho. picked that up at TSC, then hit walmart where i picked up some take home totes
hit lowes and bought paint...was talking to dad and he said "go to customer service" turnes out hed bought me a an expanding roller, an edger and a trim roller and they were at waiting for me
(Wannabefree, i might still need to borrow a tray and a brush off you though
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so i picked up a little tub of spackle dont have much that needs spackling and a cheap putty knife
a gallon of olympia one in the green i wanted *yay* (it gets good reveiws as a one coater on light colors and is low VOC) in eggshell
and a gallon of semi gloss white for the trim and door!.
squee...cant wait to get this room painted and finnished off!
i also checked out petscove, nice little store, the owner is great, and ill definatly be going back.
then headed home where i got into a little bit of a traffic jam...you know your in the country when it takes 15 mins longer to get home because someones cows escaped their field LOL.
Just don't let me forget to pass them off to ya on Turkey Day before you leave! I tend to forget stuff like that 
