It's official. I have the world's most spoiled dogs. It is my own fault, I know. I did it. I allowed this to happen. I did not teach them that no means no and I really forgot to teach them how to say please.
Ever since we got up this morning the two of them have been yammering non-stop about how we are not as good as all the other dog houses on the block because we do not have cable television. How listening to NPR all day long while I'm at the office is just so BORING and how they want to be able to surf hundreds of channels and how I am the world's worst possible dog mama because I have denied them, DENIED THEM, the joy that is Animal Planet their entire short doggie lives.
Good Grief.
Of course Stella is the loudest complainer. I have a sneaking suspicion that she's putting Buddha up to all of this and that Buddha really does enjoy listening to NPR all day. He often likes to talk to me about the things he's heard when I come home at the end of the day and it is because of him that I actually have been far more informed than I want to be about our impending economic doom. Buddha is really pissed off about the AIG bonuses, but he's even more angry about the way that Congress is handling their own mistakes! He feels it is totally wrong that they're enacting new taxes to essentially make up for their own initial mistakes. Buddha insists, to me, that they're reneging on their initial good faith contracts and that it's a very slippery slope when we allow Congress such free reign. It has his dander up, let me tell you.
But back to this yammering about the cable television. I have continued to put my foot down. To say no. To tell the dogs that they will just have to extract invitations from their other dog friends who DO have cable television for play dates if watching Animal Planet is just so important. Then Stella, who is nothing if not dramatic, rolled over, played dead, and told me that she was not going to stand up again until I promised to get the Food Network for our television and it MUST HAPPEN BEFORE MONDAY.
The Food Network? Home of Rachel Ray (who is so saccharin she makes me want to throw up on my own shoes) and Paula (how much butter can one person consume) Dean? The only reason I can possibly think to ever have the Food Network in our home would be for the occasional re-run of very old episodes of Iron Chef. Episodes where they use really strange and odd ingredients like sea urchin and they turn it into ice cream! Stella is quite lovely and sweet but she has yet to actually cook me a meal (dead mouse not withstanding) and so this demand for the Food Network has me quite perplexed.
Turns out that The Honest Kitchen is going to be featured on the Food Network on Monday. Stella and Buddha are spokesdogs for The Honest Kitchen. They have been eating Honest Kitchen food since they were just 8 weeks old. Honest Kitchen's line of dehydrated human foods, specially formulated for pets, makes it really simple for me to cook for the dogs twice a day every single day. And Stella and Buddha LOVE it. Which is also lovely. I will often supplement the food with some of my own vegetarian leftovers (whatever I'm cooking for myself that evening will get tossed in) but I can truthfully say that this food has been such a godsend for both me and my dogs. They have beautiful coats, they do not have stinky breath, and they have beautiful teeth. Plus they lick the bowl clean. Every single time.
So that explains it. This sudden request for television in our non-television household. Stella really wants to see Lucy and Laurette and and all her dog friends at the Honest Kitchen when they're on the Food Network on Monday evening. I've told her that I will try my best to get one of our friends to let us come over so she can watch it, but that we are NOT getting television in our house. We just are not. She'll have to continue to SUFFER with NPR. Poor puppy.
Oh, and now she's asking for a plane ticket. To San Diego. For a tea party. It just does not end with her. However, the rest of you really should know, especially if you're in the San Diego area and have a dog, that the Honest Kitchen is hosting a dog tea party at Cafe Merlot on March 24.
Here are the details:
The
Honest Kitchen Hosts High Tea for Pups at Café Merlot
We are teaming up with a local restaurant to Introduce our
New Herbal Tea for Dogs and a Pet-Friendly Menu.
The Honest Kitchen and Café Merlot, a chic fine dining establishment located
in the Bernardo Winery, have partnered to host a High Tea for Pups, a
one-of-a-kind, whimsical tea party for pooches to celebrate the launch of
Lithe Tea, The Honest Kitchen's newest product – and raise money for
San Diego Humane Society.
The event will take place at Café Merlot, on March 24th from 2:30-4:30 p.m., at:
Café Merlot at the Bernardo Winery,
13330 Paseo del Verano Norte,
San Diego, Calif. 92128.
San Diego dog
owners are invited to bring their pooches to sample the delectable and
healthy offerings being provided by The Honest Kitchen and Café Merlot.
While the event is free-of-charge, attendees are encouraged to offer a $5
donation for each cup of Lithe herbal tea. The Honest Kitchen will donate 100
percent of all contributions to the San Diego Humane Society to support their
programs and services.
You can RSVP at 619.985.9519 or via email at Natalie@rkpr.net, or just show
up!
That herbal tea that they're introducing, Lithe tea, I helped them to develop. It actually is based on a formula that I originally created for Clyde in his senior years. It's a GREAT formula and it really does work. The herbs in that tea are terrific for the entire musculoskelatal system and includes some great support for joints and ligaments. I credit it for improving and extending Clyde's quality of life for many of his 17 years. It makes me happy and proud to be a part of the Honest Kitchen family and to have that tea shared with so many well-loved dogs.
