That's the Way ...

Since this post is about cookies, I have to continue with, the cookie crumbles. I won't know for sure until lunch though.

Izzy's lunch bucket is filled with entirely too much stuff. He gets:

• a giant scoop of beet pulp (around three pounds)
• two scoops of rice bran (also about three pounds)
• Prednisolone every other day (20mg x 18)
• a tablespoon of GastroElm Plus
• a scoop of a multi-vitamin 
• a scoop of Fat Cat (a protein body builder, but this is only temporary)
• and a full cup of mill flaxseed

After looking at the bags and bottles and containers filling up my corner of the feed room, I decided that things have got to start going. The first to run out was the milled flaxseed. Normally, I reorder supplements in time to have them before the container runs out. It pained me to reach the end of the bucket of flaxseed without a new bag ready to take its place, but my sense of keep it simple won it out.

Then I did a little more reading, just to remind myself of why I thought the flaxseed was worth it in the first place. While I don't necessarily see the benefits, I worried about what might happen if I stopped feeding it. Izzy looks so good right now that I decided it wasn't worth the risk. Is the milled flaxseed one of the reasons his coat is so shiny, or is it just because he's no longer rubbing himself raw thanks to the prednisolone? Either way, I reordered, and a new bag arrived last Thursday.

Super shiny!

When the box was delivered, my husband asked if I had ordered a bag of bricks; the box was really heavy, especially for it's size. Nope, I told him. It's just a twenty-five pound bag of milled flaxseed. The few times I had previously ordered, I bought the 25 pound bucket. As the buckets started to pile up in the feed room, I realized I could order the product in a bag instead and just pour it into one of the buckets I already had. Doing so saves a few dollars as well. 

With each bucket order, the company has always included a thank you note and a bag of chocolate chip cookies. When I poured out the bag of flaxseed, I didn't even both to look for cookies since the bag was fit as snugly into the box as a pillow in a pillow case. To my surprise, as the last of the bag slid out of the box, so did a mini bag of Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Along with the cookies was the thank you note. When I picked up the cookies, I laughed. The bag was as thin as a pancake. I do not know how the could have survived the journey. At some point, the cookies had to have been underneath the bag of flaxseed.  I am not sure I'd want to eat a cookie that could survive that.

They're in my lunch bag today. I'll soon find out if I have cookies or just cookie crumbs.