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Moderation is less than you probably think

6/19/2019

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​On the feeding of donkeys... and other creatures.
I am just going to jump right in and say it:  We people tend to feed our animals too much.  Maybe it is an American thing.  I have no experience anywhere else.  But it is a thing.  That is not to say that I do not know people who follow their veterinarian's advice to the letter and measure out their dog's food with great care.  The fact that I know anything at all about the details of how and when acquaintances feed their pets -- because they went out of their way to explain it to me as if it were a matter of importance -- tells me that this is something that is hard for them.  Not hard for them to do, but hard for them to wrap their mind around. 
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Let us out. We promise to practice moderation when eating the delicious grass.

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I was the same once upon a time.  I would read the suggested feeding amounts and schedules on the back of the dog food bag and scoff:  "What? My dog eats a lot more than that!"  Not that he should have, just that he did.  As if that makes sense at all.

Of course, my own eating habits were much the same.  I am pretty sure from the barrage of news headlines about Americans and obesity that I was not exceptional.

Then I moved to Oklahoma and bought a donkey.  I recognize that the things that motivate me to self-improvement are often a little unusual.  But caring for a donkey changed a lot about how I viewed diet and health.

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