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Dogfood is an expression that means “to use the product or service that you are trying to sell.”

Dogfood can be used as a noun, as in the sentence “A company that eats its own dog food sends the message that it considers its own products to be the best on the market.” Or it can be used as a verb, as in the sentence “We need to dogfood this product before we roll it out to the public.”

The expression was inspired by an advertising campaign for commercial dog food from the 1970’s where actor Lorne Greene told consumers “And when it comes to feeding my own dog, I know there isn’t a better dog food than Alpo.” The message to the consumer was that the product spokesman thought Alpo was so good that he used it himself.

According to Paul Vick, Microsoft’s tech lead for Visual Basic Development, dogfood is part of the company culture at Microsoft because:

1) It proves to customers that Microsoft believes in their products.

2) It helps flush out bugs, because dogfooding involves beta (or pre-beta) software.

3) It makes Microsoft employees suffer the same bugs and design flaws that they inflict on users, thereby providing incentive to fix them.

4) It’s a valuable reality check that the product is actually as good as Microsoft says it is.

5) Because Microsoft is such a large company, dogfooding an enterprise-level product can flush out problems that could not otherwise be found prior to full-scale rollout at launch.

6) It allows Microsoft developers to learn how their products actually work, which may not be exactly how developers think they work.

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Hope all is well with you and your dog.

No-no’s For Feeding Your Dog. (Would you buy cheap dog food from this guy?)

It is not enough for dogs to have a full stomach after every meal. Besides a non-sedentary lifestyle, pets need proper nutrition in order to be healthy, happy and their coats soft and glossy. The cost of dog food and its brand is only important if dogs can read or pay for his meal. The easiest and best way to find out which food is best for man’s best friend is to observe how their response is to the chow they take in.

The following are tips that one should remember in feeding dog any kibbles, nibbles or whatever kinds of treats.

Chocolate is lethal to dogs. (Specifically, the dark chocolate kind.)

The major components methylxanthine alkaloids and Theo bromine in regular chocolate is digested & excreted by humans in as little as 3 hours but the same compounds when ingested by dogs stays inside them for 18 hours. This has been proven to be fatal. Symptoms of chocolate dog poisoning include vomiting, excessive urination, hyperactivity, and diarrhea, followed by seizure, coma, and death.

Read the label.

Dogs should have a diet rich in meat protein. When purchasing canned foods, look for chicken, turkey meat, pork or other animal by products as these keep the dog’s coat smooth and healthy. Dogs prefer foods, which contain high vegetable protein levels because these are easily digestible and are a great source of energy.

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I was really surprised to find an article in the Sunday paper about a cow that acts like a dog. It was in the USA Weekend.

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Here’s the text of this interesting story in more readable format.

Question: I have the largest dog in the world —- she weighs 1,200 pounds. Her name is Flossie, and she’s actually a cow. We got her when she was 2 or 3 weeks old. I let this little calf live in the backyard with the dogs, and soon she started to act like one. She has learned to run and play chase. She even carries firewood and dog toys in her mouth. What do we do with Flossie? Does she have an identity crisis?

Answer: I bet Flossie is one happy cow, so I wouldn’t call it an identity crisis. But there’s certainly identity confusion going on. There’s a scientific phe­nomenon called imprinting that was first discovered by ethologist Konrad Lorenz. Baby geese imprinted to him during their critical period of socialization, just as Flossie imprinted to the dogs when she was young. That’s the same phenomenon that was going on when baby ducks were kept as pets, and they fol­lowed people around.

De-imprinting is sometimes possible, but it’s dif­ficult. I once volunteered in Borneo, attempting to teach orphaned orangutans imprinted to people to be orangutans so they could be introduced to the forest to live. No such need for Flossie. She’s fine, and there’s no harm in her thinking she’s a dog.

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