Daisy Sawtelle
Canine Reporter

As you know SPAM has a nasty reputation when it comes to computer email and has spawned an anti SPAM industry devoted to SPAMS destruction. A noble effort indeed.

I just got back from Austin, Texas where I was comparing dog life there with Austin, MN. dog life.

Austin, TX is a big place compared to Austin, MN…500,000 vs. 23,000. So what?

It seems that Austin, TX dogs eat what Austin, MN makes…SPAM. Not a good idea.

Just like computer SPAM, it is not good for dogs either and will consume and create pain for dogs, people, AND computers.

My findings in Austin, TX tells me that 25% of the informed hungry dogs actually eat this stuff because they have to but only 15% actually like it.

Most dogs don’t know where it comes from but accept its safety. However, the really informed dogs from the graduate dog owners of the University of Texas and the LBJ Library disdain this name and product. They said that SPAM contained too much fat and that eating it would lead to Pancreatitis in dogs. True.

I had to deny any connection with Austin, MN and say that I was from Embarrass, MN. where our sled dogs happen to agree with the informed Texas dogs but eat SPAM anyway… for one reason only and that is for body insulation against the cold. It gets 50 degrees below zero there in the winter.

The Austin, MN dogs are kept ignorant of the danger of SPAM because it adds to the nasty reputation SPAM has with computers and Pancreatitis. Besides, it is made in their hometown. What they do there to distract attention from SPAM is to hold a competitive Boomerang Fetch contest.

The dog’s owner throws a boomerang for his dog to fetch to see how close he can come to his sitting fat dog. The dog is timed to go fetch and the quickest dog gets a reward of a Big Mac with fries. Oy.

You have heard of fat cats but now you know about fat dawgs as well. (The fat cats make this stuff…Hormel.)

Conclusion: Stay away from SPAM unless you are from Embarrass, MN.

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