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	<description>Putting Merrick Elements to the test</description>
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		<title>The Lurker</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blankenship</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Merrick Treats]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dogs love treats. The thought of tasty nugget of deliciousness as a sidebar to their normal eating routine is enough to make just about any dog salivate and launch its tail into a wild wagging frenzy. I have had dogs who only acknowledged my existence when I had a treat in my hand. Fortunately, Tug [...]<br/>
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		<title>Three Men and a Baby</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blankenship</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This past weekend we had the opportunity to dog sit for Bella, my parents&#8217; 4-month-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Tug seemed to take the experience in stride. Always the gentle giant and typically focused on one thing, and Bella didn&#8217;t seem to impact his rigorous sleep schedule. The other two dogs in the house, Toby, [...]<br/>
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		<title>The Annual Great Shedapalooza is Underway!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blankenship</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Merrick dog food]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Winter is gone and spring is here. The arrival of the warm weather also marks the beginning of an annual tradition at our house that we call Shedapalooza. It’s the time of year when Tug loses his hair faster than the Detroit Lions lost football games last year. (For those with short memories, the Lions [...]<br/>
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		<title>Cowboy Cookout — It’s What’s For Dinner</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blankenship</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Cowboy Cookout crossed our food bowl this past week, and we have just posted our initial review and list if ingredients.  Start reading the review below:
Beef, beef and more beef.  Nothing gets Tug drooling faster than when watches me grill steaks. The loving stares from his &#8220;Don&#8217;t-you-love-me?&#8221; brown eyes just beg for his own ribeye [...]<br/>
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		<title>Today we opened Wilderness Blend</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blankenship</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tug and I opened a bag of Merrick Elements Wilderness Blend. What a treat for a dog! This 5-star gourmet food blends buffalo, venison and salmon into an exotic and fulfilling meal for dogs. Check out our review:
Ever thought of riding horseback across the plains with your BDF (best dog forever) trotting alongside? Roaming the [...]<br/>
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		<title>Tug gets a YouTube channel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blankenship</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This just in, Tug is launching his own YouTube channel! The channel will be where we share videos of Tug in action&#8211;we promise to not overload with his favorite activity of sleeping. Visit the site when you get a chance and take a tour of the Merrick Pet Care facility&#8211;home to our favorite dog food, [...]<br/>
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		<title>The Turducken Initial Reviews Are In</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blankenship</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tug and I opened a bag of Merrick Elements Turducken yesterday.  So far so good, except Tug now has a preference for Grammy&#8217;s Homestyle Chicken Gravy. Check out the review, and the Grammy&#8217;s Pot Pie review here. We also sampled the 32-inch Mondo Stix, a natural beef tendon treat from Merrick. Tug disappeared into another [...]<br/>
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		<title>Super Bowl prediction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blankenship</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[football]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tug and I have been watching ESPN and the NFL Network most of the day staying abreast of the news coming from Tampa. We&#8217;re gearing up for the big day, though Tug may be disappointed when he discovers the Super Bowl is not his food dish filled with Merrick Elements Cowboy Cookout or Turducken and [...]<br/>
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		<title>A week of Grammy’s</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blankenship</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a week since we opened the bag of Grammy&#8217;s Pot Pie. Tug is still a fan, but we tried a different twist during the weekend. Tug has a tendency to grow tired of the same food day in and day. I guess we all do. On Saturday, when I put the bowl of [...]<br/>
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		<title>A man, a dog and a friendship</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A man, a dog and a friendship
For as long as I could remember I wanted a St. Bernard. There was something fascinating to me about having a dog my size with which I could get down on the floor and wrestle without worrying about stepping on or crushing underneath my 230-pound frame. Whenever I would [...]<br/>
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