Ricky, would you care to share your recipe? I've never cooked with cannabis before but I'd like to try it :-)

Ricky, those look like delicious brownies and I have great respect for what you are doing to help the medical community.

Any advice about cbd for dogs? I have one who goes crazy during a a storm ( she does great damage and can't be crated ). I bought some jerky treats with cbd but am unsure how much to give and what to expect. The amount based on her weight isn't giving me the desired results, which would be her sitting quietly on her bed with thunder and lightning going on.

Should I just give her more?

gardengal - these were a Ghirardelli box mix that we substituted 3 grams of cannabutter for the 1/3 cup of oil. We melted the cannabutter in the microwave for 30 seconds. There's a cannabutter recipe on my website - www.fawnridge.com

bumblebeez - I've heard nothing but good news using CBD for dogs, especially older ones with joint (ha!) problems. It works better than the junk you can buy in the vitamin shoppes. As far as dealing with noise, THC is going to work for that. CBD does not relieve that kind of stress. It's primary usage is to reduce inflammation and deal with pain.

Thanks Ricky! I am very ignorant of this sort of thing, is that something easy to buy or order? I have read that THC is bad for dogs.

Bumblebeez, a lot of our pet stores (Canada) sell CBD for dogs. It's a liquid and it does do wonders for calming and for joint pain, arthritis, etc.

Our very unscientific testing suggests we're getting around 150mg of THC per 1-1/2" square.

Good Lord. My current vape is rated at 9 mg per 5 second inhalation. Admittedly I’ve got low tolerance but if I took a full 5 second hit I’d be super baked. I can’t imagine what nearly 17 times that much would do, and I’m not sure I’d want to find out!

15-17 mg is about the most I can handle. I had a horrible OD on just a piece of a homemade cookie from a friend not that long ago. I've learned when it comes to edibles, I need to stick with dispensary products labelled w/ dosages per serving.

Bumblebeez, we use ElleVet Hemp CBD+CBDA oil for our dog's arthritis. No more limping, no more gimping. I liked the extensive research ElleVet did for their product, working with Cornell veterinarians and researchers. ElleVet is out of South Portland, ME.

I'm including two links I have in my files. Cornell Research Study

and here: 5 questions

I haven't read these (links) in a long time, but maybe something will be able to help your pooch during storms, or perhaps you could call ElleVet and get some ideas about their products that might be helpful.

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ETA: and while I'm here...Ricky, do you infuse oil as well as butter? I've been looking at the Levo infusion machine that you can use to infuse oils as well as butter/Ghee. I have a friend that has one and they infuse MCT (coconut oil) and make gummies. It can also be used for infusing oils like EVOO with garden herbs like basil.

It's pretty cool, it has 3 cycles. 1) drying 2) activating (decarboxylating) 3) infusing

Louise here, My dh sous vide to make the canabutter. works great!

Louise again. My dh would like to know why the recommendation to not finely grind the herb. why is this?

Hi Louise - If I am making cannabutter in the crock pot I do grind it finely in a coffee grinder first, put 1 oz. into a mason jar and decarboxylate in the oven for ~1 hour at 220F. Melt 2 lbs. unsalted butter in a crock pot on low, add cannabis and cook for 3-4 hours stirring every 30 minutes. Then I put a layer of cheese cloth into a fine metal mesh strainer and pour the butter through that. You will probably end up with a little over 1.5 lbs if you get every drop you can. Then I spoon it into ice cube trays and put it in fridge until solidified.

Lornejack, thanks for that infor. It helps. We are fairly new to this. I have somewhat of a science background and like to use measured amou

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