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    Bloated Stomach

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    So glad Cairo is OK!! And welcome to GreyTalk, by the way -- great to have you here. Hope you'll post some pics of Cairo once things settle down. (I'm Beth's mom, we met at the snowy M&G in Coralville a couple of weeks ago, remember?)

    How Cold Is Too Cold . . .

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    I think the dog will let you know! Beth loves her walkies, even subzero (though at that point I put boots on). She played with another dog for a bit at the park the other day when it was -4 (with her coat on of course). But right now, when it's like -30 with the windchill, she was ready to go in after about a block and a half (she needed that long to pee and poop). I'm learning to tell when she's pulling me towards home. But I certainly don't think it's "too cold to walk the dog" unless it's in the danger zone (like here!).

    Ember Coughing

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    Oh my god I am so, so sorry. I haven't posted on your threads because I have no experience to help, but I've been following them closely. Poor Ember, and poor you. But the wonderful thing is that she was happy and enjoying life fully up to the very last day. :f_red

    Vet Thinks It's Ibd/crohns For Beau

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    I don't have personal experience with this, but my best friend's Chow-Husky mix was diagnosed with IBD and the solution after extensive work with her vet was to put him on a diet with hydrolyzed protein (protein that has already been broken down, basically). She did a lot of online research on the available brands and settled on Purina HA, which doesn't have that nasty artificial preservative you want to avoid (its name escapes me at the moment). The ingredients are pretty gross when you read them, and the kibble looks like big Sugar Pops, but Hajime has been doing great on it for years -- no stomach issues, plenty of energy, etc. There are treats made in the formula too, as she has to be religious about not giving him anything else (except some PB for a pill he takes for another condition).

    Brushing Teeth

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    I use a child's soft toothbrush, which I like better than either the finger brush or the regular toothbrush that came with the set I bought (ridged for better grip, too, which is important when your fingers are coated with dog saliva!). Beth goes nuts for Petrodex Poultry flavor, and doesn't seem to mind the brushing -- the problem is just that her jaws keep moving with all the lip-licking! But I hold her jaws as best I can and just try to get the brush/paste in there. I stick a finger between her back teeth and lip and kind of lift the lip up so I can get the brush back to her molars. It's all kind of awkward but she's never seemed distressed or accidentally bitten me. It's more like "Oh yummy, toothpaste time!" Sometimes I let her lick a dab of paste off my finger at the end as a reward. Admittedly, Beth is pretty "bombproof" so YMMV.

    Anxiety Attacks

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    I'm new to greys and haven't had any experience with this, but the wonderful trainer/dog psychologist Patricia McConnell wrote in a recent issue of Bark Magazine about counter-conditioning a thunder-phobic dog of hers by giving her extra-yummy "thunder treats" and using a happy, exciting voice every time there was a clap. It didn't fix things right away but really helped over time. Might be worth trying -- make good things happen when the fireworks are going off.

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