cleptogrey

i use mosquito coils at my camp site and stick w/ the standard frontline and bring some spray along....just in case. the coils do a great job if you are sitting around. walking....hiking....when black flies are really bad my dogs just stick around so i can shooo them away.

i get mine when they are lying down on their beds. i have a small glass of water availabe to rinse the brush out and even use my electric tooth brush on a low speed. my gal lets me scale her teeth and my dental hygenist gave me some pumic to polish them 2 xs a year(i pay enough for my cleanings, the least they can do is hand out a tad of pumice polish). i use peroxide and water and then wipe the teeth w. a paper towel after brushing or scaleing an area. don't try to do all at once, just a section at a time until your dog gets used to it. you have to keep their mouth closed to get the brush all the way back to the molars.

i ended up neutering felix at 9 months. his hormones were raging and focus at obedience was altered since he was sooooo horny. i really wanted to wait until he was 12-18 months, but bit my tongue and did it. it made life much easier and training a breeze once the hormones settled down. he is 29.5" at the shoulders and weighs 75 lbs at 2yrs, 4months and still looks like an adolescent(which he is) but is not gangley. of course the track workouts and regime make all of the dogs as solid as a rock but we have pets. he still has a good amount of bone. i say wait until you scream "UNCLE!"

fortunately both hounds stand and stare at the couch until the "couch quilt" is in place, it is quite funny. felix needs to pass out at 9pm and will only start is beauty sleep there. he stands, and stands, and waits for the placement of the quilt. a friend was hysterical laughing as she saw him standing w/ his eyes closing at exactly 9 pm. i will admit that i put plastic carpet runners upside down on it during the day and use not a baby gate but 3 antique leather clamps which stand around 30 in tall and are 6" wide at the edge of my durrie rug at the entrance of the living room. the dogs dare not walk near the tall skinny wooden clamps and that keeps lounging at bay when i forget to cover the precious mega dog/human bed.

show sheen or vetrolin for horses has sun screen in it and it's good for their coat.

don't you know all children and dogs will get injured or sick when a vacation is planned!!! i always travel w/ a small first aid kit, saline solution, lots of bandages, antibiotics, duct tape and immodium. that is for both humans and dogs. sounds like you are lucky- the skin didn't die. it will take some time to heal but as long as it is kept clean you should be o.k. the neosporin retards the healing process, that is why i flush wounds w/ saline solution. you can make your own, use saline nose spray or saline solution for contacts. i use "grey sea salt", it seems to have wonderful medicinal qualities.

it looks just like a wart like growth that my terrier had on his toe. i asked my vet to have it removed, he too did not want to remove it since it was benign and the root is pretty deep. it occasionally bled due to it's location on his toe or when it bothered him he chewed it. but that was it. it grew a tad, but did nothing terrible and he had it for 3 or 4 years. it just wasn't pretty and i had to watch out for it when i groomed him.

emily who is black/really seal color tans and looses her pink tummy. her ears go to a dark brown and black tummy. felix, red fawn, drops his winter coat and then looks like someone has shaved his chest it gets so dark and hair so sparse. his coat changes to a lighter red- strawberry blond, and inner flanks and legs have black undertones. when winter coat grows in he is a deep red fawn with normal skin tones that are still well pigmented.

you have given her a wonder 3rd chance at life. listen to you heart, don't let her suffer and hopefully it will be a uti. my last saluki had a tumor which affected his bile duct. the duct would periodically clear and his urine went from rust to normal with in hours. but ultimately the tumor won. i am a no frills person, kept azim comfortable and when his quality of life really declined the decision was made. i cried for who know how long and vividly remember my then 3 year old daughter playing w/ playdough at the receptionist desk and then not taking azim home and trying to explain (she knew) that he was just too sick. it was as if it was last year and that was 23 yrs ago! they never leave you. and i still get misty when i think of him.

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when my late scottie had addisons and he just stopped functioning when it first developed. NO DRINKING, eating, more than lethargic. the drinking started after he was on a protocall of floreiff, predisone and salt. along w/ the drinking came urination galore, but that took a couple of years when his kidneys started to fail. good luck, it is a very managable disease. i found the florineff/predisone combination worked much better than the precortin injections and it was easier to get the dosage accurate. i gave my dog more pred. in the am, and tons of salt and gator aid when it was hot. kept the climate as moderate as possible, even though he needed to wear a dog coat all winter, even in the house. but dear velco live for 9.5 years on that regime, passing away at 12.5 yrs!

do call your vet and remember to leash walk her no matter what. it's major surgery and they recover far faster than women do from a hysterectomy. she should perk up in a few days, but let her rest. i remember comparing my gal's spaying to my hysterectomy and my vet said,"remember dogs are on 4 legs and gravity is not working against them." how true...at least they don't have to refrain from lifting heavy packages!

i would let your vet check it out. one of my dogs had a fungus at the bed of his nail, we used over the counter fungicide for jock itch. i cleaned the dirt out of the nail bed daily with an old tooth brush while i had the paw in water and dried it then applied the fungicide. the other one had crud/fungus in the webbing, she was licking away and her webbing was pretty raw in no time. after the fungus was scraped off( i though it was scabs) i used desitin for a good two weeks or so and the webbing returned to it's healthy state. it's good to get advise from your vet, mine uses home remedies as you have read but you need to know what you are treating.

i am using aspca. but i only have accident insurance for my crazy pup who runs into stationary objects. that was all that i could afford. fortunately my vet is kind and reasonable. i am on cobra for myself and this is about all i can afford for now.

COULD BE ALLERGIES, WHO KNOWS..... I FOUND THAT A PAPER TOWEL MOISTENED W/ WATER AND CLEANING THEIR COAT IS AN EASY TEMPORARY SOLUTION W/O HAVING TO BATH THE DOG. I JUST WIPE THE DOG DOWN, IT TAKES A COUPLE OF TOWELS, REMEMBER THE BELLY AND INNER THIGHS. I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY SENSITIVE MALE REACTS SEASONALLY AND I DO THAT AS WELL AS PUT HIM ON A HYPOALLERGENIC FOOD, I USE THE EAGLE PACK. IT'S A REAL HIT OR MISS SITUATION. DURING THE COOLER MONTHS I FEED MY DOG A DIFFERENT FOOD, BY THE SAME COMPANY SO I CAN RETREAT TO THE HYPO-ALLERGENIC BLEND IN THE SPRING/SUMMER. FISH OIL IS ALSO GOOD TO ADD AND BREWER'S YEAST, JUST GIVE THEM A HANDFUL DAILY. GOOD LUCK

i squirt a baby medicine dropper full of lemon juice down the throat and it breaks up the mucos which is causing the strange noises your are most likely hearing. it does not have to be done daily, just as needed. my vet owns stort nosed dogs and swears by it. it clears dogs up 1,2,3 and it is cheap. i use the bottled lemon juice, cheaper and easier.

i use an old wool mitten with the thumb pushed in to cover the bandage. i then use some silver duct tape and wrap the mitten and put a stip of the tape just under the top of the mitten so it doesn't slip off. i leave the bootie on until the bandage needs changing since emily does her best to eat any sort of bandages. this is protective, sturdy and deters the eating habit. i do all of this with the dog standing so there will be enough room and no pressure on the paw, just a silver bootie that really works. nothing like duct tape! emily's therapa paw fits nice and sung so it can not go over bandages.

ah....nothing like a tad of steroids to do the trick. i periodically go thru horrid allergic reactions myself and the only thing that brings comfort is dear old predisnone. if you don't over do it, it does wonders. also nothing like checking in w/ your vet. glad to hear it's not mites. i use lakse cronch salmon oil from alpha pets for my greys, it does wonders. i like it better than the grizzley salmon oil.

it can take a while for a reaction to run it's course. but do have your vet look at his skin if you think there could be a chance of picking up mites at the groomer. my welsh had a run-in w/ mites thru grooming. a shot of ivermectin did the trick and then i bought my own stripping combs and eventually learned how to groom him myself.

the girls seem to be really on top of it, smart cookies and boys are BIG loves and hysterical goofs. good luck with whatever you end up with.

sounds like it could be contact dermatitus from all those allergens out there. my late welsh terrier had sensitive skin and hot spots popped up. i treated them with hydrocortisone and aloe cream, gobs of it. yes, they lick it but he survived. i also found out that just keeping him pollen free by hosing him down with plain water kept the outbreak at bay. i did not use shampoo, just plain water and would dry him after. terrier will produce a strange fishy odor if washed too much and it is bad for his skin. try a good rinse, the suggested benadryl(i love that stuff) and the hydrocortosone w/ aloe and give it time. also during his stressed out time why not change over to just plain rice(overcooked) with boiled beef or turkey- no treats or grains, let everything heal and a different variety of eagle pack. which one are you currently feeding him?

emily has split a part of her webbing and had fungus there to boot. we cleaned it and due to the fungus which was scraped off used desitin. it took a little longer than 2 weeks to heal. generally i swear by epson's salts for healing and keeping it dry and clean. my vet does not like antibiotic ointments since they generally retard the healing process. a tad of cotton to cushion the area after it is wrapped in gauze and then that miraculous vet wrap should do the trick.

over cooked white rice, i usually double the ratio of water to rice, 1 c rice to 3-4 cups of water and add 25% boiled ground chicken, beef or turkey when served. it is just for a tad of flavoring. when their digestive system is off they usually don't eat, don't worry, but keep track of how often they are going and inform your vet. a dog can become dehyrdated very easily.

i have always used heartworm meds, i remember the days when you needed to dose your dogs daily and it was "not a threat" here in the northeast. well, i was showing salukis back then and everyone was balking about their dog's sensitivities until many of their dogs became infected. i use it year round with out any complications. entirelypets.com currently has a special, 12 months of (white) interceptor for $73.99. I haven't seen it cheaper anywhere else.

i always have some quickstop around. these greys are ALWAYS bleeding! emt gel seems to do absoutley nothing. anyway for the quick of a nail, don't feak out, they do bleed like!@#$)%*&, and they may start up again even after being packed w/ quickstop. consider using a dremel to keep the nails short now that you have had them trimmed down. remember once of week shaping w/ the dremel.