BatterseaBrindl

Oh those eyes..... Run free, LJ

Awwww... poor little girlie.

Kerri is right... Nothing, not even death, can take away what you shared with them. They are always in your heart. Love that captures the heart and touches the soul remains forever. Hold the special memories of your girls close to your heart. Nancy

I am so sorry for the sudden loss of your Mighty. Love that captures the heart and touches the soul remains forever. Hold the special memories close to your heart.

Oh NO! Not Izzy..... Jim, Sherrie & Secret Run free Izzy.

Yup!

I am so very sorry for the loss of your beautiful brindle boy.

I ams o very sorry for the loss of your handsome, well-loved Will.

I am so very sorry for the loss of your Ava. Love that captures the heart and touches the soul remains forever. Hold the special memories of Ava close to your heart.

His bark is so high pitched it cuts through the earplugs We also have a high-pitched barker here.....he also used to scratch and paw at us. I know how hard it is to ingnore it, but that is the only way you're going to get through this. Can DW sleep in another room with the door closed until you've got this habit fixed again?

Thanks for all the input. I'll take and consider any and all advice....keep it coming! I would not have extra room in my fridge to keep enough raw food for three dogs for a week! If I'm going to 'go raw' it has to be frozen. And seeing as how this place is 2 minutes from my house, and I know the family quite well, it only makes sense to buy from them. We had no problems with quality when we used it for our two 'special needs' dogs a few years ago. They do offer a free trial period. I cannot remember how much we fed those dogs...any idea on how much we should start them off with? They cut the frozen 40 pound block into whatever sise portions you need. Should we start them, slowly, mixing it with kibble ...this would certainly make ME feel better, rather than just changing food abruptly. At any rate...I don't have any extra funds for a new freezer until I am back at my full time job in another month...and I have just opened a new bag of kibble. But...I will stop in to the farm that makes this feed and chat with them about it. I just wanted to be 'informed' before I went there!

Sorry for yet another thread on raw... Many years ago we fed a prepared frozen raw diet to two of our dogs..... A Springer Spaniel had terrible skin, and raw was the only thing that helped him. A Dobe did not digest kibble well, so we started him on the same diet and it was fantastic. The advantage is that it was considerably cheaper, and the feed is made locally, right here in our village. Many people have been feeding this food for several years and swear by it. On the other hand, back then we did not have a freezer dedicated to the raw and it was hard to make sure that was kept away from all our human food. We also had to have a 'dog-food thawing station'. NO way this stuff can be fed when it is frozen! And of course, it was a bit smelly and messy. So...once those two 'special needs' dogs went to the bridge, we just started feeding kibble...it just seems easier. Flash forward 15 years... None of our Greys have any issues on kibble...they have pretty good weight and for the most part their poos are firm. But, I am thinking of trying this same raw food again. I know many people who have used it for years. I would get a small freezer just for the dog food. I know that everyone here says to just go to the butcher and get the chicken/beef/tripe and do it myself. But...That is NOT going to happen. So..here is a link to the raw feed that I can get locally.... http://rawdogfeed.com/ I'd appreciate some opinions!

edited...I'll start a new thread!

I just toss a salmon oil capsule right in with their kibbles. Mmmmm! We get them from Costco.

I also use an equine product called Recovery EQ. It is on your Smartpak list. The same company makes a similar canine product, but of course it is more expensive....it is chicken flavoured. Both my Vet and the company said the equine product is perfectly fine for dogs.....1/4 tsp per 20 pounds. edited to say that I also feed the Recovery EG to one of my horses with fantastic results. He has small bone spurs in his hocks. He was on Cosequin for over 2 years, but the Recovery is much more effective, for only a slightly higher price. And the higher price is worth it for the wonderful results I am seeing in my horse.

I have lived in a rural part of Eastern Ontario Ontario for 19 years. We have 80 acres of feidls and woods and walk there daily. I never saw any ticks at all until this past fall, but by November there wasn't a day that the dogs and/or myself did not have one on us. I pretty much gave up on walking in the fields/woods and now pretty much stick to the side roads. Luckily the dogs fenced-in yard is small and we don't have a problem there.

So very sorry for the loss of your gorgeous orange kitty. He certainly lived his life to the fullest!

We had excellent results using it on our aged GSD, as well as a friend's Grey who stayed with us for a month last summer. I also loaned it to a friend who found it helped her dog, too. I did get mine directly from the Thundershirt company a couple of years ago, but now they seem to be readily available here in Ontario.

I also thought of this and will test it out today.

You have to do what is best for all the hounds!

This is what I had in mind! Thanks! It looks very similar to the 'High Sierra' ...I posted a link to that one.