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Does anyone know if there are typically greyhound people in the log cabin or A frames?
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4 hours ago, Banjoman said:
There’s a song about that, now, everybody join in........
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly...etc. etc.
I have a 5 year old, of course I know this song.
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"other than shorter hounds"
cant help but loved this comment.
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The booklet was emailed July 17 last year, if that's of any help. I went and looked earlier today because I was getting excited 😁
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I LOVE it - we have tons of rice Krispies, will definitely try that and report back 😀
I guess I will keep trying things and try to avoid her getting the runs and see how it goes. Guess I need to learn that trial and error is the new normal with this senior girl.
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Purina Pro Plan SAVOR Shredded Blend Adult Weight Management Formula Dry Dog Food, to be precise.
I'm trying to manage Bella's pancreatitis with getting her to ingest some many needed calories. From what I understand (can't quite get a straight answer from my vet) around 10% is about the highest fat I'd want to give her. She's been on Royal Canin gastrointestinal but we end up throwing a lot away. She won't eat much of HIlls i/d, either. I'm adding a few things in that she'll actually eat (thanks to @FiveRoooooers and Seamie's list
) but she still ends up picking and not eating enough. Trying to experiment with some kibbles that she'll eat so that we at least get a good base of calories in her and came across this. Know it's up to 12% fat so know it's a little higher fat than is probably ok but given that she's *supposed* to be eating 5.5 cups of Royal Canin a day and she only generally eats 2.5-3.5 on a good day, am I wrong to not be too concerned?
Anyone feed this? I know a lot of people here feed Pro Plan formulas and are having good results.
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Yay for good Violet news!!
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After our fire pit adventure last weekend, it might not be the best idea for us, either....
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Is anyone thinking of doing the Saturday night dinner at Lakewood? I keep meaning to call and ask about kiddo coming, since he won't eat anything anyway
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7 hours ago, NeylasMom said:
We're currently planning to be there Thursday through Monday!
Us, too!! Fingers crossed, Bella will be with us. Tough old broad - something I aspire to be.
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On 6/28/2019 at 8:40 PM, winnie said:
We bought a Coolaroo nylon elevated bed, but our dogs refused to use it... until we put our Costco bolster bed on top of it.
I think I'm going to have to put a bed on top of the elevated bed I bought for our girls to use it. Apparently they'll use it only if there are no other options.
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@FiveRoooooers has an amazing list of ways to get senior greys to eat
Of course, ymmv and check with your vet. Keep us posted.
Noms I might enjoy today. But KNOT tomorrow.
But perhaps again another time (pick a day …)
Compiled by: A senior hound ♥
Kibble: pulverized; wet with chicken broth or water
Chicken: ground; breast or thigh nuked and cut into pieces; rotisserie
Turkey: ditto
Beef: ground; cheezberger plane
Sardine Saturday
Peanut butter: plane or on anything!
Scrambled eggs; plane or add cheese (cottage; cheddar, American, spray, shakey)
Scrambled eggs with ground turkey or chicken (add cheese?)
Pasta, any shape
Egg noodles, plane or with: butter, peanut butter, ground chicken, turkey, or beef
Waffles, with butter; peanut butter; syrup (small amount)
Pancakes: ditto
Oatmeal: ditto
TEXAS Toast, with butter or peanut butter
Ensure (vanilla or strawberry)
Vanilla ice cream or yogurt
Applesauce
Liverwurst, sparingly
Hot dogs, chicken, turkey, beef; boiled; sliced small & nuked til crisp; use as meal/topper.
Shakey cheese
Any cheese!
Assorted canned noms: Merrick’s Grandma’s ChickenPotPie, 95% Tripe, any flavor!;
Purina One chicken; whatever flavors they’ll eat: Alpo or Pedigree
Natural Balance (or other) rolls
Canned puppy food to keep weight on old bones
Crockpot Stew:
water, broccoli, canned (real) pumpkin, white rice, chicken breast, water
Lemon Loaf
Peanut Better Biscuits
Cereal: Chex Mix, Cheerios, Kellogg’s Corn Pops, Apple Jacks
Bananas, Apples
Green Beans
Zucchini
Sweet potato: nuked or baked; plane or with butter
Instant potatoes
Vanilla Oreos
White bread, with seedless strawberry jam (PB&J!)
Quinoa, with or without butter and/or shredded or shaky cheese
Your LEFTOVERS!
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Our Gracie hated having her feet touched when we first got her so we made a point to desensitize her - almost any time we gave her attention it involved touching her feet, too. She's gotten to the point where she lets me Dremel her nails without much fuss (and lots of treats are involved) but for a long time I had a professional do it so that I wasn't risking the relationship.
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Love it!
I put her back on pepcid and that is helping tremendously. Fingers crossed!
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I've got it!! She and my (hooman) 5 year old just need the same plates - the ones with lots of different sections so the different foods don't touch.
https://www.amazon.com/Divided-Toddler-Children-Silicone-Salbree/dp/B075FZYMRZ
If I mix them all together, she won't eat the same things that she'll eat if they are all separated in the bowl.
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10 hours ago, Jerilyn said:
Hey Bella, Picky Lila here! I admire your skills!
Do you know about shakey cheese? It makes just about anything they try to give you much yummier. It's worth holding out for!
She does, she can't have it anymore
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Me: Bella, you didn't eat your breakfast this morning.
Bella: you didn't make it rite, momma. There wasn't enough beef and it wasn't the rite temperature.
Me: ok, let me adjust it
Bella: no, thanks, I'm not hungry now
Two hours later -
Me: Bella, why are you wandering around? What are you looking for?
Bella: the breakfast you refused to give me.
Me: oh, really? Ok, you can have it now.
Bella: uh, no, I just wanted to make sure you know that I get what I want when I want it. I didn't actually want to EAT it.
Me: oh.
Dinnertime...or about 45 minutes before.
Bella: Mom, mom, mom, mom!
Me: what's up Bella? It's not dinnertime and you just went out.
Bella: I NO it's dinnertime. It HAS to be because I'm STARVING.
Me: Because you didn't finish your breakfast.
Bella: I don't know what you are talking about.
Me: Mm-hmmm.
A short time later -
Me: Bella, come have your din-....
Bella: *burp* That was yummy, thanks Mom. Can I have more?
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Billa
For the last 4 meals she has deigned to eat a small scoop of kibble with a sprinkling of warm (not hot, not cold) rinsed cooked ground beef, mixed with a generous spoonful of pumpkin. But it might change tonight.
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1 hour ago, Time4ANap said:
Apparently you opened the bag from the right this time so it was okay to eat.
Exactly
But she refused the rice tonight. Which is fine - I don't love the idea of the Hill's but I'll go with it if it works. It sure is easier than the rice, because if I didn't cook the rice exactly right and have it the correct temperature, she would pick at it.
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I'm feeling like Bella is channelling just a little of Bill. Not sure exactly where this fits - a little H&M, a little F&D, a little C&F, a little EEG, a little SB.
I called the vets office this morning because Bella got the big D last night in her crate. At 330 am. Keep in mind we have been dealing with gastrointestinal issues since March and she was diagnosed with pancreatitis. She's also 14.
Me: Hi, I'm calling to let you know Bella has diarrhea again, what should I do?
VO: Withhold breakfast, then you can give her the Hill's I/d tonight.
Me: She won't eat the Hill's I/d or the Royal Canin gastrointestinal, dry or canned. She won't eat chicken. She'll only eat hamburger and rice.
VO: (Pause) The hamburger is probably too rich, can you try chicken?
Me: I rinse all of the fat off after cooking, chill it, and rinse it again before feeding. Dr. C said that was ok.
VO: Well, if she gets hungry enough she will eat the kibble or canned.
Me: No, this is what we went through a couple of weeks ago. She won't eat, she just drinks more water and then pees in the house.
VO: Oh. Well, try and get her through the weekend and call us on Tuesday if she still has diarrhea.
Me: ok, thanks!
Tonight - Bella ate some Hill's i/d dry.
I swear every time I give the vet info, Bella does the opposite.
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We can't wait! Already have our lodging, just bought our Grapehounds tickets!
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Love this, thank you for taking her in. Our Bella highly approves
) but she still ends up picking and not eating enough. Trying to experiment with some kibbles that she'll eat so that we at least get a good base of calories in her and came across this. Know it's up to 12% fat so know it's a little higher fat than is probably ok but given that she's *supposed* to be eating 5.5 cups of Royal Canin a day and she only generally eats 2.5-3.5 on a good day, am I wrong to not be too concerned?
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