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I used Home Depot for my terrier during the last snow storm. They say dogs aren't allowed but no one stopped us and most employees just looked at her and awwed over the small dog in a sweater My local Michaels also has a no dog policy but I asked the manager and she said she loves dogs so as long as they're well behaved and won't pee on stuff she won't kick them out. I've also seen dogs in my local Target and Walmart, but I doubt they were supposed to be in there.

I'm actually not 100% sure what she is! The shelter said she was a Jack Russell, but her legs are way too long. My working theory is that she's a rat terrier, but almost everyone asks if she's an IG, so it's entirely possible there's some IG in her lineage! She certainly has the sighthound shape - deep chest, tiny waist, long legs... I'd love to do a DNA test on her but haven't been able to spend the money on one yet. That's funny about your friend's IGs! Sounds familiar too. I read it won't be long before I'm playing the "What'll you eat today?" game with everything in the house She's already a big fan of parmesan sprinkled on her food.

Of course as soon as I ask the question, she decides the food is just fine I've bought at a local ma&pa store before and they're very good about returns. I explained to them that I adopted the world's most pickiest old dog and that she'll eat it fine for a day or two then decide it's the worst thing I've offered her, and they laughed and said that they'll take it back and let me pick out another one. I've gone through most of the affordable options at their store (she's not a fan of fish-based foods, so we're limited to lamb, beef, and turkey - she can't do chicken as the first ingredient and she won't touch kangaroo or anything super exotic, and bison and venison are hit-or-miss) so I bought this last bag from Walmart - it's the slightly nicer brand (Pure Balance maybe?) and is beef/bison/venison. She eats Purina One canned food, and that's just about the only brand she'll touch. I tried mixing in some Merrick last week but she wouldn't eat it. After this bag of kibble, we're going back to the ma&pa store to start the cycle over again. Oh, she loves pork. Absolutely loves it. Will clean her plate every meal. Except it's weirdly difficult to find a decent and affordable pork food. She loved the Fromm pork and peas last month, so that'll be our first stop next time we're due for a bag. As an aside, I wish they sold food in smaller bags! She gets so bored towards the end of a 6 pound bag. I'd love to buy 3 pound bags but nobody sells them (and if they do, they're super expensive because they're fancy foods). I was feeding her solely from free samples for a while, but figured it looked suspicious for me to keep going back and asking for free samples "just to be sure"

I had a boy for a while who thrived at the petsitter's. He was a totally different dog when he was there. When he came home, he just kind of laid around. He wasn't fearful, just a little timid by nature. He was attached to me and I to him, but that didn't seem to be enough. Anyway, it ended up being that he needed to live in a home with another dog, so since I couldn't have a second dog at the time, I returned him to the group and he was placed the next day, with a family who already had a grey and wanted another. He's happy as a clam now. This could be the case with your girl, or she could just be missing her friends and needs a little while to remember the routine she'd gotten used to at your house. Take the petsitter's advice and treat her normally for a few days - follow the routine that she had just before she went to the petsitter's house as if nothing has changed.

I'm so sorry to hear this

Daisy the terrier is so picky that we never get through even the smallest bag of dog food before she gets bored and won't eat it any more. I try to switch up kibble (and she gets different flavors of canned food and some ground beef or turkey mixed into every meal or she simply won't eat, then she has the empty tummy barfs - even when I don't have a greyhound, I have a dog with greyhound tendencies ) but sometimes it takes her a couple months before she's willing eat it again. Can I put the uneaten kibble in a freezer bag in the freezer till it's palatable again? I've wasted so much money on food that I just end up having to donate after a week or two. Being able to freeze the kibble till she forgets she stopped liking it would be awesome. (I've tried waiting her out and not switching foods or adding extras but she just will not eat for days. She dropped two pounds during this experiment and two pounds off a 19 pound dog is too much! Plus she has the empty tummy barfs, and when she's on strike she eats all sorts of crap off the floor and the trail we walk on almost like she's trying to make a point It's just easier for everyone if I give in to her whims )

This is kind of what I was thinking, too. Perhaps she ate something somewhere along the line that's been sitting in there, and for some reason it's now aggravating her tummy. I would assume that vomiting food sometimes so long after eating it means she's having trouble digesting, which could point to something foreign hanging out in there. Then again, it may also be nothing, but an x-ray to make sure wouldn't be a bad thing!

Daisy had a little growth on her leg that just started bleeding and didn't stop for weeks. Multiple vets told me they couldn't tell me what it was but that it should come off. I scheduled the surgery and, wouldn't you know it, it started to heal up. We went ahead with the surgery and it was diagnosed as hemangiosarcoma. I'd go ahead with the surgery if you can - at the very least you'll then be able to send it off for full pathology and find out what it actually is.

Have you noticed any wet spots on her bedding? My incontinent terrier will get a musty and quite unpleasant odor if I forget to give her her pill too many days in a row. She leaks, sleeps in it, and smells. A bath and getting back on her pill schedule solves it (until I inevitably forget again )

Daisy the 20 pound 13 year old terrier gets more potty trips than I used to give my greys (but she's 13 years old, 20 pounds, and drinks like a fish for no medical reason we can find ). Her schedule is: 8am - quick poo and pee trip 10:30-11am - pee trip 3:30-4pm - stroll in the woods for a couple pees and a poo 5-5:30pm - pee trip 7:30pm - pee trip 10:30-11pm - last pee before bed She'd probably be okay with a 6:30 pee instead of the 5:30 and 7:30 pees, but I eat dinner a little after 5:30 but she's gotten accustomed to this so we'll stick with it. She's old and small with a small dog bladder, so... The greys went out for a long walk in the morning, followed by a quick pee before we left for work and school around 7:30, another slightly shorter walk at 4ish, a pee after dinner at 6 if they acted like they had to pee, then another quick pee before bed. ETA: If he's draining his bowl 4 times throughout the day (and it's a standard sized stainless steel bowl), I'd take him to the vet. Sometimes UTIs will cause them to drink more and pee more. Iams isn't a rich food, but I believe it does have corn or some grain that bulks up the poo size. Daisy poops a lot more on foods with grain and fillers than on foods without grain. The only reason I know this is because she gets bored halfway through a bag so I'm always switching up her kibble. To save money, I vary between affordable (Iams) and fancy (Fromm Pork). The Iams gives her big poops and more poops and the Fromm just gives her slightly bigger poops.

Terrier Daisy has this reaction! I tried giving her green beans (because healthy and filling!) and held one in front of her nose. She gave it a small lick, then looked at me as though I had deeply offended her by offering her such a thing.

Pyp the rat takes Metacam whenever he sprains a leg (this rat and his acrobatic feats, I swear ) and handles it fine. Daisy the terrier took Metacam when she had the hemangiosarcoma removed from her leg and did well on it. It actually made her a whole new pup with energy and zip! She took Rimadyl when she was attacked by the rottie and it gave her the runs and made her tummy unhappy.

I never walked around with food as a kid. I either ate at the table or from a TV tray on the sofa. Boundaries were respected after a loud clap or two and a firm "EHHH". (If your child is young enough, these corrections will be up to you to make.) This only applied if I was currently holding the food. I put my pizza on my TV tray once and went to the bathroom. When I came back, my food was gone and Regis was in the exact same position he had been when I left. I got really mad at mom for throwing my food away and she got mad at me for getting mad at her, then we both realized it was Regis and had a good laugh Dogs will be dogs!

Daisy the terrier has undiagnosed but supposed dementia (the vet said it's likely). She forgets how doors work some days (stands with her nose right in the middle of the door or at the hinge then gets spooked when it opens how it's supposed to. She'll lose me in the house sometimes - I'll be in the room with her, she'll leave, then she can't find me again and I have to go find her. She'll just stop halfway through doors sometimes like she's not sure what she's doing or where she's headed, then get offended when I bump into her because she's very small and stops when I'm expecting her to move. She also stares at nothing in particular, but I'm not sure if that's dementia or just her ETA: This all gets worse at night, which is consistent with sundowners. She's usually just fine in the morning but once it starts getting dark she gets worse. She also has cataracts (mostly blind in one eye and losing vision in the other) so some of it is definitely that. But the weird started before her vision got bad.

L-theanine helped Daisy the terrier settle in. She took a daily dose for months when I first adopted her and if I missed a dose she was really unsettled. I stopped a few months ago and she's fine! I take l-theanine for myself - actually just took one

Poor Iker! One of the kennel kids managed to do this - bled like nobody's business! His foot was treated, packed, and wrapped and the bandages were changed whenever it bled through (very often at first, less so after a while). He also got some pain meds and was much happier afterwards That was the beginning of October and I just saw him last weekend (end of October) and he was totally healed up with no complications. Sounds like Iker's was more severe than Raptor's, but Raptor was doing zoomies after a little while with no ill effects.

Pizza Joint had her pups - 9 of them!

How's she doing after the vet appt?

Is here another grey-savvy vet in the area who might be able to see you sooner? Sunday seems a little far off for a dog who's been bloated and having diarrhea for a couple days already... I hope it's nothing but a little gas!

I totally understand your hesitation to pet him, and it's totally valid and justified. Even though you know what triggered the bite the first time, you're still going to have that little voice in your head saying "Maybe it'll happen again." Give yourself (and him) time. Be as normal as possible. Pet him, but not in a situation that makes you uncomfortable. Since he bit you while he was laying down, don't pet him while he's laying down for now. Pet him and love on him other times, but in typical dog-petting areas - head and neck scritches, long gentle strokes down his back, etc. You'll find your bond with him again - it may just take some time. The suggestion to work on paw handling by slowly building up tolerance is great and may be a good exercise for you to do to build up your trust with him again (your trust in him, and his in you that you're not going to hurt him). ETA: You're not at fault for the bite, and neither is he. It's one of those situations where you can point fingers both ways and list reasons why you're right, but the reality is you've had him 3 years and done similar things with his paws (touching, rubbing, manipulating) throughout this time and he's never reacted. It just so happens that this time, for whatever reason, it elicited a bite - maybe he was hurting more than normal, maybe he'd drifted off and it hurt and startled him... You likely won't know.

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!

Ah, anal glands. Daisy understands all about that! Out of curiosity, and not to hijack, but what's a hooded vulva? I'm afraid to google it because no matter how much I specify "DOG" I inevitably get image results I'd rather not see...

Have you noticed any dribbles behind her when she sneezes? That was my first clue with terrier Daisy, then I found a puddle where she'd been laying on the sofa. I had to quit her Incurin for a month and she licked like crazy during this time - she'd wake up quickly and lick like something was bugging her. Back on the Incurin? No licking, no puddles, no sneeze dribbles.

Excellent, more things! I was planning for the GHOF, but beyond that wasn't sure what else there was! Maybe I should google

I must remember to text her breeder around then... I'm trying to text sparingly so I don't bother him! I've asked about names but he said they don't have official names yet - I think he's holding off till he's sure they'll go to tracks and not straight to adoption. I'm thinking about going to the nga spring meet next year. I think it would be interesting! Plus he said if I'm ever in Kansas I can come by and visit her, so now I'm trying to come up with an excuse to go to Kansas