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    Mr. Murphy

    in Remembrance

    Posted

    The Cello/rooing pic is priceless! And you know how I feel about the last one. :wub:

     

    I am so so terribly sorry this had to happen so soon, and the timing... well the timing is never good for this. But, damn... :cry1

     

    Goodbye, beautiful Mr. Murphy. It was a pleasure to know you, and a privilege to run with you on the beach last year. :heart

     

    :bighug for Mo and Sean and the boys.

    Very Shy, Skiddish Boy..

    in Training and Behavior discussion

    Posted · Edited by ZoomDoggy

    The cat-testing we do on a haul is not a perfect science. I specifically recall it wasn't even the cat that set Conan off, but the sight (and smell) of a glass cage of ferrets and a passing chihuahua on a leash nearby in the pet store where I handed him off to his fosters. Once he got a whiff of that, there was no switching off of that prey-focus (and in fact that's when I took that photo of him with his ears all perked up. :lol ). So he was put in a non-cat foster home. Sometimes we are wrong, and I'm very glad to hear that he's working out well with your cats. I had hoped he would, because as I said, he was such a wonderful boy. Just keep vigilant for a while for the safety of all involved. Cats that stand their ground and don't panic and flee tend to work out better with dogs, in my experience. :)

    Very Shy, Skiddish Boy..

    in Training and Behavior discussion

    Posted · Edited by ZoomDoggy

    Thanks much-- appreciate the input..

     

    Just the way he acts I wonder if he had been abused...

     

    But I guess that's neither here nor there.. gotta take him where he's at and go from there.

     

    Hi! First and foremost, welcome to Greytalk! :wave I'm glad you found your way here, this site can be a great resource for issues like this.

     

    You have already received some very good advice above, so I won't belabor those points. I can tell you that I was the driver who hauled both your new boys up from Iowa to our adoption group in MN. In fact, those two photos you posted are pics I took on the day of each of their hauls. :) I have a couple more if you're interested.

     

    Chesney came in on July 16th, and Conan came in just last month. Both are from Dubuque, but they did not come in together, nor were they fostered together to my knowledge, so I'm not sure what you meant when you said they were a "pair." Unless you simply wanted two at once, which is not uncommon at all.

     

    They both came up from Dubuque and we were advised that Chesney was a little bit shy. Conan was a sweet charmer the whole ride up, so I'm thinking that having him with Chesney will go a long way toward building Chesney's confidence over time. As others have said, patience and calmness are key. Over time you will doubtlessly watch him blossom into a trusting loving pet.

     

    Please give Conan smooches for me. I would have loved to keep that boy for my very own, if I weren't already at my limit. :wub: He sat on his rump in my van and calmly navigated the whole ride back to the cities, occasionally resting his 50-lb head on my shoulder. :lol

     

    Oh, forgot to address the abuse notion... This was never the case, I assure you. Some dogs are simply more shy than others, whether due to less human contact during their upbringing or simply their individual personality. We are thankful that the folks we get our dogs from are good caring folks. :)

    Steak

    in Remembrance

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    Sandy Paws, 2010. That was the only photo I ever got of him doing his patented toofy grin at you. :wub:

     

    Know that my heart is utterly broken along with yours. I dearly wish I could be there for you in person, my dear friend. :bighug

    Bee Wiseman

    in Remembrance

    Posted

    My heartfelt condolences on your loss of such a beautiful special girlie. I felt honored to meet her both last year and this year at Dewey. No matter how long (or how tragically short) a time we have with our beloved pets, it's never enough. Never.

     

    :bighug

    Steak's Seizures

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted · Edited by ZoomDoggy

    Just had to post this, Steaky wagged his tail at my husband. Bruce was talking to him and petting his head, Steak was falling backwards and Bruce caught him and told him it was ok, then Steak looked up, kissed him and wagged his tail :wub:

     

    You have a good man. :nod

     

    I can't begin to tell you how happy I am to hear about Steaky's play session. :wub::yay

    Brandee

    in Remembrance

    Posted

    Oh my heart just sank when I saw Brandee's name here. I always adored the photos you posted of her. My heart is broken with you. My condolences on your loss of such a stunningly beautiful girlie.

    Vomiting

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    Tomatoes are not toxic, and I'd doubt that's the problem unless she just has a particularly sensitive stomach.

     

    Skipping breakfast for now is fine. At dinner time (or mid-afternoon, if she is not vomiting after skipping breakfast), I would first try giving her a half-amount of her normal meal and wait six to eight hours to see if it stays down. Don't change her food just yet as you would then be adding in another possible cause of issues. Hard to isolate the problem if you keep changing things, if you know what I mean. :)

     

    If the half-meal stays down for eight hours, give her another half-meal. And go from there...

     

    Oh, and re: the kiddie pool... if you leave the water in it unchanged for more than a few days, it could be a source for giardia. But usually giardia manifests first as diarrhea, not vomiting. So I doubt that the pool's the culprit. But I wanted to mention it anyway, just in case.

    Turbo

    in Remembrance

    Posted

    Much sorrow for Turbo's passing, and much love to you, my friend. I miss him too. :bighug

     

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    This was Adrienne's pic of Turbo shamelessly begging for my turkey sausage at breakfast in Rehoboth last fall.

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