ahicks51

Well, shoot! When we gave Xanadu his cat scan, we did it at Mary Lisa's place, along with her husband Tim- both of whom were Nittany people before they relocated to... Sun Lakes. I'm almost certain it's Sun Lakes, as I'd never been there before, and it's just a short drive from here. Elaine from our adoption group is also from the Nittany group, and I have her email address. Give me a call or drop me an email at ahicks51 @ cox dot net, or 480 722 9328. They're real nice people. Tim and I even knew some of the same people. When it was pretty obvious that Tim was a retired police officer from that area, I mentioned how my police chief back in Huntingdon, PA (where I went to college for a while) was in charge of the ambulance division where I was an EMT. He was this huge guy with massive hands, and had been shot- through a door- once when apprehending a suspect. He still carries the bullet in his neck. And- shucks if Tim didn't know him. In fact, they went to the police academy together. As if that's not enough, they were president and vice-president of their graduating class! So. We can tell you all about the great places to eat in Gilbert and Chandler.

Do they look and feel like blackheads?

Fish food is largely fish meal, i.e.: ground up fish, mostly Atlantic menhaden. It's colorful, nutritious, and, well... aromatic. Shouldn't cause any problems.

We had our first dogfight the second night our second foster was here- woke up to bloody murder at 6 AM, accompanied by a quarter-sized chunk out of the foster's throat that eventually became infected. (Memo to the newbies- don't make my mistake. Don't just bandage- clean with Betadine, and use the best non-stick you can find for on top of the wound. Clean every 8 hours at a minimum.) She's fine now- you can't even see the scar, but there's tail-flagging all the time, and intermittent squabbles between the two. (Second memo: It's like roller derby with greyhounds. It's the females that start the fights, in my limited experience.) So, now when we leave, everyone gets muzzled. Two of our pack can't slip the muzzles the way they are, but there are two others- the fosters- that I'm not convinced about, so the muzzles get tied into the martingale collars once I slide the collar up as high as it can go. Before that, we crated; we abandoned that once we figured out they were crate-chewers, even though we never saw it. One ended up chipping a lower canine- an expensive proposition that required extraction. I still don't muzzle in the backyard; to date, there have been no squabbles there- it's always been over sleeping spaces, even though there are more than enough blankets, pillows, and floor space to go 'round. We may revisit muzzling in the yard, although it's a rather small yard and normally they just stand on our porch to get let back in when they're done. When we go to the vet, every grey is muzzled. Three of the four have very high prey drives, and when weiner dogs and cats look like snacks, we position the greys as best we can in the waiting room. For our annual checkup, I got them the first possible time in the morning to prevent any run-ins.

Thank you for your hard work and persistence.

Our newest foster, Xanadu, has no dewclaws, which surprised me. Our two regulars and two other fosters all have them.

CBDTherapyDogs noted thusly in the behavior forum. The relevant bit is in bold, below: That's pretty impressive, IMHO. Maybe we can get a water report from her well.