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    seatbelt harness?

    in Everything else Greyhound

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    I have been using one the last few weeks for my girls has a caribiner that clips into their harness and then has a seat belt end that clips in.  I don't currently have a grey so my two are quite a bit smaller but it keeps them sitting in the seats.  I like it and got them at PetSmart for $10 each.

    Cbd Oil

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    HAHAHA!!! OMG I have to laugh about this because I bought some yesterday for my teenager (non-grey) for her arthritis and her travel anxiety. I didn't do research ahead of time as far as pricing but was pointed to our local Doggy Daycare that sells it. I went in and talked to the guy and decided what would be easiest for me to administer... 1 OZ FOR $99 which is a one months worth of doses :blink: Let me tell you - there's a sucker born every minute and I am apparently one of them - SHEESH.

     

    Anyway - what's done is done and if it works well I'll be comparing the brands in this thread.

    Allergies Have Us At The End Of Our Rope

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    My cat was allergic to one of the topical flea meds all the sudden after having used it in the past. The whole patch of fur where I put it she scratched that into a quarter inch thick scab. I felt AWFUL and she was so miserable. She ended up having a flea allergy and the vet recommended one that was made from mushroom fungus or something that came in a chewable tablet. After a while nothing helped her so she was getting prednesone shots every month.

     

    Allergies are no fun.

    Tripod Support

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    I adopted a little 12 lb mix and she has since had a front leg amputated due to an injury she had when she was pulled from the shelter - not due to cancer. She is still VERY active but she's young and in thinking long-term I'm wondering if she should be wearing a brace or something to keep her remaining front limb in good condition.

     

    I take her to the chiro every-so-often since she now sits weird now that she's down a limb and I'm guessing we'll be looking at arthritis developing in her good leg at some point. I have been told multiple times that it's tough on their bodies when a front leg is taken so I just want to make sure that we're doing everything we can at this point to keep her in good health as long as we can.

     

    Is there anything I should be looking into? She is about 3.5 years old and about 6 months out from the amputation.

    Hates Riding In The Car

    in Training and Behavior discussion

    Posted

    My grey Eden passed last September and my mutt Missy had lived with her for 8 years. Around the time that Eden passed our family had a TON of changes fairly close together - all within about 5 months: Eden passing, DH going overseas, I took up running, my cat passed, I was having car troubles so was rotating through a few different vehicles, and then I decided to start fostering little dogs. Mis was SUPER needy and acting out in small ways after Eden passed and so I started taking her to doggy daycare twice a week to see if that would ease her into being an only dog. Then I decided that she might want another dog so I started fostering little dogs which has helped.

     

    I am not planning on getting another dog or fostering for a while after my current gets adopted because I want to spend more one-on-one time with Mis. The issue is that it seems Eden was the calming figure for Mis when we traveled in the car. After Eden passed Mis got stressed in the car and would pant and shake a lot which was totally new but I thought it was just she was lonely. Then I had car problems and went from a 4-door to a Geo Tracker where she was in the back. I figured she might have hated it back there because she didn't have a seat to lean into and it was a rough, loud ride. I got a new car and specifically got a hatchback FOR her but she does the same thing - panting and looking totally miserable no matter if she's in the back or in the front seat with me. I have tried to give her calming chews before we go anywhere but that hasn't helped.

     

    After the foster gets adopted it'll be the first time in my adult life that I've only had one pet. Mis loves to swim and hike and go for walks and to the ocean and I want to experience those things with her but the car rides make her miserable which stresses me out. Is there something I can do or try or a medication or anything that might help? There was one great dog park about an hour away and it seems crappy for her to endure 2 hours of misery for about 40 minutes of fun.

     

     

    I Am Fostering And Now My Dog Is Acting Up

    in Training and Behavior discussion

    Posted

    I have had a foster since the beginning of February. My dog has been okay with it and is showing her the ways of being a dog. A few naughty things have happened which I blamed on the foster, since my dog has always been basically perfect. Well yesterday I was at an adoption event with the foster all day, I came home with a second short-term foster as well, and came home to find my unmentionables strewn about and... *gag* super soggy wet. So now I am positive it's my dog being naughty. I am guessing that aside from spending extra time and love on my dog and reinforcing her training it's just something I have to deal with?

    A Visiting Dog Peeing In The House.

    in Training and Behavior discussion

    Posted

    I had the same problem with a dog I doggysat - she was fine at home but at my place she had to be "re potty trained." I had to take her to the vet for another reason and mentioned it to them and they also said it's new and she'd never been away from home and was nervous so I had to kind of start over. Once she gets a little more comfortable and sees that Mom comes back she'll do better.

     

    MAN she's cute :beatheart

    Amputation For A Dislocated Toe?

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    Opal had a middle toe that would dislocate and she would gingerly hobble over and would let me put it back. She never made a peep but after a while it would happen constantly so we had it taken off. After the amputation she had a hard time tolerating walking on gravel with that foot so she wore a bootie on that one foot. The entrance to the dog park we always went to had about 15 ft of gravel before it turned to dirt so she wore the bootie until we were passed that part. After the amputation she also preferred to walk in grass as opposed to the sidewalk on our walks. That toe also developed a corn a year or so afterwards.

    Our Sweet Girl "fired" 3 Dog Walkers

    in Training and Behavior discussion

    Posted

    I agree with it seeming like the cleaner was the catalyst and the coat seems... weird. I second what mmmberry said that maybe the cleaner did something totally "okay" but just not okay for the pup.

     

    Mine girls are also home for 9 hours and are fine. If I had errands to run after work I'd head home at lunch for a potty break - no need to set my girls up for failure. I take my mutt to doggy daycare now that she's an only dog and since it's cold right now they don't have them out in the outside areas. I am 99% sure that Mis never potties while she's there and when I pick her up it's a river of pee when I take her outside. I think it's still "inside" for her and she just holds it.

    Eden

    in Remembrance

    Posted · Edited by Opals_mom

    :weep

     

    :grouphug

     

     

    I'm going home and recording some of the antics of my own girls. So that I too can have memories before they are too sick to give them to the camera.

    DO IT! I only have one video of my first grey and I knew I would want more the next time around. I have every day video's of dinner time and her being a bossy-pants and mundane things. You will cherish the everyday times :beatheart Granted video now-days is SO much easier to take than it was 10 years ago.

     

    I have been having a fun time remembering all the funny things she did. Our supermutt got blamed for EVERYTHING because Eden was so sweet and perfect. One day we made dinner and DH went to get a drink from the fridge and said to Missy "you come with me - I don't trust you." We walked into the kitchen and heard a faint "clink clink" and looked at each other like :huh I walked into the living room to see DH's dinner plate minus the chicken and a skinny dog slinking to her room. I said "Eden" and she turner her head around with the chicken ever-so-daintily held in her front teeth... that she proceeded to dropp and went to her bed like :angel

    We also had two beds stacked in their room and I was vacuuming one day and took the top one off to find a bunch of DH's used PT socks :sick my slippers and our remote control... Apparently those tasted yummy because it was her favorite - even at friends houses.

     

    I got home from work on day and went to say Hi to her in her room, DH had company, I got in there and laughed. I said "DH, come in here" and pointed between her beds where there was about .5" of a 20-dollar bill hanging out. He said he thought I had taken his money but she was apparently stashing it away - probably for another remote :lol She didn't tear it or anything - just tried to hide it. After that her bed was the first place we looked when something went missing :blush

    Eden

    in Remembrance

    Posted · Edited by Opals_mom

    Yesterday I let my sweet girl with bunny-soft ears go. We spent the previous evening together and her eyes told me she was tired of hurting. She had pork and whipped cream and a LOT of wet food :blink: for dinner and then home made breakfast sausage for breakfast. I know that I did the right thing but right now I feel so horrible and guilty for not demanding more of the vet staff ahead of time to help calm you down. Also the vet that administered the medication said some things I NEVER wanted to hear as she was pushing the plunger. It's still so fresh that the time at the vet is foremost in my mind and I'm mad at myself but looking through pictures is making me laugh already :wub:

     

    First day home with a bone - weirdo.

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    She stayed in the very back of the kennel for a few days

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    Wearing jammies from my first greyhound Opal, who was apparently quite a bit smaller :lol

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    The ONLY roach I ever saw out of her and I put her that way... and then continued to laugh for a while

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    She welcomed her sister Missy and was taught how to be a dog - they loved each other

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    Early on I was not allowed to watch her play - as soon as she saw me she would stop so I was forced to video through the laundry room window. This will forever be my favorite video of my Skinny Minny.

     

    http://s59.photobucket.com/user/shmmayjo/media/Pets/girlsplaying-movie.mp4.html?sort=6&o=122

     

    Two pictures of the night before I let my sweet girl go.

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    Love you forever Skins... I'm sorry I didn't fight for you at the end but behind your bunny-soft ears will forever be my favorite place to be :beatheart:beatheart:beatheart

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