Recent content by BasilStreets

the best coat I have ever found, and which will fit over those chests, is from www.chillydogs.ca

Heaven is such a cutie. I have two dogs which I'm pretty sure are boxer pit mastiff mixes. They look mostly pittie, but with boxer chests and are really big for either a boxer or a APBT. In anycase, here are some pics of them for comparison...

It may take a while for hypo-allergenic food to make a difference if the allergy is showing up in the skin. If you suspect a yeast infection, you need to get rid of anything in the dietwhich would feed the yeast. This means any highly processed starches, like white rice, which turns to sugar in...

The rule of thumb I have gotten from many vets, as my dogs had terrible colitis for years, is if the blood is red you are okay (unless its gushing, but I think that is obvious enough) if the stool is black and tar-ey get to the vet ASAP. If your dog has never had anything like this before I...

On the one hand, this doesn't sound like a focal seizure to me. My dog has had them and they tend to look pretty particular. BUT, if she was having seizures, it wouldn't necessarily effect her appatite or other signs of good health.There are also other health problems that can cause strange...

Pitbulls and agression I realize this is not really the original topic of this thread, but I really feel like, after many comments about Pitbulls and other "agressive" breeds, that I have to say something. First Presas and Pitbulls actually have very different temperment standards. It...

How are other bull breeds a liability?

One of my dogs has something that sounds exactly like what you are describing, except his is very tiny and on his nose. I got the vet to look at it a while ago, she poked and looked at it and basically said just to keep an eye on it....

You need to teach a 'watch me' command so that he focuses on you rather than the other dog. In all reality he needs to be able to walk by other dogs without meeting them, so it is important that you teach him to do that. First you need to find something that motivates him and keeps his...

I would actually really disagree with this. There is no need for physical re-enforment of one's alpha position at all, and doing so can in fact be dangerous. On eof the more well known books which advocated the alpha roll, The Monks of New Skete, has, in newer additions, removed this technique...

Bach Flower Remedies are basically flower essences that help emotional problems, like if you have constant anxiety their is a formula for that. They were originally used for people, but many use them on there animals and there is a book, called something like 'bach flower remedies for animals'...

About 6 months ago I stopped feeding kibble in a kind of last ditch effort to get Streets's colitis under control. I started using a pre-make base with which to make food at home. Amazingly with in 12 hours of switching his stool was normal and has been ever since. This is really incredible...

Both of mine had seperation anxiety and would pee on the floor and destroy everything in sight. It was terrible. They were about 8 months old, but I would assume that the same type of things would work for a younger dog aswell. -make sure that before you leave the dog had gotten lots of...

Beside what has already beem mentionned, you want the two dogs to get used to being apart from each other. It is great that they get along well, but you do not want them to become so bonded to each other that they can't function independantly.

If you think it might be a muscle injury make him rest for a few days. One of my dogs hurt a muscle in is front shoulder and because I didn't force him to rest it properly it became a reoccuring problem. Finally he had to be on very restricted excersise for almost a month to really let it heal...