Recent content by Charlotte

Hi Janine~~ Sorry to hear that your little one is not feeling well. :( I've read through the links provided for you by others and there are some great resources for helping with prevention and with the effects of chemo and other treatments. Speaking from personal experience, I have to say...

Hi Susan~~ I'm glad the info helped if even a little bit :) There's a company in Canada that makes a fabulous raw canine diet that does include ground RMB's and they mostly supply stores in the US. If you'd like the name of the company you can e-mail me @ charlotte@spiderwomanstudios.com...

Hi Susan~~ It's my understanding that denaturing is changing the shape of the protein molecule through heat and sometimes acids. leaving a precipitate. By the company mentioning that their meat bones in any way are "denatured", most likely means that they are using gelatin but I could be...

Hi Witchdr~~ Congrats on deciding to feed a BARF diet. :D Dakota will thank you for it :D I've read the article on feeding raw and the dangers associated with it and I have to say that I've never had a problem with feeding my 2 yr. old Sigmund a BARF diet. Dogs digestive systems are...

Hi jj~~ Sigmund has had the same issue before too. It was shortly after we renovated the studio and there was alot of dust even though we had vaccumed everything thouroughly. Like Aimme mentioned, as long as they aren't greenish, yellowish, draining fluid, (running), or red, itching and...

Hi Everyone~~ Thanks for responding and for speaking out for and from those who choose to breed and who do so wisely. :) I should try to explain my reasonings for replying to your post, jicksies, and to say sorry for this and the last soap box... :) There is a huge dog park near where I...

Hi guys~~ I think my point may have been overlooked here. Where I'm from, Toronto, Cananda, there are many breeders that sell companion Boxers, (many for breeding and show purposes as well but the majority are for companion), all with "papers"; meaning that the dam and sire are...

Hi Jicksies~~ I may get alot of flack from this post but oh well. It is my opinion that breeders should not in any way breed dogs who have a genetic predispostion for certain illnesses. As most breeders do not know what illnesses the pups they sold for profit come up with after they leave...

Hi Catherine~~ Could it be that Harry is experiencing separation anxiety? Nine hours in a crate with one outting during the day for an hour is a long time for a 9 month old puppy to be by itself. Is it possible to take Harry out for a good hour long run in the park before you leave for...

Hi Joni~~ We had the same problem with Sigmund. Unfortuantely, he got worse before he got better and we had to put him on Chlor-500 antibiotics for a week. This seemed to clear it up within a few days. Although we didn't use plastic feed bowls, a major recommendation is to use stainless...

Hi Jamie~~ Sorry to hear that you've had to go through this experience with your Boxer Maddie, as well. We went through that entire process with our 2 yr. old Sigmund and it was extremely sad and frustrating. One thing that did help him was adding essential fatty acids, (a combo of...

Hi Bob~~ Have you taken your little one to the vet to determine what the cause of these patchy hair losses and bumps are? You may need to get a scraping done to test for various skin problems. Adding essential oils to our Sigmund's diet helped him incredibly when he was going through skin...

Hi Geroge and Bonham~~ We had a similar issue in our household but it had to do with allergies. My partner is allergic to cats and dogs and we had to get 5 animals to comply to the "off the furniture" command. First we tried getting our 2 yr. old, Sigmund a large bed of his own. We placed...

Hi All~~ I used to think that Boxer's had a more difficult time swimming because they are deep chested dogs. That was, until we took Sigmund to the beach this week-end. He's been around water alot and enjoyed jumping through it as long as he could touch the bottom. His experience...

Hi Jenny~~ A great way that I've found to stop my 2 yr old Sigmund from begging or staring when I eat is to correspond his meal times with mine. That way he is too busy eating his own food to be interested in anything else. Dogs are of a "pack" mentality and it would seem that your little...