Recent content by Erica&Riley

JPep- Please let me know what your behaviorist said and I'll let you know what mine says when I meet with her tonight. Riley went off on one of her little friends again last night for no other reason that I could figure out other than he was sitting under my chair and she got jealous. I...

Hi all- Its been a long time since I've posted but I need the help of my fellow boxer lovers once again!! A little history...Riley had a ridiculous amount of socialization when she was a pup - from the time she was 16 weeks old I had her at the dog park at least 5 days a week for a couple of...

Hi all, Riley has been licking 2 of her paws (one front, one back) for about the last week. She hasn't really been irritating them much by biting or gnawing at them, just pretty much licking. They look more red and inflammed than the other 2 that she's not licking. I've looked at them and it...

Boxer - Her treats have been pretty much the same...I have been giving her cream cheese in her kong lately because I wanted to see if she had been allergic to peanut butter. I started the cream cheese at the same time as the Fromm's tho...I was thinking about it and she started having looser...

Hi all- I switched Riley from CS to Fromm's Duck and Sweet Potato starting about 3 weeks ago, she's been completing off the CS for about a week and a half. She loves the Fromm's and eats it right up! At first, I was thrilled because her poos were a lot smaller and firmer than on the CS. But...

Hi all- For those of you living in the Northeast, you know its been raining since the weekend! Yuck! Riley always seems like she gets lazy and tired when its rainy outside (just like us humans I guess!) Does anyone else's pooch get like this?

Riley is having problems with allergies...in trying to pinpoint the cause, I stopped giving her peanut butter (which she LOVES). I started filling her kong with cream cheese because it has a similar consistency and she loves it too! So, that may be another idea!

I'm in the process of switching Riley from Chicken Soup to Fromm's Duck and Sweet Potato to see if her allergies are food related. I've noticed that her poos have been smaller and she is going less often. On the CS she was going about 4x a day and they were huge. I know that they poo less on...

Riley had a bout of diarrhea a few weeks ago and the vet said that I could give her pepto bismol if I wanted to. I had the pill form of pepto at home which I would greatly recommend over the liquid pink version!!

Oscar- I'm glad to hear that nothing's broken! Riley had a soft tissue injury in her knee (which the orthovet diagnosed by ruling everything else out thru every test that you can imagine!) at about 8 months old - we don't know exactly how it happened, probably by playing like an idiot at the...

Riley had 2 bouts of bloody diarrhea - both times the vet said that it was due to a GI irritation. They gave her flagyl to control the diarrhea - it is an anti-spasmodic drug so it stops the colon from spasming and it also has anti-biotics in it to clear up any infection. They also told me to...

Natesmom- The vet gave me some ointment for Riley's ears..."panalog" I think its called. She told me to flush out her ears once a day and put the ointment in 2x a day for 10 days. Her ears aren't swollen - just rashy and hivey looking. I don't know if she's having environmental allergies or...

We went to the vet this am and she had a yeast infection in her ears as a result of the allergies. Problem solved!

Hi all- Riley has been going thru this allergic reaction thing for the last few weeks...we cleared up the rash and hives on her body, but her ears keep breaking out everyday. Her ear breakouts come and go...I'm thinking she has some sort of outside allergy (hopefully seasonal?!) because she...

I think you'll find that you will pay a lot more for Innova. There is about a $10 price difference near me. I'm not sure if this is a consideration for you... Good luck!