Recent content by ferrety

Yup! It is likely that she is just has chapped nose. Tahoe licks everything too. If he is sitting or lying across the room and you say his name he starts licking the air. Like someone else mentioned, the ruffles are full of dirt and grass and left over breakfast. Tahoe really seems to...

I am taking her to the vet. I have a hard time thinking it could be worms. We take her in very regularly and she has physical/fecal exams twice yearly and is wormed on schedule as well. Now, that means squat in the real world when I take her in and the vet tells me she has worms... :) We...

Okay... to the vet this weekend, but want to know what anyone has experienced with this none-the-less... Dixie has started eating dirt. I am GUESSING this is evidence of a mineral deficiency, but thought I would ask around. She has also acted as though her nubby itches very badly. I have...

One of our boxers has a dry, flakey nose. It basically starts to ruffle right at the top of the front and across the top. We have taken him to the vet. Our vet said that it is basically chapped because he licks so much. The line where the dryness starts is right where his tongue stops. He...

Dixie has spay incontinence and has been on small doses of PPA for several years now. The only change it makes in her is that she (and her bed/my bed/the sofa) stays dry. The vet prescribed one pill daily but said she can take less if it works. We have found that a half a pill every other day...

We also go with Frontline Plus (drops). It provides tick & flea provention for 30 days or if you are only looking for flea prevention, it actually protects from fleas for 90 days. We love it.

Heh. I have two boxers with different nubbies (Tahoe = 1.5-2"; Dixie = 4"). Both can clear a room (Dixie once cleared out the OTHER DOGS... want to talk about bad...), but Tahoe is by far consistently the worst in terms of toxicity and sound. Since we rescued Tahoe from a kill shelter and...

Ringworm is normally just a little, itchy bald spot for dogs. It should be no big deal. Dixie had a monster time with it (posted some info on that to someone's balding post...that may actually be the name of it..."balding?"), but she is the DEFINITE EXCEPTION not the rule. Dixie is extrememly...

Right after we adopted Dixie 4 years ago, she started losing hair between her shoulders. Over 6 or so months, it gradually progressed to the point that she had VERY THIN (she wished it was longer so she could try a comb over) on her ENTIRE TOP 2/3 of her body. We had been working with the...

I would also opt for removing dew claws if he is going to be under anyway. I have seen plenty of ripped/torn dew claws from rough play or field work. I would think that the recovery from having them removed would be much simpler than actually encountering a problem later.

My Kids Dixie - 6.5 yr old female, 71 pounds (fairly lean 71 pounds) Tahoe - 5.5 yr old male, 76 pounds (and a bit too chunky...)

I just thought that this represents a little bit of life from all of us... Dear Dogs, When I say to move, it means go someplace else, not switch positions with each other so there are still two of you in the way. The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other...

Dixie won't eat the egg shells unless they are very fine. Since we moved from processing in the food processor to processing in the juicer. Since eggs can't go through the juicer we had to find a new way to get the egg shells in it where Dixie would still eat. What I do is add 1 dozen whole...

My girls are 100% raw. Mush is pureed raw veggie with meat and eggs and all the goodies. Their other meal each day is raw chicken neck. Dixie has a sensitive tummy so she wouldn't be able to handle kibble mixed into her diet...

Well, I make it once per month in kitchen sink-full batches. :) But...in ~10# of veggies, 1/2 # is parsley. That is roughly one bunch from the store. The girls seem to like it.