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  1. J

    Boxer dictionary

    Butt Biscuit = Those elephant sized mounds left in the back yard that an ordinary pooper scooper can't touch.
  2. J

    How much does it cost to own a dog?

    LOL. At first I wasn't going to reply because I thought people would think we were nuts for spending so much money on a dog. I'm relieved to see that we aren't the only ones spending whatever it takes to keep our babies healthy and happy LOL. We live in a rural area in Missouri and most of our...
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    2 late for bath time?

    Never to late for a bath as long as you dry her off real good. We give ours baths every two months all year round and we get a lot of cold weather, down to 20 below at times.
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    here i am again

    Until your baby is checked out at a veterinary teaching institute where they have all of the equipment that regular vet's can't afford (MRI, CT Scan etc.), you may never know what's wrong. They always have animal neurologists on staff who will be able to nail down an answer 99% of the time. The...
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    Teeny bump on head--Daycare wound or worse?

    Portia had the same type of hard lump on her head at around age 1 1/2. Turned out to be just a cyst that the vet removed. Her other four lumps turned out to be benign tumors. I now call her Lumpy LOL. Thank goodness she hasn't had any lumps in over a year now. She has however started having...
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    Very worried....seizure or tremor??

    Hi Melissa, We are going through the same sort of thing right now, and unfortunately, the cause can be many many things. We've done the blood tests and the head X-ray so far and are considering taking Portia (3 1/2 yr. old female) to the vet school at our state university. She started out...
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    Need Advice in Missouri

    Hi All, Has anyone ever had to take their boxer to The University of Missouri vet school in Columbia or know of anyone that has? Our 3 1/2 yr. old Portia is starting to have seizures and other symptoms which our vet said was probably a brain tumor in it's early stages but can't be sure with...
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