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Sleeping Habits Romeo is six and has a slight tear in his left rear ACL. He spends a lot of time in the bed and until about three months ago always slept in bed through the night. Actually he is kind of a bed hog. Now he goes to bed with me but sometime during the night or early morning he...

Slight rupture of the ACL The benadryl dosage seems appropriate and is not a bad idea to keep a boxer on light duty for a few weeks. I give romeo benadryl in late summer to help with his allergies. If it turns out that it is a slight rupture of the ACL like what we have I opted not to do the...

The best leash system I run with Romeo, unfortunately with his slightly torn rear ACL we are much more controlled in our exercise routine now. But I use a leash created by a couple of women called the buddy system. You wear it around your waist and it connects to a lead that has a patented...

Trimming Romeo's Nails I have two ways to take care of nail trimming. The easiest is to let the daycare I take him to trim them while he is there it costs about $3 and is part of the $23 I pay for a day at the daycare. The other way I use is to lay him on his back between my legs on the...

Training Romeo Romeo is my second boxer after my friend Roscoe passed I was determined to do a better job of training and socializing Romeo. Boxers are amazingly smart as are many breeds but boxers are now my pet friend of choice. Romeo always gets time in a daycare especially when we...

Romeo Thank you all for the kind words. We had a consultation with the orthopedic surgeon today. Romeo was a little dopy from the anethesia necessary for the x-rays. He will sleep well tonight. The bottom line is that he has only a tear in the cruciate ligament. I'm going to try laser...