Recent content by RileyMom

Thanks. I'll ask about the Thyroid screening as well. If it is a thyroid problem, howis the thyrozine given? Is it injected? or a pill? I certainly hope it's not a thyroid problem-- we have a hard enough time getting Riley to take his monthly heartworm pills!! I will remain cautiously optimistic...

Wow! Great info! I just checked out the links (and some other forum threads about alopecia) and it seems to me that seasonal alopecia is the most likely match. I'll call the vet and ask her about it. Maybe we can see about getting him on some melatonin. It probably wouldn't hurt if it...

It is only in two spots, which are pretty much symmetrically alligned on either side of his "waist". I wish I could post a picture, but basically the spots are about 2-3 inches away from the center of his backbone on each side. It is accentuated when he is walking because it is right where he...

They did not do any scraping when we took him in for the first spot, but I would have them do it for this second one since the first didn't go away like the doc said it probably would. Please pardon my ignorance ...I've heard of mange but really don't know what it is. What does mange look...

Hi all, It's been a LONG while since I've been on the boards (to date myself, the person I remember most is Tulsa Dan, and mostly from when he was Brooklyn Dan!) so I hope you don't mind answering a question for a long delinquent visitor. My boxer Riley is still our baby boy, although we...

First of all congratulations! You're in for a fantastic adventure! I have a 22 month old boxer baby boy named Riley and an 8 month old human baby boy named Declan. They are already becoming great friends and it is wonderful to see them interact. We did prepare the nursery well in advance...

a different dog I can already see a change in Riley. It's like the whole thing has made him mature very quickly! The last couple of days, he has been much more likely to bark at noises. He patrols the house and yard more. He's sleeping in the doorway instead of on his bed for most of the...

Thank you all for your concern. I'm not quite as calm as you may think -- but it's much easier to appear confident online than in person! I am trying hard to focus on the fact that we're all OK. That's the single most important thing, and that's what I need to dwell on. If I let myself think...

Hi all, We had a major scare on Monday night, and Riley is to thank for getting us all out of it safely. Someone broke into our house while we were sleeping. Came in through a window in the baby's nursery, no less. All is OK, but we are really freaked out. We live in a good...

I am 29 (will be 30 on Saturday) with a 6 month old son. My husband and I have been married 4 years tomorrow. I think the timing was perfect for us. They say if you wait until you can afford kids, you'll never have kids, and that's true enough. But you do have to be in the right state of...

Boxer baby, then skin baby We got Riley first. That way we had plenty of time to spoil him rotten and also to thoroughly train him -- we still find the time to spoil him, but I can't imagine having the time to train a boxer when there's a baby around! Riley still gets plenty of walks, his...

Never! When I get home from being anywhere, the shoes are the first thing to go! In fact, when I was home recently on maternity leave for 3 months, and it was cold and crappy out anyway, I almost never left the house, so I rarely wore shoes for that whole time. When I had to return to the...

My son is 3 months old and already a hair puller, too. I always have my hair in a ponytail around him. Now that I am just abck to work that's become a little more difficult because I am try ing to get ready in the morning and tend to him as well, so I end up wearing a ponytail to work or...

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I've been off the boards for a while -- just had a skin baby on October 28th. Here's one of our holiday photos, of our 15 month old boxer baby in reindeer antlers and our 7 week old son in a santa sleigh. Riley's been doing great so far. LOTS of sniffing and slobbering but he's being very very...