Dog Owner Chat v2

[Rainbow Dash]

Gatsby isn't a burrower. He's a flop. He'll just pick a spot and ball up or pick a spot and stretch out, optionally being so floppy he slides off the couch onto the floor. "Dude you're gonna fall" is a common phrase.

Speaking of Mr. Gatsby he went to the vet today. Mystery swelling that turned out to be typical play irritation and vomiting. I thought the swelling was an infection and took him in. Thankfully he got a clean bill and a prescription for Trifexsis due to my work. Unfortunately for him they needed a heartworm test (negative) and I got him a cod skin stick as an apology.

He's incredibly tired and has been sleeping on my lap since I got him home from work. Poor guy. Transitioning to a new daycare has been hard on him.

[catcher.]

On the couch Tally just curls up by the armrest and makes sighs and grunt noises if you try to move her. However at night when it's time to go to bed she'll paw at the blankets (and my chest/shoulder/neck/face if I take too long) till I lift the covers so she can crawl under and curl up behind my legs.
If it's warm she lies on top of the blankets and it's REALLY annoying cause then I can't move the blankets easily to cover myself.

[Saracirce]

Like that kind?
My moms min pin loves that bed, cause it's heated. Lol.

Yep but Loli's looks more like this one. The flap didn't stay up on it's own.

[Ethulai]

Like that kind?
My moms min pin loves that bed, cause it's heated. Lol.

Yep but Loli's looks more like this one. The flap didn't stay up on it's own.

That's a neat idea I haven't seen those before. My boys would go nuts for beds like that!

All the Lola snuggle pics so so so cute <3

[Imzadi83]

Your boy is very handsome! Love tris

And yes, coconut oil can work. You can both put it on the spot and put it in her food. If you're looking online at coconut oil I wouldn't bother, you can pick up a decent sized thing of pure coconut oil at Wal-Mart for a good price. Trader Joes has some too.

If that doesn't work, may be worth looking into a higher quality kibble or raw for her. Dakota had chronic hot spots on good food like Taste of the Wild, but since I switched him to raw 3 years ago they've disappeared.

I second both the coconut oil and the raw food. Chloe had a hot spot and other skin issues when she went into rescue which cleared up once she was put on a raw diet. She was very itchy when we got her still and would itch so bad she'd cause bleeding scratches in herself. The coconut oil has helped with that. Our house is very warm so it's liquid at room temp. I mix it in with her food.

You can also use black tea. Brew the tea like you would if you were drinking it (don't add any sugar or milk obviously) and either hold the teabag on the hotspot for a couple of mins a few times a day or dip a cotton ball in the tea and apply it to the spot.

If you're willing/able to spend a bit more money I recommend Aunt Jeni's Holistic First Aid as well. http://www.auntjeni.com for more information.

You can use premade raw if you want to start them on raw but are confused about the ratios. I don't have the ability/room to buy in bulk and make/portion in advance so it works for me to just buy premade raw. They also have mixes where you just add it to the ground protein source of your choice. I imagine that would still be more expensive then making your own but probably less expensive then the premade stuff but I've never cost compared. And I'm fortunate that I only have one small dog to feed.

[Dream~]

This is my dog Duke

[Saracirce]

Like that kind?
My moms min pin loves that bed, cause it's heated. Lol.

Yep but Loli's looks more like this one. The flap didn't stay up on it's own.

That's a neat idea I haven't seen those before. My boys would go nuts for beds like that!

All the Lola snuggle pics so so so cute <3

^^ We had to give her more blankets to snuggle with as she tended to push the flap to the side but she really liked her bed. We also always had it under or behind something to create even more of a den effect, like under my bed, so it created even more of a den effect. The only problem was that she was a food hoarder and would often hide her food in deep in the back of the bed... which also happens to be where the zipper is so you can take the cover off the bed in order to wash xp It could be gross reaching in there depending on what we gave her last and we had to be really on top of checking it and keeping it clean. At least it washed easily.

[Imzadi83]

Just saw some puppies being advertised as micro-teacups. Horrifying.

[.muse.]

Links "wait" is finally good enough to have taken a video of. Did a little place work to warm him up, he is always so much more focused when I start him with a couple placements first.
http://youtu.be/t9qUKAg5Fx8

[MacGyver]

And here is your daily dose of chubby puppy!



@imzadi, A lady at work said her grandmother just bought a "micro mini" yorkie. XP