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Madelyn got a bone in the shape of a candy cane, which she has already succeeded in tearing apart. My daughter got a pair of slippers, which Madelyn has also decided is a new toy for HER.
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Hi all!
Hermione, I really hope the medication is working! Let us know how the vet visit goes OK?
LOL Madelyn on the rawhide "cane" already being chewed up, and the slippers!!! Only baby Kimba has a rawhide around here (safely stowed in her crate) because the other dogs fight over them. The Beagle goes on a mission to steal everyone's bone and put them all in his hiding place. We're pretty careful about leaving any kind of shoes laying around!
The pack is enjoying all the new toys around here, especially the squeaky ones which is sometimes annoying.
DG
Hermione, I really hope the medication is working! Let us know how the vet visit goes OK?
LOL Madelyn on the rawhide "cane" already being chewed up, and the slippers!!! Only baby Kimba has a rawhide around here (safely stowed in her crate) because the other dogs fight over them. The Beagle goes on a mission to steal everyone's bone and put them all in his hiding place. We're pretty careful about leaving any kind of shoes laying around!
The pack is enjoying all the new toys around here, especially the squeaky ones which is sometimes annoying.
DG
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Rachael...
CONGRATS BIG TIME on your adoption of HALLEE!!!
I'm sure that someday we will find a way to exchange pics, and I can't WAIT to see Hallee!!
Congrats on your newest family member. Let us know if she loves skating...maybe cuddling on the sofa with you during nationals or something like that. ...
DG
CONGRATS BIG TIME on your adoption of HALLEE!!!
I'm sure that someday we will find a way to exchange pics, and I can't WAIT to see Hallee!!
Congrats on your newest family member. Let us know if she loves skating...maybe cuddling on the sofa with you during nationals or something like that. ...
DG
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Re: Hi all!
We just made the appointment today. We will be going
to the vets next week for some blood work.
Did Santa bring your dogs anything for Christmas ?
He brought some stuff for Christmas for our dogs.
He got a soft chew toy and a Nylabone. She got a
glow in the dark ball and a Nylabone as well.
They really like them except she wants to play with
his toys and not her own.
--Hermione
Doggygirl said:
We just made the appointment today. We will be going
to the vets next week for some blood work.
Did Santa bring your dogs anything for Christmas ?
He brought some stuff for Christmas for our dogs.
He got a soft chew toy and a Nylabone. She got a
glow in the dark ball and a Nylabone as well.
They really like them except she wants to play with
his toys and not her own.
--Hermione
My little girl got a new doggy bed for Christmas. We just got a new couch for the living room. She's been allowed on the old one, but now that we have the new one she's had to learn to keep off it, since Shelties are notorious shedders. I put her new bed right beside the couch in the living room, so she can still be with us when we're in there and be comfortable. She also got a package of bones in four different flavours: peanut butter, cheese, lamb and rice and chicken. She carries them to her bed and tries to bury them there. She'll circle around them, stroking her muzzle against the bed, toward the bone from all sides. She doesn't give up!
Her birthday is January 13th (she'll be two), so she'll be getting something special that day, too. Last year on her first birthday, we gave her a maple dipped donut from Tim Horton's and put a candle in it.
Her birthday is January 13th (she'll be two), so she'll be getting something special that day, too. Last year on her first birthday, we gave her a maple dipped donut from Tim Horton's and put a candle in it.
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Pookie said:
Pookie, like I said my sister, Abbey is a Pembroke Welsh Corgi. PWCs are smaller than the Cardigan Welsh Corgis. PWC's don't have a tail or at most a very short one, CWC's do. They are very active dogs, bred for herding. She will be eight years old tomorrow, weighs 28 ponds, is 10 inches tall (at her shoulders) and is 27 inches long. They have a very heavy undercoat in the winter that sheds a lot. Abbey (short for Abergale a town in Wales) loves to run and play ball. True to her herding roots, one of mother's house cats got out and Abbey herded her back into the house...too cute! She is very loyal and is a great watch dog...barks whenever anyone she doesn't know comes on the property.
One of my neighbors has three Corgis and the neighbor on the other side has one that is the son of two of the other neighbor's. When they had their litter IIRC there were eight puppies.
Here is a link with more info. BTW the Corgi pictured looks just like Abbey!
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/pembrokecorgi.htm
Hope this helps.
Piel
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Hi all!
Hermione - best wishes to you and your pooch on the blood work next week. Fingers crossed that there is improvement.
Santa is always very good to our pooches! It's sort of the once a year refresh the toy baskets day. Santa spoils them rotten!
One of the toys is a little plastic hot dog in a bun sqeaky thing. There is something about the pitch of that squeak and causes the new birds to go into a frenzy! And the hot dog is one of Kimba's favorites. It's pretty obnoxious when she starts squeaking that thing and both birds start screeching too.
We're a little worried about Kimba (the Shepherd puppy) eating enough. She just picks at her food - rarely devours a bunch in one sitting. I like to feed twice per day, but with her she just wasn't getting enough food so we leave it in her crate all day. Anyone else had this experience with puppies? She's due to go back to the vet this week for a follow up visit, so we will be getting the vet's advice too. Just curious if anyone else has had this experience.
Have a great day!
DG
Hermione - best wishes to you and your pooch on the blood work next week. Fingers crossed that there is improvement.
Santa is always very good to our pooches! It's sort of the once a year refresh the toy baskets day. Santa spoils them rotten!
One of the toys is a little plastic hot dog in a bun sqeaky thing. There is something about the pitch of that squeak and causes the new birds to go into a frenzy! And the hot dog is one of Kimba's favorites. It's pretty obnoxious when she starts squeaking that thing and both birds start screeching too.
We're a little worried about Kimba (the Shepherd puppy) eating enough. She just picks at her food - rarely devours a bunch in one sitting. I like to feed twice per day, but with her she just wasn't getting enough food so we leave it in her crate all day. Anyone else had this experience with puppies? She's due to go back to the vet this week for a follow up visit, so we will be getting the vet's advice too. Just curious if anyone else has had this experience.
Have a great day!
DG
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Hope Pockets is OK...
If you've never seen a doggy having a seizure before, I bet that was really scary for you. Our Beagle is a seizure dog and the first time I saw that it scared me to death. It also became clear at that point he had a couple previous seizures - this all happened in his first month here.
Since we didn't know his history and he was probably 5 or 6 years old at the time, the vet recommended putting him on phenobartitol. We got his doseage right, so that he no longer had seizures and wasn't zonked out. He has lived VERY normally ever since. We discussed weaning him off the phenobarbitol after a seizure free year, but decided to keep him on it since he's doing so well.
I guess it's not uncommon in younger dogs to have a seizure or two, and then never have one again. So had Buck been younger, we probably would have taken a different course. Our vet seemed to think that since he had at least 3 seizures in a month, and given his age, that he is probably prone to seizures all the time.
The good news is that he's happy and healthy and very normal.
Best wishes to you...let us know what your vet says. I hope this wasn't horribly scary for you.
DG
If you've never seen a doggy having a seizure before, I bet that was really scary for you. Our Beagle is a seizure dog and the first time I saw that it scared me to death. It also became clear at that point he had a couple previous seizures - this all happened in his first month here.
Since we didn't know his history and he was probably 5 or 6 years old at the time, the vet recommended putting him on phenobartitol. We got his doseage right, so that he no longer had seizures and wasn't zonked out. He has lived VERY normally ever since. We discussed weaning him off the phenobarbitol after a seizure free year, but decided to keep him on it since he's doing so well.
I guess it's not uncommon in younger dogs to have a seizure or two, and then never have one again. So had Buck been younger, we probably would have taken a different course. Our vet seemed to think that since he had at least 3 seizures in a month, and given his age, that he is probably prone to seizures all the time.
The good news is that he's happy and healthy and very normal.
Best wishes to you...let us know what your vet says. I hope this wasn't horribly scary for you.
DG
Piel,
Thanks for the information. Abbey sounds like a great pet. The link was very helpful also.
I've thought I would like to have a Corgi if I ever have another dog. I'm not sure I'm going to have anymore after these two. But if I do, they won't weight 75 lbs. Abbey sounds like just the right size for me.
Thanks for the information. Abbey sounds like a great pet. The link was very helpful also.
I've thought I would like to have a Corgi if I ever have another dog. I'm not sure I'm going to have anymore after these two. But if I do, they won't weight 75 lbs.
Abbey sounds like just the right size for me.
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So sorry to hear what Pockets has been through! Poor little thing! I rushed Madelyn to the vet today for what I now know is called "kennel cough". This is my first dog and it freaked me out to hear her coughing like that! Then the vet told me she's got some kind of dermititis to boot, probably allergy related, possibly a food sensitivity (no sign of fleas). It's not noted anywhere on her medical records, but the vet will call her previous vet (from when she was with her previous owner). I felt just awful for not having noticed it--but I thought all dogs scratched themselves like that and I thought the pink on her face was her natural coloring! Talk about being on a steep learning curve!
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Hi Rachael and RealtorGirl...
I am thinking so much of both of you. Seizures are no fun, and kennel cough just plain sucks in my opinon.
Rachael, I hope you are able to get some meds for Pockets to stop this. Seizures are so weird. Sometimes they are fairly exteme (mine were never considered Grand Mal by definition) but very scary. Lots of drooling (excessive) and loss of body control otherwise (legs quivering / head shaking, etc.). If your vet has recommended phenobarbetol, I would say go with it for now. You can also discuss a plan for weaning off if you think that's important. I just can't stand to see one of my "babies" in convulsions - it's just so scary. I'm not sure if I can give you possitive support or not, but if I can, I am willing.
RealtorGal - How did your dog get Kennel Cough? That is so common, and so preventable I would be asking tons of questions if any of mine turned up with that one.
Love and many hugs to all dog lovers on GS. Kimba (GSD pup) had her first Schutzhund Big Training Session Involving Bite Work For Possible Schutzhund Qualification tonight. She was really tired (so was Mommy) and we sucked, but several people seemed to think that her willingness to "go for it" (a fake squirrel tail on the end of what seemed like a mild horse whip - no problem for me) at 12 weeks was a good thing.
I have to laugh because this is my third pup raised from a baby, and every stinking one of them has been quite willing to "bite." So what is the problem with these other GSD pups?????? LOL, maybe some time with Greyhound / Beagle REAL squirrel hunters would be good for all of them. Just kidding...but we'll see.
DG
I am thinking so much of both of you. Seizures are no fun, and kennel cough just plain sucks in my opinon.
Rachael, I hope you are able to get some meds for Pockets to stop this. Seizures are so weird. Sometimes they are fairly exteme (mine were never considered Grand Mal by definition) but very scary. Lots of drooling (excessive) and loss of body control otherwise (legs quivering / head shaking, etc.). If your vet has recommended phenobarbetol, I would say go with it for now. You can also discuss a plan for weaning off if you think that's important. I just can't stand to see one of my "babies" in convulsions - it's just so scary. I'm not sure if I can give you possitive support or not, but if I can, I am willing.
RealtorGal - How did your dog get Kennel Cough? That is so common, and so preventable I would be asking tons of questions if any of mine turned up with that one.
Love and many hugs to all dog lovers on GS. Kimba (GSD pup) had her first Schutzhund Big Training Session Involving Bite Work For Possible Schutzhund Qualification tonight. She was really tired (so was Mommy) and we sucked, but several people seemed to think that her willingness to "go for it" (a fake squirrel tail on the end of what seemed like a mild horse whip - no problem for me) at 12 weeks was a good thing.
I have to laugh because this is my third pup raised from a baby, and every stinking one of them has been quite willing to "bite." So what is the problem with these other GSD pups?????? LOL, maybe some time with Greyhound / Beagle REAL squirrel hunters would be good for all of them.
Just kidding...but we'll see.DG
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How is it preventable? Of course she has not coughed ONCE since we returned from the vet hours ago! She said to give her the antibiotic ONLY if she continues to cough. Grrrr... Her other medicine I'm to give her regardless.
I have no idea where she got it. The vet said momentary contact with a infected dog is enough. She hasn't had the opportunity to say more than "howdy" to any other dog in the 5 weeks we've had her. She seems happy, frisky and hungry otherwise, so that's all good.
Rachael, you and Pockets are definitely in my prayers!
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Hello fellow dog lovers - sorry I've been away from the board for so long.... I have a lot to get caught up on now!
Rachael, good luck with Pockets. I hope you and your vet are able to get the seizures under control soon.... Please keep us posted. BTW, how is everything going with the new arrival?
RealtorGal, kennel cough is nasty, isn't it? One of my dogs had it quite a few years ago; she actually got it just from momentary contact with another dog in the neighbourhood whose owners knew she had it, but continued to take her out without a leash!
It really made the rounds of our neighbourhood that summer, being as contagious as it is. Oddly, neither of our other dogs ever got it.... Anyway, rest assured, it really is not preventable, and nasty as it sounds, it does run its course on its own - you just have to wait it out. Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your girl.
Doggygirl, it sounds like Kimba is doing just fine! She's still such a baby; I would say that the attitude she is showing is a great start, and bodes well for things to come!
Rachael, good luck with Pockets. I hope you and your vet are able to get the seizures under control soon.... Please keep us posted. BTW, how is everything going with the new arrival?
RealtorGal, kennel cough is nasty, isn't it? One of my dogs had it quite a few years ago; she actually got it just from momentary contact with another dog in the neighbourhood whose owners knew she had it, but continued to take her out without a leash!
It really made the rounds of our neighbourhood that summer, being as contagious as it is. Oddly, neither of our other dogs ever got it.... Anyway, rest assured, it really is not preventable, and nasty as it sounds, it does run its course on its own - you just have to wait it out. Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your girl. Doggygirl, it sounds like Kimba is doing just fine! She's still such a baby; I would say that the attitude she is showing is a great start, and bodes well for things to come!
Pockets went back to the Vet today for bloodwork. We won't know anything for a few days. Poor Ricky is suffering from middle child syndome. Pockets is sick so we have to take care of him. Hallee is new so we have to give her attention. I've been trying to balance out the love.
Best of luck to Pockets and Madelyn. Chelsea had her post-op check-up yesterday, and is recovering nicely from her tooth extraction. She is so perky and playful now.......what a difference a couple of weeks makes. I'm still kickinging myself for not noticing that she had a bad tooth.........she's such a stoic dog......42
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Hi all!
RealtorGal, my comment on kennel cough definitely didn't come out right. Our dogs spend a day here and there in the vet's kennel facility whether we go on vacation or not, so they get vaccionated twice per year whether they like it or not (and LOL, one of ours DEFINITELY doesn't like it, and WON'T take anything up the nose - better have that shot form available when Cleopatra shows up needing it!) Very true that dogs can get this easily from casual contact. Sounds like yours hasn't really had the casual contact either, so what a mystery! At any rate, sounds like the cough has dissipated, and I wish you the best and hope for no more coughing!
42 - So glad to hear Chelsea is doing well after the teeth stuff! Dogs really are stoic and don't complain much about things. I'm glad she's acting all happy again! I hope you enjoy lots of New Years play time together.
Rachael, I hope Pocket's blood work turns out OK. Mean time, I hope you are able to extend your two hands into more hands and keep everyone happy! (I bet you already know how to "extend your number of hands" by scratching bellies with your feet LOL!)
GoldenLady, thanks for checking in and giving positive vibes for Kimba! I still can't believe other GSD Mom's are concerned that their "puppies don't bite." WANNA TRADE?????? I'm just thankful I still have two hands and ten fingers. One bandaid is OK!!
I'm heading downstairs to enjoy a totally laid back new year with hubby and puppies. Whatever you all are doing tonight, I hope you have fun and enjoy ringing in the new year!
DG
RealtorGal, my comment on kennel cough definitely didn't come out right. Our dogs spend a day here and there in the vet's kennel facility whether we go on vacation or not, so they get vaccionated twice per year whether they like it or not (and LOL, one of ours DEFINITELY doesn't like it, and WON'T take anything up the nose - better have that shot form available when Cleopatra shows up needing it!) Very true that dogs can get this easily from casual contact. Sounds like yours hasn't really had the casual contact either, so what a mystery! At any rate, sounds like the cough has dissipated, and I wish you the best and hope for no more coughing!
42 - So glad to hear Chelsea is doing well after the teeth stuff! Dogs really are stoic and don't complain much about things. I'm glad she's acting all happy again! I hope you enjoy lots of New Years play time together.
Rachael, I hope Pocket's blood work turns out OK. Mean time, I hope you are able to extend your two hands into more hands and keep everyone happy! (I bet you already know how to "extend your number of hands" by scratching bellies with your feet LOL!)
GoldenLady, thanks for checking in and giving positive vibes for Kimba! I still can't believe other GSD Mom's are concerned that their "puppies don't bite." WANNA TRADE??????
I'm just thankful I still have two hands and ten fingers. One bandaid is OK!!I'm heading downstairs to enjoy a totally laid back new year with hubby and puppies. Whatever you all are doing tonight, I hope you have fun and enjoy ringing in the new year!
DG
