I thought I'd post a recipe that I got from my breeder when I bought my pup. Its super healthy for dogs. I try to give it a couple of times a week to keep my dog in tip top condition. The mush meal consists of mince meat (alternate between different types - chicken, beef, lamb), fruit and...

my daughter left her bag of candy on the floor (WTF?) and near as I can tell, Roxy (34 lbs) ate 2 Reese peanut butter cups, a medium sized Nestle Crunch bar, a sucker and a roll of Smarties. Do I need to be worried?? -- Lynne

Oppie (yellow lab, age 10.5 yrs) has a definitive diagnosis of laryngeal paralysis. His vocal cords were examined Monday, and one of them is fully paralyzed, the other is partially paralyzed. The vet also saw him in excited mode (when we picked him up), when he coughs and gets short of...

On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 09:11:40 -0500, montana wildhack , clicked their heels and said: Has anyone else had or seen a reaction like this? I don't use the stuff, but have heard similar. Why not just treat the new dog prior to bringing her home? Any self-serve dog...

I am a new member of Dog Banter, specifically joining for help in making difficult decisions about my dog's diagnosis of osteosarcoma. Coalby is an 11 year old Labrador, spayed female. She was diagnosed by xray two days ago with osteosarcoma (the most likely tumor barring bone biopsy) in the...

Does anybody know if spaying has an effect on thyroid levels? My former brood bitch will be 10 next year, and I'm thinking of doing a thyroid panel to report to the OFA database. Even though she is no longer a breeding candidate, measures of her health into old age are relevant to the breeding of...

Hello Everyone, My name is Maria and I am a business student at Boston University. Me and a team of 7 other students are currently working on a project to develop a more durable and entertaining bed for dogs. Please take a moment to fill out our short survey, so we can better identify what...

Hi, I am a graduate student at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. I am looking for research participants to fill out a one-time survey looking at the relationship between pet ownership and well-being. I am looking for people who have never owned pets,...

When this gentleman called yesterday morning, he was obviously crying, although he was trying not to sound like it...the occasional sniffles gave him away...it WASN'T a cold...you could tell by his voice... He said no one down there would take him, other than animal control, and they told him that...

My mutt has black nails that grow shockingly fast. I trim them once per week with nail trimmers that have a guard so that I don't trim to much off and get the quick. I'd like to get them to a shorter starting point by trimming more frequently for a little while. How long does the quick take...

HI, my Jack Russell 8 years old cant stop itching his back. He did have fleas a couple of days ago which i have addressed and seem to be gone. But he is still itching and has worn alot of his hair away on his back to bum area. I have had a good look and there are no fleas, but some sores and scabs....

Hi I have a 5 year old Golden Retriever. Approx 1 month ago he started sneezing, and had a leaky right eye and had a runny nose. About two weeks ago he started bleeding from the left nostril. I brought him to the vet and $300 later she had no idea what it was. According to the X-ray you do see the...

Dear dogbanter people, I know this is a simple question and probably has an obvious answer but after castrating my German Wirehaired Pointer, he has gone chunky. He isn't fat (you can feel his ribs) but you can balance a tray on his bum - it's gone really wide! I have halfed his food and...

Monte, my 12 year old female black lab was taking Rymadil due to a Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy for an ACL tear back in 2003. The Rymadil worked wonders and we kept her on a very low dose to help with her arthritis. This summer her liver enzymes shot up and our vet immediatley stopped the...

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Dane pup, 9 weeks old, 29 lbs. went in for his crop. He had a full blood profile, heart check and physical pre-op, all results normal. He went under and was on heart monitor. Cropping was done. No problems at all. They removed him from the anesthesia machine (?) and placed him on oxygen, and...

Just got a new puppy (14 weeks) old labrador/patterdal (we think) cross. I have two other dogs another black lab cross and a collie cross. Years ago I was advised by my vet to feed my lab dry only food because of waeight & joint probs. Both dogs have been no been fed on dry food for many...

We took in my sister's dog about a year ago. She recently became very sick, very rapidly and ended up requiring extremely expensive emergency treatment and surgery because WE DID NOT KNOW! We found out by surprise that at 8 years old she had not been spayed. Still we did not know about the...

1. I'm a US citizen and moving soon to Australia. My Wheaton will be quarantined for how long, if at all? 2. Are there any Australian diseases or situations I should be aware of with regard to the dog? 3. Any other newsgroups or websites related to this subject? Thanks much.

"Thomas Silverstein" wrote in message news:pan.2006.10.01.00.10.16.633682@Thomas-Silverstein... Could someone point me to some helpful information. So much of what I come across seems to have underlying ideology and secondary motivation. I would love some unbiased third...