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luvmydog22
Possible Mange
Hello everyone, I'm brand new here and was hoping I could get some advice on a problem with my 7 year old Mastiff. She's very itchy, has bumps that have appeared all over and dandruff. Also there are places over some bumps which seem to have hair clumped together, and when brushing it out or...
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LAST POST: ON: Thu, Mar 10 2011 1:32 PM
willowchow
Do they have nail files for dogs?
Willow's nails are very tough for me to cut and they are also dry and splitting when I do cut them. So, I've been filing them with my files because I'm afraid to cut her. And, she is too afraid of the dremel noise. Do they have files made specificially for dogs? Mine aren't lasting...
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LAST POST: ON: Mon, Mar 7 2011 8:07 AM
ziggyzoo
too spay or not to spay
wow my boxers girls are 6 months old now. i quess they will start there bleeding shortly mmm first time i owned girl dogs. had 5 male dogs over 30 odd years. im not going to breed them so what are the pros and cons of getting them fixed.
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LAST POST: ON: Mon, Feb 28 2011 3:26 PM
sandra_slayton
Heatworm Prevention
Bayer bought out Fort Dodge animal meds compnay. Well, it seems they are trying to push ProHeart6 once again. Most of you know that ProHeart6 killed my just turned 4 year old golden retriever, Hunter, back on Oct. 16, 2003. Ten months later the FDA had them pull it. A few months later they tried to bring...
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LAST POST: ON: Sat, Feb 26 2011 7:42 AM
echandler
Swamper can't walk
I came here hoping and praying someone else has seen this before... Swamper my 1 year old 90lb Dane, lab, border collie mix can no longer walk. Let me give you the details: Last week (thursday) he started to moan and groan in his sleep. I knew that wasn't normal, so I took him to the vet were...
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LAST POST: ON: Sat, Feb 26 2011 6:56 AM
rtscribbs02
canine vestibular disorder (or something similar) question
What do you think it might be? Still vestibular disorder that just hasn't gone away yet?: I took my 13 year old (almost 14 year old) dog (a border collie) to the vet three and a half weeks ago because she was wobbly, tilting her head, peeing in the house, throwing up, had diarrhea, and her eyes were...
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LAST POST: ON: Sat, Feb 26 2011 12:10 AM
kaytee rivers
Anal Gland....Thread like.
Hi, my dog Billy often gets full anal glands and I have to take him to the vet as they are hard to empty. Today I saw a nurse and when she emptied his anal glands instead of it being a paste it was "Thread like" Stuff that came out, she said its where its been so compacted. Billy wont poop...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, Feb 23 2011 2:39 PM
jessies_mom
Jessie's Getting a Dental
Jessie's getting a dental tomorrow. She is susceptible to aspiration pneumonia because of her laryngeal paralysis, so my vet is taking extra precautions by putting her on an antibiotic. She's been on one since Saturday. Her blood work last week was great, and she's in good health, but we...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, Feb 22 2011 8:31 PM
Beejou
controling the spread of parasites?
Hi everyone, T Bone is feeling so much better since seeing the vet about a week ago. He is being treated for sarcoptic mange, asecondary skin infection and to be safe ear infections. POOR GUY! He's on Prednazone for the itching and almost doesnt need it anymore. Other than flakiness left over...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, Feb 22 2011 5:22 PM
tiffy
Cinderella Fund...
The cinderella fund is for people who are low income, who want to get their pets spayed/neutered. I applied and got a voucher for $35 to get Lemon neutered. Score me! This program through the Humane Society is a doG send for people like me.
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LAST POST: ON: 2/20/2011 8:28:59 PM
jessies_mom
Jessie's Checkup
Jessie had her annual exam yesterday, and it went very well. Her heart and lungs"sounded great" (vet's words), there were no suspicious lumps, gums were healthy, etc. He called today with the results from her blood test and it was good too. All her values were within normal ranges except...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, Feb 16 2011 9:25 PM
Kris L. Christine
PA Enacts Vet Disclosure
PENNSYLVANIA Enacts Veterinary Disclosure into PA Code http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/049/chapter31/chap31toc.html NOTE: Vaccines are "biologics". Chapter 31 State Board of Veterinary Medicine Principle 7 (d).....Veterinarians shall practice in accordance with advancements...
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LAST POST: ON: 2/16/2011 8:11:28 PM
jess4657
Sheltie AIHA
Hi all, I'm new here, and have a female, 4.5 yr old Sheltie who has been battling AIHA since about Halloween 2010. She is now on Prednisone (5 mg twice daily), Aziothiprene (1/2 tab. once daily) and Denamarin. Her PCV has climbed from about 10 (she had blood given shortly after) to 34 where it is...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, Feb 15 2011 11:37 PM
Gwenie
Spinal Surgery
My dachsund mix just had surgery to repair a blown disc, and another one that was on his way. Has anyone else ever been through this? For now he is temporarily paralyzed, he can poop on his own but I have to help him pee. I am looking to see what kind of recovery times other people have experienced with...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, Feb 15 2011 12:21 AM
Glen Charles
Canine Diabetes - Lost weight and satisfying appetite
Hiya folks, My 12 YO Lab, Ursa, was diagnosed with Type 1 a few months ago. She had lost about 30# and I'm having a difficult time satisfying her appetite without sending her BG skyrocketing (it's already made her blind and she was going deaf before this even started). I'm using high-quality...
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LAST POST: ON: Mon, Feb 14 2011 11:17 AM
Sam Mitchell
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LAST POST: ON: 2/13/2011 7:10:17 AM
Beejou
Help Tbone. itching cobstantly...
Hi guys. Tbone is a year and a half old, intact male German Shepherd. Hes always been a pretty itchy dog honestly... But it has gotten worse since moving to Florida. When we moved to the apartment a month or so ago all hades broke loose. All he does is scratch. Ive put two courses of frontline and flea...
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LAST POST: ON: Sat, Feb 12 2011 12:06 PM
kaytee rivers
Chasing the ball makes them bleed.
hi, I have a Yorkshire terrier cross and she as you can imagine is so playful! We take her out daily and play ball with her and she can chase it and never tire out! Tho she is OK to run on the grass we found that if we take her to the sea front and she runs on pavement her paws bleed, Its not like she...
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LAST POST: ON: Fri, Feb 11 2011 9:06 PM
janet_rose
Xylitol - dog toxic - in gums, mints, desserts ... and now drugs
The article below is a MUST read!! It was written by a vet and is about the expanded use of the sweetner Xylitol (dog- toxic ). She is very worried about prescribing something and then discovering that the formulation had changed to include the canine- poison Xylitol. Products are changing with little...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, Feb 9 2011 8:36 PM
loretta
allergies and food?
Snickers is constantly scratching. She eventually got some hot spots, but I managed to take care of that with a spray. Her fur looks great now. But the scratching continues. I thought I would switch her dog food to a "grain free" dog food. A switch from Nutro Natural Choice to Canidae. I have...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, Feb 8 2011 10:23 PM