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Agility trial photos
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Here are a few photos that the professional photographers (Petproof Photography) got of Miss Dahlia at our last trial. Here's Dahlia doing a panel jump for the first time ever. I guess she decided that it was best if she jumped really really high just to make sure she got over it. [url=http://www...
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hump day chat
Posted to: News & Entertainment
It is wed right? It is way too early to be up. I need to find my dramamine since I am going to be a passenger all day Poor lilys allergies are driving her nuts this morning. I don't think my ears will ever stop this crackling noise but they are improving sound wise so that makes me happy...
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Is Grooming More than Aesthetics?
Posted to: Health & Grooming
I''ve always washed my own pets, and I've almost always had short hair dogs because of allergies. When I was younger, my family had poodles. They had hair so there were no allergy issues there. They got the poodles groomed, but I've never had poodles myself as an adult. With shorthairs...
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Isaac ??? check in?
Posted to: News & Entertainment
I'll start -- because Florida got lucky I think. We **definitely** got some of the outer bands of Isaac this afternoon -- it would rain, stop, rain stop but when it WAS raining you could see the squall type of wind. By late afternoon our biggest storm warnings had been lifted in Orange County (we're...
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Rules of Thumb for choosing dog foods
Posted to: Nutrition & Exercise
#1. If it is advertised on TV - avoid it. #2. If the first ingredient isn't meat - avoid it. #3. If it contains corn or grain - avoid it. a lot of the meat from cheaper dog foods are at best culled animals and at worst...the meat like paste from the floors of slaughter houses. Dogs aren't...
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Can anyone recommend a good quality lobster clasp?
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Hi guys! I work from home, and I am always taking collars on and off, however I just don't feel good about my pooches having their collars off. I was wondering if anyone knows a good quality lobster style clasp so that I can click their tags off their collars easily multiple times a day. Sometimes...
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Please Vote for My Dog!
Posted to: News & Entertainment
I entered my Boston Terrier/French Bulldog into the Fido Casting Call of 2012. Hes got 3000 votes in 3 days and needs 2000 more to be in first! Please vote for him (only one vote per day) it is done through facebook, so you will need to sign into facebook in order for the vote to work. He has the best...
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Tuesday Chatter . . . Deb W.
Posted to: News & Entertainment
My Pop cracks me up. He called me last night and asked me look something up on that "innerweb" thing. I won $65 on a $6 bet at the Travers Stakes on Saturday. I don't care what any of the handicappers say . . . if you don't bet any money on a horse named "Golden Ticket"...
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Riding Lessons (mrstjohnson) - Updated with Pics ;-)
Posted to: News & Entertainment
I am thinking about having Riley take riding lessons. I am thinking about it for the following reasons: 1. Less stress pressure on her knees than other sports 2. One on one interaction with instructor - with her auditory processing delay it is still a challenge for her to understand what is going...
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Sunny sunday
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Beautiful day out. Lisa, good luck at the riding stable today! Janice, from yesterday: $9k deductable?! Wow what a waste. Can you look around for other insurance plans? I really hate that we don't have national health care like canada. I am annoyed with my sister. We were supposed to...
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Puppy pads for an older blind dog
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Probably an unusual question, but Java is 14, blind, and won't go outside. I put down a long strip of plastic sheeting, cover it with towels and then puppy pads...4 in a row. Lately she seems to be missing most of it. Would anyone know of a brand of pads which works better (these are the least expensive...
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There is an obedience dog in there!
Posted to: Nutrition & Exercise
Dodger is 6 months old now and we've been working on formal training for about 2 months. In the beginning I play games to show puppies that training is fun. So far we've almost perfected a long distance recall, down, sit, left hand finish, leave it and a calm meet and greet. We've been working...
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Monday mindless chat
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Busy and hot weekend here. Hope everyone in Isaac's path stays safe. Mountains of invoices, so must attack. TTFN
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Scary Moment and a reminder.
Posted to: News & Entertainment
I had Buddy and Ribbon over to the park yesterday afternoon. They had their run and were relaxing at my feet as I was chatting with 2 other fellow dog owners. Suddenly out of no where Buddy and Ribbon seemed to be in a fight with each other. When I reached down to separate them I saw that Ribbon had...
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