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Uncontrollable bowels ?!
Posted to: Health & Grooming
Hi, my first post so be gentle ! I have had my dog now for some 9 years, Jasper. Until recently he has been no problem as far as his bowel movements. Always waits till he reaches his favourite spot in the undergrowth of fields where we, and other dogs go. Unfortunately recently he has behaved very...
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Freezer Recipes
Posted to: Nutrition & Exercise
So a friend recently went and spent a ton of money at one of those meal purchase places....6 meals for whatever, all the prep work on site, bag and then take home and freeze. It got me thinking that I could be getting people together for WAY LESS $$$ and doing the same. As it stands right now, there...
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nothing
Posted to: News & Entertainment
ack did'nt work lol
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Anyone raise goats?
Posted to: News & Entertainment
When we move I will be getting a pygmy goat. My husband thinks the goat will be able to jump a fence and will jump on the cars. I know 3 people who have them and they said they have never had this happen. Also, do you do the hoves yourself? If so is it difficult?
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dog food
Posted to: News & Entertainment
miya is 15 years old. So I am wonder what kind of dog food do use[sm=wink2.gif]
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Dogs and strokes....
Posted to: Health & Grooming
I was wondering...now I have NO education or even the slightest bit of knowledge in this area, but do dogs ever suffer strokes like humans and survive but lose some of their basic knowledge of certain motor functions? Do they have occupational therapists for dogs? I mean, obviously there are things...
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doing the right thing? (long)
Posted to: News & Entertainment
just looking for some hints or suggestions about training Xena to not kill chickens she loves chasing our animals so we have been using the "leave it" command we just had a hen hatch out chicks and Xena has killed 2 with the first chick Xena brought it to my mom and my mom smacked her with...
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Heartguard all year round?
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Hi, A fellow dog owner and I have recently recieved conflicting information . . . one source is my vet, the other is the local humane society where my friend takes his dog. My vet said that we only need to give heartguard in june through december because thats when the mosquito's are active...
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Tail Chasing
Posted to: Training & Behavior
Hey everyone! I'm new here and I'm hoping I can get some advice about my puppy. Well, I have a 2ish year old Jack Russell/Chihuaha mix. I adopted him almost 1 year ago and he is the best dog ever! (there are no problems with him of course) The issue is, my husband just got out of the Army....
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my baby is grown up
Posted to: News & Entertainment
I should preface this by saying this isn't anything about anything just lamenting that my puppy is gone! We adopted Bugsy last December when he was between 3 & 4 months. He had been a stray and was very thin but you knew he'd be a big boy. He had and has a super sweet temperament & is...
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dog sick
Posted to: Health & Grooming
My friends went on holiday on tuesday and they left me to look after their 10 yrd old f dog samantha. She ate normal tue and wed (same as my own dog) and thursday starting throwing up 5-6 times. On fri same thing happened. Took her to the vet; he gave her an injection against nosea and also xrayed her...
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Oh My Gosh!!! I Forgot!!! Bad mommy!!!
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Today is Onyx's first birthday! Keira's too.
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Help me house train
Posted to: Training & Behavior
Hi, we have a three year old beagle who is completely house trained and otherwise. We just got a 8 week old puppy, well she's going to be 3 months on the 11th. We are having problems getting the house training done. We are away all day so yes it is very hard to do effectively... although we are home...
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Life before I-dog
Posted to: News & Entertainment
I thought this would be a good way to get to know each other, especially with the new members. What did you do before you found I-dog and what's your animal background? Do you have any special education or degrees and in what? I'll start. I spent 25 years in retail managment, but have...
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Grasshopper diet?
Posted to: Nutrition & Exercise
Is it safe for dogs to eat grasshopper? Suddenly within the last week it's been grasshopper breeding season where I live and suddenly they are everywere and they are huge. I guess they need to get thoes eggs layed before the cold sets in so they can hatch come spring. Other bugs have seem to come...
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