Hi , I do not have time to post often on this forum any more but when a question like yours pops up I try to make the time. A Lipoma is a benign fatty tumor. IT is not a cancer. MCT is a true cancer. My breed is prone to both. This week I had 4 tumors excised from a 9 year old Ridgeback, one was supposedly a recurring MCT, 2 of the others were definitely Lipomas and the last was likely to be a lymph node reaction to the MCT only inches away. Lipomas are tumors that tend to exist in animals fed a

There are several questions that jumped to my thoughts right away as I read your post so please bear with me and we will see if the collective can't help you out with Little Ms Star. Is this your first dog? First Chihuahua? What breed did you have before and who took care of it? Why did you think with a schedule a full as yours currently is that you actually needed a dog right now? What was the notion that prompted you to get a dog at all right now? IS she a full bred dog? and I believe you mentioned

As you approach your menses your dog is very aware. Your body is throwing off not simply subtle odors but hormones which dogs are very sensitive to. My foundation girl could sense when I was going to have a seizure based off the ketones in my breath. Dog's sense of smell is so incredibly better than our own. A puppy owner of mine recently asked if there was any chance her dogs knew she was expecting a baby. It was hard to not laugh, chances are far better they knew long before she had the first

I came from a REALLY big family and we most often had smaller homes. It is a Navy thing. But Mom taught all of us early on if we wanted our weekends then we needed to pitch in . Everyone of us went through a slob stage. But for the most part everyone came out of it. :@} Since I normally have people needing extra help living with us I had to learn to give people jobs, Even my 93 year old MIL had chores. While bedridden she still folded the baby's laundry every day. She would fold and refold it

let me know be happy to show you around the back sceanes of the local dog shows etc Bonita

Hi Snooze, I have been in Rhodesian Ridgebacks for 30 years. As I type this on my lap top there are 4 Ridgebacks sleeping happily next to me on my king sized bed. From your post it does not sound as if you truly understand your RR's nature. In the past he slept where he was told to and was content with it. But your husband changed the rules when he invited the dog to sleep in the bedroom. Obviously a dog in the bed would not upset me. But as it does you allow me to suggest a few things. Do NOT

Sorry but one more thought.... Why on earth is your Rhodesian being made to sleep outside? What exactly does that accomplish ? In 30 years of Ridgebacks , breeding, training, showing and doing Rescue I have NEVER ever made a dog sleep outside. They are despite their size a house dog. IT is even in our contracts that chaining a dog or even making it live outside is grounds for return to breeder , they must sign a paragraph giving me permission to enter their property and remove the dog should it become

of dangerous dogs that will make getting insurance a nightmare no one wants Bonita of Bwana