I agree. No matter what it is, the dog should be as correctly labeled as possible. When shelters deliberately mislabel dogs they do a disservice to the adopters and an even bigger disservice to the dogs IMHO.

You will get different answers on this. I rarely give rawhide. Sally pulls off big chunks and then vomits them back up (so she never gets it) and Jack is OK with it as long as he is supervised. HOWEVER, he has to be very carefully supervised because if he can get a huge chunk off and gulp it down, he will--hence the reason I rarely give them. It really depends on your dog and your individual comfort zone, IMHO. If you think the rawhide is making her sick, i would try another chew. Also, there are

[quote user="BEVOLASVEGAS"] Honestly?? I would just make the drive down to see if you feel comfortable with this breeder. [/quote] Agreed. Three hours actually doesn't seem that bad for a rare breed. If I were you and I were serious about a pup then i would make the trip.

Of course we let them lick our faces! Sally can be a little obsessive about the licking, so we have to keep things under control with her. Jack is very into ears. He loooooves him some ears. Sally loves mouths and DH thinks it's hilarious that she will lick the back of his front teeth . I have to admit, that goes a bit far for me. I will eat and drink after me dogs and my horse, but inside the mouth is where I draw the line. Interestingly enough, Jack seems repelled by an open mouth. If DH opens

If it makes you feel better I've had roughly 10 moles removed (I'm 28) and all have been completely benign. However, it is ALWAYS best to have them checked out anyway to be on the safe side. Here's hoping it's nothing!

[quote user="BlackLabbie"] They're very similar to these ^ but with a closed toe. [/quote] Ewwww........ On the plus side if you want to be Minnie Mouse for Halloween next year you'll already have the shoes.... When we got married my bridesmaids ranged from petite to plus sized to pregnant, plus I'm not big into the matchy-matchy wedding party. I gave them the store and a color and left everything else up to them--fabric (my bridal consultant had a fit because the satin and

[quote user="Liesje"] I'm not a mom but I would decide based on what is safest at the time. [/quote] I'm with you on this. I was a breech baby and was delivered via c-section and was breast fed successfully. Personally, being on the receiving end of the c-section, I'm glad that the surgical route was taken. My younger cousin was a birth that SHOULD have been a c-section but was not, and the cord wrapped around her neck and caused some fairly extensive brain damage. I would like

[quote user="crysania"] Right, there are cases where it's obvious the dog is purebred pit or staffy or some other bully breed. But there are many cases where it's not quite so obvious and the dog could be a mix of a lot of different breeds. Staffy or pit could be in there somewhere, or it might not be. And in the cases of a mix, you really never know what you're going to get. A dog could take more after one side or the other and the more possibilities mixed up in there, the

Healing vibes sent Abbie's way...

[quote user="Chuffy"] . [quote user="sillysally"]I would like to say that if we have kids I'll go all natural, but I know myself too well. I have a very low pain threshold. [/quote] I may be reading this wrong, but pain avoidance is not a good reason to have a CS - firstly because there's no kind of guarantee that ANY birth will be completely pain-free. The thing about pain is, how much labour/birth hurts is affected by a wide variety of factors, and some of them are in