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Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 11:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
right now, when i asked about food for kendall, i was expecting the male vet to only say one that we had to buy at the vet's for a lot of money. he said CD which is science diet (which we get for our male cats, so they don't get blocked ureters). IAMS and purina. i was suprised at the purina. the puppy came with a 'pedigree' special. i guess they are trying to get 4 million pets adopted or something. my kendall came with a handful of coupons and some caretaking guides from pedigree.
anyway, i got him purina, but i can only mix it with cottage cheese or pedigree canned food right now because his throat is so irritated from coughing.
gosh, he is still so cute and loving and sweet. please don't let it be distemper! we are going up north tomorrow. we will have the family and some friends there through monday and then kendall and i will be alone for several days.
oh, he barked tonight! we have had him since last tuesday and i was wondering if his previous owners had cut his voice box or something. not one peep from this guy in 10 days. well, he is getting used to our indoor cats, but one of them got too close to his canned food and kendall did one pretty decent 'woof!'.
since i got him for loving on and for being able to warn me if someone comes into our yard when i am alone up north, i was relieved to know he does have a bark and also relieved to know he doesn't bark non-stop! i am expecting, once he feels better, he will bark if a stranger enters our land up north.
he is so damn cute and affectionate and well-behaved.... i am praying so hard that he is not deathly ill, but just taking his time to get over kennel cough.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 9:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
i wish kendall would get better sooner. he only had about 2 dozen coughing attacks during the night, but they are wearing us both out! he is still eating and drinking and i am able to get his pills down him if i use the stuff that little rich dogs eat at 99cents for about 3 ounces :-)
the vet said not to feed him hotdogs, or at least not more than a bite or so to try and get a pill down him. she said some dogs can get very sick from even one little hotdog piece. she said if he really likes hotdogs, i should get the babyfood little hotdogs that toddlers eat...since the moist food is working for now, i will forego the babyfood.
we are traveling 5 hours north this afternoon. we do know of a vet up there, so if need be, i can get to that person about 35 miles from our house.
i know that this will take time for kendall to get over; i am just so scared that he won't get over it. he isn't especially lethargic, but i think he's tired and sore from coughing, so he doesn't run to me and wag his tail as much. i am eagerly awaiting his normal behavior.
i can't believe it's only friday and i started him on meds on tuesday. since i have been sleeping on the couch next to where he is on the floor, it seems as if it must be a whole week or more :-)
the vet said this could last for 2 or 3 weeks, so i have to just be patient with my patient.
wish us luck!

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
have you tried cream cheese, Tabby? that's what I give my dog his pills in and he loves it. My vet said it was a good thing to give him in small doses.

I hope Kendall gets better soon too.

Good luck.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
the vet did also suggest cream cheese. so far, my dd has enjoyed it on bagels LOL...i haven't had to try it with kendall yet. (i don't want him to know all my tricks :-) ) one reason she suggested the cream cheese is that they have to lick so much they might not notice the pill; that's sort of the same principal as the peanut butter, and that didn't work with kendall. maybe he's just not a peanut butter person, er, dog? he might take after me!

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 9:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
With the cream cheese, I make it into a pretty tight ball around the pill -- and my dog usually just swallows it whole (if I give him the chance to lick it he usually finds the pill and spits it out). It doesn't get sticky in his mouth like peanut butter so it's easy to swallow.

In fact, we call cream cheese a "meatball" becauase of this -- if you ask him if he wants a meatball, in his mind it means cream cheese!

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Tabby, I hope Kendall improves soon. I bet you were happy to finally hear his voice. Can they test for distemper and are you waiting for the results or is it a wait and see thing? At least it sounds like he is taking his pills easier than that first pill.

Sirbill, thank you for saving mom and pups. (several times over!) It must be exciting to have puppies every so often. I like Juju's name of Hope for the mom. She looks exhausted in her pic.

Saxy, that was a really cute valentine. We feed our dog a food called Innova Senior mixed with Innova Evo (high protein). She ate purina one healthy weight maint., the chicken flavor, for quite a long time. I try to find dog and cat food with no by products in it. It's more expensive but I would just rather spend the money on it and healthy food for us too than things. Our dog will be 11 next month, I want to give her every quality I can. The one thing she cannot eat is lamb. For one, she doesn't like it. I've heard a lot of dogs have skin problems when they eat lamb.

Speaking of food, Tabby, our dog was sick (her own fault for eating chocolate), different than coughing of course. She was eating boiled chicken, rice and cottage cheese for about 3 days. I know that doesn't have the vitamins that dog food has that dogs need, but if you're worried about his weight maybe you could check with the vet and feed him some chicken to supplement. (I am glad he gained a little.) You could mush it up with some of the water from the pot, that way it'd be easy to go down and no sodium if you just have chicken and water in the pot.

Secret...too cute Riley!

Serate, I was wondering how your niece's dog is doing. I hope he is getting better.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 1:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
mostly about the distemper, it's a wait and see thing. often times distemper is the diagnosis because a dog never gets better or develops more ominous symptoms (very high fever, seizures, 'gum chewing', etc.) of course, there is the very real threat of kendall developing pneumonia, too. so far, his lungs seem to be pretty clear and the infection seems to be contained in his upper respiratory area.
i feel great when he actually falls asleep for 15 or 20 minutes and doesn't cough. if he even stands up or drinks water or jumps into the car, he will start to cough. very little exertion at all. we had to curttail his daily walks, which i think he misses. it's hard for him to sleep when he hasn't done anything to make him tired! when he is quietly snoring for those moments, i can pretend everything is fine :-)
i agree about the boiled chicken with the rice and cottage cheese. at least i'd feel he was getting something besides bland, empty calories!
right now, i have to give him his pills with those little square expensive 'filet mignon' spoiled-dog
foods. the cheapest i can find it is 99 cents at walgreen's. our grocery store charges 1.16 per can. my sis's spoiled dog eats 4 or 5 a day...
when kendall is well, he will have to eat some dry food, too. he is a prince among dogs, but i am not a wealthy castle owner!! :-)

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 3:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
Sirbill, So happy to hear that the pups have got homes, I love that you do that..Now, will you end up keeping the mother or will she be adopted as well? She is such a sweet looking dog, I hope that she gets a wonderfull home. Tabby, my oldest dog got parvo when she was a baby, seems she was exposed befor I could get her shots, but she did survive, but of course I had the help of my vet. she is 9 now and very healthy,but I remember the parvo well. I made ground turkey,oatmeal,rice and cottage cheese. I just stuffed the pill in a little inch cube of cheddar or any brick cheese, never a problem with that, but if I did, just push it as far back in her throat and hold her mouth shut till she swallows.. I sure hope she gets better. My little dog who is half pug and half chihuahua has seizures all the time, scary as heck. It cost a fortune to treat and all the testing so I have gone with out the medications for seizers(that is basicly valuams for dogs) I dont want him all doped up all the time, but we get thrue the scary seizers, I have found if i put a little honey on my finger and rub it around the inside of his mouth during one it sorta shortens them and gets him coming back around a little faster... well, ill be praying for your kendall.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 7:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Oh I so hope he starts feeling better Tabby. He is such a wonderful dog and there is a reason you two came into each others lives.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 8:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I hope Kendall is feeling better quickly, Tabby!

Bud's doing very good. His hairs grown back around his neck except right where he had the worst wound. That looks like it's going to scar pretty badly. I was out there earlier today and was joking with my bil about my littlest niece. Everytime her big sis would come over to me the little one would run over and kinda push her out of the way so she could climb in my lap. Bud was doing the same thing...everytime one of the other dogs would come over he'd run over and push em out of the way and lay his head on my leg, lol. Spoiled rotten. As far as sis knows they have not found the guy or the other dog yet.

It's freezing cold here tonight, raining, and we're under a snow warning for tonight/tomorrow morning, very odd weather for us. Harvey is going crazy though, lol. He keeps coming to stand at the back door, his sign he wants to go out, but as soon as I open the door he turns and runs back into the living room. Then he comes right back when I shut it. He's as big a baby as I am about going out in the cold, but after being stuck in the house all evening he's hyper as can be now!

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 10:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
It's freezing here tonight too. SO SO SO Windy! We have snow in the forcast as well. I'm not looking forward to going to work at 7:30 am. Although, I'm glad I'm a checker, not a bagger!

Anywho! You guys, I am getting the BIGGEST laugh out of Sandy right now, she is trying SO SO SO SO hard to bury a chew in the bean bag. She has been going at it for about 10 minutes now. I just took a couple pics, but I will wait til tomorrow to post them. I gotta go to bed.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 6:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Tabby, I hope whatever Kendall has will give up and go away.

If you still need pill giving solutions, Costacat posted in the cat thread about Pill Pockets .. I think at Petsmart.. they make sizes for cats, small dogs and larger dogs and they sound really great

Go HERE and look for Costa's post where she explains what they are and she put in a link, too!

Bill, lucky mom and pups, to be with you guys. That pre-chewed stainless steel dish looks familiar .. good to see that stuff back in use!

She looks like caramel and cream to me - Cee Cee?

Regee
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10-09-2005

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 8:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Regee a private message Print Post    
Sea:

That is a wonderful name me thinks :-).

Like those chewy candies that are at the store that are carmel and white filling, nummy.

Now I want some.

Reg'ee

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 10:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
She does look like that! I had some of those candies the other day.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 6:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I didn't know Bill posted the pics here about the dogs....I like Hope and Sugar for mom....I think we can use Mojo, Juju, and the other names for the pups...we will post pup pics in few days when they start walkign...thx ya all!!!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 6:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Chew...to add to Bill's post...after they are 8wks old we take them all back to shelter where they get them adopted...we have had ppl we know adopt some of them in past(we also have kept 1 dog and 2 foster cats) but we still have to go thru shelter and pay full price to adopt...not too expensive though and it includes shots/fixing

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 9:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
{{{{{{{Pamy & Bill}}}}}}}} Heaven holds a special place for people like you who open your homes and your hearts to take in these sweet animals. I've often thought I'd like to do that but I get so attached, I'd have to stop, I think! :-)

Hope Kendall is doing better, Tabby!!!

Re: The food discussion - We feed our pets Nutro Natural Choice - senior for our dog and Complete Care Weight Management for our cat. Sometimes I've had to snag some other foods at the grocery store when I couldn't get to the pet store, but mostly, they eat Nutro. I was joking with the girl at the pet store the other day telling her about one dog vet we had who asked if we fed ourselves all this high quality food and spent all that money and well, no.... we're eating as cheap as possible to save money, but the pets still get their Nutro! LOL

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 9:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Critter and Angelina eat Nutro Natural Choice, too.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 11:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
My brother calls Nutro "kitty cocaine" since his cats go crazy for it!! I think he feeds them NutroMax tho.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Monday, February 20, 2006 - 8:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
All this reading about pillpopping makes me love my vet and local pharmacist even more. My local pharmacy guy does compounding (ie, he makes up his own prescriptions rather than just popping pills into little bottles). Because he does this, he also compounds all my cat meds into nice tuna flavored liquids which are given by syringe. One of my cats gets two meds daily, and it's just a breeze, he thinks it's a treat!

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Monday, February 20, 2006 - 12:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
well, we said goodbye to our 14-year old golden retriever, vito, this morning. he was ready to go on his own. the vet said maybe 24 more hours. he was unable to eat, drink, stand or hold his bladder anymore. we spent an hour sitting with him this morning and then dh and our friend took him to the vet...
kendall seems to be getting better. a little more each day. he still seems 'sick', but when i think of only 5 or 6 days ago, there is a big difference. pills are still trouble...
vito was sleeping on a scooby doo blanket with a sheet lightly over him. baby kendall went and laid down with him for his last night.
it was special even though it was sad.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Monday, February 20, 2006 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Tabbyking, my sincerest condolances and my strongest well wishes are with you.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Monday, February 20, 2006 - 12:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
You certainly have my sympathy Tabbyking. It's hard to say goodbye to a friend like that (I love golden retrievers).

On a happy note, it is nice to hear that Kendall is doing better.

Resortgirl
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09-23-2000

Monday, February 20, 2006 - 12:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Resortgirl a private message Print Post    
Tabby, I'm so sorry. My heart just aches for you...

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, February 20, 2006 - 12:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Oh, Tabby, I know it was coming. I think Kendall is the angel sent to be with Vito during his last days. Goldens are just such sweet and gentle dogs, huh?

Glad Kendall is improving, too.

{{{Tabby}}}