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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 7:27 pm
Serate, your SIL is not a kindred spirit in regards to animal lovers. I am glad that you were able to help your niece and that you were able to talk to her today. My thoughts are with dear Rusty.
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Sirbill
Member
11-09-2003
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 10:01 am
Hi everyone, We have a new mom and puppies that we are fostering after saving them from being put down yesterday. Need help giving mom a name since we are going to have her and the babies for at least six weeks. Here is of her and the pups. Thanks

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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 10:19 am
How about Mocha. 
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 10:35 am
Poor baby! New mama dogs always looks so pitiful. And those pups look huge. Do I count eight? I don't have a name yet. Will think about it. Thanks for saving them!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 10:40 am
Queen Latifah!! with so many pups, all i can think of is, "bringing down the house"!
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 10:49 am
How about Cappuccino? She looks sort of like a light coffee with milk color. Or you could go with JujuMama. 
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 10:57 am
poor kendall! i am still hoping it is kennel cough and not distemper. he absolutely refuses to let me take his temp; i will call the vet's and see if someone can do it for us. i think kendall's embarrassed because i'm his mom! he is still coughing a lot and then kind of gagging after the dry-sounding croopy honk. when he gags, he has some mucous, but he doesn't expel it, he swallows it. other than what runs from his nose, he isn't expelling anything. i really would like to give him a cough suppressant or some honey on a piece of bread. i heard that works to suppress the cough, too. i'll call and ask at the same time i call to see if they can take kendall's temp for me. would also like to check his weight. he is eating 3 hotdogs a day (twice with a pill) and maybe 2 cups of rice or cottage cheese or a mixture of both. he drinks plenty of water. i know he is only on day 3 (5th pill) of his 14-day, 28-pill regimen, but i want him to get better! he has always been low-key, so i don't think he is lethargic. he growled once at one of our cats. has never barked, so i have no idea what his bark even sounds like! he and the cats are slowly making friends. today, he and the braver cat sat together when they each had some of a hotdog. so, anyway, can you all say a teensy prayer that it IS just kennel cough and not distemper? everytime poor kendall even swallows, i sit and stare at him to make sure he doesn't have the 'chewing gum' symptom of distemper. but i understand it would be like someone 'frantically' chewing gum, not just moving their mouth once in a while calm down, tabby!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 11:05 am
Mochazuzu is good too.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 11:11 am
she looks really sweet. how about 'Sugar'?
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 11:57 am
Keeping my fingers crossed for Kendall I'm so glad the mama dog and her babies were saved!
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Secretsmile
Member
08-19-2002
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 12:36 pm
Riley had to look his best to meet Devin for the first time. He wore his new baseball cap to the airport.

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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 12:48 pm
Secret....your Riley is so cute!! Thanks for sharing! Thanks for saving the momma and her babies. Poor momma though, she looks very uncomfortable with her full teets.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 1:17 pm
well, the vet added another antibiotic to what he is already taking. she said she still believes it is kennel cough, but he isn't making as much progress as she'd like. she said the two antibiotics together should make him better quicker, although he might still cough for a few weeks. he has gained back one of the three pounds he lost and his temp is down to 102.8 from 104.5, so that part's good. she doesn't want me to give him any cough suppressants at this time because he is trying to expel some mucous and his nose is still running, which is messy but 'good'. he is now comfortable enough that he climbs onto the couch and settles in for the evening. i hope dh doesn't freak; we kind of wanted a 'lap dog', but usually they don't weigh 45 pounds! i have a coupon from when i got the dog for $2 off of 5 cans of pedigree. i just bought some that said 99cents a can and it rang up on sale for 69cents a can. so i am going back with my coupon and buying 5 more cans, which totals 3.45, and i'll use my coupon, will will make my grand total 1.45 plus tax. i am assuming there is tax on dog food? never thought about it! braver cat is really venturing downstairs now. i think he will be totally used to this dog soon; except that new dog is going up north with me for over a week and cats stay down here! they'll probably have to start all over again. 
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 1:18 pm
Ok, now Charlie wants one, too.LOL Secret, Riley is such a handsome fella; I bet he had Devin wrapped around his little paw in no time flat.
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 2:04 pm
Secret, LOVE the pic of Riley! Tabby, Kendall is in my thoughts!! I went to get new heartworm pills for the dogs today. I asked about the dogs bad gas. You *can* give dogs beano. And the vet said it's ok to just go ahead and take the dogs off puppy chow and move to normal dog food. We use purina beneful healthy growth. And I figure it's probably best to switch to another beneful for adult dogs. But I was curious, what do you all use for your dogs?
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 2:23 pm
Saxy, I know it probably won't be a popular answer here, but I've always fed my dogs Ol' Roy High Protein. As you may know, Ol' Roy is the Wal Mart brand (Ol' Roy was actually the name of Sam Walton's beloved bird dog). Anyway, Sheba's about 14 and her 2 surviving pups will be 13 this summer. The other 2 are not as old, but they all like it and haven't had any problems that could be associated with the type of food. I even fed it to my old weenie pup until she got to be about 16, then I switched her to Senior Science Diet. She always liked to go outside and eat their Ol' Roy, though. We always said she was "partying" when she did that.
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Regee
Member
10-09-2005
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 3:21 pm
How about *Snow White with her 8 puppies* instead of 7 dwarfs giggle. I love all the photo's of everyone's babies, they are so cute. Sending Love, hugs, and kisses to Kendell . Reg'ee
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Regee
Member
10-09-2005
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 3:24 pm
Geesh, I meant to add this in the above post. Wargod, how is "BUD Baby" doing now and do you have any new photo's and have they caught that nasty person yet? Reg'ee
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 3:28 pm
SirBill, do you take in dogs from the pound and then find new homes for them, what exactly do you do? Im just curious. will thease pets be safe and will you be the one finding homes for them, I think they are adorable, and what you are doing is wonderfull.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 4:09 pm
A lot of the store brand foods (kibbles & bits, etc.) are not much more than play doh. The best kind of food to get dogs is from petco or petsmart. Specifically, a few super good ones are: Nutro Natural Choice Natural Balance Royal Canin Nature's Recipe Even ones that you think are great like IAMS and Eukenuba are not as good. You can ask your vet too. There is nothing wrong with any actual dog food, except they will poop more with the less healthy ones. I also like how PEdigree is doing the shelter dog promotion where a certain percentage of everything they sell goes to shelter dogs. SO YAY PEDIGREE!!!! I also love Petco and PetSmart as they help encourage people to get animals from shelters rather than buy them from horrible places like petland...
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 4:27 pm
I feed my dogs the Natures Recipe, they love it, and I feel good about the ingreadients. Love Petco as well.
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 4:40 pm
I LOVE PetSmart. We'll probably head there to pick up dog food tomorrow. My mom always fed our poodles Purina, so I think that's why that's what I got for the pooches. I'm pretty sure my vet says that one will work fine for the dogs. I was just kinda curious about everyone else. Petsmart does sell purina btw.. lol
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Sirbill
Member
11-09-2003
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 5:22 pm
Hey Chew, I take mommie and puppies from the shelter, I keep them them till the puppies are old enough to spay or neuter. We socialize them with other dogs, cats and groups of people. We have had good luck with ones that we have fostered. They all have been adopted since we started three years ago. Just a little note there are 9 babies.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 6:04 pm
I suggest the mama dog be named Hope.
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Regee
Member
10-09-2005
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 6:05 pm
Oh dear 9 babies, then that is like the Mother in the shoe. Can't say old as that pretty lady looks very young . How about "Mother Hubbard" and her babies in a shoe giggle. Reg'ee
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