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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 1:01 am
OMG!
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 1:40 am
Good LORD!! LOL Corned beef is also highly seasoned with other spices too. It always amazes me how our pets can gork down large amounts of food when they think they are being sneaky about it. I was just in the Cat thread talking about the time my Booboo gorked down a platter of LOX. very very salty lox.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 1:45 am
The vet showed me how to gently express the anal glands. It is way easier on doggie to be done every day or two then letting it build up. She yelped so loud and kicked out(with a ruptured ACL!!) when the vet did it the first time. I didnt want that to happen again. My Sheena, RIP, stopped being able to lick/groom/clean herself when she developed arthritis and had surgery on her knee. I was on anal gland duty for years LOL My family was grossed out by it as WOW it could stink up the room LOL.
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 8:51 am
Sheba emerged from the dog house probably around 10:00 yesterday morning, and I ran out with pill wrapped in peanut butter ball, pried her mouth open and put the ball on the roof of her mouth, as I have been doing. She is really hating the peanut butter now. She ended up back in the house when it was time for her evening dose. I got to thinking that I had not seen her eating for at least a couple of days (doesn't mean she hasn't, just that I haven't seen her), and she was still feeling poorly. I decided to see if she would eat some canned food. So, I put some on a plate, took it out and stuck it in front of her. She scarfed it down. I stuck the antibiotic in it while she was eating and she ate it with no problem. I went back in and made one more meatball to put her pain pill in, and she ate that, too. Half an hour later, she was on the back porch eating dry food, and seemingly feeling a bit better. She ate her canned food this morning, with her pill inside. She's still not feeling great, but I think a little better than she has most of the week.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 1:57 pm
Maggie and I went on our first 2 mile walk today. I wore my black sweatshirt and she wore her new red sweater. Just wanted to share!

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 2:39 pm
So sweet! But are you sure that leash is thick enough? Wouldn't want her to break away.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 3:14 pm
Ah thanks OG! I think the leash is thick enough. Maggie is only an 8 pound dog. Oh know, now you've got me wondering! LOL! Another look

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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 3:27 pm
good work, slinky!!! vaca, what a sweet pup! did you have to carry it for the last mile?! kendall did not eat his morning food. i had to put all new pills in cottage cheese. he ate maybe 2 bites. sometimes he eats like a pig one day and then barely eats for 2. sigh. he is acting very skittish and not eating much today. if he doesn't eat well by tomorrow, i may have to take him to the vet's office. at least i was able to put the liquid zithro into his mouth and push the syringe plunger. all day he has wanted to graze on moss and twigs and grass, but very little real food. he is snorting (reverse sneezing) quite a bit, but the nose is mostly dry and he isn't coughing at all. this little guy is like a multiple personality. full of piss and vinegar and eating like a champ one day, skittish and refusing to eat the next. i had to sleep on the couch again last night, so he could sleep on the floor next to me. i am not worried so much about the not eating much. vito did that sometimes, too. a lot one day, very little the next. it's just hard when his meds are in the food and he needs the meds. maybe we are going to have an earthquake?! 
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 5:57 pm
I wonder if moss makes your dog sick? Apparently, many plants make them ill. I don't know anything about dogs, I'm just thinkin'...
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 7:16 pm
Tabby posted a good list in RN the other day for cats, but.. I'm sure some of them affect dogs, too.. I think I'll post it in the cats thread too.. Tabbyking Member 03-11-2002 Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 9:32 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plants Poisonous to Cats Almond (Pits of) Aloe Vera Alocasia Amaryllis Apple (seeds) Apple Leaf Croton Apricot (Pits of) Arrowgrass Asparagus Fern Autumn Crocus Avacado (fuit and pit) Azalea Baby's Breath Baneberry Bayonet Beargrass Beech Belladonna Bird of Paradise Bittersweet Black-eyed Susan Black Locust Bleeding Heart Bloodroot Bluebonnet Box Boxwood Branching Ivy Buckeyes Buddist Pine Burning Bush Buttercup Cactus, Candelabra Caladium Calla Lily Castor Bean Ceriman Charming Dieffenbachia Cherry (pits, seeds & wilting leaves) Cherry, most wild varieties Cherry, ground Cherry, Laurel Chinaberry Chinese Evergreen Christmas Rose Chrysanthemum Cineria Clematis Cordatum Coriaria Cornflower Corn Plant Cornstalk Plant Croton Corydalis Crocus, Autumn Crown of Thorns Cuban Laurel Cutleaf Philodendron Cycads Cyclamen Daffodil Daphne Datura Deadly Nightshade Death Camas Devil's Ivy Delphinium Decentrea Dieffenbachia Dracaena Palm Dragon Tree Dumb Cane Easter Lily * Eggplant Elaine Elderberry Elephant Ear Emerald Feather English Ivy Eucalyptus Euonymus Evergreen Ferns Fiddle-leaf fig Florida Beauty Flax Four O'Clock Foxglove Fruit Salad Plant Geranium German Ivy Giant Dumb Cane Glacier IvyGolden Chain Gold Dieffenbachia Gold Dust Dracaena Golden Glow Golden Pothos Gopher Purge Hahn's Self-Branching Ivy Heartland Philodendron Hellebore Hemlock, Poison Hemlock, Water Henbane Holly Honeysuckle Horsebeans Horsebrush Horse Chestnuts Hurricane Plant Hyacinth Hydrangea Indian Rubber Plant Indian Tobacco Iris Iris Ivy Jack in the Pulpit Janet Craig Dracaena Japanese Show Lily * Java Beans Jessamine Jerusalem Cherry Jimson Weed Jonquil Jungle Trumpets Kalanchoe Lacy Tree Philodendron Lantana Larkspur Laurel Lily Lily Spider Lily of the Valley Locoweed Lupine Madagascar Dragon Tree Marble Queen Marigold Marijuana Mescal Bean Mexican Breadfruit Miniature Croton Mistletoe Mock Orange Monkshood Moonseed Morning Glory Mother-in Law's Tongue Morning Glory Mountain Laurel Mushrooms Narcissus Needlepoint Ivy Nephytis Nightshade Oleander Onion Oriental Lily * Peace Lily Peach (pits and wilting leaves) Pencil Cactus Peony Periwinkle Philodendron Pimpernel Plumosa Fern Poinciana Poinsettia (low toxicity) Poison Hemlock Poison Ivy Poison Oak Pokeweed Poppy Potato Pothos Precatory Bean Primrose Privet, Common Red Emerald Red Princess Red-Margined Dracaena Rhododendron Rhubarb Ribbon Plant Rosemary Pea Rubber Plant Saddle Leaf Philodendron Sago Palm Satin Pothos Schefflera Scotch Broom Silver Pothos Skunk Cabbage Snowdrops Snow on the Mountain Spotted Dumb Cane Staggerweed Star of Bethlehem String of Pearls Striped Dracaena Sweetheart Ivy Sweetpea Swiss Cheese plant Tansy Mustard Taro Vine Tiger Lily * Tobacco Tomato Plant (green fruit, stem and leaves) Tree Philodendron Tropic Snow Dieffenbachia Tulip Tung Tree Virginia Creeper Water Hemlock Weeping Fig Wild Call Wisteria Yews -- e.g. Japanese Yew English Yew Western Yew American Yew
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 8:09 pm
i hope moss isn't poisonous...i don't think he really got any because it's so short. but he drove me nuts for a while! he finally ate some food. he is now about 8 hours behind on his meds. grumble, grumble!
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 8:15 pm
sunshyne - a quick note for you, my mom's Cairn had the same problem, it ruptured (which apparently is a good thing) and there were actuallly two holes. Mom had him sit in an warm epsom salt bath three times a day (which he apparently loved) and it really helped clear it up quick. While in the bath Mom did the massage of the gland to clean things out. Not sure how big your pooch is but thought it might help.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 8:20 pm
Bic, that sounded like quite the ordeal. But I have to say you have a way with words and can really paint a picture, and I must admit I could not help laughing a time or two but feel incredibly guilty for it.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 10:54 pm
My dog was nibbling on moss on our patio today. I hope it's not poisonous too...
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Bicbicz911
Member
08-20-2005
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 2:47 am
Jasper, I will also admit to laughing a bit myself, just not during the "really ugly" part. Brodie is doing just fine, she has the constitution of a horse. Now that the pumpkin is out of her system, that is.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 2:54 am
Thx Jasper I'll keep that in mind if I get another dog. When I said My Sheena, RIP, in my prev post I maybe should have typed out RIP in its full form. (rest in peace). She passed away a couple of years ago. Since she had so many health probs I pop in here and see if I can put my 2 cents worth in....maybe to help someone. I wish I knew more at that time. It would have made life a lot easier.
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 8:12 am
I fear that Sheba is close to the end. I haven't seen any spark out of her since Saturday evening, and that wasn't much of one. Before that, no spark since Tuesday. She won't eat the canned food now, or apparently anything else. She also feels kind of stiff this morning, like Sandy did last summer a day or two before she died. It's very sad.
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Regee
Member
10-09-2005
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 8:37 am
((((HUGS to you Slinkydog)))) I am so sorry.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 9:19 am
a dog was hit and killed by a car in front of my house on Saturday night. this dog was not on a leash and I usually do not see this dog in the front of my house (which is on a very busy street) the driver that hit him was very upset. he said the dog just ran out in front of him and he had no time to stop. they found the owner and she was upset as well. the dog just dashes out the door the minute she opens it. he never goes to the busy street and usually comes home within 15 minutes. she was going to pass papers on a house next month that had a fenced in yard for the dog.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 10:42 am
Sorry Sunshyne, I read that like you were referring to two different dogs. Dfennessey - that is so sad. Poor pooch.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 5:44 pm
Bomba was just outside barking. So I went to the door to holler at him to come in. I got to the door and yelled, "C'mon you two!" Boomer's been gone almost a year and a half now. I can't believe I just did that! At least it didn't stab me through the heart as severely as it did when I'd slip up like that before. Maybe Boomer was here for a visit and was romping in the yard with his brother. I left the door open a minute or so longer after Bomba came in, just in case.....of course, Boomer was usually the first one in the door anyway. 
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Regee
Member
10-09-2005
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 6:17 pm
Oh Whoami (((HUGS TO YOU)) I still do that when I talk to or call him in; Casper my white boxer but I lost Raemee my first white boxer about 3 years ago to cancer so I know what you mean.
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 6:36 pm
Thanks for the hugs, Regee. I took water out to Sheba this afternoon, since she wasn't coming to get it. She took a few licks, which did not get much in to her, then refused anymore. I went out every couple of hours just to pet and talk to her, so she wouldn't think that I'm trying to force meds down her every time I come out. I hate to see her feeling so bad.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 8:05 pm
((((slinky and sheba))))
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 8:50 pm
Dylan reading to our foster pups

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