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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 9:07 am
Serate, I am sorry for your broken heart, but like Calmity said, Wow! 17 years was a wonderful run for any dog. How blessed you were!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 9:16 am
What a loss, Serate. 
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 9:19 am
I am so sorry Serate. Such great pictures, it shows that he was so special. I understand your pain.
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 9:34 am
((((((Serate and Buford))))) Those pictures are wonderful. Nan, this article has circulated through the Sussex sites also, and it IS TRUE!! Thank you for posting it! Happy B'day to Maggie Mae! She's so cute! Happy B'day to you too, Ophilliasgrandma! My dog is SO broken! Now Ollie has added twice daily doses of Vaseline applied to his upper nose. His nose started cracking due to the dryness. This poor guy is only 4 1/2!! Ear stuff twice a week, nose twice a day, allergy pills twice a day, eye ointment as needed, special prescription bath soap and conditioner, special venison and potato diet, Corta-flex once a day, Derma-caps once a day and special chewie things for his teeth! Sheesh!! He has made some major progress, so it is all worth it. He has more meds in his medicine cabinet that I do!!! LOL
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 10:01 am
Kst, re you dog...I'm speechless!
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 10:08 am
*HUGZ* to Serate. Thanks so much for sharing the photos.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 12:37 pm
Kstme..I had to chuckle because that was what I said about Sophie too...more meds than me...and she had a separate medicine chest. I was going to ask our vet if he can use any of it for Paws. He gives a lot of his time to our North Beach Paws. We put vitamin E on Sophies dry nose. I just bought the capsules and bit off one end and smeared in on...every day. But I would do it all three times over if I could just have her with me again!!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 12:56 pm
Thanks for all the kind words. 17 years is an extremely long time for a dog his size to live so we were blessed with each day we had with him. One of my favorite memories was when I came home from college the first time he was big - hadn't seen him in 3 months and he had gotten huge almost over night. I went to the front door and he put his paws up on the inside and started snarling his teeth at me. He had the hugest teeth ever. So of course I wouldn't go in, just started yelling in the screen trying to get somebody to pull him back so I could come in, then went around back and found my brother in the garage. Told him Boofy wouldn't let me inside. Went back up front, Boo did it again. It wasn't a mean snarl, he was GRINNING. And after the time I came home as a surprise not telling anybody and he passed out with excitement, I always had to call first and let them know I was coming and they'd start talking about me a couple hours before I'd get there to get him worked up slowly so he wouldn't pass out again. He'll be missed, but it was his time. Kstme what is wrong with Ollie?
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 1:13 pm
Serate...what a great story! He sounds like personality plus. I need some help...some suggestions please!! Evidently Charlie's teeth must really be bothering him. He can't pass anything without chewing on it. DH just caught him stripping the weather striping on the door. We are going into town tomorrow to get those covers for all the wires. All my floor plants are sitting up on boxes where he can't reach them. I gave him one of those nylabones like we gave Lucee...he immediately chewed off a big chunk. I gave him a carrot, Sophie always liked to chew on those...Charlie much prefers furniture. If any one has any ides please let me know...I will try anything! I keep telling DH "Don't yell at him...pick him up and move him or give him a toy." I think DH is going to start yelling at me!
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Merrysea
Member
08-13-2004
| Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 1:19 pm
I sprayed things with bitter apple so Archie wouldn't chew on them, and always made sure he had plenty of chew toys. Kong rubber bones hold up to quite a bit of chewing. Or you might want to get some bones from the butcher for him (although Archie can go through one of those in just a few hours, too - but he still has his Kong bone intact).
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Crzndeb
Member
07-26-2004
| Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 2:24 pm
Kong's are great..I put some kibble with peanut butter in Ozzie's. SG, you can also freeze it then with treats inside and Charlie should work on that for quite a while. Ozzie, who is a sheperd/dobie mix and 1 1/2 yo, still chews on the weirdest things. There's no way I could ever leave him in the house alone. At least not for another 10 years, anyway...LOL!
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 2:25 pm
they have stuff at walmart for you to spray on things so dogs won't chew. In the pet dept. We got some, then forgot about it.. LOL
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 2:59 pm
Supergranny, I used citrus sprays, but have heard the bitter apple is wonderful. LOTS of toys! lol Isn't it fun having a puppy? At least, you know this will pass soon! You're certainly doing everything the right way. Serate, that was a terrific story! He must have been such a card! Serate, Ollie's a bit of a medical mess! None of the other Sussex in his family seem to have any of the problems he's having/had. He has juvenile arthritis in his right hip and stretched the cl twice. Came within hours of having surgery! The Corta-flex has made all the difference! He remains on limited exercise because of the cl. He's a Spaniel and as such, has those nasty ears if we don't keep on top of them. The ear stuff goes to all three. You should see them line up for it! LOL They don't like it, but they know an ice cube is a special reward for good behavior! All three of them get the Derma-caps. It's really helped clear up dry skin, except with Sir O's nose, which just started last week! He likes to sit with his head hanging out the dog door. This works wonders for his allergies, too! NOT! The vet recommended trying the Vaseline first because the dosage of Derma-cap is pretty strong. ALL the other meds are for his allergies! He was so sick from December to Mid-April that we weren't sure he was going to make it. If you can imagine this...he was having so many problems with food that he developed gingivitis that wasn't caught in time and he lost a tooth! It happened in just 6 weeks and I was astounded! Blamed myself for not taking proper care of him, but the Vet said it was because we were working through trying to figure out what was causing the problems and not neglect. I still blame myself for this! A back molar on his upper right side. Now he gets the special hypo-allergic chewies every other day! A word about dogs and allergies. Ollie did NOT show any signs, at first. He is an incredibly stoic dog and he almost died before we realized what was happening to him. He didn't scratch any more than normal, didn't roll around outside any more than normal. His eyes would always get a bit yukky after bathing, so we didn't think too much about it and I just cleaned them as normal. He's always licked his paws, so that wasn't a big deal, either. THEN...right before Christmas, I was grooming him <I do all the grooming for the three of them every other week and brush them every other day> and when I flipped him over, his under carriage looked like he had the measles! He had sores that, literally, developed OVER NIGHT! He could barely move and couldn't eat. I was hysterical! Something was making Oliver sick and we didn't even know 'where' to begin to find it. Nothing in his world had changed. It IS VERY unusual for a dog to develop allergies at Ollie's age. They usually develop them before the age of 3. We completely changed his diet, ran blood tests and basically fretted through the first 4 months of this year. He is allergic to DUST, chicken, glutton, corn and other stuff like tree and flower pollens. Yep, he likes to keep his head through that dog door...argh! So, what I am trying to say, is if you're dogs show ANY signs of ANYTHING that isn't 'normal' have them checked out immediately!! He continues to have numerous 'patches' on his legs and feet that come and go with flare-ups. He's my poor broken Oliver, but I love him with all my heart! sniff, sniff
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 4:30 pm
Serate, I'm so sorry for the loss of your big ol' guy. It's good that you can realize it was time, but I know it is still real hard anyway.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 10:00 am
i never had a dog who liked the kong. we put peanut butter in it and everything. neither dog even looked at it. we gave one kong to a friend and her dog has chewed it for days straight! kendall got mad the other day when dd and i left him home when we went to do errands. when we got home, i asked what i 'owed' him for making him stay home for all of one-half hour. well, i found out: he had taken dd's backpack and put it by the front door. it was time for her to move out! he had my checkbook out and opened to where i could write him a check. it was in his bed. funniest thing of all: he had taken his leash down off the hook and had it wrapped twice around his neck and was holding the handle part in his mouth, ready to go at a moment's notice. he really does have a sense of humor!
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Joely
Member
09-24-2005
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 10:35 pm
SupperG... a tip from Julip to me and to now to you... Vicks Vapor Rub! They won't go near it! 
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 10:42 pm
i remember when vito had a hot spot and no med or remedy would keep him from chewing. the vet suggested i put some vaseline on him and shake some red pepper flakes in the area. being a true member of our 'the hotter and spicier the better family', he sat down and ate it all off. he was rather thirsty later, but the pepper flakes didn't bother him much. we finally just had to put his cone-head back on for a week or so in order for his chewed areas to heal.
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Julip
Member
09-28-2005
| Friday, May 12, 2006 - 5:01 am
My ears were burning, Joely! lol! Yes, as Joely said - they won't go near the Vicks Vapor Rub. It really does the trick! I had tried Bitter Apple when Daphne was teething, but I think she would have asked for a straw and and a cocktail umbrella if she could have! Her trainer suggested the VVR, and it was like magic! Just a thin swipe will do it. I never even went through a whole small tin of it. If I was right there to see her back off from the 'bad' thing, I stuffed her 'good' toy in her mouth immediately with praise to give her the right idea. The only sacrifice we had before we tried the VVR was a little bit of a corner of an old coffee table, but one little swab nipped that in the bud - so we lucked out. 
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Friday, May 12, 2006 - 4:46 pm
here's a picture of dogdoc's beloved dee dee. isn't she sweet?
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Friday, May 12, 2006 - 4:48 pm
Ohhhhhh she is sweet....she looks a bit like a Deer. I'm sure she is a 'dear'. hee hee
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 10:43 am
DH made this stepping stone in remembrance of Sophie...it is still curing out and when it's dried out it will go in the yard under the plum tree where she is buried. He did a great job and that looks like her standing under the sun. She was a big sun lover and found even the tiniest rays to lay in. We called her our California dog.

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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 10:55 am
That's beautiful SG!
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 11:12 am
Supergranny, does you DH make these to sell? I sure would like to have something like that to mark Alex's grave.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 11:25 am
This is his first original design like that and he really worked and stewed over it. The stepping stones are out of concrete and really heavy. It is so special to me...I think he will get lucky tonite!!
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Regee
Member
10-09-2005
| Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 12:04 pm
That is "SO BEAUTIFUL" SG. Sure wish he would make them to sell as I also would love to have on for my beloved white boxer Rae'mee Girl. She also loved the sun, hated the wind, rain, snow, thunder, etc. She was such a whimp.
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