Pets - 11 August 2007

A few years ago i got a new puppy. He is nice to everyone, and loves to play. Whenever i feed him if anyone is within 20 feet of him he growls and snarls his teeth. He has never gone a day without food, and no one has ever taken food from him. Is there anyway i can get him to stop doing this? Sometimes if i feed him outside i can hear him growling and there isn't even anyone out there.

2007-08-11 12:10:46 · 16 answers · asked by chris l 1 in Dogs

i mean i asked a question once i asked what breed some people might suggest for me and i said like details of what my homes like and yard and how many times i walk a dog i said i would probaly be able to walk a dog 4 times a week ... then some one went and said somthing like oh the poor dog will only get to pee 4 times a week that made me tick !!! i mean the dog will have larg yard to pee ugh !!!! then some one said every dog needs walking like 3 times a day ... i was like no way !!!! ugh ...... people need to think when they said " every dog needs a walking 3 times a day " omg the dog i have now barrely needs walking she sleeps all day but she keeps active when we go to are bungalo shes healthy shes not fat but not to skinny i mean some people ugh !!! think !!!! oh by the way i do walk the dog i have now but my dog actually doesnt like being walkedd !! weird i know lol .... my dog just likes running around our yard or going to the beach or bungalo :)

2007-08-11 12:07:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

Hi. My family is adopting a dog now that our last dog has passed. We visited a shelter today and are going back soon. There are a few dogs we are interested in. The first dog in a 10 month old red bone coonhound/ merema (sp?) mix. He weighs 70 pounds and is going to be very big- think great dane big. The other dog is a collie/ shepherd mix and is 4 years old. They are both very sweet. The collie likes to be around people all the time because she has seperation anxiety (and because we have a family of 6) someone is always home. The coonhound loves people but is a bit more independent and loves to run. We have a big yard. We are thinking of adopting them both but we do not know if they will get along. (we think the coonhound may be to agressive), we have many other animals too that they need to get along with, cats, guenia pigs, horses, fish (big pond) and its just a tough decision. Help?

2007-08-11 12:06:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

I took my dog to the vet today for boosters and they noticed she had a little patch of hair missing ftom her tail. She asked if Lucy chewed on that area and I have never seen her do that. So she asked if she could test her thyroid...with a blood test and it came back at the lowest end of the normal range. She said we would have to retest in 6 months and if it dips below that magic mark on the scale, she would have to go on meds, twice daily for a month. If you have experience with this, please tell me what you know. We love her dearly, but at the same time, she is a dog. What would an underactive thyroid mean for her? Just curious...please don't judge me about saying she is only a dog. She is overly loved in our home...I just don't want to throw money at the vet if I don't have to.

2007-08-11 12:05:03 · 6 answers · asked by jlcintexas 3 in Dogs

2007-08-11 12:04:08 · 7 answers · asked by ericamyers06 2 in Dogs

i have 2 sword tails 3 danieos and 3 tiger barbs

2007-08-11 12:00:48 · 9 answers · asked by cole r 1 in Fish

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2007-08-11 11:56:04 · 12 answers · asked by Teran 2 in Dogs

Okay, I was thinking a 30 or 55 Gallon tank...what do you think? I have 14 guppy fry (11:1 1/2 months old and 3:3 months), 5 assorted tetras, 6 platy, 1 pleco, 2 female betta, and 2 african dwarf frogs. I know they can all go together because, I have my female bettas with my tetras, and frogs...and I previously had the guppies and platies with the bettas too...I just wanted some input to see what others thought. Ohh and one of my tanks got snails from the live plants I bought!!!! How do I get rid of them without hurting my fish????

Thanks for any info!!

2007-08-11 11:54:04 · 10 answers · asked by Leilani 2 in Fish

i dont know why but my dog always barks very early in the morning (6 -7) to go pee, and i even tryed taking him late in the night. he is a full grown dog and how do i keep him from barking so early?

2007-08-11 11:48:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

2007-08-11 11:46:05 · 10 answers · asked by queensrightelbow 2 in Dogs

2007-08-11 11:45:12 · 5 answers · asked by 道森３ 1 in Birds

I DONT LET MY CAT GO OUT BECAUSE SHES PURE WHITE N BLUE EYES AND SHE WILL GET JACKED!!!. MY FEMALE CAT AINT SEEN A CAT SINCE SHE HAS LEFT HER LITTER SHE IS NOW 3 YEAR OLD CAN I REHOME ANOTHER CAT? WOULD SHE FIGHT WITH IT OR SNEER? IS IT POSSIBAL TO GET ANOTHER CAT

2007-08-11 11:40:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

my cat is pregant((we dont know how far along!))
can anybody give me some tips on whatt to look for?
and i need tips for during the birthing of the kittens... what to do ... supplys?

2007-08-11 11:33:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

tell me if you think it is good or bad for the hamster and is i should use one

2007-08-11 11:29:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Rodents

My Jack Russell has a sbmissive peeing problem... She is fine with me but when my boyfriend comes home she pees everywhere.... How can we fix this?? He has tried ignoring her completely and just leaving her alone... she still pees... Understably upsetting him which I think in turn upsets her more. Any ideas??

2007-08-11 11:27:08 · 3 answers · asked by LeAnn 1 in Dogs

i need to be between 70%-85% how can i get it up to there ? now its like 60% it needs to get higher.

2007-08-11 11:22:00 · 6 answers · asked by Kimberly V 1 in Reptiles

My two 11 month old puppies are chewing all of my furniture. everytime they r chewing on something i pick them up and give them a chew toy. they chew it for like... 10 seconds then run back to the furniture they were chewing. i keep on picking them up and giving them a chew toy but nothing is working. The vet said that i should just pick them up and give them a chew toy. i guess he was wrong... =( also..... i was wondering.. How do i stop the constant whining!?!?! they hate to be alone.... help me? thx

2007-08-11 11:19:50 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

It kept biting at my dogs neck (she's a golden retriever and not very aggressive). The owner of the husky said that all her dog needed was for my dog to react to hers in a defensive way (snarl, bite back) and then her dog would leave mine alone. I didn't say anything but I was thinking she should take her dog home. Her dog was doing this with all the new arrivals to the park. Finally I took mine home and she was really glad to get away from there....she normally loves it there and has a great time.
What would you have said/done?

2007-08-11 11:16:38 · 9 answers · asked by Dellajoy 6 in Dogs

My aquarium light blew a fuse. It was a FS-U fuse/starter. Petco only has FS-20 & FS-40 fuses/starters. My light is 20 watts. Can i use an FS-20 instead of an FS-U? Thanks!

2007-08-11 11:13:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

I was just wondering everyone's opinion on the no-chaining for dogs.
I'm about 50/50 for it.
50% of me supports it because of the people who chain their dogs out and don't pay any attention to them.
Or feed them etc.
And then again some dogs cannot be broughten inside.
(*But thats not really an excuse, anyone could get a fence put up*)


But the other 50% opposes it.
And thats only because I have a Blue Tick Koon Dog (hunting dog)
And she doesn't get along well with my cats.
&&She especially doesn't like it in the house.
(We brought her in once when it was cold out and she just cried and cried until she got outside)
But eventually I got a kennel/fence put up outside so shes chain free now=D

But I was just wondering everyones opinion!

2007-08-11 11:11:35 · 14 answers · asked by Beauty&Soul 2 in Dogs

ok i allready know the answer since ring worm its a very contagious Fongus but i want other people to speak up in the matter since today im having a house meeting, and help me out with a humane solution to keep me and my pets safe yet not harming my roomates dog.

This its my roomates dog and he refuses to leave the dog outside or in a crate therefore my dog and my cat has to be lock in a room, Because i dont want them to get infected...
yet this its too late for me i just came from the hospital and i got some pills and creams and along with a badge of honor because of my roomate irresponsability, avandoment for his dog and bad hygene around others.

here are some pictures of the first week we are now in week 5 and the infection has spread all over his body and legs except his face...


http://images.munkypix.com/1638/l_489ed19ea5185dc48abf8a483c28b995.jpg

http://images.munkypix.com/1638/l_c5afec7d3d633f8e5b0fb5160600060b.jpg

2007-08-11 11:11:26 · 4 answers · asked by iday_iday 3 in Dogs

would someone please tell me why my two and a half year old nutered cat is trying to scratch inside his ears. he has scratched so hard until he has scratched out all the hair near his ear and it turned red. i put a lil antibiotic cream(neosporin)on the sore area and i orderd some anti itch hydrocotizone cream from drs. foster & smith for the itching, but he still keeps trying to scratch in his ear. could it be ear mites? when i look in his ears, they look clean.i dont have money for a vet, so is there something i can buy from petland discount in my neighborhood that would help with whatever is in his ears, now hes started to scratch at both of them. thank you so much for any answers(in laymans terms please).

2007-08-11 11:08:11 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

i need to know what to feed my dog because this is my first time owning a dog!

2007-08-11 11:05:31 · 28 answers · asked by angel_hannah1047 1 in Dogs

my female pug dog is 2+years old. in her 3rd heat, tried to breed her. wouldn't let male mount, didn't get breed. now this is her 4th heat. she is now holding tail up, but won't let male mount. i'm afriad i will miss her heat again. i tried holding her, but she is real strong and pulled away. what should i do? i also have another pug, she is the mom of the 2 year old. while the mom was being breed my 2 year old came in heat and cryed to get with the male to be breed. the 2 year old does the dance but won't let the male mount.

2007-08-11 11:05:13 · 6 answers · asked by james a 2 in Dogs

I recently got two kittens. They're about 12 weeks old now and I just took them to the vet yesterday for the first time. Since it was the first time, they gave us a couple "kitten kits." One of the things was a sample of heartguard. I give my dogs heartguard, so I am familiar with it. But the vet said they don't recommend giving it to cats. She said they can get heartworms like dogs do, but she doesn't recommend giving heartguard to cats. But she said it was up to us to decide whether or not we want to and that some people do. I didn't think to ask the vet why while I was there (because I'm an idiot), so I was wondering if any of you knew why they don't recommend it? Also, how do they get heartworms? They're inside cats and litter box trained, so would it be less likely for them to get heartworms since they won't be going outside? Thanks.

2007-08-11 11:04:08 · 13 answers · asked by je t'♥ 5 in Cats

2007-08-11 11:00:39 · 10 answers · asked by tonydurkan37 1 in Cats

It is now about many other breeds. Did you know in some cities they are thinking about banning all breeds over 40 #. Do not think it can not happen just look at Louisville new pet law. Any gbreed is just one bite away from someone wanting to ban it.

2007-08-11 10:59:57 · 9 answers · asked by raven blackwing 6 in Dogs

I have to give my persian a dose of L-Lysine each day. I bought the tablets and have tried grinding them, smashing them, and lately letting them sit in a syringe overnight with water to dilute them. But they're grainy and my poor boy gages every time. Is there such a thing as liquid L-Lysine?

2007-08-11 10:52:47 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

2007-08-11 10:51:43 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

I've heard about people keeping miniature ponys in their house just like dogs... let them sleep on their bed etc. And I know they can be used for blind people instead of seeing eye dogs.... is it really a good idea to keep a miniature pony inside, even if it gets adequate time and exercise outdoors? If so, can they be potty trained like dogs so they don't mess in the house?
How pricey are they - how much money should be expected to be spent on food etc.?

2007-08-11 10:48:20 · 12 answers · asked by horselady 2 in Horses