Dogs - August 2007

i live alone, my work hours are roughly at 11am, i am able to come home at 12:30pm then back to work at about 1:30pm till 6pm. i am with him all through the night and in the morning, to exercise and play with him. he is coming up on 10 weeks old. he starts whining when i leave him alone. is 4 to 5 hours to long to be leaving him alone? i leave him toys and i leave my music on my laptop on.

before i have 2nd thoughts on him, i want to make sure he will be alright as long as i do my part outside of work. thanks

2007-08-14 21:28:12 · 7 answers · asked by Brian t 2

I just found out that grapes are toxic to dogs! I read it in an SPCA pamphlet and then asked the vet and she said that they can cause kidney failure!

See link below:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Can-Your-Dog-Be-Poisoned-From-Eating-Grapes-and-Raisins?&id=158400

2007-08-14 20:50:46 · 12 answers · asked by toonew2two 4

2007-08-14 20:08:08 · 14 answers · asked by Angela F 5

2007-08-14 19:38:34 · 16 answers · asked by natowifey 1

I feed my puppy Royal Canin. A nosy neighbor keeps insisting that we switch my puppy to Ol' Roy. She even brought me two bags of that stuff. She says that I am "throwing my money down the drain" by feeding my dog Royal Canin. She even got real upset and said that all dog food is made the same. She says that she feeds her dogs and cats Ol' Roy and they love it. She says that Ol' Roy was voted "Best tasting dog food in America". Personally I think she must own stock in Ol' Roy by the way she promotes that brand. I am suspicious of it because of the ingredients & low cost. Frankly, I don't want to take any chances with my puppy. I want to ensure he gets the nutrients that he needs from a high quality dog food.
My vet recommends Royal Canin. I told my Nosey neighbor this and she got mad and accused my VET of being "in Cahoots" with Royal Canin. She refused to take back the bags of Ol'Roy & got offended.
What do you think of Ol' Roy? I do not want to switch my dog food.

2007-08-14 19:36:06 · 21 answers · asked by Reyna 2

ive got a 16 yr old english cocker with bad teeth, he cant eat hard food anymore, and wont eat wet dog food before it gets hard, so we've been feeding him wet whiskas cat food. Is it safe or is it too rich for his digestine or what?

2007-08-14 19:23:32 · 17 answers · asked by bethan 3

when u think about it its better to buy from a pet shop because its for sure its gnna be healthy when they give u it cause they give it all the shots up to date and wormed and checked if its healthy. its not nice about the puppymill things but if there were no pet shops not manny people would have dogs cause personally i wouldnt trust a breader i never met before instead of just buying it from a public place.

2007-08-14 19:19:07 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

i bought a puppy from the petshop where millions of ppl buy em. the pupps had their shots and are checked out before u get it and they tell u the history of the parents grandparents of the puppy u get. and i don wnna support puppymills but i don trust to buy a puppy from others than the pet shop since soo many ppl buy em from there i seen. i don have a question but u can comment on what i did and how u feal about it

2007-08-14 19:08:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

My neighbor's teenage son taunts my dog, and of course my dog ends up barking incessantly. The neighbor comes out and hoses my dog with water and my dog runs away. This has happened a couple of times already, and now my dog is afraid of water. We are not on speaking terms with this particular neighbor, so it's very difficult to find a solution to this. Anybody have any ideas? They have been abusive to the point where they have kicked the fence when my dog barks at them, I don't know how to prevent my dog from barking at people who mistreat it either...

2007-08-14 18:52:09 · 15 answers · asked by helpme 1

For the past 2 days my 5 month old puppy has had diahrrea which is a little bit bloody, vomitted 2 or 3 times and is refusing to eat.
We took him to the vet this morning and immediately got him tested for Parvo, and the results were negative. He also tested to see if he is dehydrated, and he was not. The vet told us it is some sort of infection and just gave us antibiotics to adminster to the puppy 2 times a day. We gave it to him twice today and he hasn't been eating, but has been drinking. (the vet said he will eat when he is feeling a bit better ) He had some diahrrea today but only tonight it started getting a little bloody. And he hasn't vomited today either. I can't sleep because i keep worrying about him...can anyone give me any tips on what this infection might be so i can ask the vet about it!?

2007-08-14 18:24:15 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am about to order my dog some heart worm medicine from petmeds for the first time. Is there a difference between the Heartgard Plus and the generic kind Iverheart Plus?

2007-08-14 17:45:56 · 6 answers · asked by greenrose1922 4

My dog started seizing (or at least what seemed to be seizing) a little over a month ago. All the sudden his head started shaking but none of his extremities.. So, I took him to the ER and they put him on seizure watch for the night. He was prescribed phenobarbetol (sp?) However, he did not seize at all for weeks, and the medication made him pee in the house so we took him off of it (with the doctor's permission) thinking that maybe the seizure was a one time thing. But tonight he started again.. Same thing.. His head shakes uncontrollably for a few seconds (I counted a few different ones ranging from 3-18 seconds) but it's always just his head. He also seems aware while this is happening.. Does anyone know what this could be? We are really starting to think it could be something neurological.. Were planning on taking him to the vet this week but I figured I'd ask here just for my own curiosity. My worst fear would be a brain tumor or something like that. Please let me know!

2007-08-14 17:41:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would you be? I would be a Germain Shorthaired Pointer

2007-08-14 17:38:22 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it okay to feed my dog the yellow part of the egg after it's been hard boiled? It's all protein anyway right?

2007-08-14 17:34:02 · 7 answers · asked by greenrose1922 4

i need some simple i mean reallllllllly simple signs og dog pregnancy but good ones?thanks


and if your dog doesn thave all the signs can it still be pregnant

2007-08-14 17:25:14 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

every site that i have been to says they should have all opened their eyes by now yet the other 4 show no signs of being anywhere near opening their eyes i am a little concerned about this has anyone else had this problem

2007-08-14 17:24:33 · 10 answers · asked by carolyn m 1

i have a dog (unsure of the breed...bit of collie n sheppard) he is 6 months now and i have had him for 4months now. The first time I took him home he ate some cat food and now does not want to touch his food. I know certain foods are bad for dogs but he enjoys everything from chicken to cherries to yogurt. I have tried everything even making homemade ground turkey and brown rice (which he enjoys sometimes). Is there anything that i should try? He is very active running atleast 2 hours a day and is very obedient and trully is a good boy. He dosent seem to be starving or hungry and he is growing ok.
please help -a concerned mom

2007-08-14 17:17:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-14 17:11:44 · 14 answers · asked by matongmatongchu 1

2007-08-14 17:09:51 · 18 answers · asked by And i heard as it were a thunder 6

2007-08-14 16:36:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-14 16:33:49 · 10 answers · asked by Dani G 2

i am thinking of getting a dog and wanted to know. I live in an apartment so i need a small dog. also would it be better to get a puppy of older dog?

2007-08-14 16:16:40 · 13 answers · asked by Olivia 1

I understand that its probably sad but it hasn't ate all day. He was with the older woman for about 4 years and she gave him to me because she knew I would take care of it. I've been trying to play with it for hours! It still just lies there and looks sad. He only lifts his head when someone is at the door. His food is out and he sniffed and licked it a few times but thats all. He's a house trained miniature schnauzer by the way...What can I do to get him to respond to me? How can I cure his sadness?

2007-08-14 16:04:40 · 13 answers · asked by Queen Powerpuff [thinks ur cute] 7

2007-08-14 15:51:36 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

My dog is a small poodle two days ago while playing in the yard a new neighbor let her young son come into my yard (private property by the way) and he tried to grab my dog the dog barked at him now she claims that my dog is a viscious little creature and the animal control forced me to take him to the shelter for 10 days for observation I think this is not fair since my dog was in my property the little kid should not have come in and my poor dog now has to stay alone where there not going to care for him as I do (believe me you would feel the same way if you saw how the shelter looks) well i don't know what to do please help.

2007-08-14 15:51:30 · 15 answers · asked by cutemickey 2

I went to the vet bcuz my roomies (who's out of town) dog had a laceration on his leg that needed to be fixed. They tried to charge my roomate 400 dollars to clean the wound, stitch him up, and for antibiotics. Knowing this was a lot of money, I called my roomate and he flipped. Said he wouldn't pay more than 150. (In his defense, they were wanting to do all kinds of expensive blood work and stuff that even I really figured was unnessasary.)
So I ask them what the bare minimum was that would fix the problem. They come back and say that they can cut out the blood work and do it for 110. My roomate (via phone) agrees, and looong story short the place was slammed. The vet gave the wrong instructions for the medicine (the dog could have oded if I hadn't asked her if it were right), and they didn't even stitch him up like they said! My bf was late for school, so when we left I didn't bother to check the dogs bandage.
I got home, and the bandage doesn't even cover the wound.

2007-08-14 15:45:18 · 5 answers · asked by belle 5

We were on the patio and came inside, our dog had got a fruit roll up and ate paper and all. Will he get sick or just be a little fruity?

2007-08-14 15:31:47 · 15 answers · asked by grannywinkie 6

just for him to walk in front of or next to me on the leash..

2007-08-14 15:26:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't know if I should be using up the energy at my house if he isn't gonna pay attention to them or he doesn't really benefit from the shows or not. Any help?

2007-08-14 15:24:19 · 40 answers · asked by Sir L@ncelot 2

I want a golden retriever or Lab. retriever. I don't want it to sleep in my house, or even be in my house. I don't want it to sleep outside so I need to know if it is ok to sleep in my garage, but be an outside dog.

2007-08-14 15:24:00 · 23 answers · asked by jhines@swbell.net 1