Dogs - September 2007

Should you pin an Alaskan Malamute?
The American breeder i bought an Al Mal from (for $2000) told me to pin the nose and make the Mal lie flat on it's side (NOT THE ALPHA ROLL ON IT'S BACK) if it tries to be dominant & growl at me or anyone. I saw her do this with a huge 4 year old male, she did it with ease & the dog was instantly submissive for the next 2 hours but ................

Is this something alot of Malamute owners do? I know they suffer from establishing the top pack position via dominance but is this counter productive or fueling feelings of striving to be pack leader more so.

Any experience of this anyone?

2007-09-30 23:51:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

my brother has a st bernard dog that has just suddenly started to miss behave a night, he has been sleeping down stairs with the dog for the past month now while his wife and twin baby boys are upstairs, and things are now getting a lot worse and i'm very worried.
the dog started misbehaving only at night by barging through doors and constantly whinning and the odd bark when the family went top bed, and when he was told to stop it he would growl, then last week he bit my brothers arm but never drew the blood, only on saturday night the same thing happened only this time he bit straight threw my brothers arm and he had to have 9 stitches,they have twin boys that are 9 months old and i,m very worried for them not that the dog has ever shown anyh aggression towards them but i dont think he can be trusted now, my sister-in law feels the same but my brother says he will have him neutered and that will stop the problems they are having.
has any one ever had any experience with st bernard

2007-09-30 23:47:24 · 23 answers · asked by lovebug 3

2007-09-30 22:40:00 · 17 answers · asked by teenwolf 13 1

hi our dog had fleas,

was bitten quite alot i think he has alot of scabs and is itchin constantly. we havent washed him

i just wondered what we could use on him>

lotion? omega oil? something in his food?

plz advice ta

2007-09-30 22:37:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

hi

we were treatig our dog 4 fleas with frontline. for 2/3 weeks. we were spraying the house carpets with RIP spray and hoovering.

at first we didnt think it was working as we still seen them but recently we havent seen any. we got our dog a haircut as well, he's still itchin but we think thats just from the scabs.

trouble is. im scared to put heating on in case it resurrects them. so at the moment we are sitting freezing in our house which is silly as we know the heat can cause them to hatch.

i really hope they are on their way out. but just cos we havent seen any does this mean they;re gone, or eggs r still there? the spray we used on carpets kills eggs aswell (supposedly)

what do we do now...carry on as normal? i still would like to get the carpets cleaned.

please advice thanx

2007-09-30 22:35:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

well i was telling my older sister about me wanting to change my 12 week old puppy's diet. he is on kibble now and i am very interested in RAW.... but i havent made the change because i want to look in to that more. (i know VERY little) so today i went out and my sister was cooking with chicken breast... i guess she decided to let him try a WHOLE piece of chicken breast!! when i got home my younger sister who is 7years old ran up to me and told me that puppy loved the raw chicken with skin and bones, and that he wanted more, but my sister cooked it all!!! i was kind of freaking out a little, well alot!! seeing that he had ate kibble before he got the chicken. i got upset at my sister because i am not sure if that is okay.... so please, if you know anything about my question let me know!!
thanks

2007-09-30 21:28:59 · 16 answers · asked by Blah-Blah 2

2007-09-30 20:06:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm waiting on the vet's opinion right now.. but has anyone else had this problem? She suddenly developed strong pains, and hasn't thrown up or pooed, but her appetite is normal. She is also on a raw diet, and ate a chicken leg quarter last night, a drumstick this morning, and a quarter again tonight. The pains started around 3 pm. Anyone else who has fed/feeds raw see this in their dogs? The vet doesn't think it's bloat.. No haters on the raw diet, please.

2007-09-30 19:58:05 · 4 answers · asked by Zephyr is the Shiznik 4

2007-09-30 19:51:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi. My friend asked me a question, and i don't know how to answer it, so i ask here. My friend has a 2 year old belgian sheep dog who was very attached to his family (especially his father). His father would come back from work at around 5:30 pm, and just around that time the dog would stand towards the door, anticipating the father to come in and then he'd greet and jump in joy when the father opens the door to enter home. Often the sheep dog would start looking out the window and wag his tail eagerly at around 5:15 pm. Unfortunately, my friend's father passed away in a car accident last month. But the dog still rushes towards the door at around 5: 30 pm and waits there and watches out the window too, eagerly expecting father to come in -- which will never happen again. The dog continues this routine daily and fails to understand the reality. How to make the sheep dog realize that the father of my friend is no longer alive?

2007-09-30 19:10:13 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have two outside dogs,one mastiff and one little pug mutt, recently are mastiff has been a little agressive with the little one. the pug has been are baby, she was here first. i was considering bringing her in and making her an inside dog.
we do have two inside cat's, and i was wondering if it was possible for the dog to warm up to them.i really don't know about this, any suggestions

2007-09-30 19:04:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

We feed our dogs raw chicken bones all the time. They are on a raw diet. I do not recommend cooked bones ever. They do change density and become brittle but a dog should not suffer any ill effects for an occasional accidental ingestion of a cooked bone. Dogs do NOT choke on chicken bones nearly as much as people think they do. It is a scare that has been around for many many years and the truth is that it is just not happening much. Dogs choke on sticks, socks, rocks, kibble, rawhides, toys FAR more often thean any dog ever choked on cooked bones.
If you look around on the net for dogs choking on bones, you will find a whole slew of people stating the dangers of bones but you will rarely find a vet site or anyone with any credibility making these statements.
It happens on occasion I am sure. But it's not an automatic death sentence by any means. Dogs have survived on bones for thousands of years. If bones were so dangerous, dogs would have been extinct eons ago.

2007-09-30 18:55:26 · 25 answers · asked by Freedom 6

2007-09-30 18:53:19 · 10 answers · asked by sdfermmy 1

I am bringing home my puppy on Thursday. The breeder was using crate training. I have a crate but 3 days a week, the puppy will be alone for 9 hours. I am going to hire a dogwalker that does puppy visits to come once a day. Is that enough? Also, should I use the crate or keep the crate in the kitchen but leave the door open (the kitchen will be gated) and use training pads in case he has to go. Having a walker come 2x per day is a little too expensive....any advice? Thanks.

2007-09-30 18:49:07 · 11 answers · asked by Dukesmom 2

tonite when I went to get his shot records and his tags from the garage, everything is missing. I have 1 invoice from the vet I accidentally left in my car last month. Can I go to the courthouse animal control office and get his records to prove he is my dog? I suspect my son has taken the stuff home with him and left me high and dry. He thinks the dog is his, but left him behind when he moved out a year ago. He will not answer his phone.
Will I have problems getting my dog back in the morning without his papers and tags?

2007-09-30 18:47:32 · 11 answers · asked by happydawg 6

Has anyone else tried this food? It comes in a roll,like bologna.My dogs go nuts for it.
http://www.freshpetfood.com/

2007-09-30 18:43:30 · 6 answers · asked by Dances With Woofs! 7

2007-09-30 18:37:36 · 14 answers · asked by Angel 4

i really want a red nose pit...does anyone know where to get one in Las Vegas...thanx

2007-09-30 18:28:38 · 8 answers · asked by andres momma<3 2

2007-09-30 18:11:27 · 13 answers · asked by jenyakiss 1

we use frontline, and put it on the first day of the month.. so due for next applicaion tomorrow...she has dry skin and ocassional itchy from it... never seen a flea, and beleive me i check often..

well the last week i notice she is itching a bit more, today i see a flea... i give an oatmeal flea bath, and find several, but no flea dirt...

so i assume these are new fleas, she has recently been exposed or picked them up....BUT, i thought FRONTLINE was supposed to prevent this...and work for 30 days..
does it stop working or lose effectiveness after only a few weeks?? it is supposed to be waterproof as well...

was i misinformed about this product?? sorry so long, but i am interested in your experience with this product... thanks..

2007-09-30 18:04:49 · 6 answers · asked by smurfette 4

2007-09-30 17:52:29 · 4 answers · asked by NISSANGIRL85 1

2007-09-30 17:51:41 · 8 answers · asked by Robert A 1

http://www.laughlinkennel.com/

What is your opinion on this place? A detailed opinion.

2007-09-30 17:50:07 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://uploads.1-800-save-a-pet.com/images/pets/e/7/3/24950822.jpg

2007-09-30 17:45:02 · 18 answers · asked by goldddw1 1

2007-09-30 17:43:11 · 3 answers · asked by ? 5

I made my husband a glass of chocolate milk with nestles chocolate powder mix. We left the living room for about 5 minutes to put up halloween decorations and came back to see that an inch of his glass was missing. I'm worried that he might get very sick tonight. Is there a posion control type number for animals? Should we take him to an emergency vets office? Anyone have any answers?

2007-09-30 17:35:33 · 14 answers · asked by Amanda M 2

they look like large mosquito bites and are not red

2007-09-30 17:19:48 · 4 answers · asked by elle4 1

I have an uneutered male 5 yr old APBT. The dog is unbelieveably smart..knows well over 100 words. My problem is he continually marks in my house!! HE KNOWS NOT TO DO THIS....as soon as I go near his mess he clearly exhibits behavior of this is wrong..I don't have to say anything. Besides which he can say yes and no (indicated by giving me his paw unto a yes or no hand of mine) and clearly he knows he's not suppopsed to do this. The problem is when I leave the house he marks on the garbage pails in the house. I've tried reprimanding, yelling, hitting, locking away, putting in cage (he destroyed the 200 dollar indestructible cage, BTW)...he is miserable at these disciplinary methods, and so am I!!! Yet they don't seem to prevent the same behavior in the next time. It's too late for a simple neutering solution. I'm at my wits end...I need a really professional dog expert here. What can I do to stop this behavior of 5 years?

2007-09-30 17:03:54 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

ive posted a few questions as to breed/s of my new puppy. there has been a quite disparate reponse over the last month or so, a few(most) saying he is a jack russell, pit etc . he is now 18 pounds and 3.5 mths old. he has grown. surely he is not a JRT, he is too big. vet isnt sure about this.experts,dog lovers out there let me know what u think. just curious and its a bit of fun watching your puppy grow up. i would have thought that he will at least double in size when fully grown. he is dearly loved.see some new updated pictures here at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12561422@N06/

2007-09-30 16:40:59 · 14 answers · asked by stephen p 1

I'm getting a yorkie and I want to name it something Italian... preferably a flower. What are some flower names in Italian (Daisy, Rose, Lilly, etc) thank you! Oh and the dog's a girl.

2007-09-30 16:21:05 · 5 answers · asked by Blythe 4