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Oh no! We'd never think of getting rid of her; she's our first "baby"! We can't wait for them to be best friends....which will probably happen once the baby is old enough to start dropping food! We will continue with giving her special attention and more walks. Does anyone konw if there's...

Hi all, I gave birth to a baby girl this past january. We took all precautions that we read about with our two year old Lab/Greyhound mix (brought home blankets from the hospital for her to sniff, had my dad bring the baby into the house for the first time, tried to give her attention as much...

When did they change? When did Canidae change their formula? We've been using it for around two years now, and I had no idea that they changed. During the summer we got a bag in which the kibble looked different (color) but we returned it and since then noticed no difference in appearance...

I'm looking for thoughts on what could be wrong with my 2-year old Lab/Greyhound mix. Last night we took her out for a walk, came back and fed her (canidae mixed with oat bran because she has a tendency for soft stools and therefore blocked anal glands). I noticed around 10pm that her stomach...

You are all so helpful! Thank you for putting a nervous mommy's mind to rest while she is at work. Elektra already gets oat bran in with her food to help with "issues" with her anal glands but I may give her some pumpkin just to help things along. Thanks again.

Hi, I was wondering how long it normally takes for a dog to "pass" things, or even to digest. My dog (50 lb lab mix) *may* have swallowed a piece of gravel on Sunday evening. We were in the parking lot of an ice cream stand and I caught her with her mouth in the gravel (probably licking...

Hello, I know that grapes are toxic, but does anyone know about the leaves? My dad, who has a weakness for giving Elektra food from his plate, gave her half of a Greek stuffed grape leaf last night. She ate it before I could stop him. We also found out that while he was "babysitting" her...

Hello, We have a 13 month old Lab mix and we will be moving to a new house in the next few months. What are some suggestions for a successful move? Also, is there anything that we should watch out for? Behaviors that might arise? Also, any suggestions for going from carpet to hardwood with...

She is in the crate for aproximately 7 hours. If it will be longer, I get my dad or the dog sitter to come in and take her out. I have been doing our "long walk" in the afternoon, especially since it was dark outside in the morning until just this week. We usually do go for a short brisk...

Hello, My 11 month old Lab mix just destroyed her second crate pad. She destroyed the first one in September after I went back to work (I'm a teacher). I figured that she was frustrated at being in the crate after 2.5 months of roaming the house. We left her without a pad for a few days and...

I am happy to report that the vet prescribed Otomax and her ears are 100% better!

Hello, If anyone researches my previous posts, you'll see that since we got Elektra in March, we've gone to the vet quite a bit (GI issues and most recently, an ear issue). With each trip costing between $60 and $90 (or even $265 once!). I'm starting to question our original decision to not get...

Yeah, I'm not too impressed with science diet. I had a previous post under another topic about this. We were feeding her Canidae ALS before that, but the vet seems to think that she may have an intolerance to it. She was getting diarrhea every 3 weeks or so. I'm doing the sciece diet until this...

Hello, This is my 9 month old lab-mix Elektra: For the last 2-3 days, she has been scratching both of her ears a lot. Yesterday, she was also shaking her head a lot. We cleaned her ears with Epi-Otic solution. They looked fine. This morning, they look like this: and she is rubbing her...

type of upset To the above poster's question: Specifically, she was having diarrhea every 3 weeks or so. She would respond well to rice/bland diet and meds and then get it again 3 weeks or so later. Elektrasmom