Recent content by Holly's mom

Holly doesn't like other dogs/cats, so another dog is out of the question. I'm graduating in June, but for now I am still with my mother, and I've been bugging her for 6 yrs to get another dog, since our golden had to be euthed. So, I am lucky to have one dog, haha. Holly has really bonded to...

Holly stays at my side no matter what speed. But she's a lab with a big hunting drive and sniffs a lot. Sometimes she will get carried away with a sent and start to pull or stop dead. I just have to say "Hollyyy..heel" and she trots back into place. I speed walk a lot and she loves to jog along...

OK thanks guys, should I gradually fade out the half cup? Or just give her one cup right away?

She is getting a cup and a half in the morning and a cup and a half in the evening. It says 3 cups on the back of the bag for an active adult dog. She is a 2 yr old 65lbs lab that is getting a 20 min walk in the morning and 40 min walk in the evening. She has been swimming a lot all summer and I...

I recently switched Holly from Grain-Free Canidae, to Orijen. It's a lot higher in protein so I switched her over gradually for a week, doing about half and half first and gradually fading out the Canidae. It's been a few weeks now that she's on it, and she has been pooping a LOT more. Maybe...

Well, after some doggy introductions, I have figure out that she does not mind calm dogs. I think excited dogs might make her more defensive of me. I found a cue word that no matter what when I say she has to look at me, and it helps a lot when we pass other dogs who are excited and pulling...

Well nothing happened tonight and it was very cool out. So I'm assuming it was either the heat/humidity or swallowing too much water, or both together. Any other ideas?

She hasn't been swimming in a lake or pond, just rivers. She doesn't have any weird symptoms or anything other than vomiting twice. Her heart rate and breathing are normal and she looks pretty alert right now, staring at me while I eat my cereal.

It's been crazy hot out during the past 3-4 days and I've been bringing Holly swimming in our river a couple of times per day to keep her cool, or else she is just miserable. She is a 2 yr old lab so she definitely has the energy to be swimming. I've been throwing her ball for her in the deep...

Holly was on Canidae All Life Stages, because it was the only accessible food I could get in my town, other than the walmart foods. I switched her onto the fish formula of canidae, and she is going to be switched onto the 6 Fish Orijen this weekend, and I am planning on keeping her on that...

She will do anything for me when it is just the both of us. She will stay focused 100% on me. While walking, she is fine too. I've been practicing making her turn around me and sit at my side whenever I say "Holly Heel" and she learned VERY fast. She never pulls and stays by my side at all...

Holly is a 2 yr old Lab that we just adopted 2 months ago. She absolutely hates other dogs. When we walk on the side of the road she gets super excited and it's hard to hold her back, like she wants to go play. But when we get too close she will growl and lunge at the other dog. She just really...

oohh ! I knew I had read your username somewhere before...

thanks! how do you know me? haha

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