Recent content by nikkichan

Can anyone point me to a good harness and collar? My new dog Travis chewed through a nylon harness in minutes. He's not too good on walks yet and I thought that using a harness would be better than just a collar and leash but I'm not sure what kind to get. Also, he keeps slipping him collar...

Fingers crossed!

I adopted a new dog, Travis, from a shelter back in Jan. They told me that he had had heartworms but was treated. They also said the treatment was hard on him. Fast forward to the other day when we go to the vet for a checkup. He tests positive for heartworms. The shelter faxes over the info...

Some once asked me if Gypsy, a blue-merle aussie was a dalmatian. I was like "seriously? Have you ever even SEEN the movie?"

I've just moved into a new place and there isn't really a good, inconspicuous place to put my cat's litter box so I've been trying to find something that can be out in the open but still look ok and hide the box. I was looking online and found this: Amazon.com: Merry MPSOO6 Cat...

Please please please take him in! My boyfriends parents dalmatian was experiencing something similar. They took him to the vet yesterday and he has only 25% kidney function left. They put him on dialysis and antibiotics last night. Today she called me to tell me they were going in to say...

We have the same problem with fleas. Frontline used to work, now nothing does. I had to take Gypsy to stay with some friends and didn't want her to bring fleas in their house so the day before she was to go over, I gave her a Capstar and a good bath. Seemed to work. You can actually see the...

I have to mute the TV whenever that commercial with Sarah McLaughlin comes on and that "In the Arms of the Angels" song is playing. I think it's a support your local aspca commercial. I tear up every time :(

What a beautiful dog!! I love crazy bathtime pictures. Gypsy poos after her bath. Everytime. Like clockwork. It's really weird. Even if she goes just before the bath, she still lets one go, on the carpet, immediately afterwards.

RIP Lucas ((((HUGS))))

Since you're "dating" a police officer, maybe you can ask him for some advice about the situation. At least make him aware of it in case anything weird happens with the shelter guy. Please don't ever let a stranger in your house again!!!

Someone once asked me if Gypsy was a dalmatian. I nearly peed my pants, I was laughing so hard. It was even more funny because she was playing with my boyfriends parents dog. An actual purebred dalmatian!

Ok, maybe this should be in the food forum but when I was grocery shopping yesterday, I saw in the ice cream section, they had ice cream sandwich's for dogs! Has anyone ever tried these? Sounds like it could get messy. I wonder if dogs can get ice cream headaches?

Hmmm....I think she was spayed around 6-8 months. I don't remember exactly. And aside from the constant battle with fleas, she's in very good health. Sounds like she'll be a late bloomer. Thanks for all the replies!

Gypsy weighs about 35 pounds and her body shape looks very similar to your dog, JFrick, only your dog has much longer fur.