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    TECHNICAL trouble, help please

    I am new to this forum and not sure where to post this. I don't see a technical issue forum, so I am posting it here where I am having the trouble. I am trying to read through old posts, specifically the post on Vaccines and the other was a post on Emergency Recall. For BOTH posts, I am...
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    Dachsund w/slip disc- surgery vs accupuncture, help please!

    Update UPDATE- My mom writes: Just got back from getting Pee Wee's MRI. One thoracic slipped disk and two others that are deteriorating. He's lost 90% use of his back legs so surgery is indicated ASAP, otherwise it goes from this to complete paralysis and thus no chance for repair...
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    Any tips on how to curb toy possession aggression towards other dogs?

    I just wanted to write that I think the responses here are very thorough and I appreciate the time everyone puts into these threads. Lots of good information! I don't have anything to add to this as I have one that struggles with the same issues at the dog park. Most folks know when Shout is...
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    What dog foods have you fed

    Both my boys eat 2 varieties of Taste of Wild Kibble mixed with variety of no grain canned or homemade raw ground chicken w/supplements and water added at each meal (twice a day). The idea to use 2 varieties of kibble and an array of canned food or raw was to try to hit on all the various...
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    Dachsund w/slip disc- surgery vs accupuncture, help please!

    Mom's Dachshund has slipped disc in back...vet wants to do surgery, but mom is exploring alternative measures that might work better in the long run and heal better than the surgery. Do any of you have any suggestions, stories, experience with any of this? Can any of you offer any advice...
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    newbie ?'s re Anal Glands, please

    hmmm...interesting info, Jynx, and thank you for your response. Yes, it was really scary when they burst form the infection the first time...Shout was clearly in pain, but I didn't know why, and then saw blood coming out of his bottom...I was truely panicked. I did not really give the vet...
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    Please help

    Hi, I am new to this site and don't know if there is any protocol for responding...also don't know "the best" place to buy these items, but I buy a powdered formula for my 2, 60 pound coonhound/lab mixes that are 5ish and 3ish yrs old, no known health issues. I buy NaturVet Vitamin...
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    newbie ?'s re Anal Glands, please

    Thank you so much for your replies! My boy is in great shape as far as weight and diet- he gets ample fiber and has really good poo's 90% of the time....once in a while I see a loose one, but for the most part is good. No change in diet- though I did start adding water to his meal (both...
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    digging/escaping under fence- HELP, please!

    Thank you for the encouragement, THAT is also much appreciated! I have never worked so hard with an animal in my life as I have with this Caleb Luis! At once, I have never LEARNED so much from an animal as I have from this Caleb Luis! You bring up something- A TOY. He has ONE single toy...
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    digging/escaping under fence- HELP, please!

    okay, I am sure I am posting way too much, but you all have me thinking...someone mentioend this here- do you think it is a delayed detachement response or...what do thay call that? Seperation Anxiety?! I mean, he stayed IN the fence for NINE months, without a single question or trial...now...
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    digging/escaping under fence- HELP, please!

    oh- and Milosmom, I like your idea of the word marker...we sort of do that now with what he has learned from my other dog. The treating thing is a problem, though. He absolutely will not take food from my hand in a manner consitent with learning the treat is from the good behavior. He is a...
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    digging/escaping under fence- HELP, please!

    thank you for your feedback and suggestions, they are much appreciated. I agree about the electric driving him back into his neurosis....I have put this off and put this off and blocked the fence woth heavy rocks and walked him into a frazzle and just everything I know of in my arsenal. I...
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    digging/escaping under fence- HELP, please!

    I am new to forum today- please forgive if I post this in worng place or way, thanks. My boy, Caleb Luis, is aprox 3 yr old Black&Tan Coonhound/mix ( lab?!), has been with me one year and is rescue from shelter. He came with MUCH neurosis (click table lamp ONCE and he cowers and slinks...
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    newbie ?'s re Anal Glands, please

    Hi, I am new to forum today, still looking around and getting acquainted with the digs. ;) I have a concern about my boy ShoutAnthony...he is aprox 5ish, is black lab and some type of hound mix ( coon, walker or plott?) and has been with me 1.5 yrs now- rescued from neglectful neighbor...
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