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rice/cottage cheese? She does gulp both her food and water down very quickly. She seems to only drink a few times a day, but when she does, she drinks a lot. Usually if I hear a suspiciously long drinking sound from the kitchen, I'll go in and get her to stop. The problem with limiting her...

My dog has been vomiting. She used to do it as a puppy, when I'd take her in the car or after she downed a bunch of water, so I never really thought much of it. She's always kind of vomited every now and then, but in the past month she's been vomiting off and on a little more frequently (and...

The consistency thing was something my sister's vet told her, though she didnt seem as against raw as mine was. I think what the vet really meant was if you forget to put something in, then your dog suffers, theres no quality control I guess. I like the idea of raw, I can see whats going in...

Thanks, I did do a lot of research, granted online, and knew that a lot of vets didnt like raw because there was no guaranteed consistency, which is part of the reason I am supplementing with kibble, just to make sure that there is always a staple. I also think I did a fair amount of looking...

I just took the dogs to the vet and he seemed very against me switching to raw. Ive been switching the dogs slowly and they seem to like it but as I've only been feeding it to them for a few weeks I dont really notice a drastic change yet so I couldnt really back it up that it was better for...

I gave him the pumpkin so hopefully on our walk tonight he'll go poop. But now his eyes are getting all goopy, like yellow goopy. This has never happened before, but he's not acting sick and Im not sure whats happening. Ill take him to the vet tomorrow, but it wont be until later in the...

Hi, Shadow seems to have constipation. He tries to go but nothing comes out. This has only been happening today, yesterday he went fine. I did a search and found some of the suggestions and was going to try the canned pumpkin. I just had some follow up questions, how much should I give him...

I actually had a similar question I was thinking about posting, asking if it was a regional thing since I just recently moved and I was normal back home in south Fl, people walked their dogs, got them groomed, some kept them outside during the day then inside at night, generally very well cared...

Im fine with the idea of petting them only when I want to, the only problem is, the two of them dont 'mob' up on me. Shadow just sits very quietly a few feet away, just like he was doing in this instance, he was just quietly sitting there next to the chair, I wasnt petting him. Which is why I...

So, things were going so well between shadow and the new pup, they even started playing with eachother in the morning. Last night I finally got out to see a movie. I got home, said hi to shadow, went and got the pup out of the crate and took them both outside. They went potty and poop and we...

Ive just been kind of randomely thinking about dogs and kids, especially since I've gotten the puppy. Now, shes afraid of new people and TERRIFIED of children (we're in puppy training to work on socializing, starts next week!). But, since she's a puppy, allllll the kids want to touch her...

How would you rig up something in your backyard, to do just for fun? I mean, the pup will obviously chase things that move, its a fantastic game :p but how would you actually go about setting up something a little more challenging? My yard is in a kind of weird shape with a deck right in the...

Thanks, I looked at the one at petsmart online and some of the reviews werent all that great so Ill try and find some of the other ones and see how they look. And I probably wont start until the fall. Its crazy hot here and she's still building up some stamina and muscle so I dont want to do...

Well, I can start with the new puppy, i feel like shadow will take some convincing to carry his own rations. He's an awfully spoiled old man. :p

Ahh, thanks. I was so sure they must have some elusive technical name :p I see yours in the picture, very cute. So as long as it fits properly, it should be ok for pretty much any breed? How do you gauge how much weight can be put in them? Id love it if she could carry her own water...

So, I obviously am having a brain fart and cant remember what those things are actually called. The ones the dogs wear to carry things around, like a vest. What dogs are those appropriate for? When can you start using one? Im just brainstorming things for the pup to do, but since shes a...

Hi, I was watching animal planet today and they had a little special on lure coursing. Soooooo awesome!!! I'm not planning on doing this anytime soon, or with the dogs i have now (Shadow would just stand there like, "ummmm, im sooo not running after that. Mom, go get it for me." and the pup...

Hi, I just moved to columbia, sc a month or so ago and Im trying to find a vet. I hate just picking one out of the phone book so I was wondering if anyone knew of one, or knew of someone who knew of one, etc. Anywhere in the columbia, lexington, irmo area would be fine. Thanks!

Hey I've been following all these posts and such and have just a quick question. A lot of the advocacy for Richiling seems to be that his dogs work under stress i.e. loud sounds, smoke, gunshots. What is the difference between training your dog to work under stress and simply desensitizing...

I have to take her in for her last set of puppy boosters so Ill def ask about it then. It seems to have gotten less severe, so hopefully it was just left over scabs from the fleas