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Osa got her name from the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica where my wife and I honeymooned. It also means "bear" in spanish and she is definitely our little bear.

Osa managed to get an injury to the crease in her front foot. We are guessing she stepped on a stick or thorn and with all the activity she has had, the skin break didn't have the time to heal. Well we took her to the vet and he gave us some anti-inflammatory/antibiotic ointment to put on her...

We had a really bad time with ticks this spring because it was hot and wet. We use the Advantix on Osa but she can still get ticks on her. The med is used to either prevent the ticks from biting (by paralysis/death) or if they do bite, they die. Osa was bit a few time this spring but none of...

It is crazy. They have had no contact with the outside world and the next thing they know, this loud shiny thing is flying over them. It is crazy to think that there are still tribes out there that have had no contact with anyone else.

But I think it is unreasonable to lecture about getting a puppy at a puppy mill when she is asking about training her puppy. She already got the puppy so that is a mute point. We should be happy that the puppy went to a good home and will be trained instead of ending up at the pound. I think...

Be patient, the nipping will go away after some time of training. We rescued our puppy and she was probably taken from her mother too early and not super socialized. She was a nipper and it took about 2 months to get her trained not to nip. She is amazing now and as soon as she touchs flesh...

We are in central Ohio and have seen a huge number of ticks in some of our favorite walking trails. In one walk, we counted ten on us and even though we thought we checked Osa, we found two dead ones in her bed the next day and I ended up getting bit in the head by one. It seems like they...

He did do the drawer test and didn't find anything (no inflammation or movement). He even wanted to see if she limped a little after he did it since it can hurt a bit if there is movement and she was fine. I am not sure if he did the patella test.

Well, I was out with Osa about three weeks ago playing ball and Osa re-injured her right hind leg. She just sat right down and pulled up her leg. I initially though that she got something in her paw because after about 10 seconds, she got up and ran off like nothing had happened. The next day...

We ended up doing the open the door and if she doesn't come in, ignore and then repeat a couple minutes later. When she did come in we would treat and praise and after only about a day, she readily comes in. She gets plenty of outside and inside play time with us. We will play with her...

I hope you puppy gets better. We went through the exact same thing with Osa. She was super itchy to the point that it drove me crazy. At first we did the food thing but that didn't help and then we finally found it was dermodectic mange (I guess they can get it from their mothers and Osa was...

I will just second what everyone else has said since we just went through this in the last year. Osa would need to go out twice a night for about two weeks and then it changed to once a week for about a month and then she could hold it all night (she was about 5-6 months old). Just...

I would ask Osa: Why do you like mulch so much? Can you tell me why you are so itchy? Why is she so sweet at time and so ornery at other times? I would also tell her that she is such a good doggie and that we love her very much.

Since spring is upon us and the shedding season is here, I just wanted to let you all know that Amazon has furminators that are much cheaper than at pet stores. I just bought a medium furminator for $29.95 with free shipping. For any of you who do not know about the furminator, they are...

Osa is almost 1 year old (we penned her bday at April 9th but who knows when she was born) and it starting to form a very annoying habit. She loves to play out in the backyard. We will let her out to play and she will come back onto the deck and look in the door. When we go to let her in, she...

Thanks for the info. It just popped into my head when the vet was telling me this stuff. Osa is currently on Lamb and Rice and thats it for the next ten days. We are tying to figure out what allergy she has.

Ok, so I read threads on this site that say the raw diet is the way to go. However, my vet says that beef and poultry are the two highest foods that dogs can have allergies to. So I don't get it? Why raw????? If a small amount of beef or chicken in Osa's food causes her to itch, I couldn't...

My in-laws had called all the area shelters to keep a look out for them. Unfortunatley, they are not microchipped because they got them a farm sale.

Hello all, I know this may not help but it won't hurt either, my in-laws lost their two 11 month old puppies last Friday. The pups are huge male 80 pound lab/hound/something brothers that are as sweet as can be. They live on a farm in northern Ashland county and were out one day and just...

Osa has a friend in Intermediate class who plays with her during the down times when the trainers are talking with us. They wrestle, snip, snort (that short of shhh, shhh, shhh they make through their noses), growl and have a wonderful time. If one gets out of line, the other will put her in...