Recent content by paw7004

The one eye gunking up could be an eyelash turning in. My oldest had this issue & a canine ophthalmologist took care of it. If the cornea is constantly scratched, it can cause great damage.

My 3 yr old bulldog seems to smell like yeast within a couple days of a medicated bath, licking paws frequently. I've tried spraying with Chlorohexidene, good probiotics, Coat Defense, washing feet after walks. He gets a dry food, Open Farm with Ancient Grains. An instructor in a class we...

Are you supplementing with a prebiotic/probiotic for gut health?

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Trying throwing some cheese or deli meat in the tunnel. (Be sure to say “Tunnel”.) That’s what lured my boy. Then weaned it down to training treats.Now I only have to say “Tunnel” and Tebow races through. He doesn’t need treats anymore.

We do some training mixed with play. I do the boys separately and sometimes together. 15 minutes is the max. I lay out a tunnel and hula hoops… Daily walks… I think that they believe I’m to supply 14 hours of entertainment every day.😄

We do that. Today was warm so I drove to a historical park nearby. Unfortunately it wasn’t much of a hike to add to their Fit Dog walk logs so we drove to a park in our neighborhood. I should get them out more often. They do seem to like getting out.

It is also called scent work. There appears to be several places in the UK. https://www.scentworkacademy.co.uk/ https://scentquest.co.uk/scentwork-training

I have 2 sets of eyes staring at me. They follow me around the house. It's 37 degrees outside and windy, bringing the temp to feel like 31 degrees. So no walk this morning. Too cold for me and surely too cold for the boys. They don't want to play fetch. They don't want to play in the tunnel. We...

Have you thought about taking her to a Nose Work class?

Poor puppy! If it were me, I'd be looking for a canine dermatologist. https://acvd.org/find-a-veterinary-dermatologist/

I was discussing vaccines recently with members of our kennel club that have various breeds. Most do not vax for lepto, justifying that they don't walk their dogs in wooded areas or let them swim in streams and lakes. The bacteria is spread through rodents like skunks, opossums, etc. and can be...

I might try those again. I have beige carpet & they do make a mess. 😕

I purchased 2 Kong classics yesterday for the boys. Since both are on diets right now, I didn’t put treats in them. After a couple of bounces, they both scarfed up each other’s toy and chomped down on them. So if they’ll play without treats, that would be great!

I gave each of mine a Benebone, a plastic wishbone-shaped bone. They are aggressive chewers and now I see that they are chewing them down. I found a few plastic particles on the floor but I assume some of that is getting into them, which alarms me. A little internet reading (I know, not always...