Recent content by Mom2Melli

Thank you. Shay is doing better. None of the flat out hopping, but he does stretch a lot after getting up and will slightly favor and then recover with a bit of motion. He was pretty lean. Now he is noticeably leaner. I will be lowering him gram by gram until we get the ribs. I...

Haven't been on . . . was the holiday house . . . another shocker (or not). My mom's friend has fed her dog TOTW bison puppy. This bag has been a nightmare with gastro / anal glands. She has spoken to the "staff vet" at TOTW. The TOTW "vet" stated that they can't get bison so they are using...

Let me start by saying I have been hunting for the perfect sheltie food for some time now. I want to support gallbladder health so want the lower fat and I have no need for high protein since we are not excessively active. This bit about the sheltie gallbladder is a large driver in my food...

Dec. has been quite a month for us. Melli got her overhaul (dental including a couple loose front teeth removed, removal of a large benign follicular cyst) and has recovered well. We found a stitch the vet overlooked and our hero, Daddy, was able to remove it using his miraculous skills as a...

Both my pups (shepherd & sheltie) had a phase where it was about every 20 minutes. However, that was the point I moved out of the crate into a larger space. Perhaps go for a smaller crate area and teach her to start holding it a little longer and longer. She won't pee where she has to lay...

Less than 24 hours til the stitches come out! Woo Hoo. Would looks great. Nothing to see but 4 or 5 blue string knots. It makes me want to sing "One Day More" from Les Miserables! She has been under direct observation every moment for 2 weeks (even wearing her raincoat). I can get her to...

This post has been floating around for a long time . . . without re-reading . . . and for anyone choosing food now, I have learned a lot since. I have really listened to Eva Saks about the whole fat / gallbladder disease thing. I really think "Puppy" food is a gimmick. Maybe it is valid for...

Melli thanks you. I am SO excited to get these stitches out so I don't have to stare at her all day and night. So close. Just a couple more days.

Haven't posted, but the last 2 weeks have been interesting. When Melli came to me 2.5 years ago she had what looked like an elbow callus. Overweight sheltie, loves to lay on concrete, made a bit of sense. A couple months ago she licked it til it bled. I tried a lot of different topicals to...

Out of my 6 former / current dogs I have had 2 females (among aussies, shelties, 1 lone shepherd mix). I really respect girls. I like their mature mind and how they base their interactions on mutual respect. It's truly like having a companion, an equal, and a best friend. I like that. On...

Well, Melli will be visiting the vet on Friday. I have had her about 2-1/2 years and she came with an elbow callus. A couple months ago I caught her licking and it bled. I gave her antibiotics in case of infection and have tried thing after thing to settle it back down. She wears her rain...

Cubby LOVED nosework. We have NO ORT's or trials within about 5 hours so forget competing. We aren't driving 5 hours to sniff something and leave. So, I started training Cubby to blood sugar. Wouldn't you know, the little fellow is a great glucose meter! How convenient is that! Fun with...

I contacted them personally and they could not assure me that dogs could not slip out of the harness. I use the Ruffwear Webmaster for a regular harness and I have a Kurgo strap that goes to the seatbelt loop so I use that with the regular harness.

I read the published info too. I was using Advantix and switched off in July to natural since it has been so dry in California that all the fleas dried up and blew away. I can definitely see Advantix is a problem. However, I also have a lot of questions on their leveling factors. Did they...

If you find out there is indeed nothing wrong, perhaps evaluate food? Melli started doing that when I tried Flint River Ranch. I mixed in enough of other food and it stopped. Let's hope there is no obstruction!