needsomefun
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My Kids swear by Nutro Lamb and Rice, We mix frozen (thawed) green beans to add bulk and keep the weight off. No complaints yet.
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GreenRiverGroundsHunter
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Our two labs eat Pro Plan (chicken) mixed with Science Diet Nature's Best. I also have them on free-feed. If I fill up their bowls, it could take two or three days before they (the bowls!) are empty. They tend to eat much less in the summer than in the winter. They don't eat canned food (unless they are cleaning the cat dishes - Science Diet & Nutro), but I do give them cooked chicken breast or beef every so often.
Hunter has a cracked tooth - he has had it since we got him. He chews bones, pig ears and various rawhide/pigskin chews with no problem.
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campingshadow
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As long as we are adding the no-no's ....might remind everyone not to feed your dog chocolate. Now, we have all been told that chocolate is poisonous to dogs....and so are Diffenbachia plants. Someone forgot to tell that to my dogs.
One dog ate an ENTIRE Diffenbachia plant (a houseplant). Ate the leaves, the stem and the roots and left nothing but a pile of dirt and an empty planter on the living room carpet. When I got home I called the vet and asked what I should do...he said call the poison control center. Called them and they said call your vet. Called the vet back again and he said try to get the dog to throw up. Checked and the dog had thrown up twice. Vet said that was probably all that could be done. There were absolutely NO other effects of his dirty deed and even though the plant is supposed to be deadly to dogs.....he lived for about 12 more years with no problems.
As for chocolate....My parents fed our Scottie Hersheys kisses for years! Even buried him with a bag of them!!! Never one problem. My sheltie mix climbed up on a table while I was gone and ate an entire batch of chocolate chip cookies.... other than a real sugar buzz - no problems at all.
So for every story of a huge problem there will be one of no problems.....but just to be safe....don't give them chocolate or Diffenbachia plants......Oh, and by the way.....I have fed cooked bones to every dog I have owned over the last 60 years....and never had a problem with those either!!!! Hmmm...my animals are either tough, stupid or just very darn healthy!!!! Or all three. ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile")
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Camper Carl
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campingshadow wrote:As long as we are adding the no-no's ....might remind everyone not to feed your dog chocolate. Now, we have all been told that chocolate is poisonous to dogs....and so are Diffenbachia plants. Someone forgot to tell that to my dogs.
As for chocolate....My parents fed our Scottie Hersheys kisses for years! Even buried him with a bag of them!!! Never one problem. My sheltie mix climbed up on a table while I was gone and ate an entire batch of chocolate chip cookies.... other than a real sugar buzz - no problems at all.
Talking about dogs eating chocolates. My aunt had a German Short hair pointer. She got into a bowl of chocolates candy bars, the little tiny ones that you give out for Halloween treats. She ate the entire bowl that was about a 2 pound bag. When they rush her to the emergency vet the vet said to give her lot of water for that night and into the next day. She had no side effects at all. In fact, She live 14 years passed that day she ate the candy. She lived to the ripe old age of 17, which is old for a dog of that size and breed. When we were at the vets that night, not only did the vet not do anything to the dog, the vet did not even look like she was in a panic about want the dog had done. I don't think I will be feeding any of my dogs chocolates, but I have heard a lot of stories about dogs eating things that should kill them and they live a good long healthy life afterwards. I don't know if I should tell you all this story or not, but we had a cat that ate a marijuana plant. The cat was high for a week. It was funny. Anyway, great post.....
Carl
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Dixie Flyer
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I take Old Fella to the vet this morning to find out about how effective his heart worm tretament has been and if there is going to be another one. I will let you know as soon as I get back. Old Fella seems to be doing great so I am not expecting anything but good news.
By the way, remember a few weeks ago I was concerned about Old Fella using the house for his bathroom? Well I am happy to report that my first findings are true indeed. This ole boy was house broken years ago in his other life. He has not messed up once. When he goes outside and comes back in he waits at the door for his treat and pat on the head for being a good boy and taking his business outside.
This morning was the first real cool snap of the fall season. We left the heat off and it got down to 58 degrees in the house this morning. Old Fella was curled up in a knot on his bed so comfortable and I thought to myself, old boy you will never have to spend another cold and miserable night outside again for the rest your life. I wonder what it was like for him in the winter time when it would rain and turn cold? I wonder how many more Old Fella's are out there waiting for someone?
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smurf764
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Dixie Flyer wrote:... I wonder how many more Old Fella's are out there waiting for someone?...
Amen
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GreenRiverGroundsHunter
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Here's a flip-side story about chocolate: My dentist had either a yellow lab or a golden (can't remember which) and it ate a whole pan of brownies one day while they were at work. Unfortunately, by the time everyone got home and discovered what had happened, it was too late to save the dog. So, even though some dogs can tolerate large amounts of chocolate with no ill effects, others can't.
Here's hoping for a good report from the vet!
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Code2High
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I think chocolate tolerance is an individual thing. Andy was into chocolate, and in the course of fourteen years living with me, a confirmed chocoholic, he got into it a number of times. Only thing I ever saw from it was loose stools one time when he ate a whole bag of double chocolate chocolate chips. The day before a road trip. Along with turkey jerky, dried fruit, and I forget what else. I always LOVE starting a road trip with a long haired dog with the runs....
Now I had a beagle mix about 30 pounds, who, at age 17, ate a half pound bar of dark chocolate. She didn't feel to well after that, but I didn't know what had happened and so didn't get her stomach pumped or anything. She also had an upset stomach and was very restless for a number of hours, but no ill effects afterwards.
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Dixie Flyer
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Just got back from the vet and it is a good news, bad news thing. The bad news is he still has some heart worms that survived the treatment. The good news is that Dr. Gradous thinks this one last treatment will get rid of those that are left and he will be in no danger as this round of drugs is not as strong as the last.
He has to have a lot of sugar today as this dose will lower his energy level, so he gets Honey Buns for the rest of the day. I wonder if I could get a recommendation like that from my doctor? Anyway, it looks as if Old Fella is out of the woods and will live a long healthy life. I take him back one week from today to get his clean bill of health. Oh my how I love that dog!
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needsomefun
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way to go Old Fella and Rich!! excellent news!
I had a Pyrenees once who got into a bowl of Hersheys Kisses one Halloween night, ate the whole thing, foil and all. He didn't look too good the next day. This guy was a real character, was rattlesnake bit twice and lived to 15-1/2. We had him and three females and he was a very happy fellow, he kept everyone in line very well, no problems. We moved to the PNW when he was 14, we went to the beach one winter day and he took off into the surf, a wild, crashing, cold surf, and started off to Hawaii. We lost sight of him and were frantic with worry, we looked for him for around twenty minutes and thought for sure he had drowned but sure enough as we were leaving he came paddling back in!
When he was three he fell out of the back of the truck along I-10 east of Tucson. I was too young and stupid at that time to have him restrained. We noticed he was gone and had no idea when he fell out. The next day we went back and could not find him, thought for sure he would be along the freeway. Then the following day I decided to walk the area I thought most likely he fell, walked for 12 miles in 110 degree heat calling his name the whole way. Sure enough here he comes up at of a ravine and in shock. All he suffered was a broken tooth and road rash. We were VERY happy to see each other.
He was a trickster until the very end. In the last months of his life he couldn't really do much, just liked to lay by the creek, but when we would leave home he would go into the bathroom, gently grasp the end of the TP roll, and ROLL the house, by pulling the roll out until it was all despensed to his satisfaction. He did this a few times and it was so funny, but we finally had to start closing the bathroom door.
This guy has been gone for 10 years now and I miss him soooo much. Man I love my pups!
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