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My 2 year old female (spayed) maltese is having some issues. One is with her food. She will growl while eating and she eats very fast. I have tried a large object in the bowl to slow her down, I have tried feeding her by hand, I have tried putting small amounts in the bowl .. [
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Hi,
I own a 4 month old Shih Tzu. I have read that Shih Tzu’s a little harder to housetrain than other dogs and that it requires preserverance.
I’ve tried toilet training my Shih Tzu since about a month ago, but she refuse to relieve herself whenever she’s in the toilet. Instead, she will urinate wherever she .. [
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I have an 8 year old beagle, we bought him a new comfy bed and now he lays in it and licks the entire bed every night, we also have a throw blanket we leave on the floor for him and he started licking it too.
Lazarus
ANSWER:
Hi Lazarus,
How odd although I am finding out not that .. [
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I have had a few questions come in recently about how to stop dogs from eating their dinner too fast only to vomit it up a few minutes later. Instead of answering each question individually, I decided to just cover them all with a quick product review.
Gobbling food is a really common problem with puppies .. [
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I have two dogs. A 1 1/2 yr. old chocolate lab, Kona, and a 10 month old rottweiler/great dane mix (we think, got him from the pound when he was 7 weeks old), Titan. Kona is a very small lab, she is only like 50 lbs. We are pretty sure she has ciliac, so we .. [
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My 1 year old black lab is foaming at the mouth during excessive play and during eating time.
He vomitted yesterday, but still very playful.
Please help. thank you.
Laura
ANSWER:
Hi Laura,
Would you feel better if I said your dog was perfectly normal? Excessive foaming during play is quite often just from excitement and a bit of dehydration. Normally .. [
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I read that, “most people are better off forgoing pet insurance and instead putting the money they would have spent on premiums into a savings account. Pet coverage can cost $2,000 to $6,000 over the life of an average pet, and the chances are slim you’ll ever need to shell out that much for treatment.”
Click .. [
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Hello, I am writing with a concern i have about my dog…about 8 weeks ago we bought a boxer puppy, who was 10 weeks old when we purchased him, when we brought him home we kept him in the house for 8 weeks. We thought he was too small to be outside so we kept .. [
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Question:
If my dog has lost some hair on her rump and her skin has darkened. What can I do at home to help her grow her hair again? Vets want a lot of money for many tests that I cannot afford.
ANSWER:
Hi Susan,
Wow, there are a ton of conditions that can cause these symptoms! This website .. [
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Question:
how and why does my pup eat my cat’s poop?
Jessica
ANSWER:
Hi Jessica,
Ah, the kitty cat Glosette question – always my favorite!
The eating of poop is called coprophagia and unfortunately, dogs are not the only animals that partake in this particular habit. Gorillas also will eat poop…nice! So do rodents, flies, dung beetles (could have guessed that .. [
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