Question:
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 got to thinking after yesterdays question about the dog that no longer wants to sleep on the owner’s bed. I talk a lot about crate training and using crates as a safe, secure place where your dog to can ‘chill’ but I never say much about their comfort.
Have a look at the bottom of .. [
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Question:
My dog sleeps with my husband and I but lately he wants to get down when we go to bed and go somewhere else. Help what should we do?
Nikki
ANSWER:
Hi Nikki,
Most often, dogs that no longer want to be on the bed are hot and want to stretch out. Buy him a nice dog bed that .. [
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Question:
My niece’s Shih Tzu had two puppies. One was born with a flat chest and sometimes gasped for air. I took her to the vet at the emergency clinic to find out what was wrong with her. The vet did x-rays and told me she has Pectus Escavatum and said it was genetic. .. [
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It has been a month now since you started working with your dog on the ‘stay’ command. By now he should have it down to a fine art but how do you know? Have you dropped the leash and walked away ten steps before returning? Have you dropped the leash and walked a 360 degree .. [
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Question:
my dog is suffering from bone sticking out of his foot please help noone will help him he is in pain why wont any vet help
ANSWER:
Hi Roxanne,
What is going on with your dog? What bone is sticking out? And what do you mean no vet will help? I need more information, honey!
The one thing I .. [
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There are two weeks left to Halloween – time to think about what your dog is going to dress up as this year!
I am not always someone to dress my dog. In fact, unless it is darn cold outside, I do not see the point in putting clothes on dogs. Doggy dresses, pants, shorts, bikinis…(yes, .. [
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Question:
Dear Ann;
I commend you for your excellent newsletter, but I must take issue with your statement that “Hip dysplasia is rampant in most purebred dogs”. ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE. Many breeds have little or no incidence (Greyhounds, whippets, and sighthounds in general, as well as many toy breeds). To say that the condition is “rampant” is not .. [
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Question:
My husband is an Army reservist and has been on active duty for the last several months. Luckily, he has been stateside and can come home every few weeks for the weekend. Our dog, an almost three year old boxer male, defecates in his crate the morning after my husband leaves. It happens like clockwork. .. [
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Teaching your dog to heel can be a nightmare if you do not train him from the start or in the proper order. I tried for years to teach my first dog, a Whippet/Border Collie cross, to heel without first understanding the breed or understanding the motivation behind ‘heeling’ for the dog.
How many times .. [
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