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Rocket Rocket Dog!     Barked: Wed Jul 18, '12 9:40pm PST  Some epilepsy drugs do cause neurological symptoms for a while until your dog gets used to it. Its a known side effect, however if it's that severe I'd definitely notify your vet. If the side effects are too severe you might have to try another epilepsy drug. (Luckily, there are a lot out there. ) Good luck, keep us posted! my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Angel Little Angel     Barked: Wed Jul 18, '12 9:31pm PST  I second the Kuranda bed idea. At my school we use those and I've rarely ever seen them destroyed or chewed up. Probably another idea, which the pups might like more, is a few durable toys for them to play with. A lot of times destructive behavior is due to boredom (they turned their blanket into a toy), so they might be just as happy with a big kong or something like that. (Though I'd make sure the toy is large enough they can't swallow it. I'm EXTREMELY picky about what toys I leave with Angel and Rocket since Angel rips up toys, but luckily he is a pillow hog so he's happy as long as he can sleep on my bed.) my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Dog Laws & Legislation > Custody Battle

Angel Little Angel     Barked: Tue Jul 17, '12 12:40pm PST  If it goes to court, your cousin would have to show legal records that show the dog was in his name (such as vet papers, etc.) Normally, if he was the one that was paying for the dog at the vet, payed for the dog itself etc then the court would award the dog to him. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Dog Health > question for vet technitians on this site...

Angel Little Angel     Barked: Fri Jul 13, '12 2:36am PST  I would look at the laws for vet tech certifications in the states you [i]intend[/i] to live in. Some states will allow you to take the boards test and become registered with only experience working in a vets office. Some other states will only allow you to take your test to become certified if you have gone to an accredited school. If you choose a school, most of all make sure its ACCREDITED. I don't know how common a problem it is in vet tech schools, but I do have a couple friends who got a bogus degree from an uncredited school and were basically hung out to dry when it came time to get a job. I looked at prospective earnings and asked around a bit about wages, and the pay is really low. It's hard, emotionally demanding work for not a whole lot of pay. Sometimes it seems like techs feel like they are doing all the "real" work for the vet and getting paid usually 1/5th of what the vet is making. It really is only a job to get if you really love working with animals, because unless you put a lot of effort into you position (attaining specialties via continuing education seminars, competing for high positions, working really closely with your vet for raises.) And the burn-out rate is high, because you're going to come up against a lot of really crappy situations like owners who want to euthanize for stupid reasons, owners who don't take good care of their pets yet you can't say anything, owners who can't afford treatment and vets calling the shots on it. Even though the pay looks bad, I'm personally happy I decided to go to school for it. But I'm still just a student who hasn't gotten out into the "real clinic world" yet so take it with a grain of salt. But if you do well your aren't just limited to vet clinics, there's a lot of places that want to have technicians on staff to care for their animals like kennels, rescues, places like race tracks or experimental labs or college animal programs. While I wouldn't say it's a complete dead-end job, there really isn't a lot of room for upwards growth. I know a lot of vet techs that have a part time job at a clinic and go to college on the side for something else. And if you're looking eventually to get into something like vet school, it is GREAT to have on your resume. Actually I think it's something great to have on your resume if you want to get into anything in the animal world, like training or something like that. If you want to get into something completely different, you'd have to decide whether the cost of schooling is worth the temporary career move, but it is definitely possible to branch out into something more while you have a tech position somewhere. (And it at least makes as much money as more traditional "college" jobs like waitressing etc, so if you really love working with animals and you don't mind investing the money in certification/schooling I'd say it's not a bad idea.) my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Dog Health > Vet visit - not happy

Angel Little Angel     Barked: Fri Jul 13, '12 2:20am PST  Whether or not the rabies was actually required, there was no excuse for the vet's behavior. She should have at least explained the laws if there was a misunderstanding. The rest of it (the extra dewormers, the pushing of frontline/etc) just screams money scheme. I'd say find a new vet, but it seems like you already have. Stories like this make me nervous to be a vet tech. My school has a great education, don't get me wrong, but it keeps coming up that "it's going to be your job to get your customers to sell products and vets will be pissed if you don't." I can definitely see making suggestions based PURELY on what I think would be healthiest for the pet, but even after 3 or so years in the glasses business I'm never going to be able to treat clients like a walking wallet. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Angel Little Angel     Barked: Fri Jul 13, '12 2:15am PST  I wonder if it would be more effective just to have a side group that reported their info straight to the authorities. That way it's anonymous and something further can be done to stop them from doing more than just reposting again. Though, you have to be careful of that, you can't report people without any real investigating to see if the conditions are really bad. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Dog Laws & Legislation > APHIS/USDA Breeding Regulations

Angel Little Angel     Barked: Fri Jul 13, '12 2:09am PST  It seems like there's a lot of argument about semantics/etc. Unfortunately, the loudest and most active "animal rights activists" are the most extreme people, so they give everyone that cares about the welfare of animals a bad name and induces a lot of finger pointing and assumptions. While I definitely think this law needs a lot of refinement, I think it's a good first draft. I think most good breeders can agree, SOMETHING needs to be done about shady BYBs and puppy mills because they are destroying the breed just as much as extremists like PETA and HSUS are (by trying to adopt legislation that would effectively euthanize all pets.) I think it's actually a good idea to include "regular" pet owners in the debate, because you need a common, middle ground in all this to try and get a healthy consensus. All of the "experts" are going to have more extreme-ish views because they are at best going to have vastly different perspectives/experiences, or at worst different motives. One of the smartest teachers (a vet) at my school thinks there's never an excuse to breed because she's had to euthanize shelter animals for years. While I don't agree with that, I can definitely imagine my own views would start to radicalize if I spent a lot of time in that environment as well. I don't know whether I want this particular bill to pass...hopefully they can come up with something with a little more protection for responsible breeders to put on the floor. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Dog Laws & Legislation > RIP Lennox

Angel Little Angel     Barked: Fri Jul 13, '12 1:51am PST  Part of me wonders if the family said those things about Lennox to try and keep the dog warden away from him, even if not true, and it just backfired on them. From the few "assessment" videos I saw he seemed to be really good with strangers. Regardless, it's just a sad situation all around. I honestly agree with Victoria Stillwell, I think that the reason they didn't let Lennox go to her was because he was either in such terrible condition they didn't want to get their butts sued/prosecuted for abuse or he was already dead and was trying to buy time to try and come up with an excuse that wouldn't piss off the international audience (or hopes that the world would just stop caring.) Other than just plain cruel-heartedness, I can't think of any other reason they wouldn't at least give the family the dogs collar (even if there was some weird law that said they couldn't give them the body.) IIRC, Victoria Stillwell herself said he looked really terrible in recent photos (he was missing A LOT of fur) so it's not too far off the mark to assume they neglected him to death. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Dog Health > Canine Vestibular Syndrome?

Angel Little Angel     Barked: Sat Jun 16, '12 10:02pm PST  It sounds like your dog is in a lot of pain. With CVS, they are turning around in circles because their balance is off, but there's usually not any pain or limping associated with it. I'd take your pup to the vet as soon as you can, good luck. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Angel Little Angel     Barked: Sat Jun 16, '12 9:55pm PST  If you aren't breaking any laws, (check out the language of the ordinance carefully) what they are doing is harassment. You can take them to court for harassment, and also report them to the DA for making false police calls (I'm pretty sure it's a crime to call the police needlessly.) After you check the laws of the ordinance, I'd print out a copy for them and tell them if they don't stop calling the police and sending threatening letters you'll take THEM to court. Usually that shuts people up that don't have a leg to stand on. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

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