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Chloe 1240743     Barked: Thu May 23, '13 8:08am PST  My dachshund is 1 year and a few months old and I recently got a postcard from my vet requesting that she come in for a DHPP booster, yearly exam etc... I did not do a Lepto vaccine because dachshunds tend to have issues with that. Also skipped Coronavirus and Bordatella. Rabies is required by law. I skipped the lyme vaccine because it's questionable how effective it is and she's not outside a ton. How necessary is this DHPP booster at a year and every 1-2 years after that? What do you have your pet vaccinated for and what do you skip? my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Chloe 1240743     Barked: Sun May 12, '13 4:52pm PST  I'm trying to decide whether or not to continue giving my dogs heartguard. From what i understand preventatives like heartguard and interceptor are not really preventatives. Basically you are dosing your dog with poison every month and if your dog does have heartworm the preventative kills it. But since heartworm is a serious disease if you are not using a preventative what else can you do? A yearly test? Once your dog gets heartworm is it treatable? What if you test your dog, the test comes back negative and then your dog is infected for a year...then is it treatable? my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Raw Food Diet > Toys for power chewers?

Shadow 24032     Barked: Mon Mar 25, '13 11:55am PST  She happily shreds any paper or cardboard that she can find. She will go into the bathroom and grab empty toilet paper rolls and go to town. The head thing grosses me out so I don't think I can do that. Where do you get an animal head? Are they being serious that those are actually a line of toys for zoo animals? Or they are just supposed to be super sturdy? my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Raw Food Diet > Toys for power chewers?

Shadow 24032     Barked: Sun Mar 24, '13 8:46am PST  So I'm not sure what forum this topic should go in. None of them really seemed to apply. Since my dogs are on raw and it's sort of bone related. I figured I would post here. One of the dogs is a power chewer, she has destroyed a black kong. I was thinking about a deer or elk antler but then I heard that they can crack teeth. Does anyone have experience with giving their dogs antlers or another recommendation for a power chewer? my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Raw Food Diet > Vomiting Blood, Should I be concerned?

Shadow 24032     Barked: Mon Feb 25, '13 8:35am PST  I feel like I post questions on here too often but you all are so helpful. This morning one of the dogs was making a hacking noise. I don't know how to explain it but when you hear the noise and you know they are trying to get something up. So she threw up some bright red foamy blood and a bone. She doesn't seem to be in pain and she ate a boneless meal this morning. I have been using leg quarters for my bone in-meals, although the bones in the drumstick portion seem to be a bit splintery for my liking. Should I be concerned? my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Shadow 24032     Barked: Mon Feb 25, '13 4:28am PST  I contacted the person that I got the meat from. He said that what I'm describing is a bruise and if he sees it in the meat he usually cuts it out. And the black wormy things are clotted blood. That doesn't explain the smell though and it was all throughout the meat. I don't really know where any butchers or ethnic markets are located. I guess I'll have to do a google search. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Raw Food Diet > Sources for Raw Meat?

Shadow 24032     Barked: Sun Feb 24, '13 2:11pm PST  I thought perhaps I was being unreasonable about feeding this meat so thank you for saying that you wouldn't feed it either. I live in New England, not sure if anyone knows of any good sources in the CT/MA area. I can order from TQDF (www.topqualitydogfood.com) but a lot of their mixes contain veggies and count heart as organs. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Raw Food Diet > Sources for Raw Meat?

Shadow 24032     Barked: Sun Feb 24, '13 7:32am PST  I have three dogs, and need about 70 pounds of food a month. I was hoping to keep my costs to $100 or less per month. I belong to a raw feeders group in my state and thought I had a plan as to sources for meat. But due to a recent experience I'm a bit concerned as to the quality of the meat sold by people who sell specifically to raw feeders. If there is nothing wrong with the meat why wouldn't it be sold for human consumption at a much higher cost? I bought some chunk beef for $1.25/lb and it smelled not so great and parts were oozing a black liquid and parts had these small black worm like things in them. I'm definitely not sure as to whether I should even feed that to the dogs and the process of cutting it up into meal size chunks ...the smell had my stomach churning. A significant portion of the meat was fat. So now if I'm trying to source solely from the grocery store I'm not sure if this diet is affordable. Sourcing meat besides chicken at an affordable price is going to be rough. These are the common sale prices for meat in my area: Bone-in Breasts $1.39/lb Leg quarters .71 - .99 Whole chickens .85 - .99 Drums / Thighs $1.19/lb Cornish hens $1.70/lb Turkey breast $1.69/lb Pork spareribs $2/lb Bone in pork chops $2/lb Whole Pork Shoulder $1.29/lb Beef Brisket $2.99/lb 85% lean ground beef $3.49/lb Whole eye round $3.49/lb Salmon $6/lb This week a store has bone-in veal shoulder chops for $3.69/lb I haven't even looked at organ prices yet. At these prices could you make up an affordable diet? my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Raw Food Diet > How do I use nutritiondata and usda

Chloe 1240743     Barked: Sun Feb 10, '13 7:10am PST  I've seen people say that they use nutritiondata.com to calculate if their dog is getting everything that they need. I would assume the site is for people and would be basing it on cooked food vs raw. Can someone walk me through how to use this site? Also I've looked at the usda database for bone percentages in certain cuts of meat and I don't see bone listed. (http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/) For example if I look up cornish hen, it just says cornish hen meat and skin raw. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Chloe 1240743     Barked: Sat Jan 26, '13 10:10am PST  I am no expert but from what I have seen people that feed half kibble and half raw do so in different meals. So they would feed kibble in the morning and raw at night. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

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