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Josie Happy to work     Barked: Sun May 19, '13 3:18pm PST  I know they have cancer issues, not sure how commmon it is in the breed but my vet had one and it died at 4 years old from cancer...very sad. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Josie Happy to work     Barked: Thu May 9, '13 4:40pm PST  I know the feline version works (i have the wall plug in), we use it when our cats start throwing fits and we can tell when it is empty as they start up again. Some one gave me the DAP spray for my fosters, i have not used it as I have not really had a reason to. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Rescue, Adoption & Happy Endings > Is it ever possible to foster if you own an intact dog?

Josie Happy to work     Barked: Fri Apr 26, '13 4:42pm PST  A lot of rescues dont understand that people who have intact dogs and show them love the breed and are interested in fostering in order to help the breed...I know a good amount of rescues who would not let me foster for them simply because they saw me with an intact dog I was showing (he did not live with me but to them that did not matter). I finally found the shelter and since then i have been in with many rescues who are great and understand that intact dogs do not always equal irresponsible people. I would try contacting some all breed rescues about fostering also, if there are any in a reasonable distance. From what I have seen some breed specific rescue people are so biased while the all breed people can be more understanding. Although that is not always the case (doxie rescue is great with fosters who have intact dogs in my area while one all breed rescue I know of is extremely strict) Also I dont know if it just my area but GSD rescue people around me seem extremely judgmental of everyone. I dealt with the local groups when I was at the county shelter and a purebred (with papers) came in and the breeder did not want it back because she had some issues (fearful) I called the local GSD rescues and they immediately started quizzing me and asked why i had not taken the dog if I was so concerned and that I was being irresponsible by not taking the dog out of that environment!! I was so turned off, i was just trying to help and they were acting like i was the one that abandoned the dog. On another occasion I was helping to train a GSD who came into the shelter and my neighbor had taken an interest in him and was arranging to take him home (he is a police officer and wanted to use this dog not only as a personal pet but as a drug sniffing/whatever dog..it was a young dog at about 6 months old and LOTS of drove). The local GSD rescue was appalled that I was bringing this dog out in public and he might be going to a police officer as a forever home, in their words "a police officer is the worst person to own a GSD, they only abuse them and dump them"...While this might be true about some PD officers I know my neighbor and he has kept every K9 dog he has ever had for its whole life. (Side note this dog is now 7 yrs old and made a great drug dog and is now retired living with my neighbor). Like i said it might just be the people in my area but i have not had good experiences with GSD rescues...i hope you end up fostering and that everything works out...the rescue would benefit from you being involved with them my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Dog Health > Trifexis or Sentinel????

Josie Happy to work     Barked: Fri Apr 19, '13 3:52am PST  okay, thanks my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Dog Health > Trifexis or Sentinel????

Josie Happy to work     Barked: Thu Apr 18, '13 2:45pm PST  you got the same results i did. Whipworms suck!!!! I am thinking that i might just treat all my dogs and give them Pancur them every 3 months which is the time limit i have to give the med to Star (3 days, then 3 weeks later, then 3 months later). It seems like the safest option my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Josie Happy to work     Barked: Wed Apr 17, '13 5:24am PST  Thanks everybody. I still am not sure what I am going to do but am still doing research. Does anybody know if there is anything I could use to treat the yard (instead of putting the other dogs on preventative)?? my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Dog Health > Trifexis or Sentinel????

Josie Happy to work     Barked: Tue Apr 16, '13 12:49pm PST  I am going to use pancur for treating Star, the problem is that whipworms live in the soil and can live in the soil for a long time so I need to have my dogs on some sort of preventative. So far the only options are Trifexis and Sentinel... I talked to my vet a bit more and she called the rep from each of the companies (probably expecting them to comfort me). The Trifexis rep said that while there is no conclusive evidence that Trifexis is unsafe for animals with seizure disorders the rep said that it would be risky. The sentinel rep said that in some dogs on of the ingredients can penetrate the blood - brain barrier which can cause neurological issues, they are not sure why this happens in some dogs but it would be risky to put Josie on it. So as of now we are at a stand still, my vet is nervous about putting my dogs on either of these (especially Josie). The decision for now is to just treat Star and talk to the companies more to try and find some sort of answer as to which would be less of a risk. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Dog Health > Trifexis or Sentinel????

Josie Happy to work     Barked: Tue Apr 16, '13 10:42am PST  I have never heard of WormSheild but I just looked it up and it does not say if it treats whipworms or not It only mentions roundworms, heartworms, and hookworms my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Dog Health > Trifexis or Sentinel????

Josie Happy to work     Barked: Tue Apr 16, '13 10:15am PST  So Star has whipworms, not a problem..pretty easy to treat. The problem is my other dogs are not currently on a med that prevents or kills whipworms (we have been using revolution for years without a problem). I have been reading about Trifexis and Sentinel and have some concerns about both, mostly because Josie and Wiggles have had seizures in the past (Josie is epileptic and Wiggles rarely has them..cause unknown for him). I have heard that Trifexis is not safe for dogs with seizure disorders so I was wondering about Sentinel but there seems to be less information about Sentinel. My vet is pressuring me to use Trifexis but I dont want to give Josie or Wiggles something that could make their seizure disorders worse. What is everybody's opinion on which I should use?? my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Josie Happy to work     Barked: Wed Apr 3, '13 9:50am PST  It sounds like an infected anal gland, Josie had a ruptured anal gland and there was blood everywhere. There was probably a little blood because the vet expressing them irritated it. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

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