what do you think of Dogs
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Lucy is maybe 12 years old...we've had her for 5. She gets 1 cup of dry dog food for breakfast & 1 cup for dinner. And then I'll chop up maybe a quarter of an Italian meatball into each meal. She'll eat it. She gets waay too many table scraps but that's the hubby. Our previous dog was a lab mix & she was 17. So you are going strong Yao!
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Fan4-45years:
oobu24:
hey_kittay:
Fan4-45years:
oobu24:
Fan4-45years:
oobu24:
Just mix a bit of something in it. I use Blue Buffalo (lamb & rice) but add a tiny bit of a frozen italian meatball to it & she loves it. Maybe it spices it up.
Rocco loves his new Blue Buffalo dry food. Thanks for the suggestion!!!!!
Great! I'm so glad he likes it. Which one did you get? Ours is the green bag.
I got Life Protection Plan for him, red and cream with blue diamond on front. Little guy has been having digestive problems. Hopefully, this will clear that up.
Hey, my older dog who is still hanging in here doing very well. He has digestive problems. Now he is 17.5 years old so I guess that is to b expected. Just in case someone out there has an older dog or a stomach sensitive dog, my dog now eats Science Diet I/D (for gastrointestinal health.) formula canned food. It really helped him. And then he also takes metronidazole (500mg). He was having tummy troubles about 2 months ago, well since that brown recluse spider bit him...and he is still taking it. Made a world or difference. oh, and the science diet food is not anymore expensive than what he was eating. But I buy it in packs of 12.
I was thinking about you & your dog the other day. Glad to hear that he is doing ok.
I'm glad he's doing better, too.
Glad he's doing good ..... me three
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hey_kittay:
Fan4-45years:
Rocco is around 6 yrs. old, now. Most of the time he doesn't eat his breakfast. I wonder if he is getting too old to eat twice a day? About a month ago, I didn't put any dry food in his dish in the morning. While I was eating breakfast, he went up and sniffed his bowl. I started back giving him half a mug again every morning. He still doesn't eat it. I give him a whole mug-full for supper, dinner, evening meal, whatever you call it Maybe he's just not needing to eat twice a day anymore. Any thoughts?
First thanks for all the nice thoughts on my black lab. Yao from you all. I am truly blessed he is still here. If it weren't for the great vet I have for him he would be out of luck. With my help and her expertise we have a great thing going. Yao is 17.5 years old will eat still ALL DAY and ANYTHING if he were allowed. But he is a black Labrador retriever and so that breed is known for eating anything. The vet says,' the day he does not eat is the day we will be worried...' My german shepard will pace himself on eating. So does my granmother's (which I inherited) miniature pinscher, who is 15.5 years old. Rocco, which breed is he again? Or maybe he is tired of his type of food? One dog I had long ago, named Mojo, a Wheaton Terrier, he was picky about his food. I don't think it is his age. Keep an eye out and see maybe if he wants something different. Or maybe he needs more exercise to get his digestion moving along and get his appetite going again?
Rocco is a schnauzer, 26 pounder I just changed his dry food to Blue Buffalo. He likes it. Before he ate half a mug for breakfast and a whole mugful for supper. Now I just add half a mugful to his breakfast for supper b/c he never eats brekkie. Shouldn't say never. Once in a while he comes back to it and scarfs it down, oh, around 10am. Very rarely, though. His food may be stale by supper since it's setting out all day. Maybe I'll try not feeding him until the evening meal and see what happens. Except for treats.
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My Yorkies are the best little snugglers - whether it's with me or my guys or each other, it's so sweet how they just dig right in
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My Dear Love of My Life YAO has passed onto a better place, The Rainbow Bridge. He just went down in the past few days and at 17.5 years I had to love him more than I loved myself, and euthanize him. It was very serene and very sad. But I laid on the pad and blamkets as he was given the medicine and held him until he drew his last breath. I can still feel him, and his presence is all around me. I love him eternally.
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hey_kittay:
My Dear Love of My Life YAO has passed onto a better place, The Rainbow Bridge. He just went down in the past few days and at 17.5 years I had to love him more than I loved myself, and euthanize him. It was very serene and very sad. But I laid on the pad and blamkets as he was given the medicine and held him until he drew his last breath. I can still feel him, and his presence is all around me. I love him eternally.
oh Kittay...I am so sorry. I need to find that website where you can light a candle for your pet. You will see him again...at the Rainbow Bridge. Tears are streaming down my face right now as I watched this again. I haven't looked at it since my own 17 year old died 5 years ago. Get the kleenex...
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hey_kittay:
My Dear Love of My Life YAO has passed onto a better place, The Rainbow Bridge. He just went down in the past few days and at 17.5 years I had to love him more than I loved myself, and euthanize him. It was very serene and very sad. But I laid on the pad and blamkets as he was given the medicine and held him until he drew his last breath. I can still feel him, and his presence is all around me. I love him eternally.
I am sorry to hear of your loss. I saw your posts here about him and was always glad to hear that he was okay or doing better. My last dog was only around 9 plus years and it bummed me out for a long time. I miss him today - that being said one year later I have another dog - but it does not mean that I don't think of the previous dog. While these are sad times for you and it can be tough to shake the last day of him .... I hope you are able to hold on to the good memories. Peace be with you.
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thank you for the kind thoughts. It was his kidneys, they were failing, and it happened really quickly, he was great last week. Yesterday he looked into my eyes and I knew it was it. But I kept thinking somehow it would be okay. But his great vet, who always could 'fix him' said her opinion was what I thought it would be. We had to preserve his Dignity. And it was done. He suffers no more. She told me, the vet, that I might see him or hear him, as it was very common for people to hear or see their loved ones after death. I knew this, but last night after I finally went to sleep I awoke to a bark, Yao's bark. And today his image in my mind has taken my breath away. He is with me in spirit. Actually this is almost unbearable. See, Yao was like my child. He was my child. I am making it second by second. Give my love to all of your pets, and I thank you again.<3 RIP Darling Yao: 02/15/1996 07/25/2013
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it 'twas and still'is raining ..... I came home and needed to walk (we are doing another pedometer challenge at work ..... I like to walk if there is a challenge or not) ..... there was a light sprinkle of a rain ..... it was in the 70 degree range ..... I thought a little sprinkle on a summer day might be okay ..... I walked my dog ..... the rain started getting heavier ..... but almost okay enough to keep going .... then heavier ..... to where it was not fun to be out there anymore .... but I was at the furthest point away from home ..... so I kept walking ..... my dog likes the water .... but he didn't have a choice due to me ..... we did the walk .... I got home wet .... had to towel dry my dog to let him through the house ..... changed into dry clothes ..... have to finish my walk doing circles around the couch to get enough steps .... oh well ...... I tried I took him to a new vet .... closer to home and they had a free office visit special ..... however .... it still added up fast ..... as a well check at that .... shots, and all that go with it ..... (seems like a nice place and everyone appears to be nice and good at what they are doing ..... being a new business for this vet ...she is trying to make the business work with good all around workers and the building and all the rooms ....etc .... ) the bill is high without being charged for the initial visit ..... such is the way it is at all the places in the area ..... they are all in the same price ranges .... he did well and got a good report from the lab ....
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oobu24:
hey_kittay:
My Dear Love of My Life YAO has passed onto a better place, The Rainbow Bridge. He just went down in the past few days and at 17.5 years I had to love him more than I loved myself, and euthanize him. It was very serene and very sad. But I laid on the pad and blamkets as he was given the medicine and held him until he drew his last breath. I can still feel him, and his presence is all around me. I love him eternally.
oh Kittay...I am so sorry. I need to find that website where you can light a candle for your pet. You will see him again...at the Rainbow Bridge. Tears are streaming down my face right now as I watched this again. I haven't looked at it since my own 17 year old died 5 years ago. Get the kleenex...
I am so sorry Kittay. There are no words. I lit a candle on that website for my sweet pet died in 2006. He was having trouble catching his breath and died right beside me. The vet had said we wouldn't have him much longer. So sad for you. No, they can't be replaced. I still think about him often. I totally believe our pets will be in the next life with us. Many people disagree with that. I don't care. I so believe they will be. Love doesn't die, does it? Thought so. I read The Rainbow Bridge again this morning before sending it to a friends whose pet passed away. That is so beautiful. I feel like crying every time I read it.
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Fan4-45years:
oobu24:
hey_kittay:
My Dear Love of My Life YAO has passed onto a better place, The Rainbow Bridge. He just went down in the past few days and at 17.5 years I had to love him more than I loved myself, and euthanize him. It was very serene and very sad. But I laid on the pad and blamkets as he was given the medicine and held him until he drew his last breath. I can still feel him, and his presence is all around me. I love him eternally.
oh Kittay...I am so sorry. I need to find that website where you can light a candle for your pet. You will see him again...at the Rainbow Bridge. Tears are streaming down my face right now as I watched this again. I haven't looked at it since my own 17 year old died 5 years ago. Get the kleenex...
I am so sorry Kittay. There are no words. I lit a candle on that website for my sweet pet died in 2006. He was having trouble catching his breath and died right beside me. The vet had said we wouldn't have him much longer. So sad for you. No, they can't be replaced. I still think about him often. I totally believe our pets will be in the next life with us. Many people disagree with that. I don't care. I so believe they will be. Love doesn't die, does it? Thought so. I read The Rainbow Bridge again this morning before sending it to a friends whose pet passed away. That is so beautiful. I feel like crying every time I read it.
Thank you so very much from my heart! I am so sorry about your pet that died. It is so unbearable. It has been what now, 9 dayz, yes I am counting and I go from being fine to crying my eyes out. My heart is so broken. But I can tell you whether one believes in pet afterlife or not, my Yao has been heard for 3 nights since he died, barking a couple of barks from where he slept. Just like he did at night when he needed me to help him. And then Friday morning at 4 am, I was sleeping and heard something, I was awake with my eyes closed and I swear I heard his distinctive old doggie walk from the adjacent room to the foot of my bed! I sat up quickly and knew that he did that walk all the time, and I knew where he would be standing at the foot of my bed. But of course he was not visible, and I looked over to see my german shepard to the right of the bed laying there looking at me. It was totally only the way Yao walked. Who knows what happens after death and I just know he is in my heart always. But my dog I call Rocketman, or Boots, he loved Yao, and he is so depressed! So I found an article that talks about pets grieving another pets death: http://www.twincities.com/life/ci_23777684/pets-grieve-two-legged-four-legged-friends Peace and Love! Prayers to you and your pet Love!
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Wow. You could hear that?
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Yes, it is really happening. In the past my beloved pets have 'come back' to me after death. Always in the form of 'feeling them around' and the final feeling of them as what I call 'jumping into my heart.' When I feel their souls become one with me in a way. But this time, it is SO different, and I am so grateful. This time I have had many more experiences and really all auditory, as the barks and the walk the other morning. I feel that Yao, or Bud, as I called him later in life, knows I am dying here missing him like crazy, and he is assuring me that I am not alone. It has never happened like this before. Ever. And it happens every time when I don't expect to hear or see anything. Which is really such a beautiful surprise. I don't know when it will cease, but I am really enjoying the connection. But of course it does not replace my Baby. Yao's vet told me after he died that, 'I might hear or see him, and it was completely normal, and if I needed to talk to her to call her.' But I never expected this much activity. I will have to let her know in the future. Love 2 you and your beloved pet again! and LOVE 2 everyone and their lovely pets!
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Something similar happened to me about two weeks after my pet died. I felt his presence in the room, just walking around the bed, like he used to do before lying down. It was very real and comforting. I wasn't expecting it either. It felt like he was checking on me to make sure I was all right, if that makes any sense. A friend's dog died a few weeks ago and that reminded me of this. So, when I was at the library getting another book to write a book review, I saw The Divine Life of Animals: one man's quest to discover whether the souls of animals live on. I'm about 3/4 of the way through. It's a good read.
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Kittay, you are lucky to have another dog to help you through it too. A German Shepard? Nice. If you had no one to share the grief with...it would be so lonely for you. 5 years ago after our 17 year old died, we looked at shelters for 8 MONTHS! I couldn't believe it took us so long to find another dog but I think we were still looking for Sadie. Finally my dog now, Lucy, got adopted out from under us & I got so mad. Then she was returned! That was my omen...I knew I had to get her. I don't think she ever knew love or even people when she was young...but now...she is soooo loved. Amazing how good they can make us feel.
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It took me nearly a year before I could really look for a dog .... I went to a few rescue things ..... went to an area where people would bring dogs about two times a month ...... picked a few up ..... but the time was just not right ..... Then within a week of being one year ..... I saw the description of my dog at a rescue ..... he went through a lot ..... his sister was with him too .... It was a long drive ..... but I had more of a feeling about this now ..... it turned out right ..... (I got okay'd by the rescue people first) ..... had to return the next week (I did not even have enough money for the deposit .... they trusted that I would be back and held on to him and did not sell him to someone else) ..... thought about him all week (that was good too .... it meant something that I did not feel when I visited rescue things previous in my area) ..... My dog that passed ..... in his final days ..... found a place to lay down behind a chair in the corner ..... he knew something was happening ..... When I got my new dog ...... the cage thing did not work out ..... the rescue place had them do all their peeing and pooping and eating there ... it was a disaster ...... I cleaned the cage in the middle of the night .... almost puked ..... laid on the couch with my dog and put him at ease .... it took a few nights .... Then he found a place to curl up and sleep ...... it was behind the chair where the previous dog slept ..... It took a little while ..... I tried not to compare them .... now I am glad he is here .... and he has quite a personality too
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oobu24:
Kittay, you are lucky to have another dog to help you through it too. A German Shepard? Nice. If you had no one to share the grief with...it would be so lonely for you. 5 years ago after our 17 year old died, we looked at shelters for 8 MONTHS! I couldn't believe it took us so long to find another dog but I think we were still looking for Sadie. Finally my dog now, Lucy, got adopted out from under us & I got so mad. Then she was returned! That was my omen...I knew I had to get her. I don't think she ever knew love or even people when she was young...but now...she is soooo loved. Amazing how good they can make us feel.
Oobu, you were MEANT to have Sadie. Clearly. What a blessing. I got Rocco at a shelter almost 4 yrs. to the day that our other dog died. I looked one Saturday and didn't see any dogs I felt attached to. Went back the following Sat. to the shelter and saw Rocco. Hadn't even seen him the previous week, but he was there. Were you the person who told me to train him when he was nipping me the first day I had him because I was posting on here I was thinking of taking him back? That was the best advice I'd ever gotten. He is such a loving and devoted pet, now. If that WAS you. THANKS!
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The_Fool:
It took me nearly a year before I could really look for a dog .... I went to a few rescue things ..... went to an area where people would bring dogs about two times a month ...... picked a few up ..... but the time was just not right ..... Then within a week of being one year ..... I saw the description of my dog at a rescue ..... he went through a lot ..... his sister was with him too .... It was a long drive ..... but I had more of a feeling about this now ..... it turned out right ..... (I got okay'd by the rescue people first) ..... had to return the next week (I did not even have enough money for the deposit .... they trusted that I would be back and held on to him and did not sell him to someone else) ..... thought about him all week (that was good too .... it meant something that I did not feel when I visited rescue things previous in my area) ..... My dog that passed ..... in his final days ..... found a place to lay down behind a chair in the corner ..... he knew something was happening ..... When I got my new dog ...... the cage thing did not work out ..... the rescue place had them do all their peeing and pooping and eating there ... it was a disaster ...... I cleaned the cage in the middle of the night .... almost puked ..... laid on the couch with my dog and put him at ease .... it took a few nights .... Then he found a place to curl up and sleep ...... it was behind the chair where the previous dog slept ..... It took a little while ..... I tried not to compare them .... now I am glad he is here .... and he has quite a personality too
You are quite perceptive to love on him and put him at ease. Glad he is part of your family.
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The_Fool:
....... My dog that passed ..... in his final days ..... found a place to lay down behind a chair in the corner ..... he knew something was happening ..... When I got my new dog ...... the cage thing did not work out ..... the rescue place had them do all their peeing and pooping and eating there ... it was a disaster ...... I cleaned the cage in the middle of the night .... almost puked ..... laid on the couch with my dog and put him at ease .... it took a few nights .... Then he found a place to curl up and sleep ...... it was behind the chair where the previous dog slept ..... It took a little while ..... I tried not to compare them .... now I am glad he is here .... and he has quite a personality too
Awww...he sleeps where your other dog slept? How sweet. I think these animals sometimes know what we are going through.