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01-29-2008, 01:01 PM | #1 |
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As most of you know Logan has been sick on & off & causing me major worry. I've been obsessing most of this week on what I can do to make him better. I'm decided I need to go speak with my vet & get her take on what I should be doing for him, but I thought I would ask your advice also.
We are switching Logan food to a sensitive stomach formula & hoping that will help. We have also cut out all people food except for carrots; amen I got my hubby on board on this one. Now the problem is chews. Logan loves to chew, he's obsessed. We used to give him hooves but now he goes through them so fast & breaks off big pieces that I think it's very dangerous. I ordered him the never ending treat ball which came today & we will try tonight. I've bought him real bones with filling & he eats the filling out & then is done with them. He's never been a fan of kongs or nylabones. I also bought him some bully sticks, but now i'm not sure if I should give them too him or not. I'm just very concerned about making him sick again. Any help would be appreciated on this. What do you give your dogs? My one vet recommended Large size knotted rawhide that he can't get in his mouth & get big pieces off. I tried this & he didn't seem to thrilled, but he might now that he's desperate for something to chew on. I'm going to see about getting the vet I trust email address so I can ask her some of these questions also. I hate to bother her at work about these things since they aren't really important, just my curiousity. Maybe I should see about scheduling a follow up appointment & just make sure we're moving in the right direction. |
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I'm not a lot of help on this one because Reuger isn't much of a chewer. I do give him small bully sticks. I usually buy the braided bully sticks and take them apart and just give him one part. I also found a treat at Target that I was really excitied about and Reuger loves them. They're called Breathies and their a dried chicken breast. They say on the front of the package that there's no hormones, no antibiotics, no fillers, and no byproducts. They have several kinds and the one I got is for fresh breath and healthy teeth. The package says that they can have two a day, but I only let him have one. He always comes running when I get them out! They're by Dogswell and you can check them out on www.dogswell.com
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I just went to their site and they have dog biscuits without wheat or corn. You might want to check it out too. I might have to order some myself.
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Gucci is on an L/D diet I absolutely give her no human food at all. I have to watch what treats I give her because she had liver shunt and the protein and fat content may be too high for her. At Christmas my niece gave her some doggie treats which were made with peanut butter low fat and baked. I gave her two and she threw up and the vet set they are to heavy for her system..
The only treats I give Gucci are plain cherrios and small cut up carrots thats it. She is a yorkie and loves to chew , no more bones for her either. I just give her toys where they have that chewing heavy rope she plays with that... Hope this info. helped. PS What does Logan suffer from? |
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Mine really like chewing on the knotted ropes. That's about all I let them chew on.
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The stressing him out part could be true, I made a big mistake the 8th of december & was so stressed over it that I was making myself sick & I guess in the process I was making my dog sick too. I would be really stressed and sick for about a week & about 3 days after I started to calm down logan would get sick. There may be a correlation there may not be, but now that i'm calmed down a lot of the situation & I'm fixing it I'm better so hopefully he'll be better. But I'm trying other things also. The people food we were giving him wasn't good for him anyway so getting rid of that is a good thing either way & my vet hated that I gave him hooves. |
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What kind of dog is Logan? My puppy had parasites and I had to give her plain, boiled chicken and rice. I've never gone back to dog food.
At this point, I'm using ground turkey, frozen peas and carrots, frozen spinach and brown rice. Of course, they like the chicken better, but it's quite expensive here. NYC is not a good place to shop for food and I don't belong to Costco. I take a huge pot, boil up at least 1/2 pot of water, thrown in the chopped turkey, and use a fork to separate it. After about 20 minutes, or as soon as it's not raw anymore, I throw in the veggies. Bring it back to a boil, let the veggies soften a bit, and then take it off the heat and throw in 1 box of brown rice to 5 lbs of ground turkey. Leave it covered until the rice absorbs the water. If you have too much water in the pot, simmer the rice for a while, covered. It's 10 lbs. of meat to 3 packages of peas and carrots, one package of spinach and two boxes of brown rice. I take baggies after it cools and fill them up. I freeze them and it's about 3/4 hour of actual work time! As far as treats go, they're all organic, like the sweet potato chews. They're expensive, but my dogs are yorkies so they don't eat that much. They get marrow filled bones for chewing. They have a lot of toys, but I'm not going to buy them any more. Bones are safer if they're the right ones - they don't splinter. Rope toys they have, or I think a knotted piece of rope is fine. I take all my old socks and knot themfor the dogs too. They have cute toys, but I can't see spending money on toys for therm anymore. They could care less. The Merrick's phat flossies are excellent, but really pricey and they don't last as long as a bone.
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Logan is a yorkie.
Can't you get rid of the parasites. How did you find out that's what your dog had? Or did you mean to type pancreatisis & your fingers got confused? My fingers get confused all the time. |
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