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The Quirky Life of a Rescue Dog

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Summer Care for Dogs – Overheating & Heatstroke

The Mystery of Dogs in Parked Cars Why, after all this time do people continue to leave their dogs in the car? A dog can die from overheating in matter of minutes. Duh - doesn’t everyone know that?? So again... Continue Reading →

Our Adventure with Dog Gastroenteritis

This post is about gastroenteritis. I find that the best way to explain symptoms is to post some pictures. Yep. poop pictures. I am surprised it is so difficult to find actual pictures of poop anomalies. Isn’t dog poop one of... Continue Reading →

I was in the middle writing a post about the dangers of hot weather, and allergy season when I ran across this little first aid guide. It was published by Emergency Animal Hospital. It was too good to pass up.... Continue Reading →

Phoebe – Finally Illness and Issue Free!

Finally! After 9 months and $3353 in vet bills, I have a healthy dog! Phoebe is officially mange-free (two negative scrapings a month apart) – I am jumping for joy! She is also free from various things I inherited when... Continue Reading →

Dog’s nutritional needs with actual values

I stumbled upon this little gem while looking for some other nutrition-related information.  It is a booklet titled, Your Dog's Nutritional Needs, which was published by the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources in 2006. I don't know why the... Continue Reading →

Hot Spot

Now Phoebe has a hot spot. She has been itching and licking more than usual for over a week. I was guessing it was a mange flare up, which still may be the case. I planned on setting up a... Continue Reading →

Dog Calcium Needs and Eating Bones

Side stepping the whole prey model did not mean that I wanted to give up on the concept of feeding a raw diet. One difference between the whole prey model and the BARF model is that the meat is ground... Continue Reading →

Phoebe: 1 – Papilloma Virus: 0

When I last wrote on this topic, I was quite worried that the ugly Papilloma virus (wart) might impact our ability to take Phoebe to training. Now it is one less thing to worry about; it is gone. When I... Continue Reading →

Papilloma – a Bump in the Road to Training

When we took Phoebe to the vet back on 10/29, the vet honed in on a little wart growing on Phoebe's lip. I really did not think it was a big deal until the vet told me that it was... Continue Reading →

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