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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
Good for you. When these things happened they were meant to.
I know you are a previous dog owner but some advice if I may.
The rawhides, make sure they are FDA approved and sold as a food item.
The rawhide sold as chew toys can contain a lot of glue and other 'stuff" that is not really that healthy for them.
Pig Ears and cow hoofs are usually a better bet.
Anything that goes in her mouth comes from her bowl, never ever feed her even once from the table. She will not associate the dinner table with food for her and there is a good shot she will never beg table side.
Crates are a good thing, good call on that.
The patchy hair thing may be a zinc deficiency, regular drug store zinc vitamin supplements are fine. http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=2&articleid=718
Enjoy her, I think you both lucked out. |
Re: the rawhides- these are the Healthy-Hide chew fortified with Vitamin E and Omega3s. No good? I'm a label reader and the ingredients looked good. I wouldn't expect them to list glue though.
http://www.terrificpets.com/pet_supplies/dog/rawhide-chews/100315.asp
I never feed from the table- but this dog is always very interested in what I'm eating. I make it clear it's mine pretty quick.
I actually only feed her from her bowl, and in her crate. Trying to make sure she likes the crate.
She just did something pretty amazing. I had one of her toys (rope toy) still in the package at the bottom of the pantry. Was saving it so I didn't spoil her all at once. She just went into the pantry since the door was open, navigated past granite samples, rolls of paper towels, a bag of Iams, some Ginger Ale, etc, and extracted the rope toy! I went ahead and removed the packaging for her.
I'm guessing it smelled like the same store the other toy came from which made it hers.
Then she bit into the leaf of the Plumeria plant. Like those are a dime a dozen in GA!
I'm not too worried about chewing yet- I only let her out of the crate when I can supervise. The crate is right here in the kitchen so she's always in the action either way.