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My Mom invited the girls and I over to the house tonight for a good-bye party for her dog, Dax. He's being euthanized on Friday. Dax has been like one of my dogs - he's Trick's half-brother and has stayed with me on many occasions (including for a couple of months when my Dad was sick)...

I say "almost belated" because it's 11:38 p.m. here in Alaska on Christmas day .. *LOL* .. probably well past Christmas day for the rest of you! I waited for snow as I wanted to take this neat Christmas photo with a bunch of snowy-laden trees in the background and we just never got a good...

A few threads here and on another forum have made me wonder how people judge a trainer's "success" - and therefore their ability. When you look for a trainer, what makes you feel the trainer is successful and capable of providing good, knowledgeable instruction for you and your dog? Melanie...

I had Khana at agility class today and stayed after to let Tazer (almost 6 months old now!) play with the instructor's 8 month old malinois. It's fun to watch the two herding dogs play together. They both try to herd the other, but the malinois is bigger and pushier at this point. The...

.. I don't typically do things like that but it just made me see red. It was an ad on the bulletin board in the entry, where anyone can put things up. I tend to glance at them and this one caught my eye - in big letters across the top it said "BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY". It's a guy who wants...

Kylee (chow) turned 16 on Saturday. It's so hard to believe that we've been together so long. She was a rescue at the vet clinic I worked at back in 1991. She's been an amazing companion. I have her story online - it's at http://www.kippsdogs.com/kystory.html (written for her 12th birthday)...

Well, she pulled it off - qualified on Saturday to earn her CD title! And what was especially sweet is that Saturday was my old chow's 16th birthday (Kylee). What better way to honor that than for the youngster to earn a new title?? And when I called my Mom on Saturday to see how Kylee and...

I'm having one of those "logic vs. emotion" guilt trips right now. My oldest chow, Kylee, will have her 16th birthday on Saturday. I realize that dogs don't KNOW their birthdays. I know that to her it's just another day and the only one that the date is truly important to is ME. The...

... biting someone .. *beckoning with one long bony finger, lips parted in a fetid grin* Honestly, I won't bite hard .. it won't leave much of a mark .. I probably won't even draw blood .. *bloodshot eyes quiver* . .. please ... come closer ... just a bit closer .. I love...

Hi all - Some of you have already heard some of this, but I'd like to bring it up again and just get some honest opinions. What I'd like you to do is imagine yourself with this dog, imagine that you're not against breeding a quality animal, and forget about cost, risks, etc. This is purely...

It's hard to believe that it's been nearly six weeks since I traveled to Anchorage and picked up this new pup! She's growing like crazy and has pretty much settled into the somewhat haphazard schedule I keep. I'm very pleased at how social she is - no problems with people, other dogs, etc...

.. who is now ten weeks old and currently terrorizing the rest of the girls! She came to me from a kennel in Texas and is German and Czech lines. Her grandfather on one side has been the Hungarian (Working) Champion several times, and a grandfather on the other side is a working police...

Hi Doberkim - You asked a couple of questions on another thread and didn't really get an answer to them, so I'd like to address them for you (hope you don't mind). I can tell you how I've worked through this in the past and it may work for you. First you have to be positive that your...

We had a great weekend at a set of shows about 200 miles north. Khana earned her AKC Rally Excellent title with back-to-back qualifying scores of 95 (and first place both times). She'd earned one qualifying score last time I showed her in May. I was especially proud of her as the second day...

This may be an interesting topic. I'm not bringing it up to create a heated discussion, so I hope things can remain "cool" .. *L* I see people talking about how a good breeder should never make a profit on breeding - how they should at best break even. In all honesty, this doesn't make...

Does anyone out there know of a pharmacy still selling mibolerone, or has it been taken completely off the market? I know Cheque Drops are no longer made but my understanding was that mibolerone was being sold again. My vet said he can't get it. Melanie and the gang in Alaska

Does anyone out there have personal experience with rotavirus? My niece is almost six years old. She has developmental and physical difficulties due to a condition called Wolf Hirschhorn Syndrome, which means she's missing a section of chromosome. At her age she is tinier than her 4 year...

Khana and I went to a luau at the local college (my sister works there). Khana had a great time socializing. I wanted to do some obedience practice with her around all the distractions, but the running kids and the roast pig were too much and she couldn't concentrate .. *L* She met dozens...

I apologize if this has already been posted .. so many threads have hit on the recalls already, but if anyone hasn't seen this it's about time FDA stepped up and was honest with everyone! http://www.fda.gov/ora/fiars/ora_import_ia9929.html "As of April 26, 2007, FDA had received...

With all the risk of feeding processed foods these days, many people are really anxious about transitioning from kibble to a homemade or raw diet. People are looking at recipes that include a lot of ingredients, trying to figure out percentages of this and that, and I wanted to offer some...