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Demodex is not contagious, and I notified the day care as soon as she was diagnosed with it. They knew it wasn't contagious, and they have no problem at all with her being there. In fact they told me that they have 2 other dogs with the same problem there. She is now on Ivermectin, as well as...

Thank you, this makes me feel better. A friend of mine told me about his puppy, who had it all over her body, and she had to have dips every other week for I don't know how long. The puppy was a rescue and had it on her when he got her. Poor doggie lost all of his fur before he got new one. I...

Mordy, thank you for your answer. What can I do about the imune system - I am pretty sure she is almost stress free, she is the happiest dog ever. Are there vitamins she can take, or something like that? From what I know, this has something to do with the T-cells - is there anything that she can...

Yesterday I picked up my puppy (13 mos old Westie) from daycare, and the lady there pointed out some bald spots on her. I had noticed within the past few weeks that it seemed that she had on on the inside of her leg, but I couldn't tell since that area has very few hairs to begin with. However...

Thank you all - at least I know that we are on some sort of right track. I will wait a few more days to see how it goes, and I will probably take her to the vet next week. She has definitely been better since she started taking the pills, but the setback the other day just worried me. I will...

Hi everyone, I have a question about this thing that has been going on with my puppy. She is a Westie, she just turned one on August 4. Anyway, I noticed quite a few times when I used to pickher up after her naps that she would be wet on one of her legs, and sometimes her bed would be wet, but...

I am taking my puppy to doggie day care. She is 6 months old and absolutely loves it. Before I started taking her they required that we go through an interview, which consisted of her interacting with 2 other dogs (one at a time). The lady who owns the place watched them carefully and she was...

I think housebroken dogs can pee in the house when they are scared, or feel that you/they are in some sort of danger. This may be the case with the dog that peed when someone yelled at her - not necessarily because she wanted revenge. I find it hard to believe that a housebroken dog will pee for...

Thanks everyone - it seems that she DOES have a cold LOL. I took her to the vet last night, they said that her temperature was a tid bit high (1 degree over what she was on Monday), so they said it was probably an infection and put her on antibiotics. She wears a sweater now (she has been since...

I stick to my opinion that keeping her in the crate for 22 hours a day is just plain cruel. I was trying to be diplomatic, but if you have this much anger towards her, please find her another home. She will not be a pet to you if she's in the crate all day, and she will be miserable. If you are...

My puppy (6 mos old Westie) has been sneezing (wet sneezes) since Monday. On Sunday we went to the doggie park and it was cold, she ran around a lot, I can only assume that she inhaled a lot of the cold wind, so she now has a - what I call - cold. I took her to the vet on Monday, they gave me...

The point is, it's not the DOG's fault. Why would you take it out on her? She only does what she was taught. I cannot believe you would punish the dog by keeping her in the crate because the boyfriend didn't take care of her training. I hope that you were upset when you posted that, and I hope...

Thank you for clarifying for me - we'll just use it this way then. Hopefully she'll keep trying - or decide it's just too much trouble. :) We'll see how it goes.

So, I have been thinking about getting a kong for my Westie. I have been looking and looking, and I just have a question: if you stuff the kong with whatever (peanut butter, treats etc.), isn't there a point where she can't reach the inside of the kong? If yes, isn't this going to frustrate her...

Done... so sorry to hear that. I was born in Romania also, I lived there until 1995, I hope they come to their senses - then again, I don't see it happening soon. Good luck!