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Stop the Begging, Already!
from Living with a Diabetic Dog
on Thursday February 28th, 2013 at 05:54 PM
Yeah, it's Doc In my last post (the one on vegetables as dog treats), I didn't have space to address the issue of dogs who beg at the table. Sadly, I live with one of these (Doc, a 130 lb. Great Pyrenees), and his owner is dealing with the situation by taking his own meal away from the table a lot of the time. Since he feedsDoc AT THE TABLE nightly and gives him anything left over from whatever he had for dinner, Doc is understandably confused when he is yelled at for begging at the table....
Good Treats for Good Diabetic Dogs
from Living with a Diabetic Dog
on Thursday February 28th, 2013 at 04:54 PM
Fruits and vegetables (Photo credit: nutrilover) I've written before about my sometimes horrifying discoveries about treats and my diabetic dog, mainly instances where I discovered that I should have checked the ingredients (high-fructose corn syrup and other sugars turn up in a lot of commercial dog treats), but I haven't often touched on treats that are better for your pet. Recently, DogChannel.com published an article on using vegetables as treats, and I think this is a godsend. I know...
Puppy (and Dog) Pill Problems?
from Living with a Diabetic Dog
on Saturday February 9th, 2013 at 05:33 PM
Picture credit DogChannel.com Our friends at WebMD's Healthy Pets page have a newish article that every dog owner should read, "How to Give Medications to Dogs." Believe it or not, many people give up on their dogs because of this very issue (or so I have been told by several vets and vet assistants). In my case, I had a lot of problems in this area when it came to pills but, surprisingly, none at all when it came to injections. Tony hated pills of any kind, and I was hard pressed to find new...
Dog Flu and Harbor Seals
from Living with a Diabetic Dog
on Thursday January 17th, 2013 at 06:24 PM
These Mature Harbor Seals on the beach are apparently healthy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)One source I haven't mentioned before is Mypet.com, mostly because it's run by Merck, which is a major player in BigPharma, if you know what I mean. The bottom line is that the site is there to sell you on their products, but that doesn't mean that they are automatically wrong, just that you have to consider their goals as well as your own. So, keeping that in mind, I just got an email from them about dog...
Diabetic Dogs in a Winter Wonderland
from Living with a Diabetic Dog
on Friday December 28th, 2012 at 02:44 PM
English: Two Siberian Huskies (Max & Moritz) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)I hope your holidays are going well so far. I just received an email from WebMd's Healthy Dogs newsletter and was appalled to find that the article links don't seem to be working. Since others may be having the same problem (and since the search program on WebMd seems to have trouble finding pet articles, too), I thought it would be worth posting how to get to them. The first article is on frostbite in dogs, and I...A Terrific Source Re: Pets and Hurricane Sandy
from Living with a Diabetic Dog
on Saturday November 17th, 2012 at 07:46 PM
Flickr: doxella I've been sorting through my email today, and I came across one from DogChannel.com listing their article "How You Can Help Pets Affected By Sandy." Now, I've gotten a bunch of similar messages since the storm, but this one is really helpful if you want to know who's doing what. For example, the American Kennel Club's new Sandy Fund is providing grant money to clubs in the areas hit by the storm. DogChannel.com has links for all of the 15 organizations leading the charge to...
Dogs: Don't Eat This!
from Living with a Diabetic Dog
on Saturday November 17th, 2012 at 07:20 PM
A double whammy for dogs: Chocolate-covered macadamia nuts (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I thought I had a good handle on people foods that are toxic for dogs, but WebMD alerted me to a few that I had never heard of in this context, including avocados and animal fat. Best of all, they tell you precisely why these foods are "Dangerous for Dogs." Avocados (persea Americana)contain persin, which is toxic for dogs, and animal fat -- cooked or raw-- can cause pancreatitis. So, it's worth a look....
Hurricane Sandy: Time to Check your Emergency Readiness
from Living with a Diabetic Dog
on Saturday November 3rd, 2012 at 03:28 PM
Hurricane Sandy Redecoration (Photo credit: dakine kane) My inbox is full of messages in connection with Hurricane Sandy, including a request for a donation from the ASPCA. As usual, I'm broke, so I can't oblige them right now. I hope you can. They're doing a lot of work that is Sandy-related, and it's all laid out on their blog. It's a real relief to me to read about people doing good things for pets, as opposed to all the animal abuse stories I keep hearing. The fact that the hurricane hit...
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