Thread: Dogs!

Originally Posted by ProudMarineDad

With all this talk about dogs it got me to thinking about a subject I am passionate about.....dog food. I thought of making a list of brands to avoid but I don't want to offend anyone who may be feeding their beloved pet such low quality food. I think you should feed your dog the best quality kibble you can afford but others don't really care. As I said though, it's a subject I am passionate about.

I always fed Chesty the Evo Red Meat, and augmented that with as much raw chicken feet and necks livers and thighs and beef heart as I could get him.

If I ever own my own dog (Sassy is my parents) I will only feed it and any other animal I own the same food that I eat minus things it wouldn't normally eat in the wild.

Originally Posted by LikesBBS

If I ever own my own dog (Sassy is my parents) I will only feed it and any other animal I own the same food that I eat minus things it wouldn't normally eat in the wild.

A lot of the things people eat can be dangerous or unhealthy for dogs.

Originally Posted by maddafinga

A lot of the things people eat can be dangerous or unhealthy for dogs.

A lot of things dogs eat can be dangerous for the dog, like when a dog stole my babyribs...

Evo is a good kibble Josh, one of the best. I was referring to kibbles in my last post as raw diets are another thing altogether.

Lexy, our 8 year old pit bull. We rescued her from the shelter in December.

Here's a dog post. That's almost inconceivable, this Sunday while walking my dog with my best friend who owns her half-sister we were walking around a lot and the subject we were talking about was their age, their condition and how long we thought they had being that they're both in good health, his dog Angel is six months younger. Well, we had gone around the track twice and come to the conclusion that they were both in pretty good shape other than their back legs, the knees aren't what they used to be with arthritis and age, I'm sure you guys know the story, but as the words came out of my mouth that other than their legs, they're in pretty good shape for twelve year old dogs and probably have a couple good years left, at that point we turned around to see where they were and saw Angel on the ground doing what we thought was rolling around in bird crap as anyone with an outdoor dog will tell you they love to do, so as we started walking towards her. We noticed she wasn't breathing, at which point we ran, her eyes were open but she wasn't breathing we performed CPR on this dog for almost a half an hour, and she almost came back to us, but after the 30 min. her bladder let go her gums turned white, and we lost her. I have never seen my friend more shocked and stunned it all the time. I know him (over 40 yrs) my son came with the truck. We loaded her in the back and my dog, Comet got in with her, leaned up against her and didn't make a sound. We got her back to my house called the vet and brought her there for overnight storage, so to speak. This had to be one of the strangest days of my life. I'm not sure if this was some cosmic coincidence as my words were still hanging in the air but after reflecting on it for a bit I realized this is probably the best way your best friend can go, she was in the park with her sister and her master. Having a great time and pretty much gone before she hit the ground. I'm still a little shook up by this ordeal as I carried that puppy back on my lap for six hours while we drove back from the breeder as he did for me five months earlier, the bond between man and dog can sometimes be tighter than men have for each other. Just a strange story. I thought I had to share.

Sorry to hear that, while your right it couldn't have ended a better way they are family and the pain still runs deep.
Respectfully,
Christian

Originally Posted by EAGLESKADU

Why do bad things happen to our loved ones at the worst times? When money is extremely tight and were about to move and need every dime we have our Lab/American Bulldog Mix was coming around a corner in the house last night and all of a sudden she had her back left leg lifted. She has had a luxated patella for a while but it will usually just pop back in or I can massage it back in, not in this case. So all night I was worried about her, till morning hoping it would pop back in. No luck. So we took her to the vet and low and behold she has a torn Crucial ligament, basically a torn acl for people. Shelby my pup, never made a wince, never a cry, not a whimper. It breaks my heart. And of course the one and only orthopedic surgeon within 100 miles of me is the one I went to and he isnt board certified. Not making me feel any better. And of course $2600 for the surgery sure as hell stings. Sorry to bring the post down.
Respectfully,
Christian

Originally Posted by Grizzley1

Here's a dog post. That's almost inconceivable, this Sunday while walking my dog with my best friend who owns her half-sister we were walking around a lot and the subject we were talking about was their age, their condition and how long we thought they had being that they're both in good health, his dog Angel is six months younger. Well, we had gone around the track twice and come to the conclusion that they were both in pretty good shape other than their back legs, the knees aren't what they used to be with arthritis and age, I'm sure you guys know the story, but as the words came out of my mouth that other than their legs, they're in pretty good shape for twelve year old dogs and probably have a couple good years left, at that point we turned around to see where they were and saw Angel on the ground doing what we thought was rolling around in bird crap as anyone with an outdoor dog will tell you they love to do, so as we started walking towards her. We noticed she wasn't breathing, at which point we ran, her eyes were open but she wasn't breathing we performed CPR on this dog for almost a half an hour, and she almost came back to us, but after the 30 min. her bladder let go her gums turned white, and we lost her. I have never seen my friend more shocked and stunned it all the time. I know him (over 40 yrs) my son came with the truck. We loaded her in the back and my dog, Comet got in with her, leaned up against her and didn't make a sound. We got her back to my house called the vet and brought her there for overnight storage, so to speak. This had to be one of the strangest days of my life. I'm not sure if this was some cosmic coincidence as my words were still hanging in the air but after reflecting on it for a bit I realized this is probably the best way your best friend can go, she was in the park with her sister and her master. Having a great time and pretty much gone before she hit the ground. I'm still a little shook up by this ordeal as I carried that puppy back on my lap for six hours while we drove back from the breeder as he did for me five months earlier, the bond between man and dog can sometimes be tighter than men have for each other. Just a strange story. I thought I had to share.

My thoughts and prayers are with both of you, It is hard to lose a family member, a friend, or to watch a loved one suffer.

Prayers and thoughts
Pat

Originally Posted by Grizzley1

Here's a dog post. That's almost inconceivable, this Sunday while walking my dog with my best friend who owns her half-sister we were walking around a lot and the subject we were talking about was their age, their condition and how long we thought they had being that they're both in good health, his dog Angel is six months younger. Well, we had gone around the track twice and come to the conclusion that they were both in pretty good shape other than their back legs, the knees aren't what they used to be with arthritis and age, I'm sure you guys know the story, but as the words came out of my mouth that other than their legs, they're in pretty good shape for twelve year old dogs and probably have a couple good years left, at that point we turned around to see where they were and saw Angel on the ground doing what we thought was rolling around in bird crap as anyone with an outdoor dog will tell you they love to do, so as we started walking towards her. We noticed she wasn't breathing, at which point we ran, her eyes were open but she wasn't breathing we performed CPR on this dog for almost a half an hour, and she almost came back to us, but after the 30 min. her bladder let go her gums turned white, and we lost her. I have never seen my friend more shocked and stunned it all the time. I know him (over 40 yrs) my son came with the truck. We loaded her in the back and my dog, Comet got in with her, leaned up against her and didn't make a sound. We got her back to my house called the vet and brought her there for overnight storage, so to speak. This had to be one of the strangest days of my life. I'm not sure if this was some cosmic coincidence as my words were still hanging in the air but after reflecting on it for a bit I realized this is probably the best way your best friend can go, she was in the park with her sister and her master. Having a great time and pretty much gone before she hit the ground. I'm still a little shook up by this ordeal as I carried that puppy back on my lap for six hours while we drove back from the breeder as he did for me five months earlier, the bond between man and dog can sometimes be tighter than men have for each other. Just a strange story. I thought I had to share.

As if that story wasn't strange enough,this past Sunday,MY dog Comet,Angel's sister started coughing like she was chocking on something,but then she was fine,this went on through the night,I took her to the vet the next day and she was in Atachicardia If that's spelled right,but it meant that she was about to go into congestive heart failure,but if not for the coughing I never would have known anything was wrong.Long story short,about $1100 later she's doing fine and looks like someone rolled back the odometer about 75,000mi,...the things well do for our dogs really has no limit.