Loving my Oldies

Did is a stunner . . But that poor dog in the blue skin tight outfit. What are the owners thinking of. We don't exactly live in the article.

I know all about doggies gumming. I once rescued then adopted a little dog who needed all his teeth removed. The op was in the morning and he was happily gumming chicken necks in the back yard that evening. I am now stocked up on Clunkers and Nature's Gift Semi-moist. All the dogs have had samples, quickest meal ever prepared and ever eaten Myrtie didn't miss a beat. Now to see what comes out the other end LOL.

Exactly A dog is a dog no matter what the size :laugh:

Don't forget your bling, you GC Bimbo you.

You should be totally ashamed, Donatella. You are letting all the Bimbos down. And WHERE IS YIU BABY'S DIAMENTE COLLAR. :whip:

What a charmer. I predict a long and illustrious tenure on DOL.

LOL, Persephone. (I am awaiting my DVD from Arthritis Victoria "Move it or Lose It". I don't have arthritis; I just need to do some exercise.) K, I've bought those a couple of times in the past thinking I was giving the dogs a treat, but they weren't well received. I'll have a look again. WSM . Poor you. At least you know who is the culprit. The first thing I noticed as I sat on the edge of the bed trying to wake up was a great big yellow slimy sick on the floor. No idea who did it as everyone is normal so hopefully just old tummies feeling a bit off and nothing to be extra concerned about.

to little balls of food rolled in ground kibble and parmesan. But let's face it, it would have been pretty delicious doggy food. Joking aside, Myrtie didn't seem to have any trouble picking it up. I guess they fact that it was drier and she was more able to get a grip on it. She wolfed it down and was looking for more. Hope there are some interesting things on teev to while away the hours spent rolling little balls of food. :laugh: :laugh: Oh, raising the bowl didn't seem to make any difference. She still picked out some food, dropped it on the floor and they ate it :laugh: :laugh: Now to watch for what comes out of the other end. I will also look at the brands and other foods that have been suggested here. Thanks everyone.

There is nothing wrong with her appetite ; she is just having difficulty getting the food into her mouth and keeping it there. I was thinking of Parmesan, Brandiandwe. I have the ground up kibble and I'll throw in a bit of parmesan and then roll her raw into little balls. It already takes me ages to feed the tribe, what's a bit longer. LOL. Forgot to add: I have the brick ready to stand her bowl on. :laugh: :laugh:

It has been a long time since I've had puppies, but I remember the hardest part was having to go to work and leave them. They were the most adorable little Maltese, they came from their breeders on the same day so they could keep each other company. I took a couple of weeks off work to settle them in and it was just awful eventually having to leave them at home.

I'd just finished replying to your post, walked into the kitchen, was cleaning up Myrtie's eyes when I heard a blurgh blurgh and there was Tamar throwing up on the kitchen mat. I think "challenges" needs to be heavily underscored

I "decant" my kibble into an airtight container, WhiteSM, so I can't check, but as I generally do check that anything like that I buy is for seniors, I think it would have been. But good to have a reminder.

That's an idea, persephone. I actually bought a pestle and mortar specifically for grinding up dried liver treats to mix a bit in food and also to crush them slightly for Gussy Cat --- she enjoys a nibble occasionally.

I've quoted a few posts here to respond to specifically, but thank you everyone for your helpful and considered replies. I really appreciate it. I've tried making it more slushy, but she hasn't managed any better . LOL as I was coming home I was thinking about what I could do and was wondering what I coule put on my hands which would make the little balls so palletable that she couldn't resist. I might give Clunkers a try as well as a standyby. I don't know this one donatella. Supermarket or pet store?? It isn't the no teefies that is the problem, I think her tongue is exhausted LOL. I'll give this a try. A long time ago, I had a little dog whose bottom jaw was slowly being eaten away by cancer and he used to lap up his sloshy food very happily.

Didn't think of that. But I have been putting the usual in her bowl as well as the kibble. Although last night, I recall I did give her just kibble.

Ha ha ha --- Whiskas do that too, but my cat won't touch it. I have to go out now, so will look at Canidae at the Pet Shop. Thanks.

So apologies, but doing a search would probably bring up a thousand topics and posts, so asking again :) Background first: My five dogs get fed a mix of raw beef and ground up chicken, steamed vegetables and sometimes cooked chicken. For treats they get dried roo bones and roo jerky. When walking, for treats, they get tiny bits of dried liver. They are all small and elderly ranging from 10+ to 14+. The problem I have encountered just recently is that Myrtie is having trouble picking up her food. She was spending ages at her bowl and I would find most of the food still there. She has no teeth on one side of her mouth, so her tongue hangs out all the time. This has not presented a problem in the past with her ability to pick up her food, but I suppose that her tongue is not as agile/strong as it used to be, thus the problem with food. I have tried hand feeding her, but that doesn't work either because she tends to pick up her food, drop eat and then pick it up again. Idosyncratic is the second name of all my dogs :D Luckily she loves kibble and so for the past few days, I have started feeding her mostly Optimum Kibble, but that presents another problem. She is doing enormous (for her at 3.4kgs) poos (mostly my dogs' poos are nice and little and firm LOL) so can I assume from that that most of the food is rubbish ?? In the past, hoping to give them a good kibble I've tried Royal Canin, Black Hawke, Science, Bene.... something, and all have been rejected big time. Which one next could anyone suggest?

There are lots of dogs that fully recover from this type of condition and go on to live amazing lives! Nothing to do with surgery can ever give an iron clad guarantee- to many factors. Also what is normal? Does that mean if she needed a wheelchair but was pain free that it wouldn't be normal? I can understand saying that it is too expensive and other dogs can be helped but I think your asking a little too much to want guarantees.... I would never say not to carry out an expensive procedure on one dog because so many other dogs could be helped. Don't know where that came from. I have a dog on whom I spent willingly and happily thousands of dollars to restore his sight. Just meant the house didn't get painted LOL. I'm simply putting it out there to consider whether surgery would help this little dog. I know "normal" can mean different things to different people, but in cases like these whether the dog is owned by someone with squillions to spend or not, the outcome for the dog needs to be considered. There have been many threads over the years discussing this difficult issue :).

There are lots of dogs that fully recover from this type of condition and go on to live amazing lives! Nothing to do with surgery can ever give an iron clad guarantee- to many factors. Also what is normal? Does that mean if she needed a wheelchair but was pain free that it wouldn't be normal? I can understand saying that it is too expensive and other dogs can be helped but I think your asking a little too much to want guarantees.... I would never say not to carry out an expensive procedure on one dog because so many other dogs could be helped. Don't know where that came from. I have a dog on whom I spent willingly and happily thousands of dollars to restore his sight. Just meant the house didn't get painted LOL. I'm simply putting it out there to consider whether surgery would help this little dog. I know "normal" can mean different things to different people, but in cases like these whether the dog is owned by someone with squillions to spend or not, the outcome for the dog needs to be considered. There have been many threads over the years discussing this difficult issue :).

Lovely to see all the offers of help. For the sake of the little dog, I would want an iron clad guarantee that surgery would free her from pain and enable her to live a happy, normal as possible life.

Thank you Melzawelza :)

Full marks for trying and having the best result. But I think he needs to learn a little bit about anatomy LOL. It was good to see the reporter demonstrating the best way to perform CPR on a squirrel. CC, I found a geckos floating in a bowl of water downstairs. I put the little thing in the garden with dappled sunlight and under a propped up bucket and was thrilled sometime later to find him gone. I'd kept checking and it took a couple of hours but he came around eventually.

No one is saying that SDCH is No Kill, but they do keep dogs and cats for as long as possible. The dog is being surrendered and as such pounds are not legally bound to keep him for a minimum time.

Oh, all those beautiful ones gone to god. I still miss my little black poodle, Rover. He was 3 weeks off his 20th birthday and I had him for three years. He was passionately and obsessively attached to the little Chihuahua I mentioned in a previous post.

Oh good. In the right hands (and yours seem to be exactly that ) Chihuahuas are great little dogs. Unfortunately, too many people see "little" and not "dog". Doesn't matter what size, a dog is still a dog and, all things being equal, wants to do all the usual doggy things. I once had an elderly, half blind L/H Chihuahua rescued from a pound, and she was fabulous. She loved her walks, ate like a horse and pity help any of the other dogs if they tried to muscle in LOL. Rascal, I am VERY upset. Why isn't Claudia in your banner?