Crysti_Lei

my girl has been itchy all over for a few weeks (she is a 5 month old Saint). She was treated with steriods and antihistamines three weeks ago for a bad reaction to a bee sting, and for the two weeks after the itching stopped. but has since returned and she's very uncomfortable again. i took her to the vet today and he said she had an ear infection, (yes they were dirty as today was ear cleaning day as we have a show tomorrow, so i disagree about the infection, but will treat it with dermotic anyway.) Vet said she was really too young for an allergy, but if it is something it would be a food allergy (she's on barf) if not then it could be grass (this is what i beleive as when we didn't have grass, she wasn't itchy) but thought that she would be far too young for this. So he suggested i try an elimination diet, and stop feeding all the meet i have been and try new stuff... so chicken, lamb, beef and pork are all out! and places that sell alturnatives only do them in diced meat packs, no Raw Meaty Bones. What can i do here? do i suppliment with calcium powder? if so, how much? i am also going to put her on a antihistermine and keep her away from the grass for a while, see how that goes. But i am mainly interested in what i can do about calcium if i have to start feeding this diced meat stuff *not happy Jan* (especially coz i doubt it is an food allergy) Help!! Thanks.

dragging up an old thread, sorry, but i thought i would mention that quite often you dog will make a fuss and squirm with you as they know they will get away with it, but wont try it on with a vet.

Naut gets a whole egg every day. her breeder kept turkeys, so she was raised on turkey eggs.

i have heard Greenies products are alright for them.

http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jan05/050115ww.asp

i do like the TOT, but i gave up with my pug. he is incapable of even the slightest amount of thought when food is about. i tried it for about a month, when there was no improvement, i decided that it was my OHs job to feed him. i was doing it with my foster dog, before the puppy came home, in three nights i had her sitting calmly for nearly a minute looking at me, she's amazing.

she is rarely home alone. just Sunday as it was Fathers day, we were out doing the father thing and we couldn't let have run inside and out unsupervised as we have just laid new lawn. Most days she has the door open all day, but in the evening when the it gets cold we shut the back door, and it is then when we start having accidents. But today, i went back to the every hour thing and there were no accidents inside... from any dog! LOL so if i can just keep this up i will be able to shampoo my carpets already and it wont be an exercise in futility :D i was mainly worried that the peeing on the furniture was a behaivoural thing, so i, tonight, started the TOT with her (i found out that she's not the sharpest tool in the shed, "its called a tether, sweetheart, no amount of running in circles will get you closer to the food!") just incase it is a dominance thing. i was watching today, when i was playing a bit of fetch with all three of them, puppy is very dominant over the Foster dog, Lucy. Whatever lucy had her head in, Puppy (Nauty) muscled her out and took over, i had to hold nauty back in the end so Lucy could have a drink. She is the same with the pug but not nearly as bad, but then Lucy is a very submissive dog.

Leadership is pretty good, deffinantly do NILIF. i haven't done the TOT with her coz its cold out side and i don't have the space inside LOL She doesn't jump off the couch, so i havern't been worried about this, she kinda slips off as her body is the same level with the couch, there is no impact on her hips. Alright, i will set my alarm for every hours today and take her out. thanks a bunch... hmm fun, toilet training basics.

my 4 months old Saint pup pees on the furniture. last week she discovered she can get up on the couch, and the moment she was up there she pee'd as if it was what you are menat to do in the couch, it was right in front of my, so i scolded her and put her out, where she finished her wee and was praised. Day before yesterday, i found a big wee on the other couch, the only time i knew she was up there was when i drove down the driveway (when i went out to get lunch) as she watched me from the window as was sitting on the couch to do so. But tonight was the clincher. She was locked in all day, 8 hours and only one big wee on the kitchen floor (i expected more! so was happy) but since we got home, and yes, she was taken out every 2 hours or so) she did lots of little wee's inside (i know she can hold as she hold all night.) and as my OH was getting into bed, he found that she has wee'd on the bed (earlier this week she worked out she can get up on the bed too!), i have no idea when she would have done this, but i wasn't watching her all night as i had a massive headache and couldn't move. Also, i don't have any other blankets so tonight my OH and i will both be sleeping under my Ninja turtles single blanket and freezing our butts off! She can hold for many hours, as she does at night. she has that control. so i can only assume this peeing on the couch is a behavioural thing. Can any one help me?? Also, while i have your attentions on the subject of weeing, how do i teach a dog to 'ask' to go outside for the toilet? The puppy will opt to go outside if she has the option, but with the door closed she wont cry or anything. the pug is a different Story, and a whole other thread, but he wont cry to go out either? What, short of becoming a dog mind reader, can i do to know when they need to go?? as fly season is coming very quickly and i don't want to have the door open forever, Thanks Christie *dreading a cold sleepless night*

plz ignore my stupid priase voice, it is for the pugs sake! LOL

after nearly a year of trying i taught my pug to drop. wanna see??

i took the Love Pug to the VetWst classes and would never do it again. the four weeks can be summed up with"this is what we sell and this is exactly what yourpup needs" i will Definantly be neutralisin with my next pup as mu Pug as a far highter value for dogs then me.

hell we bought Herb a dog door, he goes out side does some zoomies, has a game then comes inside to wee or poo! its killing me, coz i work full time i can't catch him in the act during the day!

a memery from when i was about four, of worms in my cats poop, looked like maggots.

RIP Brodie. 15 minutes short of a year ago i lost you.

i missed out on my old girls puppy hood as she was a rescue, dispite how painful it sounds, i cannot wait to get my own!

is there going to be some sort of conclusion to this, steve?

i would go with 'a',. coz since when does an animal eat only the meat. i woild answere the other Qs but i hafta go to work.

as a hotter alternative to chilli sauce, my OH, Connoisseur of all things that burn the mouth and bum hole, recomends Nando's Extra Hot Peri Peri Sauce.

thanks, he is alive today so all is good! phew!!!

is it ok or should i be calling the vet at this point?? Christie

tatooing doesn't pevent cancer. as the ink is several layers of skin beneath the surface, the top layers are the ones that burn, so the ink just succeeds in covering up and spots.

Mastication *childish giggle* isn’t part of the dogs digestion, they naturally swallow things whole. I know I flipped out when I saw my puglet swallow one whole but he is fine, though you probably should supervise.

what K-9 force said. when i was trying to get my puglet back into his crate as night, coz he was sleeping on my head, i did basically that. i got him a smaller crate (as he started in an extra large coz i was going to get a StBernard) and kept it covered (i used towels that block out the light completely) and when ever he made a peep i carried him into the other room, no words nothing. now he is perfect at night, and has even earnt a night or towo in the bed with us.... yes i know, back to square one.

and IF you got your pup from a pet shop you've got a long way to go. while they were lock in the little glass box they learnt that their home is their bed and their toilet. and remember the tone of posts reflect you more than anything. i didn't see any flaming here (only the deleted post) as i read this thread as a good opertunity to to get these ideas in the one spot for someone with the same question in future. the tone of post is how you read them and you read them how you feel. and this is a public forum, you do get nasties out there. 'A grain of salt' i say. but don't be discouraged. Chrisitie