Interesting article from Tufts Vets school the current concern about a pet's diet and the possible connection to a form of heart disease. Link here: http://vetnutrition.tufts.edu/2018/06/a-broken-heart-risk-of-heart-disease-in-boutique-or-grain-free-diets-and-exotic-ingredients/ I've been feeding my...

Interesting information - thanks for sharing. My 10 year old toy poodle was prescribed Rimadyl about a year ago to help with pain from a subluxing patella. I also put her on Cosequin at the same time and she has done extremely well. At her annual exam last week her vet recommended we discontinue the...

Sorry to be slow to respond but had to get through the holidays and regroup. Thanks to everyone for the replies. The vet did do a culture and sensitivity and, not surprisingly, the ear infection was caused by staph intermedius. It was a strain of staph that was resistant to most of the commonly pres...

Original poster here. My dog has been taking Apoquel for about 15 months. In addition to the Apoquel, she takes benedryl twice daily. It was great initially but as time went on she began experiencing more itching, licking, hot spots, staph infections, etc. The most recent problem is ear infections. ...

I was just browsing through Chewy.com and noticed a number of dry dog foods I have not heard of before including: First Mate Great Life Health Extension Horizon KASIKS Leonard Powell Signature Lotus Natural Planet Nulo Pioneer Naturals Spring Naturals Under The Sun Many are described as manufactured...

My little toy poodle, Trinnie, has terrible allergies. Her vet thinks it is most likely seasonal allergies rather than food related. She's had a couple of "allergy shots" (Convenia) for her skin inflammation and two rounds of Prednisone. She gets relief during the two weeks she takes the Prednisone ...

I read that Purina has bought Merrick and Castor and Pullox. I don't care about Merrick, never fed it to my dogs but Castor and Pullox seems to have a better reputation. I suppose Purina will take care of that.

When I got my current dog in April I changed vets. The previous vet was okay but rather distant and just didn't give me the warm fuzzies. I had been going to this practice, primarily for the groomer, for a number of years but there had been changes in ownership and "things" just didn't feel the same...

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I'm mainly a lurker here but I check in often and learn a lot. My miniature poodle, age 11, has had a heart murmur/congestive heart failure for several years. He's been doing fine on his meds but I noticed him panting the last week or two and that was something new. So, to the vet we went today. She...

My little guy loves treats, especially chicken jerky. The first thing I do when shopping for him is check to see where the product is made. And, yes, many bags do not say where they are made but list an American distributor. Very misleading, IMO.

Question: then why stop feeding Natura products? Not to be confrontational here, I really don't mean to be snarky, but why the double standard? I understand you are implying that once P&G takes over production of Innova products we can expect them to be no better than the brands I mentioned (and it...

Pchan, yes I'm aware of previous discussions regarding blue buffalo and merrick. I don't plan to switch him completely to these brands but may add them to the rotation as long as the ingredient listing is acceptable.

<t>My guy is on canned food. I bought a case of EVO 95% chicken a couple of weeks ago. Once it's gone I don't think I'll be buying anymore. The only local store where I can buy premium foods also carries NV and Wellness. I'm trying my little guy on NV Prairie Homestyle chicken stew which he seems to...

Thanks everyone for your responses. I had discovered the food was made in Thailand so marked it off my list. Their website claims the factory in Thailand is "family owned" and no sourcing of product from China, etc. Sometimes companies just "protest too much" and that makes me wary.

<t>I noticed there was a thread about Weruva food a couple of years ago. I'm thinking of trying my mini-poodle on their canned variety. I've been able to get Natura products locally and have been feeding EVO primarily and he really likes it but I'm so disheartened about Natura selling out to the dev...

<t>Thanks for the replies. I hope we don't have to deal with a low salt or salt free diet but I'll be sure and ask the questions you suggest re: percentages if it comes to that. RobinS, the vet did not mention the "grade" of the murmur. He is taking Lasix twice daily and the other once. Thus far he ...

<t>Based on the good information here I've been feeding my 8 year old mini-poodle Innova EVO chicken and turkey for the past few years. He does love it. He was diagnosed with a heart murmur about a year ago and just recently started with a non-productive cough. This was a sign my vet had advised me ...

Somewhere I heard that giving your pet filtered water would help with the tear staining. I have an apricot mini-poodle who has fairly bad staining and I've tried this. It does seem to help but does not totally eliminate the problem.

<t>My miniature poodle has been on Revolution since he was a puppy. He has done well on it but occasionally the groomer has called to say she found a couple of live fleas on him and ask if she could give him a capstar. Plus when I took him in for his annual vacinations a few months ago, his vet's ne...

<t>My dog, Jazz, is a six year old miniature poodle. He has never had his teeth cleaned. The vet I have used for him since he was six weeks old has never said anything about cleaning his teeth but now this vet has a new and younger partner in his practice and he saw my dog last time I took him in fo...

Y'all are moving fast and covering a lot of territory. It's a long drive from East Texas to New Mexico! Hope all the rain is not ruining your camping experience. Have fun.

Brookeland. I suppose you are camping at Sam Rayburn Lake? You're in the Big Thickett of the East Texas pineywoods. Watch out for ticks and snakes and other assorted critters. That's a pretty area though.

<t>My mini poodle can hear the slightest rumble of thunder...before I can hear it even. He immediately heads for the bedroom and gets on my (our) bed. I guess he feels safe there. It's particularly disturbing to him if it is night and there is a lot of lightening. I've not tried any of the mentioned...

My mini poodle loves canteloupe. I never considered not giving him a few bites. He likes watermelon too.

Soon we will not be able to feed out pets any commercially prepared foods...sheeesh.

<t>I so do understand your frustrations. I thought girls were the picky ones. I have bought my little guy various premium foods in an effort to wean him off the "junk" Cesar food he loves so much. I've mixed half Cesar and half of the following canned foods:<br/> <br/> Innova EVO - seemed to like it...

<t>My little guy's groomer requires it every six months. I try to time his grooming appointments so he gets it about every eight months or more though. My vet uses the nasal drop vaccine. Jazz really hates it with a passion and it is the only procedure he will fight....not by biting but by strugglin...

<t>It's the lackadaisical attitude of the merchandise supervisor that amazed me. He states he removed the products but they were restocked overnight by employees who "didn't know any better." I would think it would be his responsibility to assure that the product was not restocked by doing what Ella...

Wish I had seen this before I ordered the cans of by Nature Organics chicken that was on sale. Although I do wish there was some way I could order only a few and a variety to see which, if any, my guy would eat. He is rather picky.