RE: Food for keeping weight in check...

2003-07-24 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi Anne, Just as Large Breed Puppy food is adjusted in its vitamin and mineral content to aide correct growth so the Senior products are specifically balanced with the aging pet in mind. Senior is not the same as Light Formula, the latter being a diet food with the same mineral and vitamin levels a

Re: Food for sensitive stomachs

2003-07-24 Thread Molly Bass
Any experiences, good or bad, with Wellness products, specifically the Fish & Sweet Potato? I love their biscuits and my dogs go nuts over them. However, I read the package on the kibble and it is a little high in protein and fat for what I like to feed. I did not go to it because of the percen

RE: Food

2003-03-01 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi Karen, If Thor is being fed a premium maintenance food your lab/terrier puppy will do fine on it. No need to give extra vitamins or minerals. It is quite normal for puppies to want to eat from the older dog's dish and he would probably allow that for a while, they usually tell the puppy to get l

RE Food Groups

2003-02-14 Thread catherine green
Actually, the 4 food groups are -- ice-cream biscotti pie freshly-baked bread with butter * Catherine Young Madison WI Shadow, Mickey & Jenny *mashed potatoes with butter and sour cream are an acceptable exchange

RE: Food for thought

2003-02-10 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi Mary:-) Fragile is not a term that leaps to mind either when I watch my gang of hooligans playing in our yard, the only frail one here is me! Rose T.

RE: Food for thought--playing iwth a lab

2003-02-10 Thread Nancy Melone
Certainly there are rules of thumb that can be prudently followed in caring for our pets. While one may not outright restrict "playing with a lab", according to the orthopedic surgeon who performed CCL surgery on one of my dogs, frizbies bring him more business than any other single triggering eve

Re: Food for thought

2003-02-09 Thread Jeff & Mary Chapdelaine - SnoBear berners
Lisa, My puppy owners are free to tell me what they think works, and offer up a diet different from the one I reccomend, I'm not unreasonable. I do not however believe a diet of imported pepperoni and white cake are good for a puppy, (yes, actual diet I was informed my puppy was eating.) Oh, he al

Re: food aggression question

2003-01-29 Thread Eileen Morgan
I have four dogs, and I separate them with gates, crates, and doors when they have a high value item like a bone or stuffed Kong and also for meals. I don't want or need a serious dog fight over something really special to one if the dogs. I make sure that I can take food and treats out of their mo

Re: food aggression question

2003-01-29 Thread Brnrmom
I gotta runto work, so will reply in more detail soon, but the first thing you need to do is order the book "Mine! A Guide to Rescource Guarding in Dogs" by Jean Donaldson PhD. It describes your dog to a T (and my foster-turned-permanant rescue Berner, Charm) and has an excellent desensitizati