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Lost to kidney failure I just lost my six year old to kidney failure on Wednesday February 24th. He was diagnosed two years ago and has been on special food and meds off and on staying on IV for days at a time but bounced back last year. This time he got so sick, not eating, throwing up and...

Rose friend Baton Rouge We adopted a six year old a year ago and he doesn't really play with anything. He chews on Nylabone and has played little with a rope but doesn't play like our others do with all the toys. One of ours we adopted two years ago at age four only plays with soccer ball. They...

We have a bi-blue sheltie six years old we adopted four months ago and he wasn't used to wearing a collar and scratches at it now. I bought him a cloth collar thinking it was the metal chain he didn't like but he still scratched at his neck area a lot. I just found that he seems to be allergic...

We lost our first Sheltie , Chelsey on December 20th she would have been thirteen in January. We had a lot of wonderful years with her and miss her. I have a new motto to live by now, Don't cry because it ended but smile because it happened. This makes it easier on us to accept. We have three...

more than one sheltie well we had two that we raised together and the boy passed away at age 9 and our girl is 13 now and after he passed we debated on getting another but we did get Jake he was 6 months old and last year he was three and we adopted Ziva who was 4years on Christmas Eve and we...

I am trying to find a healthy treat for my dogs to help with their teeth and gums. I do use CET toothpaste for them but once a week they get a Greenie as a special treat and I was told by several sheltie owners they are dangerous. Can anyone suggest other types of treats? Thank you.

We adopted our four year old sheltie a few months ago and she was overweight. We are feeding her 1/2 cup dry Blue Buffalo chicken and rice in am and pm with 2/3 cup green beans added to dry food. She seems to be hungry all the time. She is a larger sheltie probably 15 1/2" tall but is larger...

We adopted Ziva a 4 yr old that was overweight two months ago and had her on SD/RD and she lost 7lbs. but we don't want to keep her on SD and have put her on BB Wilderness Healthy Weight food and are wanting to know if anyone uses this and if it has worked for their sheltie? She still needs to...

Blue Buffalo food They just need the veggies and meat and fruits in the BB I guess. The SD/RD was a lot of fillers which worked briefly to get some weight off our shelties but not for long term. BB also doesn't contain corn and one of ours was scratching and we thought it may be the corn she...

We were told by a vet today that Blue Buffalo was much better to feed out shelties than Innova so we are going to try it. Has anyone else used it and can you tell me if it is good food?

Does anyone us Innova food? We are starting our three shelties on it today, taking off Science Diet RD. Seems to be rated really high and good ingredients.

Dog Food Switch Thanks for all your advice and yes we have been realizing SD isn't the best but so expensive. We have been researching and are going to start them on Innova adult small bites today. They have a formula to mix for seven days with our food and by 7th day they are on it 100%. I...

We have three shelties who are all little overweight and have been on Science Diet RD with green beans added twice a day for a month and they are losing weight. My question is we want to put them on another food to maintain their weight but also good for them. We are considering Innova for all...

My nine year old male sheltie had FHO surgery on his left hip three weeks ago and is still not putting full weight on it and limping a lot. Can anyone tell me if they have gone thru this surgery and are we expecting too much from him after only three weeks? Vet said he should be walking pretty...

eye problem Thanks, that is what I read about yesterday, never heard of it and vet hasn't mentioned it. Her eye looks little better today. Is this serious or should we consult another specialist? She seems fine and not in pain or anything but it looks awful and I feel so bad for her.