Recent content by Indy500

I work at an animal shelter and we have universal scanners that can read any type of microchip. Naturally I can't speak for every shelter/pound but I would think they would all have universal scanners. There's no point in having a scanner that only reads one kind of microchip. Also, at our...

The dog I'm fostering came down with similar symptoms. She was sneezing and snorting a lot, and had a nasty runny nose. I took her in to the vet and she was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection. They gave me about 10 days worth of medicine and after about 5 days she was already much...

Oh and technically she doesn't eat them, she just shreds them into teeny tiny pieces all over the floor. Why? I can't imagine that they taste very good!

Indy loves to eat dryer sheets too! A funny story, a few months ago my neighbor marveled at how high she can jump. She's 14 pounds and can easily jump 5 feet straight up in the air. When he asked me how she jumps so high, I told him it's because she eats Bounce Dryer sheets! The look on his...

You probably already know this, but a dog can't contract parvo from the vaccination. I hope Maggie feels better soon. And good luck dealing with that breeder. I'd be willing to bet more of her puppies are sick! Can you call a humane society or someone to investigate her breeding facility...

I would choose a middle of the road pup, not too active, not too lazy. That being said, I have two fairly hyper ones and I love them to pieces! :D

For Zoe, our American Eskimo, the jumps were the easiest. She was terrified of the teeter moving under her feet and the bumping sound it makes when it lands. Indy got to test some of the agility equipment in her puppy class and she took to the tunnels like she'd been doing it all her life...

I agree wholeheartedly with Barb! I hope you don't return the dog to this guy, even if he does come up with the number. I doubt if he will though, anyone who lived with a dog for several months should be able to at least describe the dog to you. Between both him and his wife you'd think...

Actually a lot of the higher end foods do have sample bags. They are always trying to give me various samples at the dog food place I go to! Indy eats California Natural Chicken and Rice Puppy food. It's kind of hard to find and the feed store I go to only had a 40 lb bag last time (for a 13...

Thanks for all the tips! I also found a website called Boomerang Tags that makes tags that fit over the collar instead of hanging down. They're made from stainless steel so they don't tarnish. I ordered a couple of ID tags for Indy and Zoe but I might have to try out that tag bag idea for their...

Hey guys, Does anyone have any tips on how to keep the chest area white even when they're wearing tags? The dog tags turn Indy's chest grey even one day after a bath! How do you guys do it? Do you have a certain type of tags you use or what? I'm bound by the dog rescue contract to keep her...

We just finished Puppy class at a local obedience training facility and she did great! We really just went there to do some socialization because she's a shy girl but I was amazed at what she learned. By the end of our five weeks she was really starting to come out of her shell. Too bad it's...

Indy is now 7 months and her coat still looks basically the same as she did when we first got her 3 and a half months ago. She's got a very smooth coat, just poofy on her chest and "pants" and now her tail looks like a flag instead of a rat's tail lol I used to worry that maybe something was...

Sounds like she might not feel good. I think taking her to the vet is the best idea. But, if they can't figure it out either, I did come up with one solution to cord chewing... I got frustrated when Zoe started chewing cords so I went out and got some PVC (big enough to get the plugs through)...

Lots of people from KC area on here! Indy came from LL Dog rescue as well! :biggrin2: We live in Raytown! Welcome to the forum! :smile2: