Recent content by lroggli

My precious Sophie (age 13 almost 14) has been fighting renal disease for 18 months. Her creatinine and BUN levels were off the charts (135/ 3.8) and yet she is still around. I did an expensive consult with a nutritionist and got her on a decent diet that was low phosphorus (we always do home...

Looking for holistic vet They seem to be few and far between, but hoping there will be more good ones as time goes on. Have gone back to home feeding. No crystals in urine, no infection. Just need to make sure phosphorus levels are stable. More calcium to offset? Just bought the Whole Dog...

Those ears... I keep thinking she will grow into her ears but the ears are growing right along with her. And they prick up -- ack! DOesn't even look like a Sheltie!!! I bought Lew's book the minute I saw it mentioned here and it is wonderful. A voice of sanity amid all the contradictory info...

Following vet suggestions My vet is a bit old school - doesn't believe AT ALL in home cooked nutrition, but my other guys are doing fabulously on my home cooking. Vet said to feed commercial senior formula which I am doing, but even the "premium" brands aren't as good as fresh cooked from my...

I wrote the whole story in a post under "Disease and Illness" but the bottom line is I don't know what to feed my precious little Milli so she lives a long and healthy life! Now 18 weeks old - recovering from serious poisoning incident and full of MISCHIEF (she's clearly feeling fine but...

Good news first: Milli is fine right now. Potential bad news: she might have kidney damage. The problem: what do I FEED her???? The story: Milli was 12 weeks old when I was asked to foster her at the end of June. We worked on house training even with a trip out of state (with the crate...

Found Sheltie Nation again and this time I joined up! I/we are owned by three wonderful Shelties: Cosmo, our elder gentleman (who was actually quite a devil in his younger days!) at 15 1/2, Boomer, the middle child at a bouncing 9 years old and tiny little Milli at 18 weeks. Both Milli and...