Recent content by Mark M.

There's never been any hint of a problem, but, dog food is pretty inexpensive. I don't have a problem with buying a couple small cans a week, using them for a few days, then throwing out what Murphy hasn't eaten. It certainly must smell & taste ok to Murphy. He'd prefer to lick moist food...

i think so too, though we've been doing this with Murphy for quite a while without any problems. Like I said, we rarely use up a whole can. Usually, after a two weeks, I throw out the can and open a fresh one. Smaller cans are a good idea. Natural Balance also makes a 6 oz. can. I think...

Does canned food spoil if you leave it unrefrigerated for a couple hours? I've wondered about this for awhile. Occasionally, we feed Murphy and leave the food sitting out. I suspect it might be ok, but I don't want to chance it so we normally just throw the can out. I should mention that we...

Well, hopefully, I don't have to worry too much about this. Workers are here now finishing the generator installation. At the moment, the big question is which rooms don't get power. We can wire most of the house into the generator, but a few rooms don't get power, alas. Still, that's not...

That could be a problem. I'm not calm. Never been through anything like this, and all I can think of are the worse case scenarios. We're not very well prepared. Like I said, a generator is sitting outside, only partially hooked up. I don't think me or the workmen thought it would really be...

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try them. It may not be that bad here. We're near the fringe of the storm zone. There is a high wind warning in effect to 24 hrs tomorrow, but most forecasters are predicting winds about 25 mph or so with gusts around 40. That's what we get with a typical...

Hi all. Greetings again from the oh so wonderful East Coast [/sarcasm] I'm getting ready for the hurricane. I'm in West Virginia, so we probably won't catch the full brunt of it, but there are high wind warnings out and I'm afraid it could get terribly bad really quickly. We don't live in...

Not sure. It didn't do much for his mood, lol. He despises bath time. Actually, he's still licking, but he's not licking anywhere near as much as he was. Only thing different is I discontinued the daily baker's yeast pills (I do give him Frontline, so the pills are either redundant or...

Problem isn't as severe as I feared. Vet looked over his paw. It looks a bit like a mess, but, so far, he's not really damaging the paw. It's not raw or hurting him. As we thought, the protein in his saliva is staining the fur around the foot pad, and discoloring the pad itself slightly...

Made appt w/ vet for Monday AM. Yeah, Murphy's foot is starting to become raw from the licking. I emailed the vet a pic from my Phone while we were talking. Anyone have any suggestions what to do for him b/w now and Monday? Vet's aide didn't suggest much besides Benadryl. I'm planning to...

Think he needs to go to the vet. Not liking the way his paw looks. One of the pads on his rear left paw is red and pink. It doesn't look infected, and he doesn't really give off any signs that it hurts, but I'm not liking the look of it. Could the repeated licking be rubbing it raw? Or...

BTW, we gave hm half a Benadryl last night. We mostly wanted to see how he'd respond to it before we give him a full dose. My sister-in-law says her vet mentioned Benadryl for the itching several summers ago, but it seemed to knock the dog out too much, so she didn't try it. Anyways, he...

So far, haven't observed anything like what's described above. Re: possible yeast infection. My sister-in-law started him on brewer's yeast tablets when he was a puppy (supposed to protect against fleas, though it's basically an unproven home remedy, imo) and we've kept that up. We give him...

I'll check out Vanectyl. I'd prefer to use something like that as opposed to Benadryl/steroid shot. Thanks. We did start washing his paws just in the past few days. My sister-in-law (his previous owner) called an aide who used to work in her vet's office. She dropped by after dinner and...

I think we're assuming it's environmental because he's had the same issue every summer, then it clears up in the fall. We changed his diet a bit when we got him from my sister-in-law, though not radically. Talked to the vet. He recommended Benadryl. I guess we'll try that. I'll research the...