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[BrokeFarmerJohn]

After I get a stool sample and the vet tests it, if that comes back clean the only thing I'm gonna keep up on with him is his heartworm meds, flee meds only in the summer which is why I order the NextGuard, and rabies every 3 years.

So I will be looking for some cheaper outlets for the HeartGuard and NextGuard. Unless he gets sick I have no reason to take him back to the vet.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

$$$ is why I have not replaced my Golden Retriever with another.

Thanks for the Pet Shed tip. It is a pricier than the other guys, but if you don't need a prescription, it should save you money.

But you HAVE to know if your dog might have worms or not prior to administering the drug.

 

[1965]

The cost of pet care has become outrageous, it is like they know how much we love our pets and take full advantage of it. Some of the meds they prescribe are more expensive then the same stuff for humans. An x-ray can be over $750 and we can't buy heart-worm or even flea meds until they do blood work and an examination to jack up the bill for another $250.

 

[fried1765]

I have owned the house going on 3 years and nothing has ever walked off from the house, I have had max about 2 years. I had a 4x6 trailer walk off from a unlocked barn before I got him.

Yeah one reason the bill was high is I ordered 12 months of heartguard (being he's over 100lbs he has to take the 100lb and 25lb doses) and I ordered 6 months of Nextguard which is a oral flee treatment, the vet wanted to retest him for heart worms so she drew blood and ordered for a stool sample to make sure all the worms are gone he had before. Also he got a 3 year rabies shot and yearly something else she said what it was and I zoned out lol, only one I said no to was the shot for kennel cough. The nextguard and both heartguard meds I get money back on ordering what I did. Like $50-$75 back total via main in rebate.

His job is to protect the house and he does that job well, I think I have a little over $1000 in vet bills and a crap load of toys, he goes threw them kinda fast. The previous owners bought him at petsco or petsmart for $1600 after tax, I have the receipt, they were a older couple and he became too much for them to handle so they decided to give him another home. They had him up to date on everything till 1 1/2 years old, they even had him chipped but never registered it lol, my vet registered it for me.

I b1tch about the money I have in him but I would do it again and continue doing so. He's the only dog I have ever owned I would say ok to a surgery vs putting him down. I get more joy for him than the money he makes me part with lol.

I don't care that he's a pure bred dog, I hate how much he sheds but every once and awhile you get lucky end up with a extraordinary dog and this guy is it, my sister has a boxer/ black lab and he's another, dogs on that scale I believe are hard to come by, like 1 out of 7 or 8 dogs fit into that category I would say.

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Some old pics of him

He is absolutely magnificent!

 

[crash325]

A couple of questions.
Do dogs loose their baby teeth??
Is there a good way to keep a young dog from stealing everything not nailed down.
Chair cushions, back braces, plastic film, box on sheet metal screws, the list is endless.
I have yet to find out where she takes this stuff. The screws she chewed up the box & scattered them.
A friend suggested, a little ammonia mixed with water in a spray bottle, might slow her down.
But that would only work when I can see her & she is fairly close.
I sat a 7 gallon propane tank in front of dog door, she moved it. Stuck in end ways & she moved it.
Today will nail a temp cover over dog door. Hate to do that as other mutts can't use it.
Hot sauce nor chili powder seem to slow her down.

Any answers appreciated.

 

[tjkubota93]

Does that website require a Vet prescription for Heartgard? I've been getting it from Pet Shed - Pet Supplies at Discount Prices! since they are in New Zealand and don't require a prescription.

Dogs get prescriptions? Never been asked for one.

 

[tjkubota93]

A couple of questions.
Do dogs loose their baby teeth??
Is there a good way to keep a young dog from stealing everything not nailed down.
Chair cushions, back braces, plastic film, box on sheet metal screws, the list is endless.
I have yet to find out where she takes this stuff. The screws she chewed up the box & scattered them.
A friend suggested, a little ammonia mixed with water in a spray bottle, might slow her down.
But that would only work when I can see her & she is fairly close.
I sat a 7 gallon propane tank in front of dog door, she moved it. Stuck in end ways & she moved it.
Today will nail a temp cover over dog door. Hate to do that as other mutts can't use it.
Hot sauce nor chili powder seem to slow her down.

Any answers appreciated.

Yes, our beagle spit several teeth out on the floor as a puppy while we were playing rough with a knotted rope and while she was chewing on toys on different occasions.

We got her a lot of toys that she chewed up. If she chewed our stuff, we hit her in the butt with a rolled up newspaper.

Got her to stay in the yard with no fence or leash with the newspaper too.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

A couple of questions.
Do dogs loose their baby teeth??
Is there a good way to keep a young dog from stealing everything not nailed down.
Chair cushions, back braces, plastic film, box on sheet metal screws, the list is endless.
I have yet to find out where she takes this stuff. The screws she chewed up the box & scattered them.
A friend suggested, a little ammonia mixed with water in a spray bottle, might slow her down.
But that would only work when I can see her & she is fairly close.
I sat a 7 gallon propane tank in front of dog door, she moved it. Stuck in end ways & she moved it.
Today will nail a temp cover over dog door. Hate to do that as other mutts can't use it.
Hot sauce nor chili powder seem to slow her down.

Any answers appreciated.

Puppy teeth are like razors lol.

Just think of a puppy like a child in the sense that if you put a child in a small room there gonna get bored in about 5 mins and start trying to escape, once they escape they will look for things to entertain themselves, if that's using the couch cushion as a chew toy that's what there gonna do, there still learning and ultimately just testing the waters of what they can get away with.

Sounds like you need to better "Puppy Proof" your home or contain the dog better, give it something todo for entertainment while your gone so it doesn't look for entertainment.

I used to scatter and hide milk bones threw out the house every time I left lol, that seemed to give max enough entertainment that he didn't get into stuff but many times he would find something to destroy, I had to really rethink my "puppy proofing" many times, he's tall enough that his azz can be on the floor and he can still reach on the counters ext so stuff had to be put in drawers and away from his reach.

Find what toys the animals loves and buy so many they won't want anything else lol, praise them for chewing on toys and show them couches are not chew toys, as puppies they really don't know any better unless there repetitively taught what's acceptable and what's not.

You can have the best behaved dog while your there but when the pack leader leaves then now the animal has to make its own decisions, just do your best to predict what that's gonna be.

Luckily I have never had to cage my dog but I have had dogs that I did, it just depends on the dog. I try not to isolate any dog for too long, like my cattle there social animals and they don't mentally do well with long hours of isolation. Even the ability to look out a window and watch traffic drive by helps a lot, max rotates from the rear slider door to the bay window up front, I think it's his version of TV.

 

[check]

Get him outside in the snow!




If he rins around enough, he will be too tired to get in to trouble.

 

[sixdogs]

Get him outside in the snow!


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If he rins around enough, he will be too tired to get in to trouble.

Another happy dog.

The tired thing works for us too. When we've had enough, we let them run around and play ball and whatever until they can't stand up. Once inside and fed, it's la-la land till morning. Maybe a late night wizz but then it's right back in the rack for more shut-eye.

 

[two_bit_score]

Get him outside in the snow!


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If he rins around enough, he will be too tired to get in to trouble.

Looks like he's thinking he will be well rested by the time you get him inside.


TBS

 

[BoylermanCT]

Dogs get prescriptions? Never been asked for one.

You can't buy heartworm pills without a prescription. Quite a racket - all dogs need heartworm medication, and you can't get it without a prescription which means an annual checkup at the vet on a perfectly healthy dog! I get the prescription and buy it online.

 

[DieselBound]

My dog religiously gets diatomaceous earth in her food. Been doing that since we got her at the age of 11 mos. She's now 7 years old. LOTS of outside time: 40 acres+ to run around.

 

[TomSeller]

My dog religiously gets diatomaceous earth in her food. Been doing that since we got her at the age of 11 mos. She's now 7 years old. LOTS of outside time: 40 acres+ to run around.

That helps against worms, doesn't it?

 

[DieselBound]

That helps against worms, doesn't it?

And for fleas too (topically applied). We have Guinea Fowl, which, as the story goes, help keep down flea and tick populations: we aren't cursed with many ticks like elsewhere, though I've run across a couple (in six years).

According to this article


Myth 9: There's No Effective Natural Prevention

According to Dr. Gerald Wessner of the Holistic Veterinary Clinic in Summerfield, FL, holistic pet parents do have an alternative to traditional heartworm preventive drugs. He has documented success over an 8-year period using heartworm nosodes (a homeopathic vaccine) in conjunction with Paratox (a multi-remedy of homeopathics) and including diatomaceous earth in pets' food.

We only do the diatomaceous earth. Either it is working on its own or we've just been lucky. I just struggle with the thought of injecting various crap into animals: I'm not against it, just that I think sometimes nature has to prevail on its own.

 

[two_bit_score]

And for fleas too (topically applied). We have Guinea Fowl, which, as the story goes, help keep down flea and tick populations: we aren't cursed with many ticks like elsewhere, though I've run across a couple (in six years).

According to this article


Myth 9: There's No Effective Natural Prevention

According to Dr. Gerald Wessner of the Holistic Veterinary Clinic in Summerfield, FL, holistic pet parents do have an alternative to traditional heartworm preventive drugs. He has documented success over an 8-year period using heartworm nosodes (a homeopathic vaccine) in conjunction with Paratox (a multi-remedy of homeopathics) and including diatomaceous earth in pets' food.

We only do the diatomaceous earth. Either it is working on its own or we've just been lucky. I just struggle with the thought of injecting various crap into animals: I'm not against it, just that I think sometimes nature has to prevail on its own.

How do you feed the diatomaceous earth to them?

 

[DieselBound]

How do you feed the diatomaceous earth to them?

"Them?" Only have one dog. For her I just sprinkle the DE over her dry food. It's mentioned to add moisture but we never do and it manages to get consumed (though from time to time I do scrape the bowl as it does get a bit of a layer of DE).

After going through two TPLO surgeries with her and having her heal really fast (she's a very strong/powerful dog) I'd like to think that the DE was responsible for that outcome as well.

Oh, and I use only food-grade DE: I can get it pretty cheaply from a local food co-op; lots of places want an arm and a leg for it.

I'm not a vet. I am only stating what I know and have experienced. I was leery about using DE to start with. It was a personal choice. Without a double-blind study it is impossible to know for certain what the DE is doing. But, everything is a sum of it's parts, and for the dog there's a lot of things that go into her being healthy, not just DE.

 

[fried1765]

You can't buy heartworm pills without a prescription. Quite a racket - all dogs need heartworm medication, and you can't get it without a prescription which means an annual checkup at the vet on a perfectly healthy dog! I get the prescription and buy it online.

The online sellers call your vet to confirm the prescription.
Vets will usually not approve a renewal prescription for more than 6 months.
Then you must take the dog to the vet to get a new prescription.
You are correct!
Racket!

 

[two_bit_score]

"Them?" Only have one dog. For her I just sprinkle the DE over her dry food. It's mentioned to add moisture but we never do and it manages to get consumed (though from time to time I do scrape the bowl as it does get a bit of a layer of DE).

After going through two TPLO surgeries with her and having her heal really fast (she's a very strong/powerful dog) I'd like to think that the DE was responsible for that outcome as well.

Oh, and I use only food-grade DE: I can get it pretty cheaply from a local food co-op; lots of places want an arm and a leg for it.

I'm not a vet. I am only stating what I know and have experienced. I was leery about using DE to start with. It was a personal choice. Without a double-blind study it is impossible to know for certain what the DE is doing. But, everything is a sum of it's parts, and for the dog there's a lot of things that go into her being healthy, not just DE.

It's very interesting. How is it thought that the DE affects the parasites in the dog?

 

[DieselBound]

It's very interesting. How is it thought that the DE affects the parasites in the dog?

It's a "mechanical insecticide." Used quite extensively in our food system: granaries and such use it for insect control.

Diatomaceous earth - Wikipedia