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RE: The single pet parent support thread. - 6/6/2009 4:07:14 PM
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trainfan
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As with any training it will take patience and perseverance.
That needs to be ditto'd
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RE: The single pet parent support thread. - 6/24/2009 8:59:29 PM
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So, I come home tonight, and let Doggie out. I notice her at point, with her nose in the grass. I don't see anything for her to be pointing at. Then a bee buzzes by and she leaps on it. She's happily playing with the local wildlife, so I go on about my business.
A few minutes later, I go back to let her back in. On the patio, she has placed 5 dead baby bunnies. She looks at me with a whole body wag and that happy face, "See what I did for you, Mom?" 
It's hard to be upset with her. She's just being Doggie, and she's so happy she did such a good job.
The backyard is fenced. I haven't seen a rabbit in the backyard in weeks. I can't believe a mama rabbit lived to see the day from coming in the backyard and either having her babies there or moving them there. If I knew how to skin rabbit and was prone to actually eating them, my dog would keep me in meat.  My backyard is a safe haven for Bunnies.
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RE: The single pet parent support thread. - 6/30/2009 12:11:30 PM
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OK pet parents. I need help. As you may have read in the prayer thread smart dog has cut his paw. He is supposed to keep his paw dry but I cannot find a bandage that will stick, they all fall off. Does anyone have any idea what would work? I have tried every type of tape I can find in the first aid section at the store.
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RE: The single pet parent support thread. - 6/30/2009 2:49:20 PM
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Yes, trainfan. I'm really sorry about your dog. It can be painful to watch them, too, can't it?
Go to your local farm-type store. In the horse section there's a kind of wrap they use on a horse's leg for bandaging that's tacky. It comes in a variety of vivid colors. You may also recognize this as the binding the Red Cross uses to tape your arm after a blood donation. I don't remember the name of the kind of tape, but describe it, and the employees should be able to point you in the right direction.
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RE: The single pet parent support thread. - 6/30/2009 5:28:52 PM
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Yes it can be painful to watch them although he doesn't seem to be in much pain.
He was so freaked out by the lampshade collar I don't think he slept at all yesterday and I know he didn't eat much. So today I had take your dog to work day and he has been sleeping on his pillow behind my chair. At least then he doesn't have to wear his lampshade collar since I can make sure he's not biting or licking his paw. I think it will be a take your dog to work week for me. Watching him in his lampshade collar would have been kind of funny if it wasn't so sad since he would run into things get freaked out by the sound and try to run away and end up running into something else and repeat being freaked out.
Thank you for the advice now I just have to find a farm supply store. Not too many of those in the city.
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RE: The single pet parent support thread. - 6/30/2009 11:19:59 PM
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I talked to my horse owner friend. The product you're looking for is called vet tape.
Here's a link to one such on-line vendor:
http://www.horse.com/3M-4-Vetrap-Bandage-Tape-BHV50.html
(The link function didn't seem to be working.)
It's actually a handy product to have on hand for personal first aid. The price is right, too.
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RE: The single pet parent support thread. - 7/1/2009 1:44:01 PM
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I just haven't been able to get him interested in doing any of the inventory input I have to do. LOL! My brain has fried today because I've been out in the midday sun and it took me a minute to work out what you were saying...
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RE: The single pet parent support thread. - 7/1/2009 1:59:35 PM
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I just haven't been able to get him interested in doing any of the inventory input I have to do.
This is why it's called "a dog's life". They don't do anything... they just "are".
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RE: The single pet parent support thread. - 7/1/2009 3:53:32 PM
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Craig - I'm surprised the vet didn't help you with that. Isn't that what they're there for?
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RE: The single pet parent support thread. - 7/1/2009 4:43:59 PM
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The vet the smart dog reguarly sees is one of the oldest and well respected vets around here. He used to be the vet for the local zoo. I got one of the younger vets this time. I'm pretty sure if I got the regular vet it would have been wrapped better.
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RE: The single pet parent support thread. - 7/1/2009 4:48:55 PM
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She is a sweetie of 17 years. Has chronic pancreatitis and a stroke last year. But she keeps scratchin and purrin away.
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RE: The single pet parent support thread. - 7/1/2009 7:41:27 PM
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My girl comes to greet me when I come home but she is not a snuggler--just wants a pat then she is on her way. But my boy just loves to sit in my lap all 18 pounds of him!
pruned--finding doctors for our furry family members is as hard as finding one for ourselves. Has to be just the right connection.
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RE: The single pet parent support thread. - 7/2/2009 9:51:18 AM
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My vet is great. The only thing she's suggested that I try is an oral care kibble for Munchie because of plaque build up. I switched and the vet says her teeth are sparkling and clean now (she had them scaled over 2 years ago to get them on the right track).
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