Archive for the 'Dogs' Category

Does anyone know what it means when a dog wages it’s tail?

Monday, May 8th, 2006

Does anyone know what it means when a dog wages it’s tail? supergirl ——— Usually, it means he or she is happy. TCAP28 ——– okay, but some people say it mean they’re happy, and some people say it means they’re friendly. supergirl ————– Not every dog that is wagging his/her tail is friendly though. When [...]

Accidents

Saturday, April 22nd, 2006

Whenever our 2 yr old Boxer female gets excited she pees on the floor, maybe 2 or 3 times. Any suggestions on how we can avoid this? Pat ——- Me being a vet in all I have learned that there isn’t really to many options to help this problem but you might want to try [...]

Pup Fixed & no Control

Saturday, April 22nd, 2006

I have a 2 year old pup who is fixed nad has lost all of her control and wets, especially at night. The worst part is she has been diagnosed with addisons disease and the meds counter act her leaky medicine. I would like and suggestions to take to my vet since he says there [...]

My toy poodle acts up

Friday, April 14th, 2006

Hi everyone! I have a male toy poodle, Charlie is a year and three months old. After I thought he was potty trained, he has begun to act up. Any chance he gets he will pee in the house. I take him out often so I do not understand his behavior. Can someone help? Maya [...]

How to stop my boston terrier from peeing inside

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

I have a 1 year old Boston Terrier named Papi (poppy phonetically) hes a great dog that I rescued from a coworker that had him crated for the first 10 months of his life. He started peeing in the kitchen while we were at work. We crated him but he would pee and poop in [...]

Bacterial infection = large vet bill

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

Ok I am desparate. I have six jack russells and my baby “lucky” got very sick about 10 days ago with an undetermined bacterial infection. My vet referred him to NCSU vet school for further testing. Liver panels were scary and many other tests performed to rule out stuff. He has received excellant care but [...]

Beagle has started coughing

Sunday, March 12th, 2006

My daughter has a beagle. it is approximately 8 months or so old. Recently he has started coughing and throwing up. doesn’t throw up everytime he coughs. there was a change in dog food. cicy33 ———— There are a number of conditions and circumstances that can cause coughing and vomiting. It may be related to [...]

Sheep dog-potty place/time

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

We are the proud owners of a lovable 5 year old sheepdog. One problem we’re having is when and where he can poop… and if he doesn’t get to go where he wants (usually in the driveway or walkway) he won’t go at all, and then either wake us up at an ungodly hour in [...]

Blood in puppy stool

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

I just got a cocker pup – she’s 8 wks old – I’m not scheduled to take her to the vet til next week. I just noticed some blood in her stool – is this something i should run to the vet with – It’s Saturday night @ 6pm – it would be an emergency [...]

Weening my dog of potty pads to going outside

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

I have done another bad thing when it comes to dogs. When I first got my Shih Tszu I lived in an apartment on the 3rd floor. It was hard to take her out all the time since she really wasn’t supposed to be there anyway. She is trained to go on potty pads. Well, [...]