For the love of Dogs!

We truly believe that Lobo is going to be on this prescription food for the rest of his life.

Whenever we give him the regular food, cheap or expensive he gets the runs and it pains us to watch him go through this digestive problem. Not only is this condition painful for Lobo but it is for us to. Imagine trying to get up from a deep sleep at 3 am. THAT is painful.

What irritates me is that the vet that did Lobo's examination did not really give us a definitive name for what Lobo has. He just told us what we already know, gave us a prescription medicine he should take for 10 days. Well, it worked for those 10 days. It alleviated Lobo's condition a bit but after the medicine was gone, came back the chronic diarrhea.

We went back to the vet and was seen by the same doctor. This time he gave us more prescription medicine and prescription food but still did not tell us what is wrong with Lobo no matter what we ask or how many times we ask "why". Ugh, irritating!

Anyway the medicine plus prescription food worked very well. Before that bag of food was consumed, we tried to mix his food with regular food hoping to get him back to regular food. BAD IDEA! So here we are with a new bag of prescription food. Nutro brand is one of the better brands and so is Chicken Soup for the Dog Food, neither worked. Now we keep a stash of two different dog food, one for each husky.

Oh for the love of Dogs!!!

I did my research about this because I want to know. I think Lobo has IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease). Based on the consistency of his stool and his then condition, a watery diarrhea with weight loss results if the infiltration of cells involved in inflammation and immune response is called to the lower small intestine. There is no known cause for this condition, it just happens. Just glad it's not his liver or his kidney.

We're just happy that he can go about doing his business as normal...in more ways than one.

Pets, good for parenthood training

A dog, man’s best friend, loyal, provides unconditional love and best of all, trainable. I have heard many people say that a true test for parenthood is to own a pet. I never really believed it. Pet vs. human, totally different species, right? Well, it is not really a comparison between species but a true test for commitment and rightfully so.

My Siberian Huskies had their yearly dental check-up; includes cleaning and vaccination updates. The vet usually keeps them all day due to the administered anesthesia; drop-off is in the morning 7:00 a.m. and pick-up is usually around 6:00 p.m. I browsed through the treat aisle at Petsmart before picking them up. I wanted to give them a treat to make them feel a little better which I equate to giving your child ice cream after their tonsils have been removed. Walking down the aisle I spotted a new product…brownies for dogs!!!

When one is as in tuned with their pet as I am, you will know exactly what they need...or what you think they need. I waited for them to be brought out after checking them out (as you would in a hospital) they couldn't get out of the vet office fast enough. They saw me and they saw "home". They definitely have had enough of the place, they were whinning all the way home as if they were crying "why did you have to leave us at that awful, awful place mom!" I suppose no one in their right mind would like to be poked and prodded. My heart just went out to them. They really did not like that drugged and groggy feeling, neither would I. My efforts to make them feel better amounted to baking carob brownie from American Health Kennels. Add two eggs, 1 cup vegetable oil, & 1/2 cup water, voila, we have brownies and they loved it!

Can you believe it? I thought chocolates are poisonous to dogs? I guess it isn’t when they are made especially for dogs. Besides I have always said that I wanted to learn how to bake. Well, here’s my chance.

Ok, don’t chastise me for thinking that I am actually baking when everything is coming from a box or ready make mixture. Hey it’s practice, hopefully I will be able to use my mixing bowls and kitchen aid electronics from my wedding registry. My future children and grandchildren will be the benefactor of all this in the end. So wish me luck.