Saturday, July 3rd, 2010 at
6:13 pm
I have owned an Akita for about five years. He is very strong and great with people. But during the summer he likes to prowl the back yard at night for possums. If he finds one making its way through the back yard, he kills it. I don’t like it but I can’t watch him all the time. He has a natural instinct to kill certain animals. Today a small kitten wandered into my yard. The kitten cried and had obviously not eaten for some time. Of course, I fed the little guy some tuna, milk and even a piece of sausage. I set up a little bed and eating station for the kitten on the side of the house. A fence separates the back yard from the side of the house so the dog can’t get the kitten but they have met and the cat hates the dog and I can tell my dog will kill the cat if given the chance. I want to keep the kitten. I think he is a stray. How can I train the dog not to kill the cat? I can’t put the kitten in the house. The dog lives in the house and has access to the back and front yard. The dog can’t get on the side of the house.
Giving the cat to an animal sheltler is a dumb idea. So the first two answers suck. Do people know how many animals die in those shelters. Obviosuly not. As for the retard who said Akitas arent from wolves. Yes they are. Just look at one. Probaly bred with a wolf and a husky way back. As for the milk. the cat loved it and will continue to get it.
Not impressed with the first two answers at all.
To respond to the third answer still no impressed but you made better points then the first two answers. Yes it is true that all dogs come from wolves. And my dog looks like a wolf. In fact he is a wolf.And not all Akita are japanese. Some are American Akitas, like mine the one that looks like a wolf. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Monday, June 28th, 2010 at
6:12 pm
We are currently crate training our 3 1/2 month old pointer puppy. She is still learning and has accidents peeing in her crate. I know you aren’t supposed to wash dogs frequently due to dangers of stripping the natural oils of their skin, etc. but how do I clean her up otherwise? We don’t put bedding in the crate b/c of advise given to us that bedding will soak up the accident thereby allowing her to "escape" having to sit in her own mess. But that means that the accident ends up all over her. I was washing her at first before I realized that it wasn’t good for her but now I’m not sure how to clean her. I was also told to clean her up right away after an accident so that she doesn’t get used to the smell and think its ok but how do I accomplish this without overwashing? I recently have been rinsing her with just water and bought some of the puppy wipes but they don’t get the color and smell totally out (she’s a white dog). any suggestions?
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Saturday, June 26th, 2010 at
8:35 pm
We never did growing up because it wasn’t prevalent here and never had a problem. We camp and hike a lot, with an annual summer trip to Oregon and Washington for two weeks. I have NEVER had a dog with heartworm and my vet doesn’t like to give preventative unless it’s absolutely necessary. I never used to worry about it, but our friend’s Cane Corso was recently diagnosed with it. The dog is four years old and has always lived in Southern California. They travel for two months every summer to Colorado, Idaho, Oregon and Washington with the dogs so the vet thinks it’s likely that is where the dog picked it up. Now, I’m paranoid. Do you use heartworm preventative if you live in Southern California? I don’t even Frontline my dogs because they react so badly to that but we don’t have a problem because we have an natural spray that works really well if applied once a week and I’m pretty anal about their baths and cleaning their bedding. I would hate to do this if it was unnecessary but I also can’t imagine that my youngest would live through heartworm treatment. I need advice. Thanks!
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Saturday, June 26th, 2010 at
9:46 am
Every night I find at least one yellow sac spider, which are venomous and hurt really bad when they bite, crawling up the wall right next to my bed. I definately know that they are yellow sac spiders. I woke up the other day with an really itchy red swollen area on my shoulder and now I am just getting fed up. A week ago my dog got bitten by something and her face swelled up and she got hives and had to get a shot from the vet. I have 4 dogs and don’t want to spray my house with poisonous chemicals. I have gone around to every window in my house and duct taped around the screens, but they must be getting in another way (unless they laid an egg sac somewhere in the house–yuck!!! heeby jeebies) Does anyone know a natural way that either a) kills the spiders or b) repells them from entering the house? I would really appreciate any advice.
The spider is not venomous enough to kill a dog and I don’t even know for sure if that is what bit her, thats just what I suspect. I am not a hippy by any means, but I do care about the environment and the health of my dogs. Most spiders are OK to stay in the house because they are natural predators to other insects that are really pests. I just don’t like having venomous ones popping up right next to my bed. Did you know that of the 300 most destructive insect pests in the United States, 100 were once minor pests that became major pests after widespread use of insecticides? Because not only did the insecticide kill the pest, but also the pest’s natural predators therefore causing the pests’ population to explode. I can name many reasons insecticides/pesticides are harmful to our enivornment, health, and even the economy. There is no reason to bash me because I actually research and take classes about the harmful things we do all the time to our earth and have decided to be more green.
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 at
8:47 pm
Ok. My dog has fleas. They aren’t to bad…. yet, but those little buggers can multiply fast. I’ve never dealt with fleas before and don’t know exactly what to do. I called the groomer and they can’t get him in until Wednesday (he needed a haircut anyway) and they said they automatically do a flea wash. I was wondering if there was anything I could do in the meantime to help him out? Poor little guy is miserable.
He’s a 3 year old male Shih-tzu and has never dealt with the nasty pests. I feel bad because I won’t let him sleep on my bed anymore because he leaves little black stuff after he scratches. I went yesterday and bough Natural Chemistry De Flea spray for your dog and bedding. I am just wondering what else I can do.
Thanks!
I have been using Frontline Plus for the past 4 months and he still managed to get fleas.
I take him to the dog park occasionally (option 1 of being exposed), I live in a condo and have no actual yard – there are other dogs in the complex (option 2), and my roommate’s friend brought her dog over and I’m pretty sure it had fleas (option 3).
I would apply Frontline every month as directed and would take several days to give him a bath before hand. I never gave it to him right after a bath because it’d make his coat all gross feeling so I’d put it on him, wait 2 or 3 days and then bathe him.
I have heard of Capstar and am thinking of giving it a go. The store I went to to get the flea spray I’m using swears by it. If they aren’t gone after he gets groomed and I clean house then I’m going to invest in Capstar.
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