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unexpected vet visits

10 Dec 2009

Back in October 2008, Chuck and I went to the grocery store. When we got home we found an empty bottle of advil on the floor complete with teeth marks that had chewed the plastic bottle in half.
We couldn’t find Liko. He was hiding under a blanket his eyes as big as dinner [...]

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Tags: dog age, veterinary care

breedism is unfair

In: animal behavior

9 Nov 2009

I have a soft spot for pit bulls. I still miss Kona but for us we had to give her back to the rescue agency. It was not because she was a pit bull. It was because she was a nervous dog, with nervous energy that did not fit comfortably in our pack.
We did not [...]

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Tags: breedism is unfair, pit bull are not the enemy

not the brightest crayon

In: animal behavior| random thoughts

2 Oct 2009

When we first got Scooby 3 years ago we had to crate him. We tried leaving him out multiple times. He started sucking/chewing on the couch corners. We bought the bitter apple spray. He ate the couch. It never occurred to us that he would like the taste. And that he would associate what was [...]

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110 live & 151 dead Chihuahuas

In: animal behavior| perfectly maria

27 Jul 2009

This story literally makes me sick to my stomach. Last week a lone kitten led a neighbor to call animal control. What the officers found were over 100 Chihuahuas living in feces and urine. To make it even more disturbing there were 151 dead Chihuahuas in freezers. Read the full story.
I’ve volunteered at the Dearborn [...]

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Tags: chihuahuas, dearborn animal shelther

shy or unsocialized dogs

In: animal behavior

29 Jan 2009

Scooby was a rescue dog that we adopted when he was about a year old. We didn’t realize that he wasn’t very socialized until about 6 months in. He is nervous around new things. This really came to light when my friend A P brought her daughter, M, over. When she was a baby Scooby [...]