The Food Aggressive Dog I’ve already mentioned that Georgia is food aggressive and very possessive of food. We don’t keep any food items (or even things that can be misconstrued as food – like leather gloves, wool yard, etc.) where she can reach them. We’ve found out the hard way that she will eat anything [...]
Georgia moved in with us a few weeks after we settled in to the new house. She is a hound mix of some sort and is taller and heavier than Belle. When she was a puppy, she was found out in the woods half starved and with a large piece of her hide missing from [...]
We got the results back from Belle’s minor surgery this past Monday. The skin growth was benign. Yay! Now she has a few stitches, but she has been doing well and is not scratching or biting at them. She licks them occasionally, but I’m trying to keep an eye on that and prevent her from [...]
I just got back from the veterinarian’s office. Today was Belle’s 6 month check-up and Bordetella vaccination. She got checked for heartworms – none present! And she also got her fecal exam and annual exam. I asked my vet about the unusual skin growth on her stomach. He looked it over and said that although [...]
My town has a leash law. I think it’s relatively new, but we do have one. Now that doesn’t mean that everyone keeps their dog under control. As a matter of fact, it’s not uncommon for me to have an encounter with a strange dog when I’m walking Belle. Now if you’ve been reading this [...]