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Canine Cancer Healing
For anyone who has an aged Canine that is struggling with any kind of Tumors, I want to give you some Good News. My Best Friend and constant companion, a female Akita, developed a mammary tumor the size of a Quail egg about a year ago. Her mother had Mammary cancer and tumors the size of grapefruit before we lost her. We did everything the Vet told us to do. We gave her their meds, we had the tumors removed, then we had to go again when the tumors came back faster and larger and with a vengeance, and then had to have her entire tummy scraped.
By April Scarlott5 years ago in Petlife
Major Domo Dog
Last night my phone rang about 8:30. A friend in the condo across from me spoke low and rushed. “Don't take the dogs outside now. There is a coyote on the walkway between us and it's making loud scary sounds.”
By Alice Donenfeld-Vernoux5 years ago in Petlife
A Comprehensive Guide to Parasites in Dogs and Treatment Options
While our loving and active dogs are running through the park or snuggling up next to us on the sofa at night, they could also be playing host to a series of parasites. The particularly worrying thing about a parasite infestation is the fact that symptoms can go undetected for a prolonged period of time.
By Maddy5 years ago in Petlife
Rescuing the Human
A few years ago, I had a terrible accident as i was walking out my front door apartment to take my Great Dane for a walk. I was in a hurry, and i grabbed his leash and yelled to my daughter that i was taking Jasper out. Clipped his leash, and opened the door and briskly walked out my front door. As i was walking, i slipped on something on the sidewalk with my artificial leg and with holding the leash landed face first onto the ground with the loudest crack sound inside my body. As i fell, a little dog at the other apartment was unleashed on the front deck with the parents in their apartment. Jasper, sensing that something was wrong, heard rustling in the neighbors bushes and raced towards it. He pulled so fast that my ring finger on my right hand broke and i lost my grip.
By Tina Miller5 years ago in Petlife
Welcome, Mister Mystery!
WELCOME, MR. MYSTERY! He might not look like much yet, but this adorable little puppy is a purebred Toy Fox Terrier (TFT) puppy. For those of you unfamiliar with the breed, it has its origins in early fox terrier litters, from even before the “fox terrier” was divided into the wire fox terrier and smooth fox terrier breeds. The TFT was developed from the smallest puppies from the larger breed litters. If breed historian accounts are true, they were recognized for their ability to maneuver easily underground, flushing foxes from their dens. Other small breeds were used to “fix” the small size and make it a consistent breed feature. Eventually, TFTs were no longer used for fox hunting and moved on to being vermin control agents on farms, performing as circus dogs, and simply living as family pets. In 1938, they were recognized as their own breed for the first time.
By Kimberly J Egan5 years ago in Petlife
Colorful Pooches
In my daily life career, I am a groomer. I keep dogs looking and smelling their best. I love my job. But it can be a very stressful place. We are working with living animals that may not enjoy or be happy about the grooming process and then we have to deal with the pet parents that generally really have no idea about how difficult our job can be. They think “oh we just play with puppies all day.” Which couldn’t be further from the truth. We deal with dogs that may only get groomed once a year. They may be terrified of the grooming process and they may lash out. We get bit, we get peed and pooped on, we get injured, battered and bruised. Some days are good, we get our favorite regular every four week clients that know and love us and that are used to the grooming process. Those dogs make our day and heartens us to continue on in our chosen career. For many though the days are filled with more of the former than the latter and it takes its toll. We burn out and then, creative grooming became a common practice, and for many of us brought us a breath of fresh air, a renewal that made us passionate and excited about our job again.
By Mary Dean5 years ago in Petlife
Hermes, Mona, & Ginger
It's been a year since my parents passed away to COVID this week. They came to live with me about 10 years ago and moved into the apartment that overlooks my garage. It worked for everyone. They had their space and I had mine. It was perfect for them. They could come and go as they pleased and I could keep a watchful eye on them. It was rent-free and I made sure they had everything they wanted. It was the right thing to do. They go sick towards the end of June last year. Mom passed first followed by Dad exactly five days later. Both had just turned 81 years old a couple of months earlier. Now they were gone and I could never bring myself to go upstairs and pack up their belongings. So for almost a year, their stuff sat just like it did on the day the ambulance whisked them both off to the hospital.
By Joey Lowe5 years ago in Petlife
My world in a box
Grief is such a funny thing. One day, you almost feel back to your normal then in a breath, it kicks you in the gut again, perhaps brought on from seeing a picture, hearing a song, smelling a scent. Whatever triggered it, it doesn’t matter really because now all you want to do is curl into a ball and cry. At least..that’s how I feel. What brought on my bout was a facebook memory, a picture. It’s been almost a year since he’s been gone. This he being my little shih tzu, my best little buddy, Gunner. To know Gunner was to love him. He was my baby. He came into my life at a point in time I thought I was lost. I had just lost my child, a miscarriage, my fourth and I had decided I was done trying. I couldn’t take any more. I was living in a city I hated, with a man that I grew to detest with every fiber of my being as he was a cheat and a liar. I was worn down and felt like I had no worth. Then, I decided to get a puppy. I scoured the local classifieds until I found what I was looking for. A litter of shih tzu puppies of age to be going to their new homes and the breeder was not charging an arm and a leg for. I called the number and that night we went to see the puppies. After spending time with them all there were two that stood out to me, one was mostly white and was the tiniest of them all. The other was a beautiful mahogany color with black tips. He would run up to me, poke my knee with his nose then run off again to play with his siblings. That alone made my decision, he was a confident independent puppy. I brought my boy home that night. Oddly enough, I wasn’t the one to name him though. We went to visit the in laws, they had a corgi. My father in law was highly amused by Gunner’s long tail where his dog had none. I should also note we are a military family as well, so he was waving Gunner’s tail back and forth and laughed saying “Look he’s a little tailgunner!” and thus that is how Gunner’s name came to be.
By Mary Dean5 years ago in Petlife
Crows ARE Interesting, Actually.
I can sing like a bird if you ask me to. That is, if the bird is a crow. I don't know how I learned to do that, but I'm really good at it and I'm very proud of that. When I learned that I could caw just like a crow, I felt somehow connected to these birds. Ridiculous, I know, but it led me to the life changing realization that these are my favorite birds.
By Janeth Boose5 years ago in Petlife
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
After half a year, I once again watched Hachi: A Dog's Tale with tears in my eyes. Since childhood, no movie has touched my mind again and again across time and space like it. If there is one thing that can feel the earth, I think it is love; If there is one thing that can create miracles, I think it is love.
By yahoo.com5 years ago in Petlife
To run with the wild horses
The first time I got on a horse, I was ready to turn around, flee the scene, and pretend nothing had ever happened. Willingly stepping out of your comfort zone can be challenging for many of us, so for my twelve-year-old, introverted self, you can imagine it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows.
By Elsa Fleurel5 years ago in Petlife
A quick guide to seed types that can attract the birds
The seed that can attract a wide variety of birds in your backyard is the sunflowers. While the other seeds are also helpful to attract the other species of birds. Many people use a mixture of different seeds to attract the different birds in the garden. So, in general, the mixture of red millet, oats, and other fillers is not good for most bird species. In this article, we are going to provide a quick guide to bird lovers to attract birds.
By Riley5 years ago in Petlife