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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 531489" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>I chose Advantix this time because word has it that frontline didn't do to well here last year. Usually, I don't bother with anything as I bathe the dogs in antibacterial soap every two weeks and it's just not an issue. But with the ticks I'm seeing, that is a different matter completely. </p><p></p><p>Honestly? I may never even attempt food/treats/bones/rawhides together, simply because Sadie did not "grow up" here. Molly would share it all, no problem. But I wouldn't feel comfy testing Sadie on it. Know what I mean?? We'll just wait and see. </p><p></p><p>At our shelter, you're lucky if you don't manage to bring home a dog with distemper or parvo. Seriously, I'm not kidding. Worms are nothing compared to that.......and yeah, they always have to be wormed too. I have adopted out countless dogs from our no kill shelter (at one time it was free to do so) as much to re-home them (they have many dogs that stay there for YEARS) as to keep one of them. I would estimate that at least 80 percent came to me very sick and needing vet care, a few we came awfully close to losing. And not just me, everyone I've talked to (including vets who treat these animals) say the same thing. Enough of that and I just stopped bringing them home. Honestly, the people "running" it are nice enough, I suppose their hearts are in the right place, but they haven't a clue of what they're doing. They can't even get breeds right, even with a full blood. geez They told us Jo Jo was a nearly grown white lab. HA! I didn't know what she was but I knew she was a baby puppy, even as huge as she was. Brought her home and looked online and be danged if she wasn't a Fran's dogs (had a brain fart, can't think of the d@mn breed now to save my life), anyway she WAS very young and would grow to be enormous and we simply did not have enough room for her, so as much as we loved her we re-homed her via a rescue and she found a fabulous forever home. </p><p></p><p>Sadie is not trained. This is obvious now that she is coming out of honeymoon phase. She does, thank god, know what the word No means and acts accordingly. She doesn't even have basic manners. She's not "bad".........just too energetic with no training, so she is "rude".........tries to say Hello love me by putting her paws on my chest. Uh, no. Mom doesn't put up with such things. And I am now wishing she had not gotten over her fear of the cats, because now she is into chasing them............and they are NOT into being chased. So far this has not been a problem with Bruce inside. He just refuses, goes on the kitchen table and ignores her completely. lol </p><p></p><p>It will be one day at a time for a while. While I know where she came from ect, I don't know what sort of life she had there. More behavior issues will surface as the honeymoon wears off. She does seem terribly eager to please though, and she is smart, so I'm hopeful training will just be a matter of time. I just sort of wish she'd stop sticking to me like an unwanted shadow because it's getting on my nerves. Bad enough when Bruce does it. lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 531489, member: 84"] I chose Advantix this time because word has it that frontline didn't do to well here last year. Usually, I don't bother with anything as I bathe the dogs in antibacterial soap every two weeks and it's just not an issue. But with the ticks I'm seeing, that is a different matter completely. Honestly? I may never even attempt food/treats/bones/rawhides together, simply because Sadie did not "grow up" here. Molly would share it all, no problem. But I wouldn't feel comfy testing Sadie on it. Know what I mean?? We'll just wait and see. At our shelter, you're lucky if you don't manage to bring home a dog with distemper or parvo. Seriously, I'm not kidding. Worms are nothing compared to that.......and yeah, they always have to be wormed too. I have adopted out countless dogs from our no kill shelter (at one time it was free to do so) as much to re-home them (they have many dogs that stay there for YEARS) as to keep one of them. I would estimate that at least 80 percent came to me very sick and needing vet care, a few we came awfully close to losing. And not just me, everyone I've talked to (including vets who treat these animals) say the same thing. Enough of that and I just stopped bringing them home. Honestly, the people "running" it are nice enough, I suppose their hearts are in the right place, but they haven't a clue of what they're doing. They can't even get breeds right, even with a full blood. geez They told us Jo Jo was a nearly grown white lab. HA! I didn't know what she was but I knew she was a baby puppy, even as huge as she was. Brought her home and looked online and be danged if she wasn't a Fran's dogs (had a brain fart, can't think of the d@mn breed now to save my life), anyway she WAS very young and would grow to be enormous and we simply did not have enough room for her, so as much as we loved her we re-homed her via a rescue and she found a fabulous forever home. Sadie is not trained. This is obvious now that she is coming out of honeymoon phase. She does, thank god, know what the word No means and acts accordingly. She doesn't even have basic manners. She's not "bad".........just too energetic with no training, so she is "rude".........tries to say Hello love me by putting her paws on my chest. Uh, no. Mom doesn't put up with such things. And I am now wishing she had not gotten over her fear of the cats, because now she is into chasing them............and they are NOT into being chased. So far this has not been a problem with Bruce inside. He just refuses, goes on the kitchen table and ignores her completely. lol It will be one day at a time for a while. While I know where she came from ect, I don't know what sort of life she had there. More behavior issues will surface as the honeymoon wears off. She does seem terribly eager to please though, and she is smart, so I'm hopeful training will just be a matter of time. I just sort of wish she'd stop sticking to me like an unwanted shadow because it's getting on my nerves. Bad enough when Bruce does it. lol [/QUOTE]
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