Bringing home our B 3/9/2012
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wrote on 10 Mar 2013, 05:42 last edited by
Handsome little boy, enjoy, also love the little pink toes, my Kaiser has tough feet now miss his soft baby feet.
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wrote on 10 Mar 2013, 14:05 last edited by
Not familar with where he came from. What are the registered names of his sire and dam, if you don't mind sharing? Very cute, glad to hear that the first night went well
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wrote on 11 Mar 2013, 01:07 last edited by
Not familar with where he came from. What are the registered names of his sire and dam, if you don't mind sharing? Very cute, glad to hear that the first night went well
well someone(my SO) cleaned out the car so the paper with the names on it got chucked out. I am waiting for the breeder to re-send it.
I know his sire is from Mibre's basenjis in homestead, fl.
and will be happy to post the names once I get them again :)
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wrote on 11 Mar 2013, 01:09 last edited by
he has been doing excellent with his potty times. only used the puppy pads twice.. and knows to go on the puppy pad and not the carpet
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wrote on 12 Mar 2013, 00:04 last edited by
Can I officially say I'm in love now?
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wrote on 12 Mar 2013, 00:47 last edited by
Awwwwww . . .
:-)
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wrote on 12 Mar 2013, 01:04 last edited by
one quick question.. my pup seems to scratch himself a lot. i dont see any ticks/flees and he's gotten his meds for that.
could he b allergic?
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wrote on 12 Mar 2013, 13:08 last edited by
Is he on the same food that was fed at the breeders?
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wrote on 12 Mar 2013, 13:17 last edited by
At this time of yr some of mine have developed grass allergies when going to strange areas for walks. Wipe him down with a damp washcloth after he comes inside.
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wrote on 12 Mar 2013, 15:45 last edited by
I have wet wipes I use for his ears. Maybe I'll just make sure to wipe around his neck/head where he seems to be the itchiest. He got a bath on day one so I don't think he's "dirty".
He is not on the same food. Would that cause itching?
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wrote on 12 Mar 2013, 16:46 last edited by
No particular reason other than it was what i picked up at the store before I got him. Going to petco today to pick up some more supplies so I'll see about picking up another small bag of something else so that i can test the food theory out.
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wrote on 12 Mar 2013, 19:04 last edited by
Usually it is best at first to stick with what they have been eating. Did the breeder tell you what that was?
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wrote on 12 Mar 2013, 19:52 last edited by
Yes, food will cause itching… is it grain free? Many dogs of all breeds have grain allergies, especially any with corn. What was the breeder feeding?
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wrote on 12 Mar 2013, 20:37 last edited by
Yes, food will cause itching… is it grain free? Many dogs of all breeds have grain allergies, especially any with corn. What was the breeder feeding?
royal canin was what he was being fed.
I picked up a bag of beneful which is what my lab puppy ate when she was younger. she never itched from it, and since it was a brand she used I figured it would be okay..
suggestions for dog food brands?
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wrote on 12 Mar 2013, 20:38 last edited by
Just a thought maybe it's whatever you bathed him with, or it wasn't rinsed out enough or it has dried his skin. My boy is now 8 months and hasn't yet needed a bath I have wiped him down after walks due to a possible contact allergy and brush him to freshen him up. It's a hard one to find out why they are itchty. We started a list and ticked off as we went through the possiblities, sounds like food is the starting point, good luck.
Jolanda and Kaiser
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wrote on 12 Mar 2013, 21:13 last edited by
royal canin was what he was being fed.
I picked up a bag of beneful which is what my lab puppy ate when she was younger. she never itched from it, and since it was a brand she used I figured it would be okay..
suggestions for dog food brands?
Personally I wouldn't use either of those brands, but everyone has an opinion on food. I like NRG dehydrated, as I am not a fan of dry foods, but like convenience. There have been a lot of threads on here in the past about food.
I agree, the bath could have caused itching if the rinse was not complete or for that matter if it dried out his skin. Also, he could be allergic to something in your house…...e.g. bedding or what it was washed in. Unfortunately the possibilities are endless! I think I would start with the food.....
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wrote on 12 Mar 2013, 21:45 last edited by
I know for sure Beneful has corn/wheat… and is not a very good food. You should go back to what the breeder was feeding, but even that brand has corn but it is further down on the list of ingredients then Beneful. Here is the beginning of the ingredient list for one of the Beneful products: Ground yellow corn, chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, whole wheat flour, AND they claim that the use real chicken... NOT by-product meal is not real chicken. In fact every one of their dry foods start with the above items. Corn is a filler, it is of no use other than to fill them up for a dog. Also, it (IMO) raises their body temperature. Consider that farms have fed corn for years in the winter for cattle and for horses to generate body heat. We used to do that for our horses, dry corn on the cob in the winter, but never in the summer months.
I use Evo Chicken and Turkey, grain free and I switch off or mix with Fromms Surf and Turf or Natural Balance Potato and Duck.
And while I would certainly recommend that you feed a better quality food, keep in mind that when with littermates they bite when playing with each other, so could have little scabs from playing that are healing and itchy.
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wrote on 13 Mar 2013, 02:04 last edited by
I use Fromms…but recently places like petco (for convenience for you) started varying Innova which I consider a good quality food. A good quality food is important...also, have you put a collar on her? New pups find collars irritating...and almost all pups itch because its unfamiliar to them...just a thought!?
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wrote on 13 Mar 2013, 13:13 last edited by
I like Fromm, Origen, Taste of the wild, Innova, Red Barn meat rolls, I would not feed anything with corn as a main ingredient. Most of the foods you would be finding at a feed store or smaller pet store, as petco and petsmart tend to sell the garbage foods. Its good to hear they now carry innova. Be prepared that good pet food runs upwards of $30 for a 15 lb bag.
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