Feeding your dog a raw/real food diet doesn’t have to be more complicated when travelling. The key to doing it properly is to be prepared, just like when you’re at home. When you’ve been feeding this way for a while you will have a feel for what your dog needs and what you need to… Read More Traveling With The Raw Fed Dog
This July, my Ira, who is two years old now, was diagnosed with a mild form of Mega-Esophagus. This is simply an enlargement of the esophagus which makes it difficult for the dog to swallow food. It can be in only portions of the esophagus, (or in one part as in Ira’s case thankfully) or… Read More Dealing With Mega-Esophagus
This article was originally published in December 2017. Since then I have learned much more about conditioning my dogs and how to prevent injury by taking many classes on the subject. While I am still not a vet or a canine physiotherapist, I am sharing my knowledge so that other can possible learn from my… Read More Preventing Mobility Issues In Your Livestock Guardian Dog
Lately, I have had to separate some of my dogs and keep them apart. Miranda and Emmett are the two energetic youngish (7 years) dogs who roughhouse a lot and cause everyone else to get energized. This has caused, in the last year, an injury for Emmett – a slight tear to his ACL. Emmett… Read More Calming The Group Down!
I have two 14 year old Australian Shepherds. They were actually born less than a month apart and grew up together. Both are now hard of hearing and have slowed down quite a bit. The slowing down part likely has something to do with their age but also with me. You often hear that as… Read More Training Helps Elderly Dogs
