This is my issue living in phoenix. Early morning temps are high 80's (this morning it was 88 at 6am), so we work more on the tread, go for a spin around the block for mental stim and routine, and have been doing more play and training inside. 10pm it was 102. When we get back from walks, they both ...

Here is what I am working on with Lucky.. my freight train. I am using a Halti, but started using a flat collar. The Halti has helped to accelerate his learning. When he reaches the end of the lead, and before he starts to pull, i correct him by saying with me and turn in the other direction. I am i...

Hmm... your pup is gonna need an antifungal bath twice weekly or an antifungal wipe twice daily... those feet look pretty rough... Is he chewing at them a lot? No, surprisingly, he is not fussing with them at all. And he is usually such a WIMP! The only reason I noticed this was because he bopped m...

Perhaps the third time is a charm?

This is one of his paws...


Callous on his hind feet

Yeah, the first is of the callous and the second is of the worst paw.

Well - are the paws red/irritated? MissKiwi says only 10% of allergies are food caused, the rest are airborne, or environmental. If the paws are not red/irritated, I'd not get too aggressive - but maybe do chlorhexadine soaks a few times a week. You don't want to strip the natural oils by overwashi...

Try Natural Balance. We use the Venison formulation for our allergic dogs. You can buy Ketoconazole shampoo at Walmart in the dandruff section, it's called Nizoral (sp?) and also you can purchase chlorhexadine at many feed stores, or online, in a gallon jug. We mix it by hand in with the shampoo we...

OT: have you had a skin scrape for mange? Also just because one of ours is chewing her feet on Bison doesn't mean all dogs will, the other one tolerated it fine...odd, huh? I haven't because it was just the ear that took us to the vet and they didn't seem to think it could be a skin infection since...

See if your vet will get you a ketoconazole shampoo, or better yet, an antifungal combined with chlorhexadine shampoo. Yeast infections are almost always related to some underlying inflammatory cause, less likely related to food and more likely related to environmental allergies. If the yeast infec...

Has anyone had any luck in ridding their pup of systemic yeast infections? Lucky has a yeasty ear, and has yeasty feets.. I swear his poo used to smell yeasty (and still does sometimes). Currently feeding Kirkland Weight Management with a tablespoon of pumpkin and yogurt mixed in, which finally sett...

this stuff is awesome! Lucky has yeasty ears.. so this stuff clears it right up after two doses.

How is bevo's foundational obedience training? Does he have good attention when in a low distraction environment? That is what I would work on first before trying to train him around other dogs, otherwise the frustration level of trying to get him to preform while having a super high value reward ar...

Thank you for that information. Im on the north side of phoenix.....I was referred to North Phoenix Spay and Nueter clinic because they do the Maddie's program as well. However when i asked about it they said that funding for maddie's program ran out in October last year. :( But thats ok.......we a...

Sooo.. i have the opposite problem of most of you.. it is a frelling furnance outside and my dogs are bored. Other than the treadmill and playing after dark/at sunrise what else can i do to get these pups physically tuckered out during the week? I know there We currently don't play in the house beca...