Man's Best Friend Thread.

Oh... yeah. My bad. You said that already.
I apologize.
But hell, you've been gone awhile.. so I forget these things.

It is a labor of love lol... I just made a batch today. I wish someone would make a giant sized crock pot. Like one of those old school guinea pasta pots. I mean your little rat weighs in at 9 pounds tops.... Muttley is at least 60 pounds. My little cluttered kitchen counter corner remains an ongoing domestic bone of contention... no pun intended. And you already know what choice words I have for that. --->"fu... get over it."

 

9lbs.? Ha, he weighs 16 now. He weighed 9 when we got him and was much more of a finicky eater back then. Now he's on the home cooked gourmet diet and if filled out nicely.

 

Fat little f'r.

 

I had never heard of this brand of dog food, there was a discussion on some talk-show about a 27 year old dog so I thought I'd look it up.

Ignore the cheesey look of these ads, the company was founded by the original Robin from Batman, hence the look. But this company has a lot of testimonies about 20 year old +dogs.





The point being... It's all in what you feed them. In reality, I don't think there's any need to buy an expensive product like this. Its a 2x/week process, but my recipes using some combination of beans, brown rice, oatmeal, tuna or mackerel, frozen peas and carrots... is just as tasty and just as healthy. 100% sure. My girl actually reared up on her hind legs and placed her front paws on a chair the other day. She's actually done this several times as of late recently. That is pretty amazing really, considering two years ago I was looking at doggy wheelchairs for her because her hind legs didn't work.

 

Note too that the old dogs are still thin.

Sometimes dogs have their vulnerable masters trained to make special meals for them (lookin' at you VZ) AND THEN GIVE THEM TWICE WHAT THEY NEED just to show them how special they are.

Don't do that.

VZ I think you can develop and market a VZ Happy Meal for dogs and design it so that the master can eat it as well. Yeh man, that's what love looks like.
You may have to help the dog with the chopsticks though.

 

>>>"Note too that the old dogs are still thin."<<<

Like people.

I'll send you a Tupperware of my new Coconut/Chicken surprise. It was a huge hit. When they push their empty food bowl around the room licking it to get every last little drop, you know it's good.

 

I agree that a dog's health condition mostly depends on a diet. Like people's, actually. I adopted a dog not long ago and bought branded dog food for her. After several days, she began itching a lot and having red spots on her skin. It turned out to be an allergy. Fortunately, the vet prescribed apoquel for dogs and everything was fine in 2-3 days. I also looked through various forums for dog owners and noticed that many people find this medication to be helpful.
This is my first dog ever and I didn't have any experience in feeding and treating her. It took me some time to choose a proper food for her. But now I know that the price and a well-known brand are not always a sign of high quality and it doesn't mean that this food will make my dog healthier.

 

Baron,
How much running around does he get during the day? It's probably hard for you guys, you live in a neighborhood, so you can't just let him out and have at it. And I'm sure you're too busy babysitting this place.... so it's not like you can take him somewhere and let him run. But that is the solution. He needs to wear himself out. Then he'll sleep at night.

As they get older, they get more anxious. More "needy". 12 years old on a breed that makes it to 10 if they're lucky.... it's tough. But the simple solution, albeit more than likely not easy for you... is to wear his ass out during the day. He'll sleep just fine.

 

I would take him to the Vet; maybe a medical issue? Maybe it is "sundowner's syndrome" which is a form of dementia.