Saturday, October 30, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Backlog
I haven't been really good at keeping up with the blog lately- seems like the summer went by so fast!! So quick points-of-interest recap..
In the spring, Kodo started refusing his dinner. And this is a dog that never met a piece of food he didn't like- he even eats lettuce for crying out loud! Soaking the food in water and mixing with canned worked for a while, but eventually he started refusing that too, and only eating pure canned.
We made a vet appointment, they spotted something they thought might be a crack in the tooth so we booked a dental checkup for him. Turned out everything was OK- dentist said he had a chip off one of his molars, and it might have been sensitive at the time when it happened, but it shouldn't be anymore.
We found he would still eat his crunchy biscuits, so we figured maybe switching food brands was worth a shot. After some research, we found out his food brand was not the highest quality in the world, so we hit the Grateful Dog Bakery to find some higher quality stuff to try.
We started him on Fromm, which he absolutely LOVED. Wolfed it down just like he used to. We were about halfway done with the bag when we noticed that he was itching his face a lot and was starting to lose hair around his eyes. By the time we figured out that it was probably allergies, the poor guy had two eye infections, two ear infections, and bald circles around both his eyes so he looked like he was wearing glasses. :(
We ended up switching him to another fairly high-quality food with limited ingredients to test (California Natural- basically only chicken and rice) and that worked fine, everything started clearing up, thank goodness!
I still think it is a little funny that he was on this food with a ton of grains and by-products in it and he had no problems, but as soon as we switch him to a grain-free high-quality food his allergies blew up..
In the spring, Kodo started refusing his dinner. And this is a dog that never met a piece of food he didn't like- he even eats lettuce for crying out loud! Soaking the food in water and mixing with canned worked for a while, but eventually he started refusing that too, and only eating pure canned.
We made a vet appointment, they spotted something they thought might be a crack in the tooth so we booked a dental checkup for him. Turned out everything was OK- dentist said he had a chip off one of his molars, and it might have been sensitive at the time when it happened, but it shouldn't be anymore.
We found he would still eat his crunchy biscuits, so we figured maybe switching food brands was worth a shot. After some research, we found out his food brand was not the highest quality in the world, so we hit the Grateful Dog Bakery to find some higher quality stuff to try.
We started him on Fromm, which he absolutely LOVED. Wolfed it down just like he used to. We were about halfway done with the bag when we noticed that he was itching his face a lot and was starting to lose hair around his eyes. By the time we figured out that it was probably allergies, the poor guy had two eye infections, two ear infections, and bald circles around both his eyes so he looked like he was wearing glasses. :(
We ended up switching him to another fairly high-quality food with limited ingredients to test (California Natural- basically only chicken and rice) and that worked fine, everything started clearing up, thank goodness!
I still think it is a little funny that he was on this food with a ton of grains and by-products in it and he had no problems, but as soon as we switch him to a grain-free high-quality food his allergies blew up..
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Baby Berner meeting!!
We took Kodo for a walk in the Metros to enjoy the fantastic weather. As we were about to turn in to the Rocky River nature center parking lot where we had left the car, we see a baby Berner and his dad coming out of the parking lot! Needless to say, I started squealing and bouncing up and down..
He and Kodo did some playing and pawing each other in the head while the puppy's dad talked to us. Sounds like he ws on his way home, saw us walking Kodo, and had to stop so he could see the full-grown version and chat. Gotta love Berner people!! :)
Anyway, puppy's name was Gunner, and he was about 4 months old. And cute as a button. Did I mention I want another puppy now? :)
He and Kodo did some playing and pawing each other in the head while the puppy's dad talked to us. Sounds like he ws on his way home, saw us walking Kodo, and had to stop so he could see the full-grown version and chat. Gotta love Berner people!! :)
Anyway, puppy's name was Gunner, and he was about 4 months old. And cute as a button. Did I mention I want another puppy now? :)
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Monster Mutt Dash 2010
Kodo got to hang out with his full-brother-one-year-older, Augie before and after. The race was a lot of fun too.. ;) Kodo and I did the 1-mile fun walk since 5K is a little outside his endurace even at my running speed (esp since he was crazy excited with all the dog around and wore himself out well before the race even started), and Brian and most of the rest of my family ran the 5K.
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