NAME: Newman
AGE: 9 years will be 10 years in December.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU OWNED: Since a pup.
M/F: Male.
HEALTH PROBLEMS AND WHAT YOU HAVE FOUND TO HELP: Newman has been pretty healthy up until this year. Newman has a stage III tumor in his foot. We had it operated on in March (Lumpectomy) and less then four months later it returned. It's a rare cancer. Our vet who has been practicing in well respected hospital for over 30 years has never seen it before and neither has the oncologists he's consulted with. So... We are goiong through pre-op testing to make sure it has not spread and if all is good Newman will be having his leg amputated in hopes of curing him.
DO YOU GIVE VITAMIN: I do not give any vitamins although I question whether I should or not. I do home cook for him as well as my other Yorkies. I use Chicken Soup dry and keep it out all day and at night boiled chicken, brown rice and carrots.
The only other thing I can think of is that Teeth Cleaning is very very important in small dogs. Their teeth can rot out very fast if not taken care of and that in itself will cause a load of problems. I start at the age of one or two years of age and have their teeth professionally cleaned. I usally have them done every other year or if I see they needed earlier I have them done yearly. I notice as Newman is aging his teeth do seem to need cleaning yearly whereas when he was younger I could go every other year to have them done. I also think that having more then one dog keeps him younger. Before we had others and he was our only he seemed more like and old fart. LOL. He's now like a young stud. LOL. He's neutered but still seems to have the urge if ya know what I mean. Tee hee. |