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Originally Posted by KatysMom  Hi,
Sorry to learn that your mom is sick.
I hope you will explain Sasha's issues with the new vet, including that she has been attacked before, seems defensive/agitated by the neighbor's dog and that she objects to being maneuvered and will snap (show aggression) if you try to pick her up. At 23 pounds, she's not a feather-weight.
I would take a stool sample and check with the new vet before changing her kibble, especially since she has stomach sensitivities. After my late Katy became an adult, we didn't change her kibble often --probably three times over more than 10 years.
Good luck. Bless you for taking care of your mom and the pets. |
Yeah we will take sasha with a stool sample. The new vet is mostly because of convenience of distance. Hopefully it helps.
I take care of the dog because I know it doesn't deserve a lesser quality of life just because someone else is not very healthy to take care of her. I used to feel more closer to that dog. But some stressors over the years, like excessive barking, etc kind of bugged me a bit. Mostly because she barks at drop of a feather. She was definitely taken to a training class during the first 3 years. It only helped with some basics, but somethings never changed and it kind of caused anxiety in me because I couldn't go an hour without her barking.
This was when I lived in suburbia, now that I live in country side suburbs its a lot better but still...
As for the attack, yeah we explained it to the last vet. I dont remember what was said to us, I think the gist of it was it's emotional scarring and it may or may not ever heal.
I felt bad afterwards, because it happened during a day I wasn't home and usually I am the one home.
If a strangers dog bit my dog while I was there I am not even sure what I could had or would had done. Spray it with a hose? I remember being furious at my paranoid neighbors because they lied to the cops when the cops came knocking. Said they didnt own a dog.... etc...
Thanks.
Yeah I don't know if picking up a larger dog can hurt them. But she wasn't fond of it. I think the poop stepping might be because she might need a hair cut. Her hair growa in fast