She doesnt like being brushed. As for oils, would olive oil work?

I love olive oil! I use it as a conditioner on my horses' tails, too. I even occasionally use it on myself lol

Thanks. I am in the process of learning how to train. Not sure if I need a dog trainer or dog behavior correctional trainer or what..

I can understand your breed hesitation. I was hung ho everything Yorkie the minute I started searching for Wall-e over seven years ago. My husband even bought me the Tiffany yorkie charm necklace. Always thought I would get another yorkie. Then we found Daisy the MinPin at the shelter. My husband was gaga over her, but I wasn't so much. We decided to keep Daisy, but I felt guilty for having a different breed. It was strange to me since I love all animals. But we've had Daisy since November and now I love her to pieces. Anyhoo!
Congrats on the new baby!

Daisy.. sounds like this australian shepherd(looked like lassie ) we had as a kid for a short while. We rehomed her after we finished cleaning her up and recouperating her from being on the streets.

Anywho, Min Pins are cute-- they're not exactly my cup o tea (personality wise) but they're not bad either.

There was a Min Pin in the shelter where we got Magnolia. He/she was rather jumpy, happy and a bit hyper. Like literary he jumped(not sure how a dog jumps up and down like that) but he was on fours and just kind of pop corned. It was a tad funny. But she looked way too big to get along with Sasha.


Now my quest is to get Magnolia not to pick on sasha. She's got possession issues but only retaliates against other dogs?

Hopefully once she learns it is not acceptable to pick on Sasha, she and her can get along together. Though oddly sasha is now afraid of her a bit and keeps her distance.

She seemed so submissive in the shelter but is less so here. She's still a bit skittish though.

Congrats- she's beautiful!

Thank you. She is quite the charmer. Now I am going to "upgrade" her meals. Chicken livers weekly, some sort of kibble, occasional veggies, occasional other stuff, oils? Not sure if they can eat coconut oil, packaged tuna, (the unsalted added one- the one in a can), raw honey(maybe a tablespoon daily?), not sure if any of this is good or bad. What would make her the healthiest?

Hah, yup! I volunteer at a shelter 3x a week, so I see a lotttttt of shelter dogs. And there is truly no way to fully evaluate a dog in a shelter vs. a home - they can be different dogs in both places, understandably.

It's very good that while she is a bit "skittish" or shy, you're also seeing some boldness, bc you do want that confidence to be there.

Yes, oils are great. Coconut oil would be great, as would that Camelina oil I mentioned, fish oil etcetera. Start w/ one oil now - and then use a different one next time...alternate.

Veggies are great, mine love them. Mine also love hard boiled egg, fish of any kind, cheese, PB.

A fab kibble is Natures Logic Venison. Or, if wanting to feed raw - then Better In The Raw (you add your own raw meat), Primal, Natures Variety, Stella and Chewys.

Pretty much all dogs will balk at being brushed at first. Just keep doing it - use a soft brush and just do the non-sensitive parts of her body to get her used it, get her to relax. Make it into more of a massage-brush session. She'll get used to it, with some time and patience.

She's jumpy sometimes (like highly nervous) over anything...

I am avoiding cheese as it may cause them farts and I already have to deal with a farting dog. :X I hate it because they're usually silent and they just creep up on you.

I mixed coconut oil with olive oil into her food. She doesn't seem to like the kibble anymore though. Avoids it. It's called "Simply Nourish". I was going to try to squeeze that bag out and mix it up with something else so that I don't end up wasting it... unless it turns out it's really bad?

They gave me a canned food (same brand I think) which has venison in it.

I ended up having to mix it with the rest of the food ( a spoon full ) to give it that "flavoring" I mean I kind of understand... I wouldnt want to be eating the same stuff... day in.. day out... I know I am kind of projecting myself but this is something I'd rather not budge. I just don't think it's normal for a living being to be solely dependent on one food source (unless of course it happens to be a species which is like that... such as some snakes, some insects, etc)... I sneaked a spoon full to sasha too.. hopefully she doesn't upchuck it.. :l Since I just wanted to be fair with her.

The coconut oil that my mom has feels a bit chunky... it's not liquid.. I mixed that up with the olive oil and had to work it into the kibble because when I dropped it on the food it just stayed in place.

I probably overfed her today a bit... but I don't think I care so much considering she looks a bit... underweight (not sure).

She weighs (well the papers said the vet got her at) 11.14 pounds. So she's a little tyke.

I am going to check out nature's logic. I see it comes in many flavors. Do you think it's okay to buy small bags of nature's logic and mix it up for flavor? Like one day I give her the venison, another day lamb or rabbit, another day duck and salmon.. I figure if one big bag is 50 bucks... I could just buy the smallest bags they come in and alternate day by day. But I am not sure how that would affect her stomach.

Anyone has opinion on this?

I just wanted to give her palette some variety and I want to make sure she gets some fish in her diet as well (fresh water preferably). My mom said she has some fish oil made for dogs, but I was thinking of getting my own as to not deplete hers. Do they sell krill oil instead? I heard krill oil is better than fish oil (wasn't sure).

I just wanted to give her the best I can... well without actually doing raw... I thought about raw but it's too much mental work for me to figure that out even if it doesn't sound like it... when it comes down to it...

Foods that have little preservatives spoil in matters of days and where we're going to live we're 20minutes away from the supermarket... So going in every 2-4 days would present a problem. That-- and you need to add vitamins and stuff because believe what you will natural food doesn't have enough of said nutrients to support it- thus would need more of a certain food to just get the enough vitamin.

I hope she does. Maybe ill give her treats while doing it so she gets used to it faster? I just want to take out all that shedding.. it's not a lot but it feels like it is... my tshirt was covered in it.. :x I want to be able to let her on my bed without finding that now my sheets are also furry.

There's so much to do.

Right that makes sense. Ill see if she gets used to it like that.

What about an all food fortifier and the sardine oil made by that brand you suggested? Nature's logic. Any good? Any use?