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Snowman, Sweet Pea, and DisastersPosted Thursday, April 5, at 11:26 PM Both the youngest dogs at Silverwalk Hounds are doing fine. I've talked about each in previous entries: Lost Dogs and Parvo Puppy. Snowman, the lost Great Pyrenees, never had anyone call to claim him. He is now up to date on his shots, is neutered and this week had his treatment for heart worms. ...
I have a puppy here at Silverwalk Hounds. No one can see her - only me. Not even the dogs, especially not the dogs. She tested positive for Parvo and is in isolation in a back bedroom with her own bathroom where I wash my hands very well before going out to the rest of the pack. When I visit with her, I wear a sheet as a smock to prevent contamination. This cannot spread...
Lost Dogs I have a beautiful handsome adult Great Pyrenees in my outside pen tonight. He was found wandering an industrial area with a smaller dog. Here's what you do when you find a lost dog: Presume she is LOST. Someone from miles away may be searching for her; dogs can travel; even if they have only been gone a short time, they may look worse for wear: DON'T ASSUME...
'Walk with an Old Dog' by Gayl Jokiel Because you will not be forever, Hope against time I may, I paint your picture in my memory, Eyes blue with age, muzzle gone grey. Because you walked with me in springtime, Puppy-clumsy, running free. As you grew older we grew together...
Happy New Year! So good to be back after an unexpected hiatus. Chance still needs a home - he is doing well in recovery at his foster home, is neutered and up to date on all shots. Talk to LaCroix Pet Hospital - you need a special wee Beagle in your life; and he gets along great with his Schnauzer sisters!...
Resolution - Adopt a Senior Pet this year! FYI - Allie Mae went to Heaven this morning. She fought the good fight but this time, she was ready. Godspeed, Allie Mae - you graced my heart and the other dogs here at Silverwalk. Who now will tell me when it it's time to go to bed?...
Chance Beagle - Part 1 This truly is a Christmas story - a lost dog needing a home and finding two who would help him. He loved both his Ds so much, he went back and forth between homes, staying mostly with D1. Look at that face! One day a couple weeks ago now, he followed D1 across the road to the mailbox. ...
The Golden Grinch! Sit down with your children, your dogs and your cats to hear a wonderful story. Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah from Silverwalk!...
I have never had a true outside dog before - never. I grew up in suburban Minneapolis, MN; our dogs were inside; when outside, they were in our fenced in yard or on a leash. Too much traffic to take chances - except for T.H.E. Cat, named after a TV show. Cat left home one day, lost forever - well, not quite. Three months later, I opened our front door ant there was T.H.E. Cat, acting as though he had never left. Walked right in.....
Adopt a Senior Dog! Silverwalk Hounds has many adult and senior dogs ready for homes. Many are trained - several have been through the Boothealers dog training program at Charleston. What are you waiting for? More? I just happen to have gift packets with coupons from both Iams and Petco esp. for dogs adopted during this holiday season. Come on down, check Silverwalk's website or Petfinder site and find your new companion!...
Kleenex, Please! Dog shows are nice to watch but heart and soul connection is oh, so much better!...
Don't Diss Sheila "Or do they {shelters} just make something up, assuming things from how the dog acts or looks? Kinda like you did with Sheila?" ~ rek. Sheila was rescued from a puppy mill after 10 years; I adopted her from her rescue, Flawdogs in Morse Mill, MO. Good breeders accept applications for their puppies; they ask questions of those wanting to buy their puppies as well as being willing to answer questions from buyers. ...
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." ~ Edmund Burke It is time to stop buying and breeding puppies and kittens in substandard conditions. When I say "substandard," I refer not only to physical but knowledge base. ...
Ellie, Layla and Chloe On Sunday, I believe, I briefly posted an entry about a Bloodhound in need. I then learned she is adopted to a home with two other Bloodhounds! So, if you saw that post and then didn't, it is not your eyes; I literally "hid" it till I knew for sure about Ellie Mae. Happy Adoption Dance time...
Sunday is for Animals (and Cars) I have been on a very busy stay-cation for two weeks. Wow. Remember Sprinkles from the previous entry? I took her to meet her new owners half-way to Springfield, IL this past Sunday. They had the back seat padded with a water bowl ready for her. Sprinkles found a good home for a great dog...
Sprinkles, house trained adult/senior Dalmatian/Basset mix - female Autumn is here! The cool weather is welcome, the dogs are enjoying it a lot and I am making a list of home repair and preparation for winter. First, I need to get the gate to the field from the back yard fixed; it is still in disarrray from the flooding. ...
Cotton. They aren't cotton but they looked like cotton - cute, fuzzy heads of cotton, bouncing up and down in the window welcoming us home from a long day in St. Louis. My friend K. has 3 Bichon Frieses and a puppy Maltipoo, Gus. When I visited the next evening (the day Gus was neutered), he locked onto me and I onto him. ...
Allie Mae won't eat. She is anemic, had worms which have been treated; had some minor surgery, is recovering but she wasn't eating before the surgery and isn't now. She will drink water. She lets me help her outside to pee but she won't eat. I am making her a gruel which I force-feed toward the back of her mouth. ...
Poop Scooping "Dog Doogity" Dog Poop PSA for ScoopPoop.org (Blackstreet - No Diggity spoof) ft Martin Luther We want to be able to walk our dogs everywhere, therefore we need to be responsible about picking up their poop! This actually makes it fun! Remember the tune :)...
Training dogs and owners (moi) is not always easy. The concepts are not difficult; it is the execution. Dogs read our body language more carefully than we do theirs. Keeping our bodies still beside the needed gesture and with good humor is tough. I know - I am training Justus and vice verse...
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Bobbie blogs about pets, primarily dogs and cats, and issues of rescue and adoption, living with pets and the best pet products. She hopes her blog will be a place for people interested in pets to share their views and ask advice or others.
Bobbie is an RN, director of Silverwalk Hounds Dog Sanctuary and a board member of Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary.
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