Dogs

easy to take care of . any input would be good. im looking for a teacup. i dont want the 7 pounder ones

There is no such thing as a teacup.. They are runts, bred to runts, bred to runts.. Taking nothing else .. health, temperament or anything else into consideration. Dogs bred for one thing only are sickly, diseased, dogs with health problems, horrible structure and die very very young.. Do not support backyard breeding and puppymills..

I have a 2yr old maltese that barks excessively at any little noise or person..how do i get it under control. it is very annoying to me and my guest.

maltese are yappy dogs… next time I suggest just getting a different breed lol… but really it is the nature of the breed to bark obnoxiously at little things… theres not a whole lot you can do about it.

Animal welfare would prosecute any cruelty to animals"pets" in most countries it is unacceptable to eat our pet cats and dogs.So why do you feel its ok to eat farm animals?

Good ?… alot of ppl say they like animals, but don’t really think about what happens to those cows, pigs & chickens b4 they end up on their plates.

do i let her have the pups or not this wasnt ment to happen yet so young i need some advice

If you *KNOW* she’s bred(how’d THAT happen? YOUR FAULT!!!),it’s too late for chemical treatment.

Yes,you can spay NOW! DO IT! Your dog will be WAY better off.

Yes,she’s WAY too young! You are guilty of neglect & mis-management.

Hurt your feelings? Make you feel worse? GOOD!

I am thinking about buying a maltese but I don’t want my house to smell bad! Do maltese dogs make your house smell awful?

I have two Maltese and they in no way make my house smell bad. Because Maltese have hair that barely sheds and a minimal amount of dander they don’t really have that "doggie" smell.

I crate trained my Maltese and we had minimal accidents in the house.

Just accept the cultural difference?

I’d just accept it. Different cultures eat different things and ours is a multiculturalist society after all. Besides, there’s lot of different countries that make up the Pacific Islands, and I doubt this is a common custom for most of them.

That said, buying/eating an animal from a butcher or grocery store is one thing–but eating something they’ve raised?? Seems a little unusual unless you live on a ranch, in a trailer or a cave.

Everytime a female enters my house my youngest dog attacks my other 2 dogs. All the dogs are bitches and get on very well until a female comes to my house. I have to physically remove the attacking dog as she won’t let go. I’m now getting worried about it.

You need the help of a behaviourist who can work on a one to one basis with you and your dog. Observing her body language at the time she becomes "aroused" is a key part in determining why she is attacking your other bitches. You dont say how old they all are, is the youngest bi tch under a year old? had her first season? are the other 2 bitches spayed or not? If your youngest bi tch is under a year old then it could be a dominance situation were your bi tch is taking control of "females entering the house". Another theory is that is there any way she could of been threatened, intimataded, hit, shouted at etc by a female visitor of yours? This fear then lies dorment in the dog untill they become more confident to react agaisnt there threat. If this is getting to the stage were your having to become involved then it’s adviceable you seperate your youngest bi tch in another room when you have female visitors. If theres alot of barking and exciting yapping when they hear the door bell rang etc, then again this can work dogs up into a state of arousal which causes them to react in the way your youngest bi tch is. This kind of behaviour is normally exhibited in herding breeds such as the border collie which has high energy and arousal levels.I hope you get the help you need all the best.

Dogs eyes become yellow,dog urinate with blood,dog vomit blood and dogs feces with blood .
the dog has complete vaccine shots.
my dog already died yesterday. I am just puzzled to what caused her death. She is a rottweiler,1 year and 2 months old. Suddenly stopped eating for a day then,she has blood with her body waste. She died just after a day and a half of not eating and losing body fluids and blood.

This 99.9% parvo. I just lost three to parvo on april 21, 08. Their eyes get the gooey yellow matter in the corners, then they stool the most foul smelling diarrhea, and vomit sometimes even worms I heard, but mine only vomited clear liquids. Puppies are very susceptible, but also dogs with weakened immuned systems are vulnerable as well. My puppies were 5 mos, 5 mos, and 4 mos. There are many different symptoms and some cases worse than others, and it is always hard to lose a dog, and some dogs pull through. I pray for your strength, and hopefully you can educate others as to what you learn from this, such as I have.

My 2 dogs are each about 35 and 40 pounds each. So its about a fair match…They are mostly outside dogs so thats where they eat. When i feed one the other more agressive dog runs and eats out of both dishes (no matter how far apart i fed them).

So should i break up their fight or just let them figure out whos dominat on their own?

(I like "24", too. What ever happened to that show?)

Look at the situation like this….. if they were your kids, would you allow them to have food fights at the dinner table? It’s just not appropriate behavior and it upsets everyone. As the alpha, you would put your foot down and restore peace to the meal time adventure.

So, you should with the dogs as well. You have a dominant dog and a subordinate dog. The subordinate dog needs you (the alpha) to lend a hand and allow him/her to eat a meal in peace, which means separating them, or confining the dominant dog during meal time so that he can’t gorge on excess food and be a d!ck when it comes to food in general ….. and the subordinate dog gets a complete meal in peace.

Whether it be a lead, kennel, crate, different room, whatever it takes to keep both dogs seperated at meal time is the way to go for a happy, healthy pack.