Dogs on your iPhone

Did you know that Apple has doggy apps for your iPhone? If you are a savvy iPhone user you already knew that. There are apps to find a vet, a doggy day care and even apps on training tips. The iPhone is becoming the new computer. They are also expensive little gadgets too. Some of my friends have even gotten an extended iphone warranty for them. I can't wait until they get away from just having them used on certain cell phone providers and have them as a pay as you go system. Until then I'll just put those apps on my iPod....which I still can.

Summer dog shows

Like any woman, I like to go shopping. I enjoy a great sale, but what I enjoy more is going to a dog show. I am not much for the conformation classes but I do enjoy the obedience trials. You can count on me to watch from start to finish any obstacle course classes at the show. One of the best ways to locate a dog show in your area is to go to the American Kennel Club website and check out the dog show schedule. The website is AKC.org

Yogurt and cottage cheese

The benefits are great when you feed your dog cottage cheese or yogurt. Both are high in protein and offer an alternative to regular dog food when your dog is recovering from surgery. Often a vet will suggest a diet of cottage cheese and cooked rice for dogs having digestive problems. Yogurt is also well liked by the humans at my house. It also doubles as one of the best acne treatments for humans there is. One FYI, don't feed the flavored yogurt to your dog, just the plain variety. 

Dog Adoption

I have a question. When there are thousands of non-disabled dogs that are put to sleep each day because there are not enough homes for them, why does it seem that people and the media go out of their way to promote and adopt disabled dogs? Is it some sort of disability appealing to our senses? I have no answers to these questions. I also find it interesting that dog rescues will go out of their way to beg for donations for an expensive surgery for a dog in need, yet say they don't have the funds to foster several non-disabled dogs for a month.

Signs of poor health

Are you aware of when your dog might be having a health problem? I am not talking about immediate signs like refusing to eat,  panting heavily or collapsing but long term signs. Signs like quick weight loss over the course of a few weeks or hair thinning.Perhaps their fur is not as shinny or they are acting different. One person I knew had a dog that suddenly started to drool all over the place. She took the dog to the vet and the vet concluded that the dog had gotten into something toxic. After going through her home top to bottom she found the cause. She had switched her kitchen floor cleaner to a different brand and the dog was allergic to it. The dog's paws became irritated after walking on the floor so the dog would lick its' paws, that caused the drooling. If she had not taken notice of the drooling then the dog might have gotten worse. It pays to take notice of the signs your dog gives you of their health.

Hey, the blog is getting popular

Guess how I can tell when this blog became popular....it was when I started to get spammy comments left on the blog. You know, junk comments like a bunch of non-words like vigrx, irtgy, workc and itteryp. All of them linked to some gawd awful website. Well I get at least one of those a week...WOW! Of course I don't approve them but it does mean that this little blog has now gotten linking power......whoo, hoo!