Recent content by Acadia

About a year ago I fostered an 11-pound rat terrier/chi mix, and kept her of course! Because she was sweet, not because she was a twin ;-) And they play so well together - best buds. Here, in the middle of play, they heard something and both stopped at the same time . . .

Hi - Cadie is 3 and has not stopped chewing on wood (like my unfinished deck rails and now a cedar chest, but also sticks and any shrub she can get to (which she can't anymore in my yard). She has normal feces, but 1-2 times a week I find one that looks mostly like a chewed up piece of stick -...

Hi all, New England spring time yard - wet, muddy, yuck! Plus even in fall/summer the area that is fenced in for the dogs gets stinky and the grass cover is bad (between the urine, digging, trampling). I just decided I need some kind of flooring for the fenced in area. Cadie the Newf is a...

Hi everyone, My newf is 90lbs and my rescue dog is 10 lbs. I need a dog door to go through the wall. Because of the long, cold winters, I'm thinking an electronic door might be the way to go, but am a little nervous about the whole thing. I see some for around 1200 (Plexidoor brand I think)...

Cadie is chewing me out of house and home. If she isn't sleeping she is chewing on whatever is available. For those of you who had newfs still chewing at this age, did it ever stop? Part of it is because she is on restrictions because of surgery at the end of May- she is only allowed a 20min...

I was wondering if anybody has bought these from Amazon-the price seems a lot better than at local stores...and what younthought of them...Cadie doesn't get my money's worth from the whole ones-she will gnaw the ends now and then but it doesn't keep her interested. She did, however, like the...

Does anyone know about this or used it before? I brought Cadie for a pool session at an animal physical therapy place (she was cleared for swimming if I can find easy path to get to a lake, and i heard of this place.). I thought cadie might enjoy an excursion and swim i wasn't intending to...

Has anyone tried Reiki for their dogs? I received level 1 training years ago, and am thinking about taking the training (easy) to do some Reiki on Cadie (post-surgery assistance) The problem is IDK whether I really believe in it or not...thoughts from anyone with any Reiki experiences?

Hi all, Cadie is being such a good trooper, I, however, am tired and depressed with the whole thing! But I didn't come here to indulge in self-pity, this time :). I am spending a small fortune on floor mats/non-skid things because pee gets on them and a small fortune on constant laundering of...

Her coat is a blowin' in the wind... And Bijou demonstrates solidarity for his recovering Newfie sis...

Can I just vent and have a pity party? Ugh. I am worried 3 months of this is going to put me over the edge! (and probably her). I feel like if something goes wrong with the healing process and it needs a re-do, or we have to do this on her other leg next year, i wont be able to take it. (If u...

I thought some of these were so funny, and clever! A friend sent me the link when she saw my pic of Cadie home from surgery with the cone... If the link doesn't open, it's worth doing the copy and paste routine... http://www.buzzfeed.com/chelseamarshall/pets-owning-the-cone-of-shame

So Cadie was diagnosed with a grade 2 luxating patella, as I posted a month or two ago. X-rays also showed a twisted femur that the vet wouldn't know for sure until she was operating if she would need to break that. The common procedure for lux. pat. is to deepen the grove that the patella...

This lovin' went on for way longer than this clip and he was purring the entire time... http://youtu.be/jB298w_Rwno Love!! [/IMG] Look closely...black kitty is hard to see.... [/IMG]

My sweet baby girl, 15 mos.. old, has her surgery tomorrow for the luxating patella. It was a gorgeous day here in Maine so we went for two wonderful walks. She also got a lovely bath! :). (Well, she didn't think it was all that great, but she looks gorgeous!). I am so sad for her, for the...