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    Dead tick stuff on top of neck/hard and not easy to remove

    We found a dead tick just at top of our dogs skin. It seems hard and dead but is latched on to the top of his neck. Not easy to get out as trying to do so, turns the area red. Any suggestions on how to get it out with tweezers or any other suggestions? See pix below
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    Homemade recipe for low protein diet for dog with kidney challenges

    Related to my earliest post re:Cooper and his diet. Did some research for home-made recipes that are low protein. Came across one that I tried and wanted to get any feedback. @Dr. Jeff or others. Here are proportions for approx 2-2.5meals for a 11lb bishon shih-tzu. Using 1/2 cup of cooked...
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    Chicken bone broth for dog with kidney issues

    @Dr. Jeff have a question regarding Cooper. We are now giving him special kidney diet that comes via precription. Could we give him some chicken bone broth to supplement or is that an issue when giving a low protein diet? @Dr. Jeff
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    Loose bowel moment for 11mo bishon shitsu

    Cooper has some loosish or loose bowels since Thursday night. He had to be taken for bowels late night and then had loose bowel again on friday. Also 2x on Saturday. The timiings on Saturday were consistent with his usual time for bowels. Sunday he had 4x bowels and one in the middle started to...
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    Bout of cough in a young dog

    Cooper (9mo bishon shitsu) had some gagging bouts. Nothing comes out. Feels like gagging. Has happened this morning and then also this afternoon. But with pauses in the middle. Feels like he has something stuck or he wants to throw up but nothing comes out. He goes back to normal. In between...
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    Vinegar in water

    Came across this that someone had also flagged. Any feedback?
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    Bishon Shit su 8mo old puppy with frequent choke like coughs

    Our puppy cooper seems to have many instances of choke like situations. Frels like he is choking with coughs. Nothing comes out but he acts as it he is going to throw up. It feels like cough. Has happened once in a while in the past but more frequent and he goes through periods of bouts...
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    Small bleeding from tip of the tail

    I didnt know what group to start this thread, but here goes. Cooper (7mo Shichon) has small bleeding from his tail. Seeing it a few times. He keeps trying to lick or do something with his tail. Not clear if he was bit there and he aggravates it or some bruise that aggravates him and he licks it...
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    Shichon puppy poop looks like deer poop pellets

    In the last week or so, we have seen our puppy cooper has been pooping more pellet style. This is quite different than what he was pooping before, which was more log like. He is pooping 2x/day and has a good schedule around it. BEAM is good and no other issues as such. The yellow discharge of...
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    Small blood stain coming from penis

    Cooper (7mo) had a little blood that came and stained something. No flow of blood. His penis was exposed. Seems like since it was exposed he may have caused some bleeding. Is there any cause for concern or just something that can happen? Sorry our first dog so pardon my ignorance when I may ask...
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    Shichon puppy diet and frequent vomit of yellow discharge

    Cooper (7mo) is a relaxed and happy/playful puppy who doesn’t seem to be too driven by food. Until a month or more ago he was more like a 2-3 meals a day and reasonably regular diet of fresh food. Since the last month or so his food intake has slightly reduced, which isn’t surprising…. but he no...
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    Pooping issues

    Some context first - Our Shichon puppy Cooper (7mo) finally pooped after a couple days. He didnt eat anything yesterday but now we are more sanguine about. He pooped this morning and then ate a boiled egg. So all good. But after his first poop he tried to poop again…but he didnt poo and has...
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    Neutering Male Dog

    Our puppy Cooper is 6mo and we are looking into the question of dog reproductive issues. I went through the resources on the topic in the HA and also saw the webinar with Dr Sarah. Its interesting and good to know that Sweden (and even UK to a certain extent) have largely intact dogs. We aren't...
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    Ticks / Small low to ground puppy

    Our puppy Cooper (Shichon) is quite low the ground, especially with the hair. Yesterday we took him for a nature walk in a preserve near us and when we came back we caught a couple ticks. Later than day we were washing him and found 2 more, incl. one underneath the collar. Is there any safe...
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    Vaccination and K9 Flu shot

    Our puppy Cooper (whom I covered in a separate post) has had several vaccine shots at the breeder and also his Vet in CT (Aspectuck Animal Hospital, New Milford). He does not have the distemper parvo vaccine (which I think is 4th in some series). We declined the 4th one because he reacted...
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    Transition puppy from rural CT to New York City

    Hello all, My first post so quick intro. Lengthy post with two main question 1) periodic days when he doesnt want to eat anything till end of the day….and then back to regular schedule, 2) taking him from rural CT to NYC has been socially fun for him but challenges with bowel movements (now...
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