I noticed you mention using bleach for the diapers. Good golly, I'm sure going to come off as a "know-it-all" for two posts in a row... For cleaning cloth diapers: Vinegar, Vinegar, Vinegar! Fortunately, we do not need diapers for our dogs. Unfortunately, I've been having to learn a lot ab...

Hi, I just posted a follow-up to my previous (probiotics) post. It includes detailed "recipe" for home-made "meat-loaf" we make now for "dog food" http://handicappedpet.net/helppets/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=18581 Adding canned pumpkin to their food "helped" ha...

Followup: I'm happy to say that we found a "real solution" to what was causing the diarrhea in two of our dogs: Impacted anal glands! Neither dog "scooted" or wanted to lick their fannies, etc. What we thought was either mucous or parasites was actually what I call "anal gla...

In addition to the probiotics, we have just made a fairly simple change to food preparation, and have already seen an improvement. I got the idea from a post I saw last week, mentioning need to make sure that rice was well-cooked, since dogs do not chew their food. The article recommended adding ext...

It's been over 20 years since we had a terrible problem with fleas. Everyone was worried, as the fleas had become resistant to insecticides. We were living in Florida when our shih tzu got fleas when he was boarded for the weekend. I have very intense allergic reactions to petrochemicals which they ...

I had not had probiotics for any of our dogs until recently -- any pros/cons to different ones? We have a Great Pyrenees (rescued) which has had gastrointestinal problems on/off since well before we got him -- mostly we thought from his licking the goat poop off of his feet! He had such a poor appet...