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Saint Bernard Pictures / Re: anyone else's dog do this?
« on: September 28, 2006, 02:31:03 pm »
Hahaha Laika drives me nuts about the bathroom too! I've finally gotten her to quit following me in and putting her head on my lap, thank goodness!!! Here's a trick I bet you guys have never heard of before! If I'm in the bathroom and Laika starts to walk in, if I say "Laika, mommy's pooping!" She backs out and sits at the door peeking in! So now I just always say that!

She also loves to take a shower with me. Unfortunately, she's gotten too big for us both to fit in there!

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Great Dane Pictures / Re: New pictures for today!
« on: September 28, 2006, 02:12:35 pm »
I agree, I feel puppy fever coming on!!

And the first one really does look like he's smiling!!! Did you doctor it or something?

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Discussions & Information on Grooming / Re: Furminator
« on: September 28, 2006, 12:54:56 pm »
Haha...yeah... I already own a furminator...I'm just lazy and want someone else to do it :P Plus, it the blow-dry REALLY helps, and my blow-dryer just doesn't seem to do the trick!

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Medical Conditions & Diseases / Re: The dog next door...
« on: September 28, 2006, 12:53:39 pm »
Nice job Mojo!!! That's hilarious!

Laika came through the surgery just fine. I picked her up this evening. She's still really groggy and definitely very unhappy, but we put her in her crate and she seems to be happiest there. Haha...they gave me one of the cones, and I just had to laugh. It's huge!!! My neighbor's miniature poodle is Laika's age and her cone was so tiny!

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Discussions & Information on Grooming / Re: Furminator
« on: September 28, 2006, 05:25:28 am »
It's a shed treatment thing. They bathe the dog with this stuff that loosens up the undercoat, then blow-dry them, then use the Furminator brushes...they're specially designed to get the dead hairs out of the undercoat.

http://www.furminator.com/

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Discussions & Information on Grooming / Furminator
« on: September 28, 2006, 05:20:26 am »
I've been calling around to the local groomers to get the Furminator treatment for Kingsley, and I can't believe the prices! The cheapest I've been quoted is $81! Is this the going rate? In Kansas we paid $25! I'm actually missing Kansas a little bit now!

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Behavior, Housebreaking, Obedience / Re: Goliath slept through the night!
« on: September 28, 2006, 05:09:54 am »
Congrats! It's such a great feeling, isn't it? I sure hope you're knocking on wood, though!!

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Anything Non-Dog Related / I changed my name!
« on: September 28, 2006, 04:28:07 am »
Glorified_chew _toy was lame! I changed it to my actual name, since I highly doubt any of you will try to stalk me ;)

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Medical Conditions & Diseases / Re: The dog next door...
« on: September 28, 2006, 04:25:17 am »
Thanks for the reassurances, everyone!

I'm just hoping the puppy next door calms down a bit! I just noticed that he tore out the covers the neighbor put over the holes!

Question...wil l Laika still have raging hormones for a little bit after she's spayed, or will she come out of the surgery and no other dogs will be able to tell she was in heat just a few hours ago? Also, I know that she marked our backyard quite a bit (all the dogs in the neighborhood know that  :P ). How long will it take for that scent to go away? Should I run the sprinkler on the lawn or something for awhile?

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Helpful Groups & Dogs in Need / Re: On my way to work this morning....
« on: September 28, 2006, 04:20:48 am »
He looks wonderful!

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Saint Bernard General Discussions / Re: WE ARE SOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« on: September 28, 2006, 04:18:14 am »
Hurray! We need pics!!

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Medical Conditions & Diseases / Re: The dog next door...
« on: September 28, 2006, 04:15:56 am »
Thank you sooo much!! That eases my worry a LOT.

You could tell the vet was kinda stuck in the middle...he said that he wished I remembered the girl who told me there was absolutely NO elevated risk, because he said that he wanted people to know there was some, but not as much as what the tech was saying.

Poor Kingsley's freaking out. He keeps running over to me and trying to get my attention and then running to the front door like "Mom, I know she's out there, go get her!" (back door is the potty door, so that's not what's going on)

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Saint Bernard General Discussions / Re: How about some Bed Picture's! this is Molly During her Nap!!!
« on: September 28, 2006, 02:45:33 am »
Hahaha...I love it that her head's on the pillow! Laika does that too and it never fails to crack me up!

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Medical Conditions & Diseases / Re: The dog next door...
« on: September 28, 2006, 02:44:12 am »
Okay, I dropped Laika off at the vet's office this morning :(

When we got there, the tech told me that we absolutely should not get her spayed while she was in heat. She said the risk was too great she could bleed out and we should just reschedule. Completely opposite of what they told me on the phone. Sooo I told her we wouldn't get her spayed today, but I still needed to talk to the vet about getting her meds refilled. So the vet came in, and he told me that yes, the risk was slightly increased, but he wouldn't offer the service if he wasn't completely confident and he didn't foresee any problems. He said as long as we did a coagulation test and kept her on an IV drip, it'd be absolutely fine. So I went ahead and left her there. Now, of course, I'm at home beating myself up over the decision. Should I have left her there? I trust this vet, but that tech was so adamant about not doing it...ugh!!! Is this one of those subjects that nobody ever agrees on, like docking tails and ears?

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Re: Then and Now
« on: September 27, 2006, 01:52:25 pm »
Awww now I miss having a puppy :( Laika had the puppy breath for a really long time and I remember thinking "I'd give anything to get rid of this puppy breath!" but now I'd give anything to have it back :(

Since Kingsley was a rescue, we don't have any puppy pictures of him. I wish I knew what he looked like as a puppy...I bet he was adorable :(

But here's Laika as a puppy:

At five weeks old (from the breeder):


Sleeping:


Being adorable:


And now:

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