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Great Pyrenees Discussions / Trimming Double Dews
« on: September 08, 2008, 09:04:42 am »
Lia is an absolute sweetheart of a dog.  She is so incredibly gentle and other than a few intense fears she came with, such as the vacuum, clipping her nails and checking her ears, she lets me do pretty much anything to/for her. 

I thought I had been making slow headway with her allowing me to clip her nails but her double dews seem to be her deal breaker.  I'm assuming she may have caught them at some point because she is absolutely terrified to let me clip those nails.  I have been trying to handle her double dews gently when cuddling though the minute I get close with the clippers, she has a melt down and even tries to nip me - something she never does any other time. 

Lia is not very treat motivated though cheese has worked for the other nails.  She is probably part Pyr and part Tibetan Mastiff and her double dews are higher, more floppy and different from those on full pyrs.  I don't want them to be removed but the nails must be kept short.  Any advice or suggestions???



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Discussions & Information on Grooming / Re: What can I use to turn pink fur white again?
« on: September 06, 2008, 02:39:33 pm »
This is the chemical, ferric hexacyanoferra te.  Or they use a synthetic one.  I still have not found whether or not this is toxic to dogs.  It sounds awful but I've been told it rinses out completely and it's not toxic.  The first link said it does NOT rinse out and that it's purpose is to leave a bit of blue dye.

Oh, and as for the pink stripes - she is in heat so maybe if Lia flies around a bit she will have pink stripes.....   UGGH!!! 

She's not smelling too sweet either.  Since it takes a whole breezy day in the sunshine for her to dry out after a bath, I'm waiting as long as possible.  What about the dry bath products they sell.  Are they toxic?  Do they work for doggy odors?  If I had a choice I would rather she be yellow and pink rather than smelly......

Thanks for the replies.....

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Discussions & Information on Grooming / Re: What can I use to turn pink fur white again?
« on: September 06, 2008, 06:27:50 am »
Someone just recommended that I use laundry bluing to clean Lia's discoloration.  Do you think that is absolutely safe for dogs?  I was told that you know when it's washed out completely because the blue disappears.  i don't know what the chemicals in bluing are though.....  thanks....

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Meet & Greet BPOers / Anyone live in Vermont or NY along Lake Champlain?
« on: September 05, 2008, 01:35:10 pm »
Hi, Lia and I would love to make new friends.  She's in heat now so we can't get together for a while, but please let me know if any of you are within two hours of the Middlebury VT area.....

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Discussions & Information on Grooming / Re: What can I use to turn pink fur white again?
« on: September 05, 2008, 01:01:27 pm »
Oh good - peroxide/water mixture, with or without the Dawn (depending how bad it gets) , will be easy.   And I must ad that Lia smells quite a bit worse than a Frito - even my hands have the odor after petting her lots...... but I love her anyway!   

 Thanks to all of you......

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Discussions & Information on Grooming / Re: What can I use to turn pink fur white again?
« on: September 05, 2008, 10:32:51 am »
Thanks to each of you.  Lia and I are fine now.  We just came home from the holistic vet check-up and are making great progress.  I think her 'heat' came at a good time - we need to just stay home and relax with each other so we can heal from all we have been through. Once Lia's hormones have settled she will be spayed.  She's amazing and we are a perfect match.  And although she is part pyr, we have managed to cut the barking out almost completely and effortlessly.  When she needs to tell me something, she now comes right over to me and talks in a funny muffled barkish language that's easy on the ears.  What a gentle love!!!!!

Are the whitening wipes in places like Petsmart?  Are those the same as the eye wipes for white dogs?  Is there a name brand that you can recommend?  I take it that the feminine hygiene wipes are for humans and can be found in a drugstore?   Do you think wiping with a peroxide/water mixture would be just as safe and effective?

Alex, thanks for cracking me up with your descriptive "Naja's girly bits" .  What a hoot!!!

If anyone wants to send me a PM, please put your email address in the PM if you want me to reply.  I can receive PMs but for some reason I'm unable to send them..... 

Thanks for the welcome back,  it means a lot to me......

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Discussions & Information on Grooming / What can I use to turn pink fur white again?
« on: September 05, 2008, 05:53:10 am »
Does anyone have tips for cleaning white pyr-type fur after it has become pink from  chewing and holding raw bones as well as from being in season?  I was just wondering how to keep a white dog white.  Her feet, under her chin and her rear end are the most pink, even after washing.....

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Re: My LGD is taking care of a family of chipmunks!
« on: September 04, 2008, 03:43:52 pm »
I have tried several times - unfortunately I'm so tech challenged that even when the camera was in my hands, by the time I got it set for a good shot Lia and the chipmunk moved.

Such a gentle soul.......



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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / My LGD is taking care of a family of chipmunks!
« on: September 04, 2008, 09:56:57 am »
Hi All,  I won't discuss what had happened last week - I just want you to know we are fine now and totally in love with each other.  Lia is doing great!  She's in season now and we are taking the next two months to lay low, stay away from the boys, and heal from our traumas.  After her hormones settle down she will be spayed.


I'm posting now because I just wanted to share this story with the BPO community....   Lia is a Pyr/Tibetan Mastiff mix between 1-2 years old...

I have a hole in a porch window that Lia has no way to get to but a family of chipmunks has been coming in for a week now - only today did I discover why.  So all day long there had been kodak moments as I would look over to see Lia on one side of an open door looking down, and a chipmunk on the exact opposite side of the door doing the same.   And I also saw Lia sniffing and kissing one of the chipmunks.  Soooo Sweet!!!!!!!   I wish I caught it with my camera.   

It reminds me of the time one of my cats brought a mouse into my bedroom.  I finally gave up waiting to catch it.  The next morning I woke up and when Hannah, my Saint, stood up from her bed, there was a mouse in fine shape - he had slept with Hannah......

~carol and lia

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