Aspen the Yorkie

I’ve had pink eye lately, or some kind of eye infection. My owner has been treating me at home, so far, and will take me to the vet if it doesn’t get much better real soon.  But so far, so good.  She knows how to make natural remedies, and this one is made from a very safe herb that has anti-infection properties.  She makes a tea from it, and puts it into a sterile dropper bottle, then drops it into my eyes the best she can while I shake my head all over the place (I don’t like it) and that’s it!  It doesn’t hurt, and each day they seem to be better.

If you want to know what she uses, you can ask us in a comment, they aren’t posted unless we approve them, so are private.  If your question and our answer seems like it will help someone, we will post it, unless you tell us not to.

Once again last week I had trouble with my tummy. My owners had to decide whether or not to take me to the local animal hospital to take care of me. Since I’ve had this problem before, they knew what to do, so this time they decided that it would be best to just save the money and try the things they learned, and it worked!

But if I had not improved, they would have taken me to a place like the American Animal Care Center. When we saw this center, and all that it offered, we felt like it was a perfect thing to share with you here, so that you could visit yourself. It looks like a great place with lots of help for all kinds of animals, not just dogs like me.

The links in this post happen to be for an American Animal Care Center located out in Fremont, California, but even if you’re all the way across the United States like we are, you may want to visit the site, and tell your friends out that way about it.

One of the things that we thought was nice was that you can read the American Animal Care Center profile, but then go and visit the links across the top, we liked the one that said “pet portal”. From that one you are able to register so that you can keep track of all of your pet’s information right online, any time of the day or night. There was another link to articles, too, that are helpful for all of us no matter where we live.

So make sure your owners take good care of you, make sure they know when you aren’t feeling well so they can take you to a animal care center if you need it.

My owners have finally figured out that I don’t like to be left alone.  I have never liked it, but in the past few years, it affects me more than it did when I was younger.

1. I can’t eat anything while they are away
2. I get sick and diarrhea for part of a day when they come home

If you think your dog is just an animal that doesn’t have feelings, you are wrong, we get very attached to our families, and think of all of you as our “pack” and when someone is missing from the group, we feel it.  We love our owners, and want to be with them.

Last week was one of those times when everything just wasn’t right, one of my owners got sick, so the whole “pack”, except me, went with him to the hospital…police came, medics came, and so did an ambulance.  I could sense the nervousness and anxiety they were feeling, and it made me sick, too.   Usually they leave some peaceful music on for me, but they forgot.

Things have quieted down now, everyone is home, and so far everyone seems well.  I’m happy and playing again, but do want you to know that you have to remember us, too, if you can…when things are going rough…we feel it too.

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Is Your Dog Stressed Out?

Is Your Dog Afraid of Fireworks?

It’s that time of the year again when my owners will be sitting outside on the deck watching all the fireworks that are set off around the lake.   I am not afraid of fireworks like some dogs, I just bark at them and make sure that my owners are okay after..in fact, I do a lot of barking.

But I know some of my dog friends are very afraid of them.  Maybe if it is hot where you are, you can close the windows and put on the air conditioning and play some classical music, it is supposed to be soothing to us dogs.  I’m not promising it will work, but it might help depending upon how sensitive your dog is.

Another thing you can do is give a couple drops (amount depends upon the size of your dog) of a remedy that calms nerves, we have one around the house called Distress Remedy which is a floral homeopathic remedy, like the Bach flower remedies.

We want to wish you a happy 4th of July weekend!

I love eating…especially when my owners have chicken for dinner and give me a little bite…like I said in the post before this one, I do beg, but I don’t get what I want until the owners are ready to cut it up and give it to me.

One thing dogs and their owners should know about many dog foods that you buy in the store is that they are heated up a lot while processing, and my nutritionist owner can tell you that kills a lot of the vitamins and nutrients that are in the food.

If your food doesn’t have the nutrients in it that your body needs, it can lead to many problems, including shedding and itchy skin. All dogs with fur (not hair like me, my hair grows like a human) shed when the weather gets warmer, but there are some dogs that shed all the time…their skin is dry because of missing essential oils and other nutrients in food.

So, like humans, dogs and even cats need supplements. One supplemental source you will want to look into is Dinovite.

You can learn more by going to the solutions center and completing the customized solution guide.

We depend on our human owners to take good care of us, because we can’t go out and find our own food…we have to eat whatever you give us, whether it’s healthy or not…why not help us out by giving us foods that are healthy, and when you aren’t sure whether they are healthy enough, giving us the pet supplements we need?