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Spring Adventure

Managed to get a great picture in between Booker trying to eat all the petals that were falling!

u/BubbleGumCrash — 9 hours ago
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The stuffy just exploded I swear!

Abby told me that her stuffy just exploded out of nowhere and got stuffy filling everywhere. Haha. She really enjoys the ripping and destruction of stuffed. Luckily, she doesn't eat the filling, just puts it in piles around her.

u/stud722 — 2 days ago
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Meet Brontë

He’s 11 weeks old and I just got him today! I’ve had cats before, but he’s my first dog! I’m terrified in the best way! 🥰🥰

u/Fairy-Wolf13 — 2 days ago
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CONSTANT ear infections

Hoping someone else has dealt with this and might have some advice.

Our cockapoo has had frequent, recurrent ear infections for the last two years.

The tests show its yeast every single time.

It’s a cycle we can’t seem to break.

She starts scratching her ears

We go to the vet and spend $400 for an ear cleaning, cytopoint (spelling?) injection, in ear medication that stays in and more ear flush.

We follow the directions exactly, do the ear flush exactly as instructed.

6-ish weeks later, she’s scratching again.

We go back to the vet and start this allll over.

Things we’ve already done:

She never gets her ears wet

Medicated and unmedicated ear flushes

Changed her diet to vet recommended lamb and rice

Tried allergy medicine but it didn’t seem to make a difference

Stopped letting her play in the grass in case it was an allergen issue (we had yard construction so it’s a dirt yard right now and we are still itching)

It DOES feel like the medicated ear flush buys us a little more time between ear infections, but it’s getting really hard to keep up with the vet visits both financially and logistically with work! Plus the poor pup is not comfy!

What am I missing? Anything work for your yeasty eared puppies? Heeeelpp!

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u/Shrimpheavennow227 — 2 days ago
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Meet Nova ✨

Nova joined our family on Friday (8 weeks old) 💕 Love her so much already!

If only she got more interested in food 🤞 Any tips welcome!

u/Global_Development_9 — 4 days ago
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Allergies?

Hi everyone! Meet Bear, our 4 month old F1 cockapoo. He’s the most perfect little land shark!

However I’m pretty sure he has an allergy. He’s a very itchy boy! He’s on a flea treatment schedule but I’ve never seen any signs of them so I’m 99.99% sure it’s not fleas. He’s had a couple of baths with us and is booked in for his first puppy groom in a few weeks time.

But the itching is insane, he is constantly itchy! Also his poops aren’t always totally solid (but never really runny, just sometimes a bit on the softer side). I’m aware cockapoos can be more susceptible to food allergies but we aren’t sure where to start? His main food is salmon based (salmon and veg), but he does have other proteins eg chicken flavour treats and various other animal based chews!

What should I be eliminating first? I’ve read poultry is the biggest culprit, but could he really be this itchy from a handful of chicken treats a day? I don’t want to change everything at once so I can work out what it is that’s making him itchy. Or could it be environmental rather than diet?

If anyone has any advice I’d love to hear, thank you!

u/sophiel26 — 6 days ago