Dog bites
If the hip on the pup is terrible I do not want the dog back (I just take the AKC papers and give them another dog. dog bites Hunting-dogs. ) If the hip is just not passable I take the dog and sell it as a pet without any papers. The dogs from my kennel have 6 generations of OFA or German A stamped hipsand you can still get a bad hip on a dog from my kennel. The parents beingOFAcertified does not guarantee good hips. dog bites Stop dog barking. In fact the SV in Germany (GSDClub of West Germany) has proven that BAD HIPS ARE ONLY 25 TO 30% GENETIC. The rest is environmental - over exercise at a young age, poor diet or overfeeding. The American Vet industry is behind the ball on this issue. dog bites Therapy dogs. So I cannot tell you what to do. If the dog is in pain then I would do something. What that is would be a personal issue. To TopQuestion:I have taken my puppy to the vet for the first 2 check ups and shots. . . we have done many numerous, numerous blood, urine, fecal tests because of the amount of water she is drinking and all tests have come back pretty normal. One came back a little high on some kind of liver count. They said it wasn't something that they would say I should worry about yet because it was only border line but they are going to monitor it on all her check ups to make sure it doesn't get worse. They did not think that that was the reason I am having problems with her water though. Her eating is a normal puppy appitite. . . she eats like a champ! She is a Weimaraner/Dobe mix and 10 weeks old and about 16-17 lbs right now. Very stocky & muscular and has a ton of energy. I normally will fill her water bowl halfway sometimes a little less maybe 2- 2 1/2 cups and she will not leave it until it is empty and it is a fairly large water bowl (it would easily hold 6 cups to the brim). I know that it is normal for puppies to eat and drink a lot but she seems to be over doing it. She licks the bowl dry and stands waiting as if she wants me to fill it again and. . . I don't because her stomach already looks like it is going to pop and gets really tight and hard. I will usually wait an hour for her to get the bowl back. The way she is drinking makes it hard for me to keep up with her potty training as well. I take her out about every 15 minutes to a half an hour and she's peeing constantly in and outside the house. I have had to gate off my hallway so that she can't get to the bathroom because she will after finishing the bowl run down to the bathroom and bark at the shower. She found that there was little water left in the bottom sometimes and licks it up if she gets the chance.
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