HELP! My dog won’t drink out of her new pet fountain?

Help! We just got a new running water fountain for our dog, but she won’t even come near it. It runs so quietly you can’t even hear it at all. I’ve tried turning it off, but she still won’t approach it, even with her favorite treats near the outside of it. I also put a regular water bowl beside it, and she’ll drink out of that, but not out of the water fountain. What should we do?Pick up the old bowl.

Pour a little beef or chicken broth into the fountain. Take out the filter if there is one.

With the broth in it, it will need to be cleaned every day, but it’s only until she gets used to using it.

She won’t die. Instinct will kick in and she’ll drink when she’s ready.

LOL!

Don’t you hate it when people don’t read the question?She probably doesn’t know what it is yet. Try showing her the water by sitting down beside the fountain and getting her to come over to you. Put your finger in it and splash the water around a bit so she can see the water. With you beside her and exploring the fountain with your hand, she may get curious and try to drink out of it. If she does, encourage her by saying get a drink, or good girl. Remove her regular water bowl for about an hour or so and see if she will use the fountain. Also when you feed her, feed her beside the fountain. I think she just has to get use to it and realize that it’s there for her to drink from and not a decoration.I bought one of those, and ended up returning it. It wasn’t because my dogs wouldn’t drink out of it, it was because the water was FILTHY! I was changing the filter like every week, which was getting expensive. I have bearded dogs, though, so that was a big problem for me.

What I would do is start of slow. Remove all other water sources, other than the fountain. Let her get used to it while it is not running. Then when she drinks out of it regularly, turn in on the lowest setting.

Don’t worry, she will get used to it. My dogs actually really liked their fountain, I just didn’t like all the gunk that got stuck in it.try turning off the flow and see if she will drink out of the bottom part of it. when she gets used to it, she’ll be more likely to approach it when it’s on. if that doesn’t work, she might just not like it and you can always sell it on ebay and make back part of what you paid for it.My dog did the same thing with the fountain at my friend’s house. Just leave it and her regular water bowl near each other and give her some time. Be patient. Some dogs never do take to drinking form the fountains. In that case, put it on CraigsList.

On the back of the dog food back, it will give the recomended servings.

But, if your shih tzu is very active, you give him alittlemore food. If he is more "lazy," less food is needed.

Shih tzu’s are prone to obeseity, so that means no human food!

Best of Luck!

New born parvo pup i need help please?

i have 2 new born jack russell pup born a week ago. yesturday my neighbor came over who has a pup and this morning the dog had severe diahrrea and was parvo positive.the dog was put down at the vet since the dog was in really bad condition. so the day before my neighbor had touched my puppies so is there any possible chance my pups could have gotten parvo. both pup are both fat and healthy. no signs of the virus YET!

and also they got fleas when my dogs are on advantage

wat can i give em for the fleasDanes is right. If the mamma dog is vaccinated, then the pups have her antibodies to help stave of parvo. You might just get lucky.

As for fleas, you can’t give a puppy topical medication. We don’t have fleas where I live, so I don’t know much about them. Call your vet for suggestions.luckily, usually newborn puppies are immune against diseases such as parvo and distemper from antibodies recieved through mommies milk! So usually new born pups do not get ill. You need to have them vaccinated at there 6 week mark because generally that is when the antibodies recieved are no longer effective and when vets recommend the exam and first shot. My dog caught parvo because of my stupidity last month by not getting her shots on time. I was lucky she survived, she is my life but I ended up with a hefty bill of 1500 so make sure you vaccinate vaccinate vaccinate!!!Exactly how old are your pups?

If they’re still young and nursing daily and mother was vaccinated against parvo, I imagine the pups have immunity.

Of course if it were me I would have been on the phone to the vet as soon as I learned the visitors dog was ill.

If the pups are acting fine, eating normally, active, normal stools, i would certainly be on the phone to the vet just for peace of mind.

The fleas is another situation.

Do NOT use a flea product on pups that haven’t even been weaned.

Again, talk to the vet.

Diatomaceous Earth (food grade) is a product you might want to ask the vet about. It’s natural, no chemicals.That’s pretty stupid to put a dog down just because it has parvo. If you hydrate the dog/puppy enough it should make it through. My mother payed 500 dollars to fix her dog, which now and days it would actually be 1k, and all it was, was fluids.

As for flees, get flee medicine and wait for the recommended age before giving it to them.

Also, obvious signs of parvo is blood in the poop, and lack of appetite.Parvo is usually spread from dog to dog by direct contact (in parks, dog shows, kennels, pet shops, and the like) or by contact with infected feces. People can contribute to the spread of the disease by tracking fecal matter on their shoes. Since the virus can survive a wide range of temperatures and live outside the animal for months, it’s extremely tough to eradicate. That’s why vaccination is so important.

Check this link for symptoms and more info..

dogtime.com/parvovirus.htmlgo to your vet to get them tested for parvo, and while you are there ask them about the best flea treatment. the best ones i have found are the kind you apply to the spine area of their coatYes, there is a very good chance (unfortunately) that they could get parvo. Parvo is highly contagious, especially if your pups have not finished their vaccinations yet. Parvo has an incubation period of about 7-15 days, so you wont see the effects of the disease immediately. It would be best to have them seen by a vet ASAP. Trust me, if they do end up having parvo, you’ll end up saving not only a lot of money by having them seen as soon as possible, but you also need to catch it early to save their lives.

As for the fleas, I prefer Frontline Plus.

Best of luck.First of all I’m not a vet, vet tech, or anything close to either. I am 40 years old and I’ve had over 20 dogs in my life and the youngest lived to be 15 and the oldest was almost 20 (that’s people years, not dog years). I fell in love with a puppy at an animal shelter about 3 years ago and when he peed all down my shirt I had to have him ) I had him for about a week and had an appointment at the vets in a few days when he stopped eating. If I got him to eat something he threw it up. He had diarrhea and by the time I got him to the vet sure enough he had parvo. The vet checked him out and asked if I wanted to return him to the shelter since my time wasn’t up. I said no, he’s my friend, you don’t return friends when they get sick. She tried to get me to put him to sleep but I looked in those eyes and told her no he had some fight left I would take care of it my self. So I started wrapping him in a towel and took a small syringe (like people use for insulin), I filled it with pepto bismol and would give him one syringe of that and then about 3 of insure (liquid stuff you give to older people or sick people for extra nutrients) and then two of pedialite. The diarrhea stopped, and with the pepto he was able to keep the insure and pedilite down. I did this every 4-6 hours. My husband helped me and when we were at work his mother and father did it. This went on for about 4 days, then he started drinking the pedialite on his own, then licking up the insure. Then he started eating some dry food and bread and then he went back normal. The next time I took him back to the vet for his shots and to have him neutered she thought I had gotten a new dog. She asked how long the puppy had lasted and when I told her that WAS the puppy she almost couldn’t believe it. When she weighed him he weighed 45 pounds (german shepherd mix) and was the healthiest dog you ever saw. Now he weighs about 60 pounds and I have to watch to make sure he don’t eat too much and get too fat. He is very active and you’d never know he had ever been sick.

This is not an easy thing to do, it takes lots of time and commitment, it also means lack of sleep. I was lucky and so was he. I really hope your puppies don’t get parvo but if they do remember it’s not over for them they still have a chance. Good luck. Oh and don’t let anybody pet your puppies when they are only a week old.

He’s a pug and Pomeranian mix.

Any advice? When i put him to bed, should his crate be opened with newspapers nearby? or should i just take him outside and then put him to bed?

I don’t know how much attention i should be giving him….

Dog won’t let me touch his ears?

I have a 9 month old german shepherd that I can pet anywhere, but when I try to get in his ear with some tissue paper to clean it, he bites, scratches, screams, and closes his ears.

How do I go about stopping this behavior?It sounds like he has an injury to his ears or he has ear mites or an infection which is causing his ears to be sensitive. You should take him to the vets and let the vet take a look at his ears and make sure he doesn’t need any antibiotics or anti-fungal products. After you are sure his ears are healthy, then you can start cleaning his ears gently, using a washcloth, not tissue paper. He probably doesn’t like the sound of the tissue paper in his ears. Also, never use Q-tips in your dog’s ears. You can hurt their eardrums. Take the dog to the vet. The ear is probably infected or has mites to cause a reaction like that. The vet will clean out the ears and show you how to clean them at home.

To get him to allow you to clean his ears, you are going to have to go back to beginning obedience training. This is why it is important to have a well trained pet, so they don’t bite when having something done to them that they may not like. If you don’t nip this biting now, it will only escalate and he will bite for anything he doesn’t like. He may have an ear infection. Does the dog scratch at his ears and shake his head a lot? They sell ear cleaning solution for dogs that is in a squirt bottle, you should try squirting the solution in the dogs ears and then massaging the ears if that’s at all possible. If he is only 9 months he should still be somewhat manageable and you should try and clean them. If this is absolutely not an option take him to your local groomer or vet, they are professionals and could offer tips on how to do it. It is important that you do clean his ears and if it seems to be bothering him get them checked out, infections that are left unattended could have severe consequences! Good luck and I hope all is well with the little guy!He is in PAIN!!!! Please take him to the vet for treatment for canine otitus. If you continue to delay, what can be treated with antibiotics and ear drops for a brief period may / will escalate to very serious long term or permanent damage. If you need to budget for vet, start with gentle or hypoallergenic shampoo, then start on flea product right away. German Shepherds, like Cocker Spanials sometimes have narrow ear canals which can be a catalyst for chronic ear infections so KEEP WATER OUT and try to keep ears DRY. Delaying addressing this problem can lead you to where I am….permanent damage. (drainage and swelling from infection over time may / will lead to scar tissue, then calcification, perferation of ear drum, & partial hearing loss) My dog came from a rescue that did not have the money, (or desire), to see dermatologist for over five months and by the time I got her, the damage was permanent. Correcting the damage calls for an operation that’s been quoated from $1,800-$4,000. No joke.

Start out taking care of fleas,pests & ear mites. If you don’t see improvement, a food or invironment sensitivity (rather than flea bite sensitivity), may be a precursor but I think with puppies, ear mites or flea sensitivity is probable. Once you get her skin and pests handled, if she still seems to dig, bite, or scratch herself move to food and environment sensitivity issues. (no grain or limited ingrediant dogfood is worth a try) Clean up her environment by washing beds and addressing excess dust or dirt. You will probably see success at some point if you do these things.

Next, get to the vet as soon as you possiby can to treat the existing infection and it will most likely clear right up. Take it lightly by waiting too long or doing nothing and you may be in for a sad education.

P.S. If you can’t touch them, it’s pretty bad already so please take care of your puppy.*rolls eyes* I hear this all the time. "my puppy freaks out when I try to brush him! What do I do?" I always ask them who is in charge, you or the dog.

My pups are handled from day one. I touch their paws, ears, tails, rear ends, hips, lips, everything. That way when I start grooming them, they are used to being touched.

Barring an infection or pain, your dog is simply having a tantrum. You can clicker train your dog to let you touch his ears. Touch his ear, click and treat. Very simple.His ears may be infected and hurt so a trip to the vet is in order to be sure there isn’t a medical problem. If eveything is ok with them, start by occasionally rubbing his ears when you are petting him or scratching him behind his ears. He needs to get use to the idea of you touching his ears. Most likely an ear infection. Dogs get them occasionally with all the messing around they do. Go to a vet and they’ll prescribe the pet with a liquid that you need to put in the ear. Maybe they will give them a shot though.Sounds like a severe infection or something… sounds like it’s painful for him. Poor guy! I’d take him to the vet, but let the vet know ahead of time what’s going on because he may want you to give him a mild sedative before the appointment.Take him to a vet. He has a problem.He probably has ear mites and a infection. get it checked out by a vet.could be ear mites?

the dogs name was prince and it was half neopolitan mastiff half ……

How old is too old to get a Doberman’s ears taped?

I have a 9 month old Doberman whose ears are cropped, but not taped. I want to get them taped, but I’m afraid she’s too old, and I was just wondering if she is or not? Thanks!If the ears were cropped and haven’t been taped up until this point then they will not stand. The cartridge has already developed a "crease" from being flopped for the last 9 months, and this will prevent the ears from standing. She should have been cropped by 12 weeks and the ears posted (taped) as soon as the edges were healed and the stitches removed. Out of curiosity did you adopt/rescue a cropped and flopped dog or did you buy her cropped or get her cropped and just never bother posting? Should not hurt to tape them

call your vet and ask him if would do any good and what he thinks

some dogs, after the teething and get taped, the ears still do not stand

but its worth a try…a lot do well after being taped, at the age of 9mos, they may have to be taped awhile..

I don’t have Dobies, but have been around them in our dog club, I am gonna star it, DP on here the expert on Dobies and we some really good other ones also, but can’t remember who all has dobies

good luckIf the ears are not taped regularly during the pups teething stage, the likelihood that they stand is very minimal.

You can always give it a try, it certainly won’t hurt the dog. I have know great danes ears who have been taped until they are over a year old.Yep she is too old. Good thing too, cropped ears are terrible looking and that is a very cruel thing to do to your poor dog. What did he ever to to you to make you want to chop off a vital body part of his??whoa whoa whoa…. your waiting until now to start posting??????!

Should have been by 12 weeks or as soon as the edges were healed! Way too late… BUT, worth a try, I suppose….

Shame they were not posted sooner. should have just left them natural.I am not sure about a doberman but for a german shepherd if by 5 months their ears aren’t up you should tape them.

Hi everyone, okay so here’s the story. When i picked up my eight month old puppy’s pool it was darkish red with traces of the rice, from her dinner tonight. I noticed that it was soft and a bit runny but not much. It also doesn’t have a really pleasant smell, not that it usually smells like cotton candy but you know what I mean. Its Saturday night so I can’t call a vet and i can’t take her to one until Monday. some more info is that she was adopted, and a few weeks after we found out she had Parvo, we got through that thanks to home care and shes been doing pretty good, but now I’m worried that she may be sick again. I know you guys won’t be able to give me a 100% accurate diagnosis and trust me thats not what I’m expecting, but i was just wondering if anyone knew what it might mean. Thanks much for any info.

Cairn terrier trouble with back legs?

my 9 yr old Cairn has been just fine til 10/25 when she started walking a bit oddly. as the day progressed, her back legs gave out more frequently. she was not able to jump onto the couch. it was like a drunken stagger. by Sunday, she had great difficulty walking and at times, dragged herself with her front legs. the vet said it was not luxating patella (which I had been warned she had), but she suspected a nerve problem in her back. x-rays showed nothing. my Cairn has been on 4 different meds for about 36 hours now and there is improvement. have an appt tomorrow with a neurologist. really hoping he doesn’t push for surgery! any similar experiences out there? thank you!Hmm, it sounds like he might have something wrong with his hip area. He might have arthritis or even something more serious called Hip Dysplasia; this usually requires surgery and is quiet expensive.

Good luck with everything!It could be arthritis or just something wrong with the hips. A vet appointment would be nice, which you are already doing.

…haired chihuahuas? which one do you prefer?