http://dogs.katzke.net Training, Rescue & Hip Dysplasia Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:19:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Carey Jones' article in Serious Eats about corn products in human food and her experiments with cutting them out has applications to your dog's health, too: Have you ever read the ingredients on your dog's bag of kibble? You should consider shying away from corn products for your dog for ... http://dogs.katzke.net/2009/07/corn-corn-everywhere-theres-corn/ In my continuing efforts to get Henry to be comfortable when I leave him in the crate, I've been feeding him in the crate, playing with him in the crate, and having him sleep in the crate nightly for over a month now with nothing negative associated with it. Slowly, ... http://dogs.katzke.net/2009/07/pitifuldog-is-pitiful/ With dogs with dysplasia or who are recovering from dysplasia surgery, one of the best therapies you can do is water therapy. Walking the dog in water for the extra resistance, letting the dog swim for the exercise and to take the weight off of their hips for a while, ... http://dogs.katzke.net/2009/06/when-you-cant-afford-a-swimming-pool/ I think we've had a few Jagd Terriers pass through our rescue and have just passed them off as "wire haired terriers" ... it's always nice to be able to give something a name that people can look up! http://dogs.katzke.net/2009/06/breeds-i-didnt-know-about/ Yet another article on why you shouldn't take your TV's approach to dog training... I'd get off the soapbox, but I can see so much from here. http://dogs.katzke.net/2009/05/dominance-based-tv-training-can-lead-to-dog-bites/ Two weeks later, we finally got Henry's tooth out of his head. The poor thing. He's had to go two weeks with this But! The cool part? THE VET SAVED IT FOR ME! Oh my god, cool. (I'm such a nerd.) [caption id="attachment_311" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="In all it\'s gory glory. Only ... http://dogs.katzke.net/2009/05/toof/ As part of my ongoing education campaign against the drugs that veterinarians regularly give their patients in handfuls without telling them the risks they're running (i.e., Previcox), I present this dolittler.com article about the risks of NSAIDs. Humans can eat NSAIDs like candy. Pets cannot! http://dogs.katzke.net/2009/05/dolittler-you-dont-need-nsaids/ Henry's going under for an extraction next Wednesday after he broke his #204 canine (upper left) when attempting to bust out of his crate. For the near future, days when I might need to crate him are definitely 'work from home' days. We couldn't do the extraction right away because ... http://dogs.katzke.net/2009/05/teef/ A link was posted on a behavior mailing list that I monitor to this PDF about "leadership vs. dominance in dog training". After some intense discussions with some other dog owners who can't seem to stop using "alpha dog" and "dominant" for the life of them... well, please forward the ... http://dogs.katzke.net/2009/05/dominance-vs-leadership/ I took Henry off of Prozac about four weeks ago since he was showing signs of no longer needing it. Last week, he flipped out and tore up the miniblinds in the front of the house, all his stuffed toys, and some rags that were piled outside the laundry room. ... http://dogs.katzke.net/2009/04/back-on-the-prozac-again/