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by Rio
Wed Mar 13, 2013 7:33 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Eating habits
Replies: 10
Views: 5130

Re: Eating habits

I too do not use cups as a measurement, he has around 230 grams of dry food per day and he has started having rice krispies with skimmed milk for breakfast. His dry is split into 2 meals per day and he eats all of it most days. He has just turned one and weighs around the 28kg mark.
by Rio
Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:34 am
Forum: Community Discussions
Topic: People.... -.-
Replies: 4
Views: 3096

Re: People.... -.-

You go girl! Its good to get that kind of thing out of your system, and all the better for having a target :D
by Rio
Sat Mar 09, 2013 1:20 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: So hard to see her so sad
Replies: 28
Views: 9601

Re: So hard to see her so sad

You are doing the very best for her by loving her at the moment, I am sure she appreciates it. Have you considered hydrotherapy? I have read a lot of articles about it, I so believe I saw a program on it too. Best of luck to Bramble. Big purple kisses from Rio xx
by Rio
Wed Feb 27, 2013 1:38 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Should i give my Chow Chow a Lion Cut?
Replies: 14
Views: 12477

Re: Should i give my Chow Chow a Lion Cut?

Everywhere I have read about Chows there are different opinions on what to feed, how to train etc. The one and only thing I have ever seen that is of the same opinion, is never shave a chow. Unless medically advised to do so, the people responsible for coming up with that stupid lion-cut should be s...
by Rio
Sat Feb 23, 2013 11:47 pm
Forum: Special Events, Birthdays & Anniversaries
Topic: Not Chow but thought I would share
Replies: 3
Views: 6301

Not Chow but thought I would share

Hi all, thought I would share, my second grandchild has just been born, 4 weeks early and just over 5lbs in weight. She is called Jessica :lol:
by Rio
Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:51 pm
Forum: Community Discussions
Topic: The Chow, the Labrador, and Petsmart
Replies: 5
Views: 3991

Re: The Chow, the Labrador, and Petsmart

Your original topic header sounded like the opening line of a joke! Excellent that the experience of chow owning can assist with the "non-stubborn" breeds. :D
by Rio
Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:46 pm
Forum: Health Discussions
Topic: My little chow puppy has entropium of the eyelid
Replies: 17
Views: 18062

Re: My little chow puppy has ectropium of the eyelid

I am a bad enough influence on my grandson, and apparently my daughters all take after me ( according to hubby) I just hope she isn't as sullen as her mummy :)
by Rio
Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:48 am
Forum: Health Discussions
Topic: My little chow puppy has entropium of the eyelid
Replies: 17
Views: 18062

Re: My little chow puppy has ectropium of the eyelid

The one that's still "cooking" is a girl and we already have a 2 year old grandson :D
by Rio
Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:09 am
Forum: Special Events, Birthdays & Anniversaries
Topic: I is twelve years young!
Replies: 5
Views: 7642

Re: I is twelve years young!

Happy belated birthday, and hope you have many many more left.
by Rio
Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:07 am
Forum: Health Discussions
Topic: My little chow puppy has entropium of the eyelid
Replies: 17
Views: 18062

Re: My little chow puppy has ectropium of the eyelid

Poor guy, glad all went well. Hi Cocoa, been a tad busy just lately and waiting the arrival of my next grandchild :D
by Rio
Thu Feb 21, 2013 6:26 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Kodi is a Big Boy
Replies: 8
Views: 4475

Re: Kodi is a Big Boy

Rio just turned one and weighs 57lbs at the moment, I am trying to keep his weight down,but appear to be failing! He isn't a fatty and I can easily feel his ribs,so I guess some Chows just get big :) Kodi is gorgeous,but I am somewhat biased, Rio being black too.
by Rio
Sun Jan 27, 2013 7:37 am
Forum: Health Discussions
Topic: My little chow puppy has entropium of the eyelid
Replies: 17
Views: 18062

Re: My little chow puppy has ectropium of the eyelid

If you can take your chow to a charity vets,you will probably get a different response. We had the same advice from a vet,he couldn't wait to get Rio under the knife,we took him to a charitable vets (the type that take donations) and the advice there was that they could see nothing wrong with his ey...
by Rio
Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:37 am
Forum: Chow Chow Photo Gallery
Topic: Ursa & Malachi in the back yard #2
Replies: 7
Views: 4199

Re: Ursa & Malachi in the back yard #2

Yep that is one dead piece of pipe.
by Rio
Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:33 am
Forum: Special Events, Birthdays & Anniversaries
Topic: Happy birthday Cocoa
Replies: 16
Views: 12521

Re: Happy birthday Cocoa

Oh shoot, I have been absent from here for a wee while, sorry i missed your Birthday you gorgeous girl, so Happy Belated 2nd Birthday.
by Rio
Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:25 am
Forum: Memorials and Prayers
Topic: Today marked a year without Nikki and it was hard
Replies: 9
Views: 6685

Re: Today marked a year without Nikki and it was hard

Hang in there, memories and emotion are humans way of dealing with loss. Without the feeling of loss and grief you would be a sociapath!!!!! Oh gosh that sounded harsh, wasn't meant to. It's good to go to places where happy memories are, having a good cry actually helps with the loss too.
by Rio
Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:17 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Lola being dirty on furnitute
Replies: 52
Views: 15603

Re: Lola being dirty on furnitute

I am not going to give any comments on the behaviour, everything has been covered. Use biological washing powder diluted in a spray bottle to get rid of the urine smell properly. It has to be biological and it has to be the powder type. If the cushion comes off the sofa remove it and spray liberally...
by Rio
Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:55 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Update on Lexi <3
Replies: 1
Views: 1796

Re: Update on Lexi <3

Hiya Lexi, long time no see. Has mummy been busy?
by Rio
Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:26 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: How did u get your chow use to being brushed
Replies: 12
Views: 5089

Re: How did u get your chow use to being brushed

Personally I 'get' Rio when he is tired from a walk or after his food. If I do try to brush him at other times he will put up with it for maybe 15 minutes but gets bored!!!! I too groom on the floor, I am not lifting his highness onto a grooming table he weighs over 50 pounds.
by Rio
Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:39 am
Forum: Chow Chow Photo Gallery
Topic: Nala and Simba playing
Replies: 8
Views: 4403

Re: Nala and Simba playing

Cannot believe how much patience Simba has with Nala, well done Pinoy for teaching them both how to play relatively nicely.
by Rio
Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:29 am
Forum: Community Discussions
Topic: Is my dog a full breed chow chow??
Replies: 9
Views: 5279

Re: Is my dog a full breed chow chow??

Only going by the photos you have posted and comparing to chow pups and spitz pups, I would say cross. Only because of the shape of her ears and shape of her paws,and her muzzle is a little iffy.
by Rio
Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:25 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: How long before I see improvement in lola
Replies: 21
Views: 7143

Re: How long before I see improvement in lola

As regards the water intake, like the food post I answered on, there is a ratio to this too!!!! Per one pound in weight of dog they require 1 fluid ounce of water. This is the minimum, weather can be a factor, but as long as the ratio is not ridiculously above ie, 10 times that, then water intake wo...
by Rio
Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:33 am
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Need help. Are these foods healthy?
Replies: 14
Views: 17621

Re: Need help. Are these foods healthy?

Good quality dog food (no un-necessary additives) are usually fed on a weight to food ratio of 1.2%, ie, dog weighs 10kgs you would feed 120gs per day. Obviously for the lower end spectrum of food the ratio increases as the weight is bulked up by additives and corn.
by Rio
Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:42 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: puppy squeaks when i am not with her
Replies: 5
Views: 3279

Re: puppy squeaks when i am not with her

Don't get pneumonia to prove a point, if it is standard lovely british weather, go back in but completely ignore her, don't pet her until you have been inside maybe a minute. Obviously when the weather is better (sometime this century) you can then show her that you are not returning because she has...
by Rio
Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:45 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Puppy keeps barking at cats
Replies: 9
Views: 4582

Re: Puppy keeps barking at cats

Hi Tan, we have four Ragdoll cats and Rio (chow) he still barks at our cats, but it is not aggression, he generally wants to get to them through the safety gates. When he does get to one, usually our bi-colour Blueberry, he will stand over him and lick him to death, he ends up looking like a drowned...
by Rio
Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:06 pm
Forum: Community Discussions
Topic: 50 years!
Replies: 16
Views: 6145

Re: 50 years!

Sounds like my kind of weekend, so glad you have had the celebration you both wanted. I would have nice quiet personal celebration than an over the top to-do.
So in another 10 years,(touch wood) will it be five one year old Chows?????????