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I would get a second opinion, the first vet we went to told us Rio had entropia and wanted to operate. We went to another vet (not because of the entropia diagnosis, the vet was an @ss) anyway, the new vet inspected Rios eyes at great length and said she could not see any sign of entropia and instea...

Aww poor guy, did he maybe pick up a skin infection when he was at the kennel? Or maybe he was around some new plants that didn't agree with him.

Dogs do not lose teeth like humans, whilst we can adapt our diets around a lost tooth while the new one is comin in, dogs can't. Dogs look like sharks (two rows of teeth) for a while until the new tooth is capable of chewing food or in the wild, ripping through flesh. On the rare occasion that the b...

I haven't had this problem with Rio, but I have matting problems with one of my Ragdolls, he has very dense fur and gets matts under his armpits!!! I use to just cut them out but the fur always grew back a little oddly, now I us the furminator on him, and the matts can now be mostly combed out witho...

Sorry for your loss, BooBoo has joined the other Chows and is now running free.

Happy Joining Day to you.

Sharon

I too have this problem, and by I, I actually mean Rio, he is coming up for 7 months and has had a permanently wet chin and neck since we got him. I have tried a bandana but it doesn't really help. I tend to rub him down with a towel and if it gets grubby I make up a jug of doggy shampoo and clean h...

He has now settled back down, like I said with my last post. I could walk him for 6 hours and it has no impact on him whatsoever!!!! He is just pushing his luck at the moment but we are all standing firm with him. I have 5 children so I know how to handle 'tantrums' he does do as he is told on most ...

Well done Dreamdancer and well done Dreamdancers mommy for teaching you so well.

You have much more experience than me when it comes to Chows, but here goes anyway. I kinda had a similar problem with Rio as regards walking the way I wanted, new areas freaked him out and he dug his heels in. I then started taking out a bag of treats on walks, he is very food orientated. Slowly I ...

Anyone in the path of and surrounding area of Isaac, stay safe. Here's hoping Isaac isn't as fierce as Katrina was.

Welcome to the forum blackmagic26 and of course Neiko. Look forward to seeing photos.

Hi there, Burns is good for puppies and dogs and cats for that matter! I use Burns for Rio and he loves it, the protein I found was mid-range, some puppy foods have ridiculous protein levels in them. You say you are feeding four cups per day, that seems like an awful lot, Rio has 370gms per day whic...

Awww Kage did mommy shout at you? Did silly mommy leave it where you could 'claim' it Rio sends good luck with the vet,I haven't told him that he goes soon for same thing

I think my chow is defective,he loves the rain and actively tries to catch it. Clever Matilda for finding a dry spot to shelter.

Wish I could get my hair that colour!!!! I agree 612guy I can't wait to see what Rio will be like at age 3ish. Dread to think what he will weigh though (25kgs and growing lol)

Thanks for the word of caution Mike, duly noted, an update on Rio, it took me one night to get him to quit his night-time play in the garden!!! He woke me up at 2am so I went in the room and told him to quit it and it was bedtime, same again at 4am, he then decided to sleep until around 7am. I got u...

I read somewhere (can't remember where) that you should feed 1 cup of food per 50lbs of weight, twice per day. If giving treats this should be taken from the overall calorific value.

Would make grooming easier so I would say yes, I tell Rio 'belly' and he knows I want to roll him over lol.

Look at you little Miss Fluffybutt. I hope Rio gets a mane like that.

They look like wings, sooooo cute.

Are you intending on breeding from her? If not then get her spayed.

Does the weather usually change around this time of year or is this the de-fleaing and worming season?

LOL Rio dreams when he quits being nosey and actually sleeps!!! He often goes running and squeaks whilst dreaming, the he will jump up at look at us like he has left the gas on on the oven!!!!

Yoda is using the 'force' lol.