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by Red Dragon
Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:19 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: MY FIRST AND LAST BEAUTIFUL CHOW
Replies: 58
Views: 86794

Re: MY FIRST AND LAST BEAUTIFUL CHOW

It's very difficult to tell much from those videos, but in two of them he appears to favor his right rear. He may be dysplastic in his right hip. If he is it, it can be extremely painful, and he may have bitten both you and your daughter if you put pressure on a bad hip. Before you go to the extreme...
by Red Dragon
Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:05 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: MY FIRST AND LAST BEAUTIFUL CHOW
Replies: 58
Views: 86794

Re: MY FIRST AND LAST BEAUTIFUL CHOW

Just from what little I could see in the one video, Chocolate may have bad hips. He also seemed a little concerned that he was being stroked on his rear. Depending on what your daughter did when he bit her, she may have put pressure on his rear and caused him pain. What were you doing when he bit yo...
by Red Dragon
Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:44 pm
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)
Replies: 30
Views: 17665

Re: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)

Some of you only have 35 to 50 pound dogs, why would you want to give the dog food that was made for a great dane or a mastif? As I said, if you bothered to look at their formulas you would see they have different ones for different size dogs. They also list the weight range for each. Their medium s...
by Red Dragon
Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:33 am
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)
Replies: 30
Views: 17665

Re: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)

wow I never thought the formula will be different in each country, I thought its standardized........ COAT FORMULA??? there is a specified DF for supercoat (literally mentioned on the DF packing) ?? will look again at the official website btw, 2 big CHOW show players used Royal Canin to their dogs,...
by Red Dragon
Sat Oct 24, 2009 5:44 pm
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)
Replies: 30
Views: 17665

Re: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)

wow I never thought the formula will be different in each country, I thought its standardized........ COAT FORMULA??? there is a specified DF for supercoat (literally mentioned on the DF packing) ?? will look again at the official website btw, 2 big CHOW show players used Royal Canin to their dogs,...
by Red Dragon
Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:43 am
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)
Replies: 30
Views: 17665

Re: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)

I looked at the Australian Purina products and the ProPlan Lamb and Rice appears to be our old formula, and that will work well with a Chow. The Supercoat formulas are made in Australia and we have nothing like that here. The Supercoat Sensitive product has a good protein and fat content and may wor...
by Red Dragon
Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:27 am
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)
Replies: 30
Views: 17665

Re: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)

When you only have a few to select from, you take the best you can get. The ProPlan may be better, but I am not familiar with the european formulas. If I'm not mistaken, you mentioned in different posting u'd tried proplan-select, and Blackwood. and Royal Canin is better than those two??? as the TS...
by Red Dragon
Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:19 am
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: I need some food help please
Replies: 27
Views: 13779

Re: I need some food help please

Have you ever considered that Barby might be allergic to something else than food too? There are many things a dog can be allergic to, not only food, but plants, herbs, acarids, etc.... You could find out with a simple blood test, and then she could be desensitized (like Coco is). WELL....YOU WILL ...
by Red Dragon
Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:02 am
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)
Replies: 30
Views: 17665

Re: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)

h0n33y wrote:aaahh just to remind, maybe u missed out reading......the TS mentioned EVO, INNOVA, and also Ziwi (expensive) and ORIJEN.....

and ROYAL CANIN beats all of em??? R U SURE???
I would feed Royal Canin over any of those foods.
by Red Dragon
Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:01 am
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)
Replies: 30
Views: 17665

Re: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)

As I said earlier in this topic, Royal Canin is not a good food. When Coco was eating it, she made poops 3 times bigger than now, just to give you an idea of all the crappy useless feelers they make their food with! If all you are worried about is larger poop, you don't have much to worry about. I ...
by Red Dragon
Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:18 pm
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Best Dog Foods ?
Replies: 27
Views: 25674

Re: Best Dog Foods ?

RED, u used so many DF at once??? ..... u said ProPLan, then California Natural, and at other Blackwood...... do u feed em to different chows at once??? which would u prefer best from all the brands u mentioned?? I have never fed California Natural, and won't. I have fed ProPlan and Blackwood. Blac...
by Red Dragon
Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:13 pm
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)
Replies: 30
Views: 17665

Re: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)

When you only have a few to select from, you take the best you can get. The ProPlan may be better, but I am not familiar with the european formulas.
by Red Dragon
Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:09 pm
Forum: Health Discussions
Topic: self harming
Replies: 5
Views: 2792

Re: self harming

How old is she?
by Red Dragon
Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:31 am
Forum: Health Discussions
Topic: Bald chow ??
Replies: 41
Views: 14205

Re: Bald chow ??

Hi I am new to this site. I have a chow named "Sasha". She will be 5 in Jan. She does not bite or pull her fur out but it is a yearly ritual that seems to start in the spring and ends about now every year. When she was about l year old I took her to be spayed and they shaved her stomach h...
by Red Dragon
Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:40 pm
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: FDA Confirms Probe of NUTRO Pet Food
Replies: 16
Views: 11309

Re: FDA Confirms Probe of NUTRO Pet Food

I lost all my manners, can you help me find them?
by Red Dragon
Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:24 pm
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: FDA Confirms Probe of NUTRO Pet Food
Replies: 16
Views: 11309

Re: FDA Confirms Probe of NUTRO Pet Food

kiwani wrote:
lightforce18 wrote:how is eukanuba?
bag of garbage
For once, we agree on something. :D
by Red Dragon
Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:22 pm
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: FDA Confirms Probe of NUTRO Pet Food
Replies: 16
Views: 11309

Re: FDA Confirms Probe of NUTRO Pet Food

"NUTRO defends its products and insists its food is safe. Many NUTRO customers also tout the food , saying their pets have had no problems. And veterinarians say several factors can cause gastrointestinal problems in dogs and cats, including changes in diet, newly developed sensitivities to pe...
by Red Dragon
Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:16 pm
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)
Replies: 30
Views: 17665

Re: Dried food advice please (my head hurts!)

Hi everyone! Well, Khan's 11 weeks now, and growing up fast! He's just over 9.5kg, and getting very mischievious :) I've just finished most of the IAMS puppy dried food (kibble in America?) - I've since read that it's not really very good, but I bought it the day before he arrived home, and didn't ...
by Red Dragon
Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:07 pm
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: I need some food help please
Replies: 27
Views: 13779

Re: I need some food help please

Thanks for all the suggestions. Deuce went back to the vet today for follow up. His vet put him on a prescription diet. She said she hates to do it for the little ones, but felt he would be better off with it. His ears are better, but will have to continue treatment for another week, and then regul...
by Red Dragon
Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:03 pm
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: I need some food help please
Replies: 27
Views: 13779

Re: I need some food help please

Poor Deuce has been diagnosed with allergies and yeast infections in both ears. He has chewed all the hair off the inside of his legs and around his paws. I went to get him a better food at petsmart, but got overwhelmed at the choices. I spent a lot of time reading labels and thought I found a good...
by Red Dragon
Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:57 pm
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Best Dog Foods ?
Replies: 27
Views: 25674

Re: Best Dog Foods ?

Stay away from Orijen ! I feed Californai Natural Lamb and Rice dry kibbles. Had my chows on Orijen for 8 months and there hair was falling out it was bad ! What happened, you liked it so much when you first started using it? :lol: Been on ProPlan Selects for about three years now and no bald Chows...
by Red Dragon
Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:56 pm
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Best Dog Foods ?
Replies: 27
Views: 25674

Re: Best Dog Foods ?

Hi, I'm looking for a suitable dry dog food for Daisy (2yrs old) . She is allergic to chicken, and not suitable for high protein foods which will caused her urine crystallise . I have tried Choice, Blackwood, Hill’s, Acana Pacific but not suitable .. her flaky skin make me worried … Visited vet but...
by Red Dragon
Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:52 pm
Forum: Health Discussions
Topic: Arthritis
Replies: 18
Views: 15268

Re: Arthritis

I've given Deramaxx and know of others that have given it, it has not been a problem with the Chows I have seen on it.

Don't bother getting started with Synovi G3, the USDA shut down production, and they may not be allowed to produce anymore.
by Red Dragon
Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:47 pm
Forum: Health Discussions
Topic: *Censored Word* Gland Question
Replies: 1
Views: 1705

Re: *Censored Word* Gland Question

Are you sure the problem isn't his hips? They can go lame in the hind legs from the *Censored Word* gland, but that hasn't been much of a problem in the Chows that I have seen.
by Red Dragon
Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:45 pm
Forum: Health Discussions
Topic: Bald chow ??
Replies: 41
Views: 14205

Re: Bald chow ??

Can anyone help me or offer any advise as the vets do not seem to be helping at all. I have a 21 month old male rough coated red chow chow called Milo (Beloved Cyril). Firstly ill apologise if this is a bit of an essay but i wanted to give as much information as possible. In may last year (08) he s...