Zoe By My Side- Our Journey with Cushings

I was LOL about the stirrup statement!!! :D

Poor Zoe what a tramatic experience and yet we end up having no patience with them when they go into a fit.:eek:

You are so good with Zoe and Koko making them go through commands, playing with toys, and so forth just so Zoe's attention will be focused in a different direction other than chewing on herself. Lately I am so rushed to get things done I don't take the time to spend with Ella like I should.

I sure hope she feels better soon!!!:)

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Originally Posted by addy

The bad thing about giving her more chew toys is then she drinks more water from all the chewing and then she urinates more.

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have you thought about getting a small KONG and putting frozen strawberry or blue berries in there? or maybe frozen green beans, sweet potato (no skin) or carrots maybe even some pumkin? maybe even small amount of diced up apple, then she will work and work to get a healthy snack out of her kong instead of other....that contains so many preservatives

Hi Skye,

Thank you for the input. Her food does not contain preservatives, I put Honest Kitchen Embark in her Kong, just a dab. She has IBD so can't eat a lot of things, she has to have a minimal diet.
I think she just gets thirtsy from chewing on the Kong. after she licks out the food. She really goes at it. :rolleyes:

Hugs,
addy

Hi Addy,

I just wanted to let you know I was thinking of you and Zoe and mom, etc...

Tight hugs to all...

xo Jeanette and Princess

hmmmmm, think you could freeze some water in the kong and then put her treat on the very very edge if small amount? then as she chews on kong she would get hydrated too..........
i love the kongs.....i will put water in them and freeze them, down fall is knowing how much to freeze so its not a huge mess if they leave it. course normally they dont melt entirely
i completely understand the diet thing....i do homecooked and add supplements....pancreatitis here. and just had adrenal surgery month ago. can you believe its been a month already? whew.

Hi Jeanette,

Thank you for thinking of us, Mom is doing really well:D and Baby Kujo aka Zoe the vet killer did not bite me yet today:rolleyes::D:eek:

OMG, that little dog;) Now when we come in from outside I say in my happiest voice "Let's get chicken we were a good girl." and she runs to the frig and forgets about chewing her paws and potty. I hope it keeps working:rolleyes::rolleyes: and I stopped scolding her and I only wiped her paws and potty once today to give her a break. She doesn't like all this fussing at her. I often wondered why God sent Zoe to me. I guess I needed a lesson in patience:D:D

Skye- really, I can freeze water in a Kong? How? I am brain dead and can't picture it. Upside down in a container of some sort? Tell me more.:D

Well, I am off to find Baby Kujo, I think she stopped chewing on the Kong. Must be time for a round of puzzle:rolleyes::D

Sometimes I really miss my cat:D:D:D:D:D

shaking her head addy:o:o:o:o:o:o:o

I know why God sent Zoe to you. No one else could have given her the love and the care that you do. I think it's good that you're cutting back on the feet wiping. I would think once a day would be enough....unless mud is in the picture.

I didn't know you had a cat. Learn something new every day!;)

Dear Addy
Just checking in on you and Zoe. Will post on my thread.
Love Sonja and Apollo

yes you can freeze stuff in the kong!!! and they are even dishwasher safe!!!! if you are going to freeze water in it, i would plug the button from the outside so you can remove it when you give it to her. like with a home made cork type or even placing tape over it sealing it really well. (i normally use the tape or a pen cap, lol) of course you could place ice cubed in it but they slip out where as water actually frozen IN the kong wont.

Thank you all.

4 nights antibiotic, Zoe woke this morning usual time, started licking but not as intense or maybe just me hoping it was not. Reached down and picked her up, held her close and tight to my chest, rocking back and forth, breathing slowly, calmly, she did not squirm just stayed in my arms. I put her down on the bed and let her have a few licks of my arm, then rubbed her ears slowly in a circle. She laid down next to me and went back to sleep.

This little dog, baby Kujo one day, angel Zoe the next. Almost five years now have tried to help this little dog, my soul mate, my once in a lifetime dog. Issue after issue we battle together. I am not always patient, some times, I get tired, some times I don't know what to do.

But I love her still.