Alivia was recently diagnosed with Cushing's - Alivia has passed

Hi Mary Beth,

Here is the info you asked about. I posted on my thread but did not know if you saw it. I am also puting the dry matter comparison. The guaranteed analysis on link is as for as served and makes it hard to compare.


Steve's Real Food Beef
Protein 48.62
Fat 26.79
Carbs 23.00

Steve's Real Food Chicken
Protein 54.50
Fat 30.87
Carbs 23.00

http://stevesrealfood.com/rawmeat-pr...ood/beef-diet/

It seems Snoop and I are taking our turn on the roller coaster today! She ate a squirrel's intestines with fresh poision in them. Will post all the drama on my thread!

Love,
Rene & Snoopie

Now that I know my Maxwell is fine, and after reading Rene's hysterical Snoop story, I can now kind of laugh at what happened to us. There was a birds nest built on top of one the posts under my deck. Of course my dogs found it first and were sniffing it through the floor boards. I put a carpet on the floor over it so they would not traumatize mama bird and I delayed cleaning the deck so as not to disturb the nest. Saturday morning I let the dogs out and there were so many birds squaking that it reminded me of that old Hitchcock movie, "The Birds". Then Alivia barked her, "I'm telling on Max" bark and I suddenly remembered the... BIRD'S NEST! Ran out to find Max with a baby bird in his mouth, running up the deck steps towards me, probably trying to make a break from all the birds threatening to attack him! I'm screaming, "Drop it!" and he's completely ignoring me (and, Rene, he is NOT deaf!). So, I start trying to pry his mouth open and the poor baby bird is still moving but obviously injured. In my mind I'm thinking I am going to have to somehow humanely put the poor thing out its suffering. Max is holding on tightly, intent on bringing it in the house and also eliminating my worry of having to humanely euthanize the bird. So, I shut the gate at the top of the steps to keep him on the deck to save the two other baby birds frantically hopping around the yard terrified. Max is still refusing to give up his prize, so I grab the broom and point it at him and shake it. This scares Max and he drops the baby and runs for the door. I got Max when he was 8 weeks old and for all of his 10+ years he has been absolutely terrified of brooms and I have always tried unsuccessfully to reassure him there was nothing to be afraid of...well, so much for the past 10 years! I am sure he now thinks he has been right all along and there is a really good reason to fear the broom!

It was less than a day later that he stopped eating and became ill. I still think he caught something from the bird. He's doing fine now. The poor baby bird probably hadn't been out of the nest for more than a few minutes when it met Maxwell. Not a very successful inaugaral flight. :( My sweet Alivia watched the whole commotion and throughout it all, never tried to hurt either of the two other babies. The dead bird clean up was a process in itself - consisting of multiple plastic bags, wads of tissue paper and an oven mitt...don't ask.

It must have been the week for critters!!!!! After all the stories, I'm putting Zoe in a bubble until Saturday:cool::cool:

She wanted to take a walk tonight and I said "Girl, no way!!! You went this morning and I am not taking any chances that that Cushings nose of yours will find some geese poop or mouse parts or who knows what":D:D

Thank goodness Maxwell is fine now. They sure keep us on our toes.
But they are dogs, that is what dogs do, eat stuff:p:p eat stuff we freak about :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

TGIF,Mary Beth!!!!!!!!!!!!

OHHH to funny U Guys!!!! Im crying again. MBK.....Ms. Broom Killer!!!!

I think I should mass produce Snoops bonnet for our cush pups!

Addy - Wise choice! Avoid the temptation of critters (and disgusting parts of things) this week, especially! You don't need anything more added to the mix!

Rene - I probably looked almost as funny as you did. Especially trying to pry Max's jaws off of the still alive baby bird. Max will probably have evil broom nightmares now and I will have to try to find a doggy psychologist to add to our list of specialists! :eek: I saw Snoop's bonnet - so cute! I'm not sure I could get one of those on Max though, but he needs it much more than my cush pup!

Here's hoping for an UNEVENTFUL weekend!!! (Has anyone actually tried Chocovine, yet?) :)

Mary Beth,

Good story--Maxwell being afraid of brooms. Miss Ella seems to be not afraid of anything so far which is amazing. The first time she saw the broom she barked at it, but now won't leave it alone.:p

The things we have to do for our buddies the dogs--haha!!:D

Have a great rest of the weekend!!

Sad day. My best friend has Alivia's sister/littermate, Patches. She's had a couple seizures recently and seemed to have many personality changes. They hadn't been able to determine the cause. She died in his arms around 2:00 a.m. on the way to an emergency hospital. Patches had seemingly always been healthier than Ali. He's devastated and I feel so sad for him. RIP sweet Patches.

Oh Mary Beth,

I am so sorry to hear this. Please extend my condolences to your best friend. Sending huge and loving hugs to you all.

Godspeed sweet Patches.

With Heartfelt Sympathy,
Lori

Oh Mary Beth, I am so sorry as well.

Such sad news to hear. Your friend must be so devasted.

Saying prayers for all of you. I am so sorry to hear about Patches.

Fly free dear Patches.

Love,
Addy

Thanks Addy and Lori.

It hits way too close to home. We saw them for the first time together and we picked them up to bring them home together. You could always tell they were sisters because they had a lot of similar qualities. Both of them are calmer and more gentler than the typical Jack Russell; just very sweet. They were each our first dogs and we fell head over heels for them. Neither of us expected Patches would go first. Just goes to show, you never know.