[nagdu] Health Problems

[Hannah Chadwick]

Princess has a couple of bones she can knaw on to help with her teeth. She
needs to get the tartar off though. I got her a huge bag of greenies but she
only gets one every other day or longer.
I haven't really seen a pattern with her walking me in to things, and I
can't really figure out why or what makes her do it.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 4:53 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Health Problems

    Oh dear. As far as the teeth needing to be cleaned, that may be
inevitable, but there are things that you can do to help. Lexia eats a 3/4
meal of dental food as a snack during the day. Depending on what kind of dog
food you use, this may or may not be an option. They also sell dental treats
in various forms. The ones that I use are called greenies, and they look
like tooth brushes with the end split like a dog bone.
    Is there any pattern to Princess bumping you into things? If you go that
route again, does she continue to do it? Maybe if you say ouch or pretend
that you are hurt she'll understand better.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hannah Chadwick" <sparklylicious at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 4:26 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Health Problems


> Hello all,
> As I mentioned in a previous post, Princess had her two week vet visit
> because Pilot requires it. She had her stool tested and we got the results
> back yesterday. It turns out that she has giardia so I purchased some 
> powder
> medicine which I hope will cure it. I believe that she got giardia 
> treatment
> during training because they tested her stool then. Not sure why it's back
> already or perhaps the medicine didn't cure it during training.
> I also took her to see the dentist who is known for getting the tartar out
> of dog's teeth by only using a hand held scalp. She looked at Princess's
> teeth and said that she believes that it is genetic. She told me that
> Princess may have to get a full cleaning later on where she will get 
> knocked
> out and everything. I just want to try this and I hope it will work 
> because
> it is less pricy. The dentist also told me that Princess may have to have
> her teeth removed when she gets older as well but I'm sure and I hope that
> will come later, much much later.
> Princess walked me in to a brick wall last night but luckily I'm ok. I did
> not get hurt, but gosh... she's walked me in to a door, a pole, a brick
> wall, and I'm sure a few small things here and there, and I've only had 
> her
> a couple of months. I have to say that I feel very overwhelmed right now. 
> I
> did not expect so many problems when I applied for a dog. This is not to 
> say
> that I regret getting one. I adore Princess and I'm willing to work out 
> all
> the problems, but I feel like some things shouldn't be happening... for
> example, she should not be having all these health issues, and she 
> shouldn't
> be walking me in to things. of course I corrected her and we redid the 
> part
> where she messed up, but I feel like every time I trust her completely, 
> then
> something happens and it gets more and more difficult to do so.
> She continues to walk slow when she wants to, and I've come to accept it
> because I believe that it is her personality. I give her a lot of praise
> when she does go faster, but I've also come to realize that I can't and I
> don't want to force her  to walk faster when she doesn't want to.
> Anyways, this is the update for Princess.
> All the best, Hannah and Princess
>
>
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