[NAGDU] Update on Ellie

[Danielle Ledet]

Thanks you guys! I had some leftover from my stash and I would put
them in her water. She'd stick her snout right in there blowing
bubbles and fish it out the bowl so she should take them just tfine
either way.

On 8/22/20, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> When I've given my dog probiotics, I've bought the powder and sprinkled it
> on the food.  Easier than dealing with a capsule, if your dog doesn't snarf
> up capsules.
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynette Kersey
> via NAGDU
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2020 8:29 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Cc: Lynette Kersey
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Update on Ellie
>
> Hi Danielle,
> Hope will take the fish oil capsules right from my hand and eat them. They
> have a little mint in them so they don’t smell. Sometimes I will just drop
> them in with her food. I feed her dry. Also, with the probiotics I just drop
> them in her food. she receives one probiotic twice a day. She’s not picky
> that way. I’m thankful for that. The probiotics don’t have much taste to
> them so she’ll just eat  them. If your dog doesn’t like them you could
> squeeze the pills onto her food but it’s a bit messy. You would need to find
> a sharp object to poke them with. It’s a bit tricky not to lose any of the
> oil. Ellie should like them all right though.
>
> Lynette
> Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking.
> C.J. Watts
>
>> On Aug 21, 2020, at 2:56 PM, Danielle Ledet via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Lynette, how do you give it? Straight away as a treat, dropped in
>> water or food, or squeezed onto the food? And the probiotic too.
>> Thanks for that!
>>
>> Thanks Annie for the site and encouragement.
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 8/21/20, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Krokus is shedding a lot this summer.  I'm not worried about it.  It's
>>> just
>>> been real hot, so he's trying to lose his fur coat. I just have to vacuum
>>> more often.
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle Ledet
>>> via NAGDU
>>> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2020 1:30 PM
>>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: Danielle Ledet
>>> Subject: [NAGDU] Update on Ellie
>>>
>>> An update on Ellie. I talked with the vet and my trainer at Guiding
>>> Eyes. My vet didn't recommend Victor food because she said it had to
>>> many fatty accis and too much fiber in it and would make her poop more
>>> and the stools larger. She said I could move up to Purina Pro Plan;
>>> however, neither did GEB. Since I already purchased the Victor
>>> Performance they said I could feed it and see how it goes. But, they
>>> want her back on Hill's Science Diet Chicken and Barley wich is what
>>> she was on in training and in class. My vet approved when we went for
>>> our first visit so that is what I'm going to do. My vet also said that
>>> I could give her a tablespoon of pumpkin every day as a treat to firm
>>> up her stools.
>>> Per the heavy shedding, she said maybe she is getting her new coat and
>>> recommended fish oil capsules once a day and a Furminator. Already
>>> have the Furminator and use it every other day. Do any of you use fish
>>> oil for your dog and can you recommend something? It can even be the
>>> ones you use for yourself.
>>>
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How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and
tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will
have been all of these.
George Washington Carver
Email: singingmywayin at gmail.com