Many people have contacted me asking me questions regarding her longevity. Much of it is due to Diet, Exercise, Vaccines
Many people have contacted me asking me questions regarding her longevity. Much of it is due to Diet, Exercise, Vaccines
Three Days You’ll Always Remember… If you ever love an animal, there are three days in your life you will always remember…. The first is a day, blessed with happiness, when you bring home your young new friend. You may have spent weeks deciding on a breed. You may have asked numerous opinions of many vets, or done long research in finding a breeder. Or, perhaps in a fleeting moment, you may have just chosen.
She passed away peacefully at home surrounded by those that loved her the most. Her little body grew too old and tired of fighting this horrible disease.
keeping up with your dog’s prescriptions, vitamins and treatments can be a daunting task. Here are some helpful methods to help you to remember to give them their daily meds on time without fail.
Who says you can’t celebrate your dogs birthday?! Ginger turned 14 today and that is a huge milestone, especially for a Cavalier. We are so blessed! There are tons of ideas on how to celebrate your pups birthday on the internet, we just wanted to share pics of her special day.
It has been 9 months since Ginger’s Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) diagnoses but in September, her health took a turn for the worse. During her follow up with the Cardiologist she developed a leaky heart valve, pulmonary hypertension, and on top of that a clot near her heart. It has been a tough journey ever since. Thankfully, due to modern medicine we have been able to stabilize her and maintain a good balance with her.
Since Ginger was about 6 years old, I have taken her to the ALL BREED HEALTH CLINIC in Tinton Falls, sponsored by the MID-JERSEY LABRADOR RETRIEVER CLUB, INC. I decided to start taking her to the clinic yearly to get her eyes and heart checked. Surely enough at the age of 8, the Cardiologist heard some regurgitation. As the cardiologist explained it, it is very common in the Cavalier King Charles spaniel. As years went.
Sadly, the anniversary of our dog Charley’s passing was yesterday, May 2nd, so I thought I would write a post about what it was he succumbed to, Protein Losing Enteropathy. Charley came to us as a rescue. At the time we wanted to get Ginger a companion, so we decided to adopt. When we first rescued him we were made aware of the condition he was in. He was used for breeding purposes and was.
Over the weekend I was on a search for recipes to make dog treats. I came across a Pin on Pinterest for dog biscuits made out of baby food which sounded interesting. I did end up making them and if you would like to view the recipe, you can clicking here. Since I wanted to make biscuits I chose to use silicone baking molds, so I purchased the Le Dogue Molds. They were 13.99 and with.
I was looking for easy to make dog treat recipes on Pinterest when I came across a pin that had a picture of baby food and I thought that was pretty interesting. This came from the My Life Cookbook website and I did change the recipe a bit since I was using silicone bake-ware and not cookie cutters as the original recipe suggested. You will need 2 ½ cups of Whole Grain Oat Cereal 2 jars.