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Separation Anxiety Solutions

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Anyway, about the separation anxiety. I was gone into Raleigh for five or six hours one day and left Mason with my Mother. When I got back she told me that he ran from his favorite window where he can see everything to the door I would come through when I returned, over and over, back and forth. He would not eat anything she offered him, including special treats I had left that he usually loved. When I got back home, he would not leave my side, even went with me to the bathroom, waited for me outside the shower, watched me as I walked from my desk to the kitchen and back, and got into my lap as often as possible.

(If you missed last week, this is part two in a two part article series. Read part one here.)

I knew that I needed to take Mason to see our favorite vet, Dr. Potosky, to see if she had some separation anxiety solutions for us to try out.

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Nature of Some Animals

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 I have not written a blog post in a year, thirteen months actually, and I chose the above honor bestowed upon my little doggy’s vet to galvanize myself into action.

I am so proud of her!  She is not only the best veterinarian I know in terms of not only proper care but also with her bedside manner, which is very important when you have a little animal quivering in fear before a needle or worse, a thermometer!  Dr. Potosky is also the authority I refer to when I give you guys information about dogs in general or Yorkies, especially my Yorkie, in particular.  I know it’s the year 2019 now, but these are the most recent awards in this and other categories of exceptional performance by businesses and individuals in Lee County, North Carolina, where I live.

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Dog Diets; What Do They Really Need?

When Mason got pancreatitis, Dr. Potosky and I  had quite a long talk about dog food and the merits of different kinds.  I was accustomed to feeding Mason half fresh, low fat ground beef and half dog food in the  morning and half chicken, half dog food in the evening.  I was feeding him Hill’s Science Diet’s Chicken Meal and Rice Recipe dog food, and his favorite, Hill’s Science Diet’s Liver Meal and Rice Recipe.  I had bought some of the Blue Buffalo Fish and Brown Rice Recipe, which Mason loved at his cousins’ (my sister’s dogs’) house, but was less enthusiastic when I bought him some.  (Isn’t that exactly the way children are?).

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Pancreatitis and your pooch

A few weeks ago, my baby boy Mason became ill.  He wouldn’t eat, and he had lots of nausea, some vomiting, and diarrhea.  That same morning I had learned that a neighbor’s dog had contracted Parvo, the deadly disease every dog owner fears; and I learned that some of the symptoms were the same as what my dog had.  Now Mason had had all of his shots; I have been known to be cheap, but I would never keep my dog from having all needed shots and medications, along with Heartworm medicine and flea and tick medicine.  If you’re thinking of saving money by skipping those for your pet, be aware that you may be taking her life into your hands.  Dogs need necessary preventative measures just like people do!  I had heard that if a dog with Parvo has contact with your dog, even vaccines may not prevent your dog from catching it!  But you know how those rumors are:  some sort of true, and others, not even close!

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