In a message dated 1/29/2008 7:08:39 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Gloria, Precious little Sugar Plum was first a foster with me. When she came to me, she came with chronic diarrhea, a horrible skin condition that made her scratch herself until she BLED, and occasional convulsions! She was adopted out by the rescue folks four times, and returned each time, because they said she wasn't housebroken. After the fourth return, I said NO MORE! and told the rescue group that I would be her forever home. There was nothing wrong with her house manners - she simply had never seen grass for her first 5 years! All it took was a piddle pad and she was perfect! She has since learned to use the doggie door and even poops on the grass now! I finally learned that food allergies can cause diarrhea and the horrible itching. After searching for the right food for a long time, I finally found it and now everyone in my house is on it. (That's why I now sell it!) She still has the occasional convulsion but they are so few and far between that the vet agreed not to push more chemicals into her little body because she reacts so terribly to them. She also has a bad knee that causes her pain when the weather changes but we can usually handle that with a puppy aspirin. All my babies get along together famously, even though they were mostly all adults when they moved in, and all at separate times. We also have 2 rescued cats. It isn't any harder to love 7 chihuahuas than it was to spread the love around when number 2 came along. Seems God gives you an unending supply of love. You don't have to share the love, it just seems to multiply. Thank goodness they are little dogs - it would be hard to hold 5 great danes in my lap at once! Since Norm doesn't want to be touched, and Penny is old and sore with arthritis, I never have more than 5 that want to be in my lap at once. I've got a great leather chair-and-a- I've got a great leather chair-and-a-<WBR>half with an ottoman, and when I put my feet up, I can actual And they all play so wonderfully together, I can't imagine a smaller family anymore. They are truly friends and playmates for one another. I guess they're like jello - there's always room!!! Cheryl Harrison My Best Friend's Bowl Because they count on you to choose wisely _www.mybestfriendsbowww.my_ (http://www.mybestfriendsbowl.com/) ____________________________________ Never miss a thing. _Make Yahoo your homepage._ (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs) What is with the licking all the time I want to pet her but she licks and I hate that so cuddling is hard but I do give her lots of attention Is there anyway you can stop the licking or is it just one of their traits Thanks linda **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489
