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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:28 pm
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:48 pm
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 2:31 pm
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:37 pm
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:42 pm
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:00 am
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:52 am
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(I know a lot about both cats and dogs. biggrin )
It might be best to separate them for a little while, and allow them only to have supervised interaction, starting off with both dogs being on leashes. Praise them a lot for desirable behavior so they know what is acceptable and what is not. Once Milo is consistently well behaved with leashed interaction, then try them without leashes, though still supervised.
How old is he?
I'm familiar with dalmatians since I have a relative who has always had dalmatians for as long as I can remember. I don't think they have ever done anything of this nature, and from what I can tell, they are fairly easy to train.
Aussies are really high-energy herding breeds. It could be herding instincts. Maybe you can try some agility with him. When playing frisbee, maybe bring another frisbee and/or some treats and praise him for bringing the frisbee back and dropping it and work on gradually removing the treats to where he'll reliably bring it back and drop it without them. If you decide to bring a second frisbee, eventually stop bringing it when he is consistently bringing the other one back and dropping it and allowing you to pick it back up without having to use the other one.
For feeding, I'd suggest switching him onto a higher quality food if you can afford to. Purina is one of the many low-quality foods. Other brands to avoid are Iams, Science Diet, Eukanuba, Kibbles 'N Bits, Ol' Roy, and other brands you can find in any grocery store. They aren't able to get all the nutrients they need because of the ingredients in them. Most of the proteins in that food come from grains, especially corn. Their bodies can't even digest corn. What little bit of meat is in there are by-products, which are the discarded parts from processing meat from human food production, such as the egg shells, feathers, beaks, feet, fur, less nutritional parts of the head, scales, tumors, noses, etc. The food is preserved with BHA, BHT, and/or Ethoxyquin, which are chemicals that are also used in non-automotive anti-freeze, pesticides, and rubber hardening agents. Those chemicals have also been proven to cause cancer and have been banned or heavily regulated in the human diet. They also contain fillers, which are ingredients that have no nutritional value to the food, but are added to increase the palatability to the animals to get them to want to eat the food.
If you can afford to, I'd suggest switching them to Blue Buffalo (grainless lines), Wellness Core, Orijen (the best processed dog food), Acana (grainless lines), or Taste of the Wild (there are a few other good brands out there, these are the ones I could remember right off lol). They won't have to eat nearly as much of these foods to get the nutrition they need since their bodies are able to process and use about everything in the food. Of these foods, Taste of the Wild is the least expensive and Orijen is the most expensive. The others fall somewhere between the two.
If you can't afford those brands and have a Costco near you, you can get Kirkland's Best dog food. It's not the best food, but it doesn't contain corn, by-products, BHA, BHT, or Ethoxyquin, making it a somewhat higher quality food.
Raw is the best diet, though it is also the most expensive diet.
Here is a nice formula for determining the amount of kibble your dog would need (though keep in mind, this doesn't really account for the activity, so it might be somewhat different, but it would at least take into account how much food they would need per day minimum.) :
Resting energy requirement (RER) in kcal/day= 30(ideal body weight in kilograms) + 70 (to get the body weight in kilograms, you would divide your dog's ideal body weight in pounds by 2.2)
Once you have your dog's RER, then you need to figure out how much food you would need to feed him.
It would be RER/X cups = (calorie content of food)/cup Solve for X
So to do that you would: RER/Calorie content of food/cup = number of cups of food your dog would need to eat per day.
This does not take into account any treats that your dog gets. You'll have to find the calorie content of the treats he gets on the package and subtract that amount of food from his diet. This is also not taking the dog's activity level into account either. You might have to increase the amount if your dog is more active/has a higher metabolism. It could also have to be decreased if the dog is not active and/or has a lower metabolism.
Can you post some top view and side view pictures of Milo so I can get an idea of how thin he is?
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:05 pm
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 2:50 pm
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:22 pm
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CrissAngelLover12345 Elly_the_lost_penguin Thank you so much! I had no idea about the food. I think I'm gonna start making them my own food. Milo's favorite thing is carrots! Milo is 9 months and Riley is about 17-18 months. Once he is older I am going to get him into agility. My friend told me the problem between Milo and Riley could be because Riley is too submissive and Milo is too dominant and thats why he bullies him. I can't post pictures because he ate my camera a week ago but he is really thin. I can see his ribs. He looks like I starve him but he acts like his heart beats caffeine rather than blood You're very welcome! With making your own food, make sure it's raw (cooking it destroys too many nutrients, which will then cause deficiencies). You'll need the right balance between muscle meat, organ meat, and bone. I'm not sure exactly what that is yet. I'm still researching it myself. There are other members here who feed their dogs/cats raw diets and would be able to help in that area. smile The lovely teenage period... It might be something that he'll grow out of. It very well could also be dominance. Try what I suggested and see how that works. smile How much can you see his ribs? Is his pelvis also sticking out? Dogs at an ideal weight are supposed to have their rib cage somewhat visible with a small layer of fat over them. Simply changing his diet to a high-quality food might be enough since his body would be able to digest everything, having much less of the food go to waste. He might need more food than the amount the formula would come up with since he is such a high-energy dog.
Yeah his pelvis sticks out too. His ribs feel like they are covered by just skin. I will try what you suggested and see how that works out smile
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:16 am
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Elly_the_lost_penguin CrissAngelLover12345 Elly_the_lost_penguin Thank you so much! I had no idea about the food. I think I'm gonna start making them my own food. Milo's favorite thing is carrots! Milo is 9 months and Riley is about 17-18 months. Once he is older I am going to get him into agility. My friend told me the problem between Milo and Riley could be because Riley is too submissive and Milo is too dominant and thats why he bullies him. I can't post pictures because he ate my camera a week ago but he is really thin. I can see his ribs. He looks like I starve him but he acts like his heart beats caffeine rather than blood You're very welcome! With making your own food, make sure it's raw (cooking it destroys too many nutrients, which will then cause deficiencies). You'll need the right balance between muscle meat, organ meat, and bone. I'm not sure exactly what that is yet. I'm still researching it myself. There are other members here who feed their dogs/cats raw diets and would be able to help in that area. smile The lovely teenage period... It might be something that he'll grow out of. It very well could also be dominance. Try what I suggested and see how that works. smile How much can you see his ribs? Is his pelvis also sticking out? Dogs at an ideal weight are supposed to have their rib cage somewhat visible with a small layer of fat over them. Simply changing his diet to a high-quality food might be enough since his body would be able to digest everything, having much less of the food go to waste. He might need more food than the amount the formula would come up with since he is such a high-energy dog. Yeah his pelvis sticks out too. His ribs feel like they are covered by just skin. I will try what you suggested and see how that works out smile
That is way too skinny. I hope it works. smile
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:05 am
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CrissAngelLover12345 Elly_the_lost_penguin CrissAngelLover12345 Elly_the_lost_penguin Thank you so much! I had no idea about the food. I think I'm gonna start making them my own food. Milo's favorite thing is carrots! Milo is 9 months and Riley is about 17-18 months. Once he is older I am going to get him into agility. My friend told me the problem between Milo and Riley could be because Riley is too submissive and Milo is too dominant and thats why he bullies him. I can't post pictures because he ate my camera a week ago but he is really thin. I can see his ribs. He looks like I starve him but he acts like his heart beats caffeine rather than blood You're very welcome! With making your own food, make sure it's raw (cooking it destroys too many nutrients, which will then cause deficiencies). You'll need the right balance between muscle meat, organ meat, and bone. I'm not sure exactly what that is yet. I'm still researching it myself. There are other members here who feed their dogs/cats raw diets and would be able to help in that area. smile The lovely teenage period... It might be something that he'll grow out of. It very well could also be dominance. Try what I suggested and see how that works. smile How much can you see his ribs? Is his pelvis also sticking out? Dogs at an ideal weight are supposed to have their rib cage somewhat visible with a small layer of fat over them. Simply changing his diet to a high-quality food might be enough since his body would be able to digest everything, having much less of the food go to waste. He might need more food than the amount the formula would come up with since he is such a high-energy dog. Yeah his pelvis sticks out too. His ribs feel like they are covered by just skin. I will try what you suggested and see how that works out smile That is way too skinny. I hope it works. smile Me too. I'll keep you posted!!!
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 1:21 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 7:24 am
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 1:41 pm
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