Japanese Chin Message Board

Halloween/Fall Mitsuko Picsss

miss_bob — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:36:45 GMT

baby loves the leaves.

i carved Mitsuko into my pumpkin

and I drew her on the bar chalk board when i went out that night. I wish I could take baby with me everywhere.

resting on my coat

sleeping with her daddy

Forum: Picture Forum

Umbilical Hernias

miss_bob — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:33:38 GMT

Ok. My "Spay" thread turned into a hernia thread. I still have a lot of questions regarding umbilical hernias so I'm going to make a new thread, sorry if I'm being redundant.

The woman I got Mitsuko from (which turns out her daughter is a chin breeder) says that umbilical hernias in chins are so common that breeders often use bitches that have umbilical hernias (which is most likely hereditary) and it is not looked down upon. She also says that the hernia does not need to be operated on because it is the nature of vets to always suggest unnecessary surgeries to make money.

Is any of this true? Obviously my vets are going to tell me it needs to be fixed surgically to be on the "safe side" (and to make money), and obviously that breeder is going to tell me it's not a problem and she isn't doing anything wrong by her daughter breeding dogs with an umbilical hernia.

Everyone I've talked to has been blaming someone else for not detecting her umbilical hernia before her spay. The spay clinic blamed my vet clinic, the vet clinic blamed my breeder (and the spay clinic), the breeder blamed my vet clinic.

I still don't know what I'm going to do about this. I'm more inclined to believe that if the hernia was small enough to go undetected in her first physical exam at the vet then why would it pose a threat on her well being now? What are the odds that something could go wrong with her small hernia? Its only about the size of a nickle (which I originally thought was the size of a quarter but I got a better look at it now)

ahhh. help. any information you have to contribute would be appreciated.

Forum: The Clinic

dog choking

mary — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:40:07 GMT

Does anyone know the correct thing to do if a dog is choking this is the 2nd time this has happened to one of my dogs == 2 of mine just inhale their food the 1st time it happened was with Mo with a paul newman heart shaped cookie he just swallowed it and it got logged straight down his throat luckily i check the dogs after i give them something and i found him collapsed on the floor gasping for air == i knew i didn't have time to get him to emergency all i could think to do was stick 2 of my fingers down his throat and pull the cookie out after 3 x's i got it it was difficult and i know this is probably the wrong thing to do i could have logged it further... now i only give tiny cookies or a big cookie broken up == okay to night w/peanut i gave them merrick thanksgiving canned food with the dry i usuallly mush up the food for the little ones but this looked pretty small so i didn't do it ---- big mistake now peanut eats in my bedroom because he gets KBR mixed w/his food anyway he eats pretty quickly and will bark for me to come get him -- he didn't so i go check and he was having a problem not as bad as mo he was able to breath but still making funny sounds so again i stick my -- finger down his throat and he throws up a bunch of canned and kibble which by the way was not chewed at all - anyway this continued for about 15 minutes w/him throwing up to the point of foam coming up -- finally he felt better but i nearly had a heart attack --- tomorrow i will ask the vet what to do but i wanted to post this message for suggestions and maybe a warning for other owners w/dogs that do not chew their food.....

Forum: Life With Chin

Happy Birthday Meg!!

mary — Thur, 05 Nov 2009 14:39:08 GMT

Happy 2nd Birthday to my Meg....

Forum: Birthdays

Kenji pics

nidan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:46:04 GMT

Finally some updated pics of Kenji

Forum: Picture Forum

FUN MATCH

Chiraffe — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:15:36 GMT

Crete, Il
BloomTrail High School
All breed dog shows November 21-22
Chin will be judged around noon (further details when available)
Immediately (or thereabouts) after Best In Show (around 5 pm) there will be a fun match for Japanese Chin only. all Chicago area chin owners are invited...Please bring your dogs.

Forum: Show Stuff

Does anyone give supplements?

Washu — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:12:32 GMT

I was curious which supplements everyone gives their dogs, and why.

Forum: Dinner Time

Thinking of You, Andrea

ChinforME — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:41:35 GMT

I keep checking back looking for word. Hope all went well.

Forum: The Clinic

Happy Birthday SPIKE

nidan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:28:13 GMT

Happy Birthday to Spike

Hope you get lots of treats and cool stuff today.

Debbie and Kenji

Forum: Birthdays

Sleeping alot

cindym59 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:21:23 GMT

George is constantly sleeping - I mean if I let him he would sleep 20/24 hours - other then his 1 - 2 periods of puppy nutties that can go anywhere from 10 minutes to 1 hour - I am getting rather concerned - compared to Clancy (his Shih Tzu brother) who is constantly on the go, he sleeps maybe 12/24 - George turned 2 in May and Clancy turned 1 on 10/22/09 - his blood work from last year was perfect, he eats good, he is pooping fine - any thoughts?

Cindy and Sleeping George

Forum: Japanese Chin Discussion

SNACKS, how often

nidan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:58:12 GMT

yeah, how often are you feeding snacks? I had Mikan on a pretty regular pattern but with Kenji I'm not sure if the snacks are going to be too much/too often. He didn't like blueberry (antioxidants) treats at all so I took those back to Pet Smart. He likes training treats that are soft and chicken flavored.

Looking for ideas so I can pick something else up for him. Any suggestions? Also, how many times a day are you giving snacks? He's almost 10 pounds and looks a little skinny - I don't like to feel his bones! He'll be 1 year on Nov. 15th.

Debbie and Kenji

Forum: Dinner Time