Japanese Chin Message Board

recall

mary — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:04:34 GMT

PETCO stores nationwide are immediately pulling five SKUs of cow hooves treats, sold under the PETCO brand, from all of its shelves following a health alert issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The alert warns consumers not to use pig ears and beef hooves pet treats manufactured by Pet Carousel because the products may be contaminated with Salmonella.

According to the FDA statement, no illnesses associated with these products have been reported, but consumers in possession of these products are advised not to handle them or feed them to their pets.

The health and wellbeing of our customers pets is our topmost priority, so were immediately pulling any beef hooves product that originated at the Pet Carousel facility. Below is a list of the five SKUs were removing from shelves:

49743 PETC-1 OZ BULK CHOO HOOVE
69957 PETC-1LB NATRL 10PK CHOO HOOVE
447064 PETC-1LB SMOKE 10PK CHOO HOOVE
706655 PETC-2Z STUFFED CHOO HOOVES
706671 PETC-2Z PB STUFFED CHOO HOOVES

Pet Carousel manufactures a number of pet treat products distributed nationwide in both bulk and retail packaging for sale in pet food and retail chain stores. While Pet Carousel does manufacture beef hooves for PETCO, it does NOT supply our company with pig ear treats, so if youve purchased pig ear treats at PETCO, they are not affected by this recall.

Weve cancelled any further deliveries

Forum: Dinner Time

Kenji finally barks!!!

nidan — Thur, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:10 GMT

Well I know this isn't a big deal............BUT it is to me.

Last night Steve took Kenji for a walk around the neighborhood. The man down the street has a pit bull/mix and when Kenji saw him he did not woo/woo. Steve called me on the cell and said guess what he barked like a great big dog...He hasn't made a sound since August other than when he plays with toys he has a deep husky growl that cracks me up because he is such a woosie.

Out of all the dogs we have run into in the park and around the neighborhood my little guy picks a fight with a pit bull. Kenji rules. He turned one and now he's Mr. Bigstuff!! and I missed it...

Debbie and Mr. Kenji

Forum: Life With Chin

pain???

oscar6802 — Thur, 19 Nov 2009 11:30:32 GMT

I don't know what Sweet Pea did last night. She's must have hurt herself jumping off the bed. She doesn't want to lie down flat. She cried out this morning when I went to pet her, letting me know she was in pain. When she walks her tail is down, she has this wide eyed look on her face. I can't tell where she's hurt. I'm thinking her back, I'm not sure. I'm calling the vet, as soon as there open. She's kind of restless.

Jenn

Forum: The Clinic

We Will Be Thinking of You Tomorrow, Karen

ChinforME — Thur, 19 Nov 2009 04:41:42 GMT

Please let us know as soon as you can that surgery is over and all is well!

Forum: The Back Fence

Eating Chocolate

miss_bob — Thur, 19 Nov 2009 02:28:05 GMT

While I was at work today I get a call from my roommate saying Mitsuko ate his Starbucks brownies he left on the kitchen counter. Each brownie was 2oz each and he had 3 of them, all 3 were missing.

This sounded pretty serious to me and I didn't have any prior knowledge of the effect of dogs eating chocolate other than the fact I know it's bad news and could be fatal. So I left work and called the ER clinic first and they suggested I bring her in, but I managed to snag an appointment at my regular vet instead. I told them what happened and they handed me a care cost estimate:

Emergency Exam..............................$96
IV Catheter and Fluid Intra................$43
Toxiban Administration......................$63
Apomorphine 6Mg............................$21
Hospitalization...................................$82
Doctor Care During Hospitalization....$45
Cerenia Injectable..............................$49

Total: $399

When I saw this bill I actually started bauling. One simple accident and you're suddenly out $400.

The whole time Mitsuko seemed completely normal too. I started looking at the facts and questioning the severity of the situation. When the vet first proposed this to me they thought I said she ate 6oz of unsweetened chocolate, not 6oz of brownies made with unsweetened chocolate. After I told them this they didn't edit their care plan.

The vet did admit Mitsuko wasn't showing signs of excessive chocolate consumption, not even hyperactivity. The only thing she could say was that her heart rate went up when she was giving her the toxiban (obviously because she's scared) and said that you can't really say when symptoms of eating chocolate are going to occur and the worst may not have happened yet.

With everything considered I decided the overnight stay would be a bit excessive, so I texted boyfriend for his thoughts and he concluded the same thing.

So I went home, I had to sign a waiver saying I was leaving against their recommendation for treatment so I wouldn't sue them or something I guess haha. So my bill was $110 for a vet visit (not an emergency one like listed on the original estimate) and for the administering of toxiban.

When I left they told me "good luck" hah. They also warned me she would be really hyper, have increased heart rate, possibly have seizures...but instead she's been sleeping on the couch since we got home.

I did get to learn some things from this whole experience though:
1) Unsweetened chocolate is the worst for dogs, followed by dark chocolate and then milk chocolate.
2) 1 oz of unsweetened chocolate can be fatal for 10lb dogs
3) To induce vomiting on a 10lb dog you should use 2 table spoons and if they don't vomit within 15 minutes give them another table spoon.
4) Never leave chocolate out in your house/apartment. Not even where you think they can't get it. Put that stuff in a container that they can't get into.

Sigh. What a day.

Forum: The Clinic

Welcome, bowwowza

ChinforME — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:10:50 GMT

So glad you have joined us!! You will find this to be a friendly site with lots of great people and Chin information. I am Vicki with 2 Chin, Miko and Elsa, and I am looking forward to getting to know you and your Chin.

Forum: Welcome Mat

Neck pain?

hanabanana — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:55:28 GMT

Hana has been whimpering a little bit when getting up from naps for the past few days. At first I thought it was her bad knee, but this morning at 2:30am she got up, SCREAMING in pain. She tends to over react to everything (she even screams when someone tries to pet her and she doesn't want them to) but I noticed she could not move her neck to the right. She was holding it to the left and it seemed like whenever she tried moving it to the right, she cried.

The vet isn't open until 8 and of course, Wednesday is the only day they close early, at noon. Matt can't take any more days off work because of how much he took off when I was in the hospital, but he has tomorrow off because he has to drive me to a doctor's appointment. My parents both work all day today. I'm not supposed to drive or carry anything, so if I take her to the clinic by myself I might injure my back (plus if I get in an accident I have narcotics in my system from my pain meds).

Do you think I should bring her to the vet today anyways? I gave her a little Metacam that I have saved from her surgery, but I don't know if it does any good for this. Right now she's sleeping, but I imagine she'll wake up screaming in pain again. I don't know what the right thing to do it. If I wasn't healing from surgery I'd be at the vet's door at 8am when they open.

Forum: The Clinic

Update on Hanabanna

ChinforME — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:35:07 GMT

Just wondered about an update. How are you doing?

Forum: The Back Fence

Red & White Chin in movie 2012

chinlover2009 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:05:32 GMT

Just got this information from someone in England and thought I would pass it on to you.

Joan

Forum: Japanese Chin Discussion

Rotation feeding

nidan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:18:49 GMT

Does anyone do rotation feeding? I've just been reading about it and am more confused now than when I started!! I like the concept of it a lot but worry about upsetting Kenji's digestion. Gosh, I never rotated Mikan's food but they make it sound like you need to rotate for proper nutrition....

Debbie

Forum: Dinner Time

Cold, Snowy Day!!

ChinforME — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:50:11 GMT

Horrible picture, my camera battery is down, and I tried using and old camera. Just wanted you to see my "spoons" in the same bed!

This is how mine like to spend the day with the weather like this.

Forum: Picture Forum

Kenji's birthday pics

nidan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:50:01 GMT

Totally clueless what to do with this bed...afraid to get into it!!!! (2 weeks ago)

Still afraid but sleeps on corner (1 week ago)

Finally figured it out and not afraid (2 days ago!)

Birthday sweater (not amused)

Guarding Mr. Froggie

Sorry, can't get pictures any bigger. Steve was on photobucket for two hours and couldn't figure it out...and I am hopeless with posting pics.

Debbie

Forum: Picture Forum

Yoshi pics..

LuvsChin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:07:11 GMT

This is my first time trying to load photos....hope this works.

I'd never realized just how long Yoshi's tongue is! Or maybe the tongue is normal, its just his head is too small -? Possibly a "Chin" thing! In the halloween photo he didn't even need a costume....his tail almost looked like a plume of smoke I love this little guy because he just makes me laugh with his antics. Priceless.

Look, he can clean his nose!

Oh no, wicked Chin dog....

(only bad to small green elves)

happy dog

Forum: Picture Forum

The movie 2012

BettyBoopsmom — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:57:26 GMT

Just saw this new disaster movie yesterday. Full of non stop special effects and quite long - definitely one for the guys. But the star of the show for me was a gorgeous red and white Japanese Chin named Caesar. He was the pet of one of the characters and appeared throughout the film.

I'd never seen a Chin in the movies before!

Forum: The Back Fence

Happy Birthday KENJI

nidan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:42:43 GMT

Happy Birthday Kenji.

Kenji is one years old today!!!!!

I'll try to post picture today with his new sweater.....

Debbie

Forum: Birthdays