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    Need help :(

    I know what you mean, when were were living in small town Texas most people could not even tell that Malke was a doberman. I wish we could be there to offer you support in person, but know that we are here to listen and help.
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    Teaching puppy the stairs

    I remember when we were training Malke on the stairs we did not have any in our house so we had to go to my husband's office one evening and it took several hours of practice and encouragement to get her to go more than one slow stair at a time. That was one long night, but by the end of it she...
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    Liver Issues, your opinion please

    Thanks for the tip on Blue Buffalo. We are trying to avoid going with prescription food because of the cost. With our current financial situation Blue Buffalo should probably even be out of our price range but we make our dogs a priority. Do you have any other foods you would recommend...
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    Liver Issues, your opinion please

    Malke is almost 3 years old now. When they ran the general blood work all her liver enzymes came back elevated, which is what led the vet to doing the liver stress test, which also came back above normal. At that point we started her on the liver supplements and diet change. We are pretty...
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    Need help :(

    I also support using a crate, our dobe, Malke, is almost 3 years old and we still have hers out. We don't lock her in it very much any more but she likes sleeping in it during the day, it gives her a place all her own where she can relax. We also have to make sure that she gets to have 'crazy...
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    Liver Issues, your opinion please

    A little over a month and a half ago we took our doberman, Malke, to the vet for excessive drinking and associated excessive urination. He ran some basic blood work and a special liver stress test and it came back that her liver enzymes were elevated. We changed her feeding routine from 2 2c...
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    When to transition from puppy to adult food?

    Kaiser is about 18 months now and eating active adult food. I think I am going to keep Malke on her larger breed puppy food till she is over a year old. We might wait to switch her over to the active food till she is 18 months but she tends to steal Kaiser's food as it is. I would love to...
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    The New Foal Finally Arrived!

    they are gorgeous, thank you for sharing
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    too old to crop?

    I the vet we go to does not have much experience with Dobies and cropping and with Kaiser around he might bother her while she is healing. We will prob just let her go natural, she is adorable with the floppy ears :) lol, besides the neighborhood kids might get scared by the pointy ears, they...
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    Must kill the food dish!

    When we visit Colt's mom Kaiser does this with the dishes her dogs eat out of. She just uses old margeine tubs he loves the sounds those make.
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    too old to crop?

    Colt and I got Malke at 13 weeks old. He told me that he saw somewhere that there is a much lower rate of success if you crop them once they are that old. Can someone offer their opinion on this?

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