hoshi – Page 19 – My Cocker Spaniel

Picture Day

It didn’t turn out as good as I planned. I made the mistake of not feeding Hoshi before his pictures. I brought treats to the studio so I could get him to sit and lie down. He was so hungry he wouldn’t cooperate with us. It would have helped if I had practiced his obedience. It’s been ages since I told him “down” so he had trouble posing for the camera.

He also had fits in the lobby and I couldn’t figure out why. He kept crying and started barking at the counter. He was really getting out of control. Then I realized one of the staff had their lunch (hot dogs) sitting on the counter. He has to learn not every meal is his. We did manage to get a couple good pictures.

Fleas, fleas and more fleas

Hoshi’s fleas have been having a gay old time till today. My order of Advantage came in the mail today. I bathed Hoshi this morning. He must have had a lot of them on him because I saw them drowned in the bath. Several fell off him while I was toweling him dry too. There were still a few survivors in his fur. I caught a glimpse of them while I was blow drying him. I put the Advantage on him this afternoon. I was surprised how much fluid was in each vial (2.5 ml) that’s a roughly a 3 cc syringe we use in the ER. I must have placed about 10 drops down the length of his back before the vial was empty.

I’m hoping the Advantage will do a better job than the Frontline.

Raw diet so far

Hoshi definitely can’t tolerate his dry food (Royal Canin Cocker Spaniel). A few days ago we ran out of unthawed chicken. I decided to give him some of his dry food. Also, Hoshi’s poos had been extremely dry lately. I kid you not, Hoshi’s stool a few days ago was so dry it crumbled as it hit the side walk. So, I figured giving him some dry food would act like a stool softener. Well, it acted more like a laxative. He had loose stools for three days. Now I’m sure Hoshi would have tolerated it better if it was slowly introduced in his diet although he’s never done exceptionally well on any dog food he’s tried.

Anyways, he’s doing well on the raw diet. I just need to add something to keep his stools from getting too dry and hard.

Fleas are back

I mentioned 2 weeks ago Hoshi had fleas. I used Adams flea shampoo. It worked. Well, 2 week later and they are back. I found flea dirt on him again. He must be picking them up somewhere. I gave him another flea bath. While I was drying him off I saw a healthy flea the size of a mule on his back. I was so mad! I don’t know how it escape the shampoo. Well, I shampooed everything except his face. I don’t like getting soap in his eyes. So maybe this flea was on his face. Maybe it will die later (I hope).

Pukies and Poopies this morning

My second time posting. My app crashed this morning. Came home this morning to the smell of poo. Hoshi had a loose stool in the living room. Meanwhile he puked while i was looking for the source of the smell. He was pretty anxious to go out and had violent diarrhea. He puked a few mornings ago too. Not sure what’s making him sick in the morning.