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<DIV> I totally agree with Bev. we had a similar situation with our
miniature Dachshund, our oldest black & tan bitch had a little of 7
puppies and we had another red mini female, well she loved the pups, she would
whine and nuzzle and actually try to nurse them, but then she
would shake them, ( they were not her pups ) she also had false labor
twice and she would shake her stuffed toy puppies until she ripped them apart
our vet said NOT to breed her she would NOT make for a good mother. so we
had her spade, she had one more false labor but was fine after that and
she never destroyed another stuffed toy either.we had our other female spade
also, after two litters, that was enough for me, I never ever want to
breed dogs again! I admire and respect those of you who do, but no thanks
! I was never so exhausted in my life as I was when I had puppies running all
over the house ! If I want puppies I want ONE no</DIV>
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<DIV>As you all know, my Maggie Wags has EXTREME allergies and has in fact been
on desensitizing shots for 4 years, well, this year has been the worse on record
for allergies, we have mold ,fungi , and thousands of mushrooms every where in
our yard and we have two walnut trees that are loaded with nuts that the
squirrels are having a feast on.</DIV>
<DIV>any ways Maggie is having an extreme flare up and has been a mess for the
last month, so back to the vet again yesterday and I finally gave in and got her
a cortisone shot and oral preds 5mg to get this flare up under control. he said
he could send me to a dermatologist, but they couldn't do much more for Maggie
except charge a lot more. My choice was having her be miserable and
scratching like crazy or wetting in the house from the preds. I want her
to be comfortable so my choice was peeing in the house !!!!
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<DIV>Woo Hoo ! I don't even have allergies and my eyes have been itching
and my nose is running, so I know how miserable she is.I have to bathe her twice
a week and use a Conditioner on her and I am using Gold Bond cream on the
lesions . Where in the Sam Hell is the SNOW ???????? or least a good
hard killing frost !</DIV>
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<DIV>Marlene mommy to Maggie Wags and Evil
Annie</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>