Is Meijer brand dog food a healthy choice for my dog?

The store brand.

My dog is a beagle mutt, around 20 pounds, almost 5 years old.

I just wanna know whether or not the brand of food I’m feeding him now is ok.
If not, what would you recommend that is reasonably priced?

What foods should I use in a Raw Diet for my dog? What are healthy?

I want to put my dog on a half raw diet. Is this okay?
If so what foods should I give him?
I already give him a raw egg once a week or so to boost protein and calcium. also it is suppose to make his fur healthier?
Is this true?
What are some other good foods to feed him?
I will still be feeding him normal dry dog food [i think i have pedigree or purina right now] but i want him to be as healthy as possible. so i would like to add more raw foods in his diet.

Why does my dog have bloody urine? Can anyone provide some insight on the results of her blood work?

We adopted a little Yorkie/Chihuahua mix a year ago and since then we’ve had to take her in to the vet on a regular basis for everything from fever, an eye infection, to a stomach illness. Six months ago we noticed her urine had become darker, and that she was drinking a lot for water for being such a small indoor dog, so we took her in again and they diagnosed her with Ehrlichia and prescribed some antibiotics. It worked for a while, and she had no noticeable problems until her urine started to appear bloody, and that’s when we immediately took her back to the vet, who gave us more antibiotics. It cleared the blood up for a few weeks, until the bloody urine came back. So we took her in again, and they gave her a urine and blood test. The urine test was negative but her blood test revealed that her ALT was 10x above normal, her Creatine was low, Cholesterol was low, her Eosinophils were high, and platelets were low.

Our vet advised us to put her on a daily regimen of 100 mg of SAM-E, 50 mg of Doxycycline, 12.5 mg of Vitamin K, 250 mg of Milk Thistle, and 1 capsule of Yunnan Paiyao every 8-12 hours when we see any blood in her urine.

She’s only 8 lbs, so been she’s sleeping a lot, shedding a lot more than usual and losing her appetite. We’re going to take her in this week for a biolysis test. They recommend that she gets a biolysis, x-ray, and then a sonogram to see if they can’t determine what exactly is wrong.

I’m wondering if anyone out there might have any ideas, in case they’ve every witnessed a dog with the same symptoms or perhaps had to deal with a sick pup.

It’s heartbreaking and I just want to give her the best care that we can afford, so any insight would be helpful.

Does my dog have a throat infection/cold?

Yesterday mid-morning (Australia) my nine year old Border Collie started to cough raspy. This proceeded into the afternoon, until she began to vomit incessantly. Her vomit contained very little stomach contents, and was mostly foam and mucusy. We took her to an animal hospital and they diagnosed her with an infection in her throat and prescribed us some medication to stop her from coughing. She does eat a RAW diet, but because my dog was so easy to handle, the vet had a good look down her throat and there were no bones clogging, and she told us her heart and lungs appear to be in very good shape. She has stopped coughing since the visit to the animal hospital, but is lethargic (which I assume is a side affect from the medication). This morning I noticed a yellow discharge from her nose, and was wondering if this would be a symptom of her throat infection or something more serious.
She is up to date with her vaccinations.

What is the best dogs health insurance?

i have a few dogs, and need health insurance for them.

I’m looking for the healthiest, safest dry dog food out there. I heard commercial ingredients are horrible.

My 7 y/o dog has a cyst on his eyelid?

Serious, knowledgeable answers only please..
My dog is a black lab / rhodesian ridgeback mix. He has what I first thought was a stye on his upper eye lid. It swelled a bit, then went away. returned, went mostly away.
I had a vet look at it today because now it is pretty big – over the past 2 weeks it has not really gone down. My regular vet was not in, and myh dog also had an ear infection that needed treatment. The vet looked at, also looked under the lid and said she could see where it was draining. The vet looked at it, said I needed to try to get it down, then we would try to do a resection. I asked if it was cancerous, she would said she would not know for sure until they did a biopsy. I work in the “human” medical field and know that a good surgeon can usual tell be clinical impressions what something may or not be, so I pinned her down. I told her I do not expect guarantees but… she finally said she doubted it was serious and doubted it was cancerous, but I needed to get it back down in size. I asked for suggestions, and the only thing she had to say was “If warm compresses worked before, try it again”.
My question is this… has anyone gone through this with their dog? What worked and what did not. The vet tech said it did look like it was draining now…
Any knowledgeable advise would be most appreciated. I will follow up with my regular vet – a senior partner in the group – in 2 weeks.

Help, I think I may have Rabies!?

Ok I live in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and I think I may have contracted rabies, this is a long question i warn you, so please help me if you don’t mind reading…

Ok so first read this: http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/diseases/rabies.html

Alright now I will tell you my story about rabies i think i may have gotten;

So yesterday my friend invited me over to see his new dog, it is 4 months old and absolutely adorable. He is a german shepard and border Collie mixed. Anyways when i saw him he was in the backyard and since i am in canada it was cold and snowy, and it was a record breaking 7 degrees , hence, everything melting. So anyways this gog was all muddy from the mud, when he saw us (my friend and i) he jumped on us so happy and playful, the dog however licked an open cut on me, scratched me and got the doggieness all over me(all my accident of course) i had to go home and i ate something without washing my hands quickly, i was in a rush to get somewhere. So i got freaked. Today i was in the kitchen and accidentally broke a glass and poked my finger, what if rabies got in my blood because a)the possible rabies from the slobber and dirty paws got all over my kitchen from me transfering them, hence later getting into my cut 1 day later and b) because the dogness of the dog got on my coat and clothes and i put my coat on my begd with the germs side on it, i slep in it and put my fingers touching my eyes to rid of the discharge in the morning and that is a open mucus membrane.

my friend said his pupy kept throwing up all the time, i aske dif she was rabid(as a joke yet i was half serious!) and he said if he was he(my friend) would be dead, he said he was up to date on his shots.

So am i being paranoid?I asked my mother is i could have gotten rabies and she said”pfft” not as a house pet.

soo..what do you think i should do?

like the dog wasnt rabid looking but i thought if it had rabies too early to experience symptoms, hence, spreading the disease to others..
what if dog spit got in the air and i brethed it in my nose, through my mouth and got in my eyes…mucus membrane!
also it says to rid of all contaminants of rabies like clothes, basically my whole room may ahve been and someclothes i didnt put in the wash the rest are with the wwash with everyones clothes i am so scared my om will do it!! im kiling everyone, its on my bed spreads i sleep an!helop what should i do??

also if the dog is alive for another week wil i be okay?
OMG also my nails were long at the time so dog like materials(spit ect) had gotten under them and i know its gross but i popped my pimples with my nails until they drew blood, and yeah i bit my tounch and picket at it im scared!

does the virus live in air, can i have it?is it too late if i dont get shots after 1 day

also isnt the owner as just a great a risk please help!

Need to fly a golden retriever dog from india to USA. Is it safe for the physical/mental health of the dog.?

We will be travelling on the same flight but ofcourse my dog will be in the cargo. No direct flights but british airways has only one connection in london. India-London and london- USA. Does anynone know if dogs survive this kind of travel ? Any advices, information will be appreciated. I dont know if any specific airline is suitable for international travel with pets.

A nutritional dog food recipe?

My boyfriend and I merged our homes and consequently, we now have 4 large dogs (3 labs & a german shepard, aka the 3 stooges & shep). I’m trying to find an affordable, healthy option to store-bought dry food. Does anyone have an easy recipe? How much should I feed them? They are all around 70 pounds.

Thank you!