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My 15 year old Bichon, Abby, has had a runny nose for almost 2 months. The allergy season is very bad now. She sneezes violently sometimes and wheezes. She has never had the runny nose or sneezing symptoms before. The vet has her on antibiotics and antihistamins. The vet also said her bad teeth could be part of the problem because the runny nose i… read more

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I just read an article from a humane organization in CT. that focused on adopting handicapped pets - While I didn't specifically adopt a special needs animal, all of mine are that way now and it's a lot of work. It takes a very caring person to select an animal needing more care, especialy those mistreated and abused who have emotional trauma as we… read more

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I've noticed Roger's eye has been getting a white spot in it over the last week or so and it's gotten more and more notieable. I had planned to have the vet check it but this morning, his eye was mostly closed and his personality was completely different. Long story short, he has cataracts in both eyes. The bad eyes cataract "erupted" -that eye on… read more

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Poor Bijou is downstairs barking - at what I don't know. The senility is bad today. Last week he was doing so well. The last few days he's been spinning more and more vocal. We've been giving him subQ fluids but it doesn't seem to help. He's eating like crazy. He just won't allow us to comfort him. So sad when they get old... read more

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This is an amazing story of Gwendolyn - a pregnant alpaca who had an accident and not only had an amputation but a replacment leg! She is doing great and was able to retain the pregnancy. read more