Paws For Thought

Is anybody having a hard time trying to keep their dog's fleas under control? With all this hot/cold/hot weather - its making it very difficult to keep your dog flea-free. My suggestion is dip your dog monthly with a good, recognised dip AS WELL as give your dog flea control tablets so that it works from both the inside and out. Also, all those old-wives tales do sometimes work and one that works for sure is a big teaspoon of crushed garlic in your dogs food will make all the different. If you give your dog dry pellets only, try and give your dog a garlic clove or two wrapped in cold meat or in liver spead daily. The garlic definately makes the blood of your dog very distasteful to fleas. If you have sandy patches at home, this will let the fleas breed so throw coarse salt onto these sandy patches and that helps with flea control as well. Good luck cos these little blighters are a pain to get rid of during the summer!!!

My old man, Hobby, who is now pushing 98 dog-years in age, is going downhill pretty fast now. He is still eating well, wagging his tail and always greets me when I get home but his breathiing is not fantastic now. I know I am going to have to make a painful decision soon but how do you say 'good-bye' to such a loyal, loving friend. How do you say 'good-bye' to a dog that has protected me and my family his whole life? uuuuuggggghhhh, such a crappy thing to have to do.

All I Need to Know about Life I Learned from My Dog :

- If you stare at someone long enough, eventually you'll get what you want.
- If at first you don't succeed, beg.
- Don't go out without I.D.
- Be direct with people; let them know exactly how you feel by peeing on their shoes.
- Be aware of when to hold your tongue, and when to use it.
- Leave room in your schedule for a good nap.
- Always give people a friendly greeting.
- When you do something wrong, always take responsibility for it (as soon as you're dragged out from under the bed).
- If it's not wet and sloppy, it's not a real kiss.