I have a friend who collects antique doll clothes and we’re on occasion have a dress up party when she finds some
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Pumba has a flea situation going on.
Already tried special shampoo baths, brushing and special powder but it always comes back after a week or so.
I don’t know what to do
he taking oral medication?
Maybe. My live-in cousin said he gave Pumba medicine once in the past month but i don’t know if i can trust that 100%
I think you need to take him to the vet and get a prescription medication in combination with what you’re already doing. That plus obviously keeping the house super clean will take care of the problem in time
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this is overly cautious advice and only applies to a very small percentage of dogs, but since my dog is one of them i feel obliged to say that lots of flea/tick medicine (in the states at least) has neurotoxins in it that can cause some dogs to have seizures and the like. again, most dogs won’t have an issue but since my dog did i kinda feel like that old onion article where the headline was like “man whose child dies in freak hot tub accident realizes he’ll have to spend the rest of his life advocating for hot tub safety”
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Definitely worth talking to a vet though! They’ll have better options. I think if your dog goes outside a lot, which I believe he does, nothing short of meds will do it I’m afraid
I just had to look up what DM was, and the vets are pretty sure that’s what Jasper has. Unfortunately given his incredibly high centre of gravity, a mecha-greyhound scooting around our home is probably not very likely :(
For now though he still seems pretty happy, just dosing him with gabapentin for pain management and monitoring his toileting (where his back legs seem to cause him the most trouble).
Thankfully, being a grey, he still remains an expert at sleeping:
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My mother has an avowed love of dogs her whole life but has only owned one when she was a child. More recently she’s become a doting, overprotective, and indulgent grandmother to Ein and now Bu. She also suffers from lonliness and depression and doesn’t have any family or friends who live nearby. This has been a constant issue for me and my sister who do our best to keep her spirits up but neither of us live close to her either so it’s a chore.
I recently had a come to Jesus conversation with her about her mental health in which I flat out told her she should get a dog. She’s been talking about doing it for years now, is totally in love with the dogs in her neighborhood not to mention Bu, but for complex reasons has always been hesitant to go get one. This most recent conversation has seemingly gotten through to her and now it feels like she’s taking the idea more seriously than the ‘it’d be nice if’ flavor of conversations we’ve had about it in the past.
Because of her peculiarities I’ll say, I recommended she sign up for fostering so she can get an idea of the kind of commitment having a dog takes. She said no. Since I’m the only dog owner in the family I seriously and emphatically told her that if she was indeed serious about a dog she should just try fostering first. Still no.
Ok. Fine. My mom is stubborn.
She calls me today breathless because she said she did research and has found the dog she wants: A Rhodesian Ridgeback. My mom is 65 years old with one bionic hip and the other about to go. She’s decently active and walks a lot but she hasn’t cared for a dog full time in 40+ years. And instead of heeding my suggestion for a low energy but still decently active dog like a greyhound and she goes for an expensive, rareish hunting breed that will tear her meticulously clean house to shit because she simply refuses to understand that even walking 3 miles a day will not be enough to satisfy a breed like that.
Its actually hilarious because when I told her the kind of stimulation and training that dog requires to not be a demonic piece of shit dog and that I don’t think with her personality she has that kind of patience, she told me she did. That’d she’d do the learning required. But when the topic shifted to labs (a breed I offered up as a cheaper, more workable alternative) and I started telling her about lab breeders she could contact near her, she told me that I have to be the one to talk to the breeder because she has no patience for that.
FWIW I do think a dog will help her mental as Bu has helped mine and I do think she’d be a better, responsible dog owner than most. I just wish she was more honest with herself about her limitations because I’m worried she’s gonna spend $$$ on a breed she simply does not have the capacity to train properly and it’s gonna suck for everyone myself and her new dog
included.
/ dog rant
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Ooph!!! That is a tough one 
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Every older person thinks they want something fancy and exotic when really they just want a friendly chihuahua mix. It’s tough for the child to convince the parent that they know best!
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some people dont want to hear this bc they dialed in on a particular idealized breed ,but the best and easiest thing to do would be to adopt from a shelter where the staff will have a sense of a dog with a good temperament fit + she’ll save potentially thousands of $$$
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I didn’t know of the breed’s reputation, but my singular anecdote is meeting a very chill and obedient one owned by a retired single old man. Probably the product of $$$ training, but I was impressed.
Sorry I literally can’t hear you because of the bossy corgi who’s already demanding a dinner feeding at 4:30, who I bought because I was inspired by the Internet at large.
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at first i thought hershel was just practicing looking pathetic, but then i noticed what his problem was…
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I feel like we’ve gotten over a mountain of concern with him and finally accepted that he’s an older guy who has mobility issues.
Somehow I think he’s picked up on us not trying to “fix” him (physiotherapy etc.) and he seems so much happier for it.
Honestly don’t think I’ve ever loved a creature in my whole life as much as with this particular doggo 
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What a good longboi!
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He’s the best! He weighs around 45kg which is big for a grey, and normally the bigger they are the shorter their lifespan. But he’s nearing 12 and a half and other than his leg and digestive problems (both of which he’s had to a lesser extent basically since we’ve had him) he’s not showing any signs of losing steam!
Jasper, just turned 5, so over 7 years ago. Witness the longness 
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