Chihuahua goes shopping

Lilli

This is Lilli - one of our most delightful recent Chihuahua customers.

There is no doubt that Lilli looks good in pretty much anything she tries on. She has that utterly gorgeous cute puppy appeal that makes you wish you could take her home with you!

Lilli finally got to splurge on 3 new outfits for the pre-Christmas party season.

Lilli went home with a nice new red jumper because it still gets cold occasionally (we get the winds straight off the mountains and it snowed last week!); plus a beautiful pink and white striped hooded T-shirt as well as the gorgeous pink one shown in the photo.

Lilli shops at http://www.mypet.net.au for her prettiest clothes and loves the extra attention and Schmako treats given to furry customers.

Now …. do you think Lilli should get some K9 Optix sunglasses to wear with her new outfits? There are matching ones for humans too!

Copper/Gold K9 Optix sunglasses

Simple home remedy

Recently a young boy came to me asking me for help. His dog had a sore eye. The eye was ringed with a considerable amount of pus and veterinary help was not something his family could afford.

I suggested he gently bathe the eye with warm salty water as frequently as he could, given that he had to go to school.

I checked a few days later and found the poor dog alone and looking utterly miserable. His eye was now swollen closed and had a huge lump just below it. I decided to wait until I could speak to someone to see what, if anything, could be done to help the poor thing.

Fortunately, when I called again the dog’s eye was very much improved. The swelling had subsided and the pus almost gone. The boy said he had been bathing the dog’s eye with the warm salty water and that it had become much worse before it improved.

He was immensely relieved that his dear little pet was feeling much better! I’m sure he will always remember the healing power of something as simple as warm salty water.

Whilst this treatment helped, it still would have been much better for his dog if he had been able to seek veterinary advice and not risk losing the sight of the eye.

Hot feet?

Have you ever wondered how dogs feel about those lovely walks in summer? It is so easy to forget some of the simplest things that our dogs know.

For example, have you ever tried to walk barefoot on the bitumen or concrete paths in the heat of the summer?  If so you know how scorchingly hot it is!

So if you are taking your dog for a walk, please remember that you are wearing shoes and your pet isn’t (as far as we know!) – so either walk in the cool of the morning or, if you are walking in the evenings, TEST how hot the ground/path is before you ask your dog to walk anywhere other than on grass.

Burnt feet are very painful for your pet – and you don’t need vet bills for something so easily avoided!