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Sushi had puppies on Feb. 16. Prior to this last heat cycle she was the dominant one (of the dogs) but didn't have any issues. But, when she came in to heat she started to get food aggressive. She would bark and growl and go into a zone that I couldn't snap her out of. I started feeding the dogs separately, which solved the problem. One time (totally my fault) Sushi came outside while Godzilla's food was down, the fought, both had slices in their ears and Sushi got a few stitches on her chest. After this I was religious about making sure they had no view of each other at feeding time. She had a litter of puppies (I regret it, it won't happen again) and all was good. But when potential new owners would come, Sushi would herd Godzilla, and make him go around the corner of the house so that he could not approach the people.
Just within the last week she has been getting kinda rough trying to get him to play with her. He will be laying down, and she will start pawing at him, if he ignores her she starts getting growly (not growling, but very vocal) Then she will put his neck in her mouth (not bite down) as if she is correcting a puppy. If he gets irritated he growls and then they get all out of hand. Nobody has bit yet, but she starts barking constantly and I immediately separate.
Sushi has always been fine around people, kinda iffy around unknown animals, sometimes she is fine, sometime she barks and growls. But today we went to a new holistic vet. When we got there she was fine. But when some dogs came she barked and growled, and then seemed on edge. She would growl at sounds, people...just couldn't seem to relax. Talked to the vet for a while, left the room, Sushi still with the vet, and she was fine after that. Afterwards she let all the people in the lobby pet her, didn't growl at anymore dogs. (Did they drug her?) just kidding!
And the reason we went to the vet was to get her spayed. The vet said she wants her to gain 6lbs in a week to do the surgery. Is there a way to do this safely? She is underweight, always has been. 3 weeks ago she weighed 78.8 lbs and today she weighed 74.4. I have been feeding 2ish lbs of raw a day, but mostly chicken. I asked her about satin balls, she recommended doing the hamburger, oatmeal, and wheat germ, but said no mollasses.
Any and all advice welcome and appreciated!
Just within the last week she has been getting kinda rough trying to get him to play with her. He will be laying down, and she will start pawing at him, if he ignores her she starts getting growly (not growling, but very vocal) Then she will put his neck in her mouth (not bite down) as if she is correcting a puppy. If he gets irritated he growls and then they get all out of hand. Nobody has bit yet, but she starts barking constantly and I immediately separate.
Sushi has always been fine around people, kinda iffy around unknown animals, sometimes she is fine, sometime she barks and growls. But today we went to a new holistic vet. When we got there she was fine. But when some dogs came she barked and growled, and then seemed on edge. She would growl at sounds, people...just couldn't seem to relax. Talked to the vet for a while, left the room, Sushi still with the vet, and she was fine after that. Afterwards she let all the people in the lobby pet her, didn't growl at anymore dogs. (Did they drug her?) just kidding!
And the reason we went to the vet was to get her spayed. The vet said she wants her to gain 6lbs in a week to do the surgery. Is there a way to do this safely? She is underweight, always has been. 3 weeks ago she weighed 78.8 lbs and today she weighed 74.4. I have been feeding 2ish lbs of raw a day, but mostly chicken. I asked her about satin balls, she recommended doing the hamburger, oatmeal, and wheat germ, but said no mollasses.
Any and all advice welcome and appreciated!