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Carl Jarvis

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:05 pm
Post subject: 7 Year Old Yorkie Chewing / Licking Back Legs
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Hello Group, I hope you can put my mind at rest.

My 7 year old Yorkie has started licking / chewing the hair on her back
legs, so much so that the hair 'mats' together and becomes very clumpy.

She doesn't seem to be in pain but seems to be doing it more and more.

She recently went to the vet for her annual booster injection and the vet
advised that there is deterioation in her knee joints - but it is not so
advanced that surgery is required.

Has she just adopted a new grooming style or is this a sign of something
more worrying.

I believe she is flea / tick free!

Any help / advice appreciated.

Cheers,

Carl.

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:05 pm
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"Carl Jarvis" <carljarvis.RemoveThis@ohnothankyouforthespam.com> wrote in message
news:1101765936.19123.0@eunomia.uk.clara.net...
> Hello Group, I hope you can put my mind at rest.
>
> My 7 year old Yorkie has started licking / chewing the hair on her back
> legs, so much so that the hair 'mats' together and becomes very clumpy.
>
> She doesn't seem to be in pain but seems to be doing it more and more.
>
> She recently went to the vet for her annual booster injection and the vet
> advised that there is deterioation in her knee joints - but it is not so
> advanced that surgery is required.
>
> Has she just adopted a new grooming style or is this a sign of something
> more worrying.
>
> I believe she is flea / tick free!
>
> Any help / advice appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carl.
>

From my experience this can be anything from a food allergy to a contact
allergy like grass or whatever. Since you mentioned she is doing it to both
legs then I guess it wouldn't be an imbedded object stuck in her paw/leg
that she is trying to get out. One of my dogs chewed his legs (all of them
though) and for yrs the vet said it was a food allergy. Turned out it was a
yeast infection and was luckily cured by meds. He went back on normal food
and hasn't chewed his feet since. It's been about two yrs and I'm glad not
to have to watch or listen to him chewing constantly night and day. I don't
mean this in a mean way:)

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The Puppy Wizard

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:58 pm
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HOWEDY Carl,

"Carl Jarvis" <carljarvis.RemoveThis@ohnothankyouforthespam.com> wrote in
message news:1101765936.19123.0@eunomia.uk.clara.net...
>
> Hello Group, I hope you can put my mind at rest.

You're askin liars dog abusers cowards and
active long term incurable MENTAL CASES
for advice for the same problems they got
and can't cure.

> My 7 year old Yorkie has started licking / chewing
> the hair on her back legs, so much so that the hair
> 'mats' together and becomes very clumpy.

You can break her EXXXCESSIVE chewing
using PRAISE and distraction and praise
techniques as taught in your FREE copy of
The Amazing Puppy Wizard's FREE WWW
Wits' End Dog Training Method Manual
available for FREE at http://www.doggydoright.com

> She doesn't seem to be in pain but seems to
> be doing it more and more.

Could be anxiHOWESNESS.

> She recently went to the vet for her annual booster
> injection and the vet advised that there is deterioation
> in her knee joints -

That too can be CAUSED by STRESS.

> but it is not so advanced that surgery is required.

But it MAY be HOWE COME she's chewing herself.

> Has she just adopted a new grooming style or
> is this a sign of something more worrying.

S-HOWENDS like your dog got The Puppy
Wizard's SYNDROME. There's 3 different
CURES for it, Carl. professor SCRUFF SHAKE
dermer is HOWER ANAL-ytic behaviorIST.
You might wanna ASK HIM HOWE he CURED
his little dog Maxie The Magnificent FuriHOWESLY
Obsessive Compulsive Masturbator's chronic
urinary tract / bladder and irritable BHOWEL
SYMPTOMS.

> I believe she is flea / tick free!

Good. That means the dog is EITHER
SICK or anxiHOWES. It could be an
OCD behavior like professor SCRUFF
SHAKE'S little dog got. Might wanna
check with professor "SCRUFF SHAKE
and SCREAM "NO!" into ITS face for
five seconds and lock IT in a box for
ten minutes contemplation," dermer
of UofWI department of ANAL-ytic
behaviorISM.

> Any help / advice appreciated.

You won't be gettin no advice from
the lying dog abusing mental cases
who post here abHOWETS. All EXXXCEPT
of curse, the sage advice from professor
SCRUFF SHAKE dermer.

Alternatively, you could ask him abHOWET
using DRO to EXXXTINGUISH your dog's
EXXXCESSIVE chewin.

The Amazing Puppy Wizard will BET HIS
doGgamened LIFE professor SCRUFF
SHAKE will give you the advice you NEED.

> Cheers,

LikeWIZE.

> Carl.

From: Paul B (abcde@clear.net.nz)

Subject: Re: dog chewing he paw raw.
Date: 2004-01-01 22:19:01 PST

Both my dogs at some stage have licked a spot somewhere on
their bodies and I have always managed to train them to stop.
In all cases there was nothing wrong that licking would have
helped (Roz has had cut pads, stitches in her belly and skin
irritations, all tempting her to lick), none of their licking
has been due to any allergies. When I see the dog licking more
than normal I look at the spot to see whats there and decide
if a vet appointment is needed or to wait and see, keeping a
close eye.

To stop the licking I distract the dog and give it
some friendly banter, when it starts licking again I repeat,
usually after about 4 times the dog stops, for the moment at
least, if it starts again then repeat, before long the dog has
no more desire to lick that spot at all.

Paul

From: Hennie van Dalen Hennie van Dalen
www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11

The same thing worked with my lab licking/chewing problem too.
He had an itch due to blocked anal glands and started chewing
and licking his tail at the root.

After the glands were squeezed, and the itch was gone he still
wouldn't stop. (because the place he chewed raw was itching)
After some training (roughly the same methode as yours) he
stopped.
--
Hennie van Dalen
www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11
www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11/fotografie/doggy-pictures/
(h.vandalen11***removethis***@chello.nl)
"The Puppy Wizard" <ThePuppyWizard.RemoveThis@earthlink.net>
schreef inbericht
news:DLpzb.2640$Qd6.1560@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>
> You'll get ALL the INFORMATION you need in your
> FREE copy of The Puppy Wizard's FREE WWW
> Wits' End Dog Training Method Manual. You'll be
> taught some general exercises to calm and relax
> your dog and give him the direct attention he
> NEEDS in only a few minutes every other day, and
> you'll learn HOWE to use distraction and praise to
> EXXXTINGUISH the HABITUAL aspect of this DIS-EASE.

My dog (a 1 year old Yellow Lab) was biting his tail
at the root (Vet said his anal gland was blocked, and
was causing an itch).

After squeezing it, he still wouldn't stop biting his
tail. The vet advised a neck-funnel (don't know wat
you US-guy's call those) so he couldn't reach his butt.

I hate those things, i think they will drive a dog nuts.

I tried the wits end method. (difficult to read such a long
textfile if English is not your native language) Luckily this
is without all the "HOWE's" etc.so at least it's readable for
somebody like me.

The minute he started to bite i trew my key's
next to him on the floor, and praised him (he
stopped biting and looked up when he heard
the sound) I did this 7 times,

after that the tailbiting completely stopped.
Just give the wits end method a try.

One of the possible downloadlocations
is http://www.doggydoright.com/id3.html
Hennie van Dalen
www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11

===============

"Hennie van Dalen" <h.vandalen11***removethis***@chello.nl>
wrote in message news:TlsCb.2895$7U1.7896@amstwist00...

RTFM is age-old computer lingo.... It stands for "Read The
F***ing Manual" ;-) I used the manual and it works very good!

But it is a long text to read (76 pages printed on A4-size
paper) My lab is 1year old now, and teaching him something
new takes about 30minutes (depending on what to teach
offcourse)

My other dog (a 7year old staffordshire terrier-mix) is a bit
slower in learning, but he is used to me calling him a "bad
dog"whenever he did something i didn't want him to do, or
it might be the age.

Sometimes it looks like Sam (the lab) WANTS to learn
something new: he wants me to bring along the can
filled with washers whenever we go for a walk. It is a
very "humane" way of teaching: the dog is allways a
"good dog", and never a "bad dog"

There is nu punishment or prong-collars involved.

For a fact i tought him to heel in 15min's without
beeing on a leach at-all !!! When he spotted a dog,
he used to run towards it, but now i tought him to "ask
permission" first, and to my surprise it worked!

My dogs never went to puppy-training (lucky for them),
maybe this helped too.

Manual can be found at http://www.doggydoright.com/id3.html

-- Hennie van Dalen www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11
www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11/fotografie/doggy-pictures/

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:59 pm
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Yeast infections can be CAUSED BY STRESS.

"Jinxy" <jinxy RemoveThis @look.ca> wrote in message
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> "Carl Jarvis" <carljarvis RemoveThis @ohnothankyouforthespam.com> wrote in
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> news:1101765936.19123.0@eunomia.uk.clara.net...
> > Hello Group, I hope you can put my mind at rest.
> >
> > My 7 year old Yorkie has started licking / chewing the hair on
her back
> > legs, so much so that the hair 'mats' together and becomes
very clumpy.
> >
> > She doesn't seem to be in pain but seems to be doing it more
and more.
> >
> > She recently went to the vet for her annual booster injection
and the vet
> > advised that there is deterioation in her knee joints - but it
is not so
> > advanced that surgery is required.
> >
> > Has she just adopted a new grooming style or is this a sign of
something
> > more worrying.
> >
> > I believe she is flea / tick free!
> >
> > Any help / advice appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Carl.
> >
>
> From my experience this can be anything from a food allergy to a
contact
> allergy like grass or whatever. Since you mentioned she is doing
it to both
> legs then I guess it wouldn't be an imbedded object stuck in her
paw/leg
> that she is trying to get out. One of my dogs chewed his legs
(all of them
> though) and for yrs the vet said it was a food allergy. Turned
out it was a
> yeast infection and was luckily cured by meds. He went back on
normal food
> and hasn't chewed his feet since. It's been about two yrs and
I'm glad not
> to have to watch or listen to him chewing constantly night and
day. I don't
> mean this in a mean way:)
>
>
>
>
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:28 pm
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"Carl Jarvis" <carljarvis.RemoveThis@ohnothankyouforthespam.com> wrote in message
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> My 7 year old Yorkie has started licking / chewing the hair on her back
> legs, so much so that the hair 'mats' together and becomes very clumpy.

> She recently went to the vet for her annual booster injection

.........and shame on your vet for giving unnecessary annual injections to a
dog already chewing on herself from unknown causes.

buglady
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