Omega-3 Improves Your Pet Health

Ok, let me make this known first…if a trip to the vet is deemed necessary, I will of course seek veterinary help.
My 17 yr old chihuahua seems to be having a rough day health wise. He is very lethargic and his eye is very runny. He isn’t coughing (no respiratory issues) or acting abnormally besides being sluggish. He is eating, drinking, and going to the bathroom normally. Do you think something serious could be going on, or could his age finally be catching up with him? Usually he is very active for such an old dog, but he didn’t play very much today. What is your honest opinion?

Thank you
rachel..his eye is not bloodshot and not “gunky” it is just clear liquid coming out.

Thanks!

My 12 yr old shistzu who seems to have a very healthy body except for losing sight and deaf and going into dementia, but she has a dry nose and seems to be more disoriented. I have very little money, so I thought I’d come here first. She is eating and drinking and running in the park ?
I did take her to the vet and the nose was not an issue, but she had lost some weight and the vet told me what to watch for, so now everyone is better and just knowing what to watch for is great !! thanks for the one answer. WEndy

I want a dog but i am in the which dog stage and I want to know which one of the dogs below has the best health(like some of them are prone to bladder stones) Which one is least prone to stuff? And which one sheds the least?

Bichon Frise
Border Terrier
Dachshund
Labrador Retriever
Poodle(toy)

By Lisa Wade McCormick ConsumerAffairs.com
June 23, 2008
• RECALL LIST • Consumer Complaints
A series of mysterious illness and death dogs Nutro pet food. Scores of pet owners report their animals became ill while eating Nutro products, then recovered when they were switched to another brand.
At least six dogs have died in the past two months, according to an analysis of complaints to ConsumerAffairs.com. The company discounts the reports, saying they are isolated and unconfirmed; at least one Nutro employee, sickened by the company’s response, told us she resigned.
In related developments, ConsumerAffairs.com has learned:
• The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently investigated the April deaths of two dogs in Indiana . The FDA tested samples of the Nutro food those dogs ate, but did not find any toxins. No one, however, has tested the Nutro food the other dogs ate before they died;
• A pet nutrition specialist for Nutro confirmed she’s heard complaints about the company’s food making dogs and cats sick. She reported those concerns to her supervisor, but said they were ignored. She recently resigned;
• There is a shortage of some varieties of Nutro dog food. The company says this is a supply problem – not a safety or quality issue;
• Some consumers have sent their pets’ food to Nutro for testing. They have not received any results. Other pet owners plan to hire private labs to test their food and report their concerns to the FDA and the Animal Poison Control Center run by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).
The six dogs that recently died include two Italian Greyhounds in Indiana , a Beagle/Whippet mix in Pennsylvania , two German Shepherd puppies in North Carolina , and a Doberman Pinscher in Texas .
The dogs’ owners all say their pets were in good health and they’re convinced that Nutro’s food is somehow connected to their animals’ deaths. Those concerns are echoed by pet owners whose dogs and cats have recently become sick after eating the company’s food.
Nutro, however, defends its products and says the food is 100 percent safe.
But scores of pet owners across the country — including longtime Nutro customers — no longer feel safe feeding this brand of food to their dogs and cats.

My daughter been complain for past two weeks that when she wake up every morning that she say her head feel funny then it goes away. Also she been seeing different color spots from her vision. It comes and goes. Also she get some kind of rash on her neck that itches then it change to brown discoloration then it gone now. I am worry about my daughter and I already make a appointment but it not until next week. I feed her all the best food and drink for her good health. I don’t know what it is. She didn’t have that problem before she met her new friend about one month ago. Her friend have headaches problem and she get itches all over her body all the time. I don’t let her play with her anymore because she was mean to my daughter. Her friend had a lot of fleas at her house and I didn’t know that she had cats in the house. I let my daughter spent the night at her house because I gave birth to my second baby. When she came home from her friend that she got tons of fleas bites that I had to take her to the doctor get her medication.. What do you think what is wrong? Do you think it from fleas bites or her friends gave her something or she is develop some kind of illness herself.. I am clueless and please help.