Crested

Ben's been koughing all morning. He kept his food down yesterday, but today he looks just awfull! I'm a bit scared to give him food... He was better yesterday, but now he's worse then on monday! (not throwing up, but just REALLY tired and koughing all the time unless he's sleeping) Is there something I could do? /Crest

I talked to the breeder and my little baby should be born NEXT WEEK!! He told me that she would probabely be born between 15:th and 19:th of this month! Oh, I'm so exited! :D Sorry about this unnessessary pos... :oops: I just couln't be without telling you... /Crest

Marion: He's doing pretty well. I've given him food three times now (each time about 2 teaspoons of porridge blended with a LOT of water) and nothing has come up. He's just tired right now, but really hungry! He eats the porridge like he's never seen food before!! And he has started to play and run around the house allredy, but he is still a bit more tired then normally. /Crest

I gave him a little porridge wich I put a lot of water in and made so fine it was more like water... Kind of... And just 2 teaspoons of the porridge, rest of it just water. He ate it like he's never seen food and it hasn't come up yet. In a couple hours I'll give him another 2 teaspoons with water and hopefully it too won't come up. :) The porridge is very, VERY soft and should be really easy to digest. /Crest

Marion: Darn... In that case I have to wait... When I went to the library yesterday I wore my old tennis shoes and socks and the two of them didn't match, so I have this big round thing full of water now on the back of my foot and it hurts like h***! Guess how much it would hurt if I put a shoe on!! So I can't go myself to the store and get some chicken or cottage cheese or anything! :mad: Hopefully Ben can do with the water thingy for six more hours. I did give him one treat today to see if he can keep it in. Just as a test and just one and nothing more. Do you think I could use just rice and nothing else, because that's the only thing I do have at home? /Crest

Jen: Well, I'm glad I could help! Mei-Mei: Well... When you're a Chinese Crested maniac you try to know everything and that's one thing I found out immediately when I started searching for information about CC's. I have even thought that I would take a powder puff as my third dog (Yeah... dog madness rules! :roll:) or then an American Hairless Terrier. StarFox: Well... When I first heard that there are hairless dogs, I thought to myself that they MUST be ugly and that I'll NEVER take a hairless dog. Well... Never say never... Now I'm getting ANOTHER one! :lol: I think a Chinese Crested will do just fine with a big fellow. Here in Finland there's a breeder that breeds Chinese Cresteds and Mastiffs, so... :wink: Or then there is the Peruvian Hairless Dog (Perro Sin Pelo Del Peru) or Mexican Hairless Dog (Xolo... Darn... I always forget that long version... They are called Xolo too...). For example Perro Sin Pelo Del Peru has three size variaties, small, standard and large. :) StarFox & Hazel: Actually, you're not the only one! My dad thought that he'd just look at the pup in real life and if he thinks it looks horrible, he'll say no then and there. Guess who got his heart melted? :lol: Now Ben and dad do practicly everything together... And dad is the kind of person who can't say no, so... You know that Ben sees this family like I'm the leader, mom is a little bit below me, then comes the big man Ben and last comes dad. :? Well... I've told dad that he's the only one that can change that, but does de histen?? NOOOO! And when dad tries to do any simple trick with Ben.... let's say sit and shake hand.... it goes like this: "Sit... paw... paw... sit... sit... sit... paw... sit... paw... paw... sit... paw... sit... sit... paw..." :roll: I've got Ben to do practicly anything and everything from "Gimme five" to "dance" (Ben walks on his back legs around and around and around... dances. :D) with just one word without repeating it. Dad looks at me with big eyes (:o) and askes "HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!". :lol: /Crest

Sheltielover: Isn't he?? I can't believe some people think hairless dogs are ugly!! Jen: He really is a fantastic creature, no matter what anyone thinks. Just after Ben was fixed he was a bit "on his guard" for a few days, but after that he was just himself. The first time Ben was up on his feet after his operation (it was at two) was at five, but his feet were REALLY wobbly and he just kept falling down and going against walls and such, so I had to put him back to sleep. That was a bit hard, because the little creature is SO pig headed. When he decides he's going to be up, HE'S GOING TO BE UP!! So I had to sit with him untill he fell asleep. Then he got up at seven in the evening and this time he was just a bit tired and blurry in his head. He didn't exacly understand what just had happend, but after a couple days he was to himself. The first time he went peeing the same night he had had his operation, was hard. He really had to go, but the peeing really hurt so I had to take him out twice just to get him peeing normally. The third time went ok, but the two first were horrible. It was awfull seeing him like that, but once a week had passed he was just like before. I had kept the woond so clean that it was completely healed when we took him to the vet to remove his stitches. Now he has started to pee like the girls, but he does sometimes lift his leg still. But the marking has stopped and the mounting and all of that! He allso pays less attention to other dogs. The time when I took him to the vet to remove his stitches this little dog had just came out the vet's door and was barking at Ben. Ben looked at him and his head "flopped" to the side and he just looked at the little creature like "What's the matter with HIM?!" (it was a boy) And turned away. The little guy got really suprised by that like.... "Hey... Wait a minute... I'm barking here and... you don't care? Did I miss something or what?" I got loads of help from the dogomaniacs here and I'm really gratefull! Without theese crazy and weird people (take that as a compliment :)) I wouldn't ever have got Ben fixed. I fondly recomend it! I was at the operation and I don't care what people say, it was NO BIG DEAL! There was about 2 drops of blood and that's it. One came when she put the drop in and the other came when she pulled the drop out. (And I swear I'm not makeing this up!!) She made just one cut and literally pulled out one testicle at the time, tied the vain or what ever in the middle and clipped off the testicle. And there was NO BLOOD! My mom had told me that it will be really messy with loads of blood that I will probabely faint! [b][i][u]HA![/u][/i][/b] Guess again! Well... I guess I won that argument.... :lol: Oh, and even though it took a lot of convinceing to get her to accept the fixing, now she too thinks it was a grait idea! There's one thing that can happen after the fixing. A dog might go up in weight. Ben started eating more, but he is still the same weight as allways 7,6kg's. I hope this helped! /Crest

Marion: Do you think I can use ANY cheese? Ben loves cheese and that's something I have at home right now! /Crest

Jen: Thanks! :) I mean... With a hairless dog you're bound to get all sorts of diffirent comments. One of wich is: "He looks like an overgrown rat" and another "He looks like a hyena"... :o Atleast I don't see any resemblence to any of thoose creatures... But mabye it's just me... 8) What do you think? [img]http://personal.inet.fi/koti/crested/beware.JPG[/img] [img]http://personal.inet.fi/koti/crested/flygsnappare.JPG[/img] [img]http://personal.inet.fi/koti/crested/little_devil.JPG[/img] [img]http://personal.inet.fi/koti/crested/mina_tein_mita.JPG[/img] [img]http://personal.inet.fi/koti/crested/playing_bennyboy.JPG[/img] [img]http://personal.inet.fi/koti/crested/vasy.jpg[/img] (all of the pics are from BEFORE he was fixed) /Crest

Foster: Thanks again for the tips. :) It has helped a lot! The poor baby is so hungry right now, but I'll still keep an eye on him untill tomorrow. I probabely have to wait untill dad comes home from work to get some meat or something to put in the rice, but I guess it gives me a good chance to take a good look at him if he's up for some real food. It's just my concionce that drives me mad when Ben looks at me with thoose big brown eyes of his when ever I take something to eat! :cry: Is there any cure for THAT?? /Crest

Thanks Ellie! :)

ROO, YOU... YOU... YOU... EVIL PERSON!! :evil: NOW YOU'VE JUST [b][i][u]ADDED[/u][/i][/b] MY PUPPY FEEVER!!! :evil: AAARGH!!! :evil: My little baby should be due in the middle of this month and I can't wait!! Roo, you're just so full of EVIL to show thoose pics!!! I HATE you!!! (Well, not really... But they are so ADORABLE!!!) /Crest

[color=blue]Mouse, if everyone starts hateing theese stories of mine, they can blame YOU! It was YOU who said you'd like to hear more! :D [/color] Ok, so yesterday when I took Ben on this grass medow near our home (actually it's just a couple feet away) to walk with him a little and let him smell the days news (a lot of dogs pass through there, so there's a lot to smell) we met this nice lady in her 60-70's. We started talking about dogs and no matter what I said, she was convinced that Ben would grow fur and that I have just shaved him. "Yes, he looks really grait when he grows some fur." she said. I looked at her and explained that he doesn't grow fur that he's a hairless breed wich she commented with "All dogs grow fur." "No, I mean that this is the way he looks. He will not grow any more fur then he has right now." I explained (again). "Oooh, so he'll be like a human then?" she asked "With just hair on his head and tail?" "Umm... Well... I guess you can put it that way." I said (I've bever heard that someone thinks of a hairless dog as a human :o). "Yes, he'll look just grait when his fur grows a little bit." she said again... There was nothing I could say or explain to make her think that Ben was a hairless dog, so I just gave up. Is it so weird with a hairless dog?? :o [img]http://personal.inet.fi/koti/crested/summerof2002.jpg[/img] I don't think he looks that odd or weird... Do you? (Photo taken on his first birhtday last year) /Crest

Foster: Thanks for the tip! Unfortunately I don't have any chicken at home and the shop's allredy closed (9PM here). Do you think you could use something else besides chicken? The Pedigree food is just ordinary dry chicken & rice Pedigree food from the market. I thought I'd try it out when I've tried pretty much every brand of dog foods with Ben from the petshop and Ben hasn't ever got any allergic reactions of Pedigrees treats etc. It's worked really well, he hasn't scratched his skin around his throat or anything like that at all! I started giving that to him on Easter (Long Friday). So it's been a little while... Mei-Mei: It's so sweet of you to worry of Ben with your own problems. Ben is doing pretty well, he's a little more energic then a few hours ago and he hasn't thrown up anymore. He's still tired and doens't want to be alone. I guess he doesn't still feel safe. The first time he vomited, he paniked and started running around the house with his tail between his legs. :( /Crest

Ok. We were to the vet. She didn't know exacly what's wrong with him, but said that he has probabely smelled on another dogs poo that has had somekind of bacteria in it and that's what's made Ben sick. He hasn't thrown up after the fourth time wich is good. The vet gave me some kind of pulver to put in water and give to him. If he doesn't drink, then give 10ml to him every half an hour. I KNOW he won't drink, because it's a thing that comes along with the breed. A Chinese Crested doesn't drink that much at all. He can be up to over a week without a drop of water! So I gave Ben 10ml just now. Another 10 in 30 minutes. He cried all the way to the vet and slept all the way back. Poor little thing. I hope he'll be allright now after today and I really hope he doesn't throw this thing out... It's nutrition for him, because as you well can understand he can't eat food today. The vet said that he can try to eat some soft food tomorrow if he gets better. I feel so sorry for him! :cry: But I guess there's nothing more to do then to give him that water thingy and wait. /Crest

Thanks you guys. I'll be on my way in 15 minutes. I gave him a bit (about 5ml) sugarwater and that has stayed down. It gave him a tiny bit energy for a couple minutes, but he's still really down. Mom gave him a icecream bowl to lick as before, but Ben just licked it once and let it be. He's NEVER done that no matter how sick he has been! He didn't even do that when he was neuterd!! /Crest

He threw up again just now, but he couldn't get anything out. How could he? He allredy threw up everything he had in his stomache! I reached the vet and I'm going there with Ben in three hours. I'm really consurned now. I thought vometing 3 times was bad enough, but he threw up four times and tried to throw up two more times after that without anything coming out. Poor baby. Now he's really tired and really scared! I would have gone to the vet right away, but dad's at work and he's the only one in my family with a drivers licence! /Crest

K: He hasn't eaten anything he's not supposed to eat. Atleast none that I know of. That was the first thing I asked my mum too. I did leave the water for him. I've heard that it's a good idea to put sugar in the water when a dog is vomiting, because it gives him energy or something like that. Is this true? I decided that if he throws up again, I'll call the vet, but I'd hope that I could fix this problem myself, because it's allways such a pain to call the vet. We don't have an animal hospital here, just vets here and there. One can be sick, one can be on holiday, one can be on another of thoose veterinary courses and one can be takeing care of a sick cow or something... It's call here, call there, call to that other place, call back to the first one, try the third one... I hate it!! That's why I'm not so fond of takeing Ben to the vet's. It's just too bad that we will miss the first day of dogschool (obedience training, but not of any other reason then to get Ben even more comfortable around other dogs). But I'm not going to take a vometing dog to dogschool!! I'm not THAT mad yet! /Crest

Ben has been throwing up 3 times allredy today. He's not a morningperson either (like me) so he woke up somewhere around 11 AM and threw up the first time. I didn't really get so consurned, because it's not the first time ever he's thrown up and I figured it must be just some dust or something that has tickled his throat and made him vomit. So then I had to go to the library (around 12) and came home at 1 PM. He threw up again a little while ago (it's soon 3PM here), but this time twice in a row (a couple minutes in between). He has been out to do his thing, and pooped twice, but the poo was really hard and he had a hard time tryeing to get it out. Now he's really scared and doesn't feel safe at all. He just wants sleep in your lap. Right now my mom went to take a nap and Ben came under her blanket and I came here. I gave him water after I came from the library, but that came up too. What should I do? I took away his foodbowls (in one he has porridge and in the other one he has new dry food (Pedigree)) that his stomache can rest for a while, but right now I'm clueless to what to do next. Poor baby, I feel so bad for him! :cry: Could someone help me help him? Please? :cry: /Crest

Behle: Well, just let me put it this way... I love searching for stupid things on the internet... /Crest

Well... I guess everyone loves Seinfeld... or loveD... Well here's some quotes about DOGS! Enjoy! [quote]A dog will stay stupid. That's why we love them so much. The entire time we know them, they're idiots. Think of your dog. Everytime you come home , he thinks it's amazing. He has no idea how you accomplish this every day. You walk in the door, the joy of this experience overwhelms him. He looks at you, HE'S BACK, IT'S THAT GUY, THAT SAME GUY. He can't believe it. Everything is amazing to your dog. ANOTHER CAN OF FOOD? I DON'T BELIEVE IT. Dogs want to be people. That's what their lives are about. They don't like being a dog. They're with people all the time, they want to graduate. My dog would sit there all day, he would watch me walk by, he would think to himself, I COULD DO THAT! HE'S NOT THAT GOOD. That's why the greatest, most exciting moment in the life of a dog is the front seat of your car. You and him in the front seat. It's the only place where your head and his are on the exact same level. He sits up there, he thinks, THIS IS MORE LIKE IT. YOU AND ME TOGETHER, THIS IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. He looks out the front. What's he looking at? He's a dog. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE - A RIGHT OR A LEFT? I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE I AM. They have a hard time. They stand up, they sit down, they can't handle the turn either way. No matter which way you turn, he's not ready. They don't know what to do. And then comes the great moment of frustration. You stop someplace and get something to eat. This kills him. You get a hamburger, this blows his mind. INSTANT FOOD WHENEVER YOU WANT IT? You know what this means to him? You ever see the look on his face? He looks over at you. HOW'D YOU GET THAT? ARE THEY GIVING IT TO EVERYBODY NOW? YOU THINK I COULD GET ONE? They can't get anything. Dogs have no money. Isn't that amazing? They're broke their entire lives. But they get through. You know why dogs have no money? No pockets. [/quote] /Crest

Doesn't everybody love Bart Simpson? Have you ever wonderd what he has written on the blackboard at school everytime The Simpsons start? Here's a list: [quote]I will not waste chalk I will not skateboard in the halls I will not burp in class I will not instigate revolution I will not draw naked ladies in class I did not see Elvis I will not call my teacher "Hot Cakes" Garlic gum is not funny They are laughing at me, not with me I will not yell "Fire" in a crowded classroom I will not encourage others to fly I will not fake my way through life Tar is not a play thing I will not Xerox my butt It's potato, not potatoe I will not trade pants with others I am not a 32 year old woman I will not do that thing with my tongue I will not drive the principal's car I will not pledge allegiance to Bart I will not sell school property I will not cut corners I will not get very far with this attitude I will not make flatulent noises in class I will not belch the National Anthem I will not sell land in Florida I will not grease the monkey bars I will not hide behind the Fifth Amendment I will not do anything bad ever again I will not show off I will not sleep through my education I am not a dentist Spitwads are not free speech Nobody likes sunburn slappers High explosives and school don't mix I will not bribe Principal Skinner I will not squeak chalk I will finish what I star "Bart Bucks" are not legal tender Underwear should be worn on the inside The Christmas Pageant does not stink I will not torment the emotionally frail I will not carve gods I will not spank others I will not aim for the head I will not barf unless I'm sick I will not expose the ignorance of the faculty I saw nothing unusual in the teacher's lounge I will not conduct my own fire drills Funny noises are not funny I will not snap bras I will not fake seizures This punishment is not boring and pointless My name is not Dr. Death I will not defame New Orleans I will not prescribe medication I will not bury the new kid I will not teach others to fly I will not bring sheep to class A burp is not an answer Teacher is not a leper Coffee is not for kids I will not eat things for money I will not yell "She's Dead" at roll call The principal's toupee is not a Frisbee I will not call the principal "spud head" Goldfish don't bounce Mud is not one of the 4 food groups No one is interested in my underpants I will not sell miracle cures I will return the seeing-eye dog I do not have diplomatic immunity I will not charge admission to the bathroom I will never win an Emmy The cafeteria deep fryer is not a toy All work and no play makes Bart a dull boy I will not say "Springfield" just to get applause I am not authorized to fire substitute teachers My homework was not stolen by a one-armed man I will not go near the kindergarten turtle I am not deliciously saucy Organ transplants are best left to the professionals The Pledge of Allegiance does not end with Hail Satan I will not celebrate meaningless milestones There are plenty of businesses like show business I will not re-transmit without the express permission of Major League Baseball Five days is not too long to wait for a gun Beans are neither fruit nor musical[/quote] ...And by the time you have read all of this you are 123 years old... :o /Crest

About once a week an icecream truck drives by our house and rings this really annoying tune everytime. Well we have a TV show here called Bumtsibum (hate that name) wich has the icecream truck company as their sponsor, so everytime the show takes a brake that annoying tune comes. Ben has heard that before outside, so everytime that tune comes on the TV, he thinks the truck is driveing by again so he starts barking and running around the house from window to window to see the truck (but offcoure don't when the tune comes from TV). So then he gets really shamed and confused and starts whineing and often goes to hide for a moment just because he's embaressed (I think). And when the real icecream truck really DOES drive by and he barks at it, he must circle the house and come to me, my mom and my dad and bark, just to kind of say "I told you so!". :lol: Does your dog(s) do something like this at all? Oh, btw... Does your dogs like listening to music? Ben loves... LOVES... the opera and... ehh... (don't know how opera and this is linked to eachother, but... it's a dog's life, right? ...right??) Bahamen - Who let the dogs out! Ben allso likes watching tv... Well... if something good like OPERA is on... :roll: Geesh! Talk about sofisticated taste... :roll: WHY am I telling you guys this? Umm... I haven't got a clue... I guess I just like telling stories... :oops: Quote of Homer Simpson: [quote]Ooh, I love your magazine. Especially the part with "increase your vocabulary". I think it is really... really... really... good.[/quote] /Crest

SheltieGal: That's a cool name too... but if you want to spell that

Great pics Jen! :roflt: [img]http://www.funnypostcard.com/dog/zsazsa.jpg[/img] Ben has done this TOO MANY times! He finds a phillow and destroys it! :o He does it just because he thinks it's fun! /Crest