Thanks for the chew tips. I guess I'll go visit the store tomorrow and load up with a bunch of these toys.
These dogs are so playful. They run in the back pasture and play. I like watching them play. Now my 2 kitties are getting in with them playing. Its really funny to watch all 4 of them play together.
You are 100% correct about going from playing to keeping a watchful eye. I have seen them do this several times. They see something in the woods, and off they take barking, and jump the fence into the woods.Then return back to playing when they have went after whatever critter they saw.
Have you ever heard of adding garlic to their food to repel flees ? Someone told me about this, and I have been wondering about it, if I should or shouldn't add real garlic or garlic powder to their food.
They had a bad flee problem when I first got them, but I've pretty much got it under control now.
Once again, thanks for all the good tips.

Shalom,

Yes, buy Garlic Pills (Make sure you DON'T get the Ordorless, it has to be just plan Garlic Pills, the Ordorless won't do any good) buy and give them One Pill a day, you can do this by opening their mouth and placing it in the far back of their tounge and then holding their mouth shut and rubing their throat, this will make them swallow it.

The easiest way though is to put the Pill in a small piece of bread, squeeze the tightly around the pill and give it to them as a treat. Anyway they will think it's a treat.

Since most Dogs will turn their nose up at Garlic on their Food, I wouldn't put any Garlic on their food. Besides that you need a steady amount for it to work.

Garlic will keep flea's, tic's, misquotes, most fly's, fruit fly's ect. off of the dogs. Back when I was showing and breeding dogs, I gave all my dogs each day a Garlic Pill. You can find them at Wal-mart or even Walgreens. They are cheap.

As far as your kitten's I don't know why you couldn't give it to them also, this will keep them from getting fleas as well.

Glad I could help with the other ideas. Sound's like you're really enjoying your dogs.

May Yahweh Bless,



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Annette
e-mail: adelore at praiseyahweh dot com

Shalom,

Guess I'll try this again. I posted but somehow it got lost in Cyber Space.

Yes buy Garlic Pills, (DON'T get the Odorless, they WON'T work) and give them to your dogs once a day. You can place the pill in a small piece of bread and sqeeze the bread around it, this way you are sure they are getting the pill. Or you can open their mouth and place the pill on the back of their tounge, then hold their mouth shut, and rub their throat, causing them to swallow the pill.

Garlic Pills, will keep off Flea's, tic's, misquote's, fly's and fruit fly's. You must give them a pill once a day, every day for this to work. It will take a few days, to a week, (once they build up enough Garlic in their system) for this to work. Give it to them Year round.

Wal-mart, Wal-greens, just about any store has them and they are Cheap.

Back when I use to show and breed my Collies and Shelties, they all got their Garlic Pills Daily. Another Breeder had told me about this, when I asked my Vet, he said by all means do it, it does work. It's all natural and won't hurt the dogs. (It may cause a little bad breath though on the dogs.)

It sounds like your dogs and kittens are having a great time together. You seem to be enjoying your new dogs, they are fun aren't they.

Currently we have a Poodle and a Min Pin, that travel on our Truck with us.



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Annette
e-mail: adelore at praiseyahweh dot com

Annette,
Yes I enjoy all my animals. One of my dogs, named Susie, smiles at me all the time now. LOL. When I call them to come get a treat such as a rib bone, one will come on the porch and gently take the bone and she's gone. Susie, comes up the steps wagging her tail and smiles at me before taking her bone. I laugh and tell her she's a good girl. So now everytime she comes up to me, she smiles. I guess she knows I'm going to pat her and tell her she's a good girl.
My horses are also like giant dogs. I used to let them run loose on the place to graze grass, but they started kicking the dogs to eat their food, and then broke the mirrors on the truck by leaning and rubbing against them, so they had to be penned in the back woods area. When they started costing us unnessary money, it was time for a change.

I wanted to ask you Annette, have you and your husband ever been in the Houston TX. area?
I used to be a manager in one of the TA's in Baytown, TX. a few years ago.
I was just wondering if you have ever been in that direction and if by chance we may have passed each other back then ?

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Have we ever been in the Houston, Tx area? Yes, more than once. Infact my hubby just returned last thursday from Houston. (shhh...don't tell but he stayed at the Flying J ) Most of the time we "team drive" but there are times, we each go solo and leave the other one at home. Since I fish and he hunts, we can give each other a week paid vacation to enjoy the fishing and hunting. But yes, I've been to the Baytown, TA.

I've been to the Valley, (McAllen, Pharr ect.) several times in Tx. Our oldest daughter, son in law, and children live there...So the trips to Houston, end up in the Valley to bring Produce back to MI. Not to mention it's a great way to see the kids!

Take Care and May Yahweh Bless,


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Annette
e-mail: adelore at praiseyahweh dot com

Nothing like finally getting around to reading these. O.O

We live in town and there are the "town cats" the make themselves at home in any yard. But, they won't come in our yard because of the 'dog smell' planted at strategic locations by the male dog. I can imagine what you're saying is totally true!!

~dawn

Thanks Yeshuaslave, I went to their website and bookmarked it for next year.
Thankfully, praise YHWH we had a great crop of potatoes even though the green were eaten!

blessings,
Tamar