Literally, we have moved her crate to the basement for a couple reasons. First because it was time for a change and second because it's cooler down there. The move downstairs coincided with her transition to a different dog food. Wellness Dog Food has donated at least sixty bags of dog food for the puppies. This saves each puppy raiser $35 per month.
And figuratively, due to the change in food we haven't been out and about much. Not sure how the big girl was going to react to the dietary change. We stayed home on Saturday. Lisa and I spent the day doing yard work distributing nine yards of wood chips throughout the yard while Marley provided supervisory support.
Marley was very sick; her digestive system was not functioning normally. Another, good reason not to be out in public. Our first thought was the stress of the changes, but this morning we determined the cause to be our lack of supervision. She had eaten some wood that must have irritated her digestive organs causing undesirable outcomes.
After fasting for a day and purging the undesirable objects, all systems working properly today. Her transition to the new food is complete tomorrow as is her prednisone treatment. Fingers crossed that the rash stays away.
"The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people they know and the opposite with those they don't know...How, then, can the dog be anything other than a lover of learning since it defines what's its own and what's alien." - Plato
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