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Zoey rarely gets gas on wellness, but back when she ate solid gold she had terrible gas all the time. We constantly had scented candles burning (very effective smell control as long as you remember to blow them out when you leave the room and keep them out of dogs reach)

Ok, I'm confused.  WHERE do we go to SEE the entries in the contest.  I just emailed a picture of my Mastiff Zeus, so I don't expect to see him out there yet, but do want to see the competition <grin>.

This thread is from the last contest, that's why you are confused. The ones from this month's patriotic contest will all be posted together by jabear on sunday or monday (I don't know the officially posting date).

I am sorry to hear that your little boy is having troubles . Have strength and know that he has (past and present) a good life with you. Even through his health problems, he will be strong with you at his side giving him love and affection.

My boyfriend (and by extension, myself ) has a sony cybershot 5.0 megapixels. I don't know how much it cost, but I really like it (and I was a photo minor in college, so I'm fairly particular about cameras). We also bought my mom a kodak easyshare for christmas and she loves it - it takes good pictures but is super user friendly (thats why we picked it for her).

Check amazon.com and epinions.com to read lots of reviews. Amazon usually has really good deals too.

Do you know if there is another fear stage at around 12-14 months.  I think Maia is going through one.

That's interesting to hear, because I think Zoey is going through one too. Before, when we took her on walks and she saw people she would be anxious for them to pet her (she's an attention whore). But the last couple weeks, when I take her on walks around the park, she has been getting nervous when people talk to us and occasionally she is also tenative going forward when we are just approaching someone that we don't even talk to. She doesn't act out with aggression though - when she is nervous she backs up and runs around in circles and occasionally barks. With 2/3 of the people we meet she has been doing the run-around-in-circles. I attributed it to the new location (we moved a little more than a month ago, and the park where I walk her now way busier with both people and cars on the nearby roads than the neighborhood street I walked her on before we moved). But, she also turned 12 months 3 weeks ago, so that must be a factor too. It makes a lot more sense to me now why she would be nervous now about things she used to be so excited about.

She is SO CUTE!

A few days ago I was looking at Zoey's tail up close and noticed that it is covered in scales. When I touch it too look up close, she flinches and tries to nip at my hand, so obviously it is uncomfortable for her. The best description I could give is that it looks as if someone sprinkled cornmeal  on the skin of her tail. But it's just her tail. Besides this, her skin looks good and her fur is soft and shiny.

I am trying to figure out what possible causes there could be for her tail issue. We did switch her food a month or so ago, but I assume that if that was the cause she would have this all over and not just on the tail. She gets frontline regularly, so I don't think it could be a flea allergy. I spend time each day grooming her and have never seen any traces of insects or parasites, and again I would think that if that is the problem it would be all over and not just the tail. Her puppy-daddy thinks that we must have missed rinsing off all the shampoo off her tail during her last bath (probably about a month ago) and that it dried the skin out. Would that cause such flaky skin? Does anyone know what else could cause this?