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Expert: - 8/4/2011


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I have a problem with my 8months old beagle, first is that she doesn't want to eat her dog food and wants a human food instead.. so i gave her a human food like fish, pork, beef and rice... after a week she got sick, she's vomiting and keeps on defecating  and doesn't want to eat anymore. what am i going to do with my dog? how am I going to feed her?

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Hi thanks for writing me. This is a very dangerous situation, she could be highly dehydrated by now from all the vomiting and the diarrhea. First off you must NEVER give a dog human food, they are not capable of breaking it down properly and especially a puppy. She needs to be on a high quality puppy food. She will eat when she is hungry enough but now she is very ill, it sounds like she may also have some parasites which are common in puppies that need treated which would cause her to not want to eat. THIS PUPPY NEEDS TO BE SEEN BY THE VET IMMEDIATELY!! This is, as I said very dangerous and you could lose her from this..... please take her now and then talk to the vet about the food.

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I am happy to answer BEAGLE BREED SPECIFIC behavioral questions. Please DO NOT ask CRATE TRAINING OR MEDICAL questions! I am not a vet nor an expert in the use of crates.

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I currently have one beagle, a male age 5, an 12 month old Pit Bull, and a 8 year old min. poodle. I have had to let go of three of my dogs, 2 beagles and 1 whippet/rat terrier mix in the past 5 years, most recently my whippet mix. The two beagles lived to 15 and the whippet mix to 13.5, it has been hard to say goodbye to them. I have done rescue work on and off for years as well as fund-raising for the local animal shelter. I worked for a dog magazine in the past (Southern California Dog Magazine). Being a psychotherapist has encouraged me to do in depth studying of animal behavior as well. I have worked with many people to help curb undesirable behaviors in their dogs (or them!) or to form good behaviors. My life is devoted to and surrounded by my dogs........The picture you see here is Zeppelin but we also call him the "miracle dog". He was hit by a car April 2010 while out with the dog walker and had very serious injuries... 4 surgeries and $17,000 later my boy is whole again and back to loving life. He is so special to me and he weathered a lot of pain and trauma yet is still the sweet boy he always was! I also work to stop Breed Specific Legislation and help to get pit bulls adopted.

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HSUS, PETA, SPCA DONT SHOP...ADOPT!!

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I am a Marriage and Family Therapist licensed in the state of CA and am also credentialed as a Certified Addiction Treatment Specialist

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