Expert: Jannie Balliett - 3/9/2008

Question
QUESTION: Hi I have a 9 week  old white boxer puppy, she has pale yellow vaginal
discharge, it is not bothering her and I am, wiping with warm water and cotton
wool, what do you think???
Many thanks

ANSWER: 9 weeks old is much too young to have a discharge of any kind.

Get her to the vet immediately. She has an infection.

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QUESTION: Many thanks.
Another question, is it ok to be feeding her chicken i have cooked?
should I be cooking veg and rice etc to mix with it, is this the best kind of diet
for a puppy. Also I was going to cook some lamb and fish and put her dry food
in with it too??

Answer
Best cooking concoction is skinned chicken boiled then cut up in tiny pieces mixed in cooked white rice with cooked, cut in tiny pieces- carrots.

Fish is NOT a good idea as their are tiny bones you will miss.

Lamb and rice is good. But are you going to cook her lamb? That's expensive, unless you are referring to a lamb & rice puppy food...

Veggies are limited: Carrots, peas, squash, but NO BEANS OF ANY KIND AND NO CORN. Dogs can not digest beans (and can not pass gas it causes, and can't digest corn).

Research (Google) home cooked dog receipes, and you'll find plenty pf great ideas. I make peanut butter treats, the same as peanut butter cookies without the sugar of course and use a doggie-bone cookie cutter on the dough, then bake.

Since she is a puppy- please cut her food into tiny, puppy size bites.,