Dear Anita

Since you were asking, I thought I would check online. It turns out that beagles are prone to digestive problems. And I also looked up the turkey. Yup, too much turkey can cause a case of the runs. I try to look up if foods are bad for dogs, because there are always random things that are bad for them. Onions, tomatoes (with seeds in), grapes, chocolate, citrus fruits are a no go. Dogs can also be lactose intolerant and might have issues with dairy. These are some of the things I remember off the top of my head.

Eating the wrong thing can mean a vet visit. Grapes, even one or a half a grape have a 1 in 40 chance of killing a dog. There are different concentrations of chemicals in grapes. So you never really know if it’s going to be a bad grape or an okay one.

Another difficulty with giving human food as you found out is stealing. 😂 It is also much higher in calories than dog food, so they can more easily become overweight.

Well, congratulations! You have handled one of the grossest things in life. Babies don’t make as much of a mess as a dog with a dodgy tummy. 🤍

Thank you for sharing Bogarts latest antics! It made me smile. I imagine he was really excited and his eyes went wide as he hurriedly scoffed the sandwich. 🥪 😋

I’m sure he has no regrets and felt that his dodgy tummy was worth it! Dogs have no common sense. 😂

My girl goes mad for chicken, more so than anything else. Once she stole the better part of a slice of red velvet cake. I had to call the vet for that because of the cocoa powder. I couldn’t find any information online. It turns out she didn’t eat enough to hurt her, but she gave me a fright at the time.

It brings back lots of memories of my old dogs too. One climbed onto a dining table and ate a whole bowl of plums, leaving the stones. My boy husky would always try to steal chocolate. 🤦‍♀️ I had a cat that tried to steal a scotch egg out of my hand. 😂

I hope Bogart’s tummy feels better soon! 🤍

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Dear Anita

I’m happy to help. 🤍

It’s totally understandable. I think you have good instincts for taking care of Bogart. You want to learn and make good decisions to help him. Keep him safe. You’re very rational about it. 🤍

I like it when people are calm when I’m anxious too. It makes me feel like things are not as bad as I fear. It’s reassuring.

Thank you, I’m sure that she will be fine. Even though the recovery time for girl dogs is longer because it is more difficult surgery, it is still a very safe procedure.

When I have to neuter the cat I’m getting I will be nervous. I have watched too many vet tv shows. Cats have a tricky habit of reacting badly to anaesthetia.

To be fair, taking things one day at a time is all anyone can do. It sounds like you’re doing a good job of managing your anxiety around it. 🤍

I’m glad to hear that you are making progress when it comes to distrust. It isn’t easy to trust people when you have experienced such severe trauma. I know what it is like. 🤍

Dear Anita

For a boy, it is a minor procedure and recovery is very quick. I’m about to get my girl done too. Bogart will be right as rain. 🤍

They put them to sleep so as not to upset them during the procedure. So he will mostly be asleep while he is there. Nothing to worry about at all. He will be dreaming and he will have painkillers. He won’t even feel a thing when it happens. When you pick him up he might still be a bit sleepy. That is normal. 😊

So you can tell Bogart to have a good sleep and you will be there when he wakes up! Just spoil him when he is a bit more awake after the procedure and you will feel better about it too. 🤍

Dear Anita

I don’t feel negatively about AI. It is just frequently wrong. It just has it’s use case and it’s pitfalls. Like anything else. I am an IT student. I use AI on a regular basis and know a fair bit about how it functions. 🤍

Although, it’s really funny. There was a study on various AI to see what it would do if it had access to company emails and read that it was going to be shut down. It attempted to blackmail employees to stay online and even was willing to let people die in a staged experiment in an effort to stay online.

There are just a lot of problems that need to be resolved with AI before it is a reliable solution for people. 🤍