http://www.allaboutdogfood.co.uk/
similar site for reviews, this one by a respected british nutritionist.
similar site for reviews, this one by a respected british nutritionist.
The obedience trainer also has us re-thinking flea and tick meds. He has been in the business for 30 years and swears cancer in dogs was far less common back then than it is now. It does make you wonder; what are those chemicals doing to the dog? If they get fleas, you can give them a flea bath. Our previous dog had tick fever twice even though we utilized the meds with her. Cancer is what ended up getting her at 10 years old.
As for the flea meds...When we lived in the South we had not choice but to be on them 9 months a year. Cancer has taken one of 11 dogs in my tenure as their caretaker. She was 15 when diagnosed. Anecdotal of course but consider the human issue with cancer...we have a lot more of it partially because we live long enough to get it...not so much the case 200 years ago when infant mortality, mothers dying childbirth and smallpox wiping out whole families. It may or may not be related to flea meds but if you think it is, move to one of the new oral med's.
The oral med I used destroyed the reproductive cycle of the fleas as did the topical I used for the longest time. None of the ones I have used killed adult fleas.That's the thing Udo; I don't think the oral meds are any better than the topical ones. I never considered the perspective that it is essentially poison until recently. We always gave it to our dogs cus it seemed like the right thing to do. There is something coursing through your dogs veins that will kill an insect from contact. How can we be confident there are no long term effects? I would not ingest it. I feel like I would find a tick in less time than those meds would kill them anyhow.
It would be speculative to say those meds caused the cancer in my dog. All I'm saying is it's worth considering that the cons potentially out-weigh the pros.
We switched over to the raw diet after we had our German Shepard for about a year. Almost immediately she stopped smelling like corn chips, her coat looked healthier, and wasn't consistently itching. In the five years we've had her the only time fleas were bad was wen she was eating kibble. Last summer we noticed fleas so we started combing her more often and used a herbal flea dip. As far as using flea meds we will use them as a last resort. After switching up her diet I've had no need for flea meds. I don't take antibiotics just because I have a cold, why give my dog meds she doesn't need. Now if the bath and combing routine stops working then I'll consider commerical meds. I'm not anti meds just don't believe in treating a problem that isn't there.
We have no issues with fleas - add some black walnut hull, garlic and vitamin B to their food. Skip the dip. Not a flea in our house in years and years.
Ticks are another matter - We use a vinegar and lemon peel spray. It helps a quite a bit. We also check daily. We are loathe to use frontline or others.
I always heard that garlic was bad for dogs...
I always heard that garlic was bad for dogs...
My two little hell hounds.
My two little hell hounds.
I have a love/hate relationship with Beagles..
I loved mine so much that I hate the fact he no longer wakes me up every day @ 6:00a.m. for breakfast.
Yeah, love/hate. Love them, but they are just so bad.
Yeah, love/hate. Love them, but they are just so bad.
We enjoyed the company of a Beagle about 10 years ago. One thing we still laugh about is when she got into some bread dough that was proofing. We kept looking at her wondering if we should go to the vets or if she was going to explode. She was miserable for awhile, but survived.
Would that pose be the Upward Facing Dog?
It's just called Upside Down Dog ;-)
He does that pretty frequently. I don't understand why he does it on the hardwoods (he never does it on the couch or bed), and with a dog (even more so a shepherd)'s back, it would seem uncomfortable.
MC
He does that pretty frequently. I don't understand why he does it on the hardwoods (he never does it on the couch or bed), and with a dog (even more so a shepherd)'s back, it would seem uncomfortable.
MC
These two are known for their odd sleeping positions.
Yup. Pretty much exactly like that. View attachment 341834
I had never seen it with any dog, now I have three that do it. Absolutely hysterical, but definitely a lot of trust there.
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