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dr tim

Ringworm or demodectic mange can have this appearance. Your vet can tell between the two and figure out what you need to correct it.

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Rob Downey of Annamaet and David Kronfeld of Penn did studies with beagles displaying 26% protein was the lowest they could go and not have any injuries. This was done 20 years ago or so and has been one of the standards in the sporting dog diet development curves. Reynolds followed this idea in his...

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Reposted from another subject area; Starting a so called "hotter" feed 2 months before training starts is right on. I think the best is the same food year round and feed according to caloric needs but if you go 2 months prior to training you give the dogs' body time to acclimate to the food. More im...

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Starting a so called "hotter" feed 2 months before training starts is right on. I think the best is the same food year round and feed according to caloric needs but if you go 2 months prior to training you give the dogs' body time to acclimate to the food. More importantly it (the "hotter" feed, whi...

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The source of the calories does make a difference in weight loss along with an overall reduction in calories. If I was trying to get weight off a dog I definitely go with a higher protein/higher fat food but also the total amount of calories given would be less than what was given prior to this chan...

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Onk; You are made for a marketing job. "My Dog is King" must be TM'ed right away. I also think "Hatfield and McCoy's" would be a terrific name for a cat food. I always thought "Jerry Bit's" would be a great cat food name... People are passionate about dog food, it seems. I think a lot of it is marke...

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It actually works pretty well and I was a skeptic at first. Folks that don't want to use an organophosphate often turn to it and hvae success. They often dust the house and the animal.

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Here is an interesting story on endorphins from running comparing people and dogs;

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... s-science/

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And that is why a good manufacturing plant will test the ingredients prior to utilizing them. Salmonella tests are done on those meals, etc quite often and should be done. Many plants require it and that testing would be done prior to their use by said plant.

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The cats have been affected as well but no attention was given to recalling their food yet. I really don't care what folks feed their animals, just be informed. And it looks like cats died because of it. Are their others out there having problems? Yes, Purina has a recall right now with canned food...

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It does work in certain applications and makes you feel like you are practicing in the thirties, eh, dog dr?

Sorry, not sure how to change my name from Dr Tim to just Tim. Maybe someone can tell me how to do so on the forum, please.

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Gosh, when I saw all the dogs die from the aflatoxin and melamine poisonings these last 5-6 years I guess it sticks with you. I will take my title off my name so that doesn't upset you. Don't want to break the envelope. Good thing the government is looking out for us and finding these issues as the ...

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Read the article- http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/dog-food-05-12/index.html These human cases started in October of last year. Obviously, dog food issues originated prior to that and all the GI cases we see as vets don't get cultured and sent to CDC to figure out it was the dog food. Interesting here ...

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Did they test all 6 million bags?

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CDC is collaborating with public health and agriculture officials in multiple states and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate an ongoing multistate outbreak of human Salmonella Infantis infections. Public health investigators used DNA "fingerprints" of Salmonella bacteria obtaine...

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Salmonella can definitely affect a dog but a person getting sick would have a much larger lawsuit. Thus, the company is acting "voluntarily."

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You should have omega 3 fatty acids, omega 6/3 ratio and ash levels.

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I think this is most telling as the first case was reported/identified in October of 2011. Sleuthing took awhile to put it together; Among persons for whom information is available, illnesses began between October 8, 2011 and April 22, 2012. Ill persons range in age from less than one year old to 82...

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Very unfortunate.

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Only times I have seen it were after swimming, caught in rainstorms and after given a bath and put outside in the cold. I have learned something new today as well and thanks.

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No, it is muscle inflammation at the base of the tail. It comes about 2 ways; swimming in cold water or a dog out on the rain for a period of time. Something occurs with the cold water and the muscles that wag the tail become very inflamed I like to think of the tail as the rudder of the dog, person...

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Whoops, twice posted

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We call it limber tail up here in the Upper peninsula and happens after swimming in the cold lake, typically. Can be pretty painful at times It is called shrinkage when the men folk swim in that cold water. That can be pretty painful when the girl folks see that.

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With game meats the rule of thumb is a good freeze for one month will kill parasites with in the meat and then it is ok to feed it to your pet. Cooking meats tends to take a great deal of the value of feeding the meat to the dog, i.e., many factors are broken down that benefit the dogs' health like ...

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Guys, it really is about keeping the colon working as well as it can. It needs to function correctly and everything above will start to fall into place and function properly as well. The colon is primarily meant to conserve water, this leads to a firm stool.It does so by having what is with in it no...

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For you or your dogs? Momentum is really good with milk and some honey at breakfast for yourself... Egil Ellis actually just won the 3 day GCI Open North American Sprint Dog Championship in Fairbanks, Alaska today which many consider the fastest of all sled dog races. Team Momentum is having a darn ...

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Thanks, guys and gals. Speaking of Red Lantern in '09 I had that distinction in the Iditarod and the trophy is truly a red lantern. It is amazing what you find on the trail when you are last-lots of booty!

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The adult food is a smaller kibble, thus more in the 8 ounce measuring cup. Doesn't mean there is actually 8 ounces in either measuring cup, though. Both of these foods look very poor from those numbers for dogs that are working dogs. I would find something else. 21/10 is far from a life stage type ...

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4.5% fiber is very high, especially if it is comprised of non soluble fiber sources which I bet this food has. This is how someone can take poor ingredients and make it seem like they are not. Foods are priced low for a reason-it ain't because they like you. You have proved the point with your puppy...

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It is all about marketing. It is easier to market to the health concerns of a human than a dogs'. Why? Because people understand their own nutrition needs much better than a dogs so it is much simpler to market according to what we know versus reeducate. I call it the anthropomorphizing of the dog s...

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You are right on with the theory of metabolism, reduced fat and a dog seeming to age quicker. Also, beware a food with cellulose as fiber source since I think that is a poor type and tends to mask what might be missing versus being a key ingredient. Some fibers actually have a purpose, others just f...

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Tiz the size of the kibble. Our Momentum food has 4680 ME calories per kg, 2200 per pound, 540 a cup and a small kibble. More little kibbles fit in a cup but ultimately comparing weights of food is the way to do apples for apples.

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I think I crashed the wrong parties at school, Dog Dr.

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Don't mess around with trying to save a few dollars or being a purist and delay giving vaccines to pups at the appropriate ages. I have seen too many parvo cases in young pups, 6 to 16 weeks of age that could have been avoided with proper vaccines being given. Side note is that all vaccines are not ...

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This sure sounds pretty normal to me; Cooling down takes 15-30 minutes. If it doesn't go back to normal, 101 to 102, then something might be amiss. I think you are dealing with an overweight, bit out of shape dog and this will get better when he drops that weight. Dog is acting fine otherwise, I bet...

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That makes sense and I missed that first post. I used to be able to eat 4 plates at Thanksgiving; I must just be hungry.

Can't do any harm with Safeguard and that dose is good for giardia. I do like the cookie sheet idea. Soaking food can do that as well.

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Deworming is always the answer from the client but 95% of the time it is truly not due to worms. I can't tell you how many times dogs have been dewormed 6 times or more before the person tries to just go with more calories or just a better food and, viola, the dog starts to put weight on. A teenager...

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Some common sense here; If the dog has solid stools and is thin, up the calories into the dog. Once we reach soft stools, that is enough fed to the dog. Spread the amount fed out to 2-3 feedings per day can make a difference as well with the before mentioned method to see if you can put some weight ...

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I can shave a month off the conditioning curve with my dogs in that they stay on the same high fat food year round. Their metabolism doesn't have to "train up" when the diet switch happens, i.e., going to a high fat diet at the time of training being started up. Amazing thing that was discovered man...

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Training a dog to eat and drink is a very important part of a mushers routine if you want to be successful. We can't always wait till they want to eat or drink versus instilling in them the desire to eat when it is presented. It is all about recovery and how quick it is when you get to the elite lev...

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Nope and there is not an animal in the world that does as good having to adjust to a new feed as they do on the one they are used to. But, Ezzy, don't you think once they are adjusted they just might do better on the "new" food after all? I have known plenty of dogs that have performance improvemen...

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If all dogs ate Pro Plan and competed I would expect the champion to be on Pro Plan.

Good common sense.

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For what it is worth, the Wal Mart brand is supposed to have been pulled from the shelves because of patent infringement. It is gone from the shelves in the Wal Mart in our city.

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It is all about finding what works for your dog and getting the results you are looking for.

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37/17 doesn't make much sense to me for a working dog. I have done raw plus kibble for years, averaged about 1000 lbs of beef a month plus a kibble for our kennel. It is a bit of work. With a 35/25 feed, which I think is a much better balanced food than a 37/17, we feed much less raw beef now. Raw m...

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I think the minimum protein/fat ratio for any dog is 26/16. For an active dog I would say 30/20 and above is best but you need to look at what goes into the food to make up those percentages. You do get what you pay for and it can compromise the performance of the dog. I guess it all depends on what...

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A performance food is built, or should be built, with the idea of a hard working dog. Pups aren't necessarily hard working, just growing and eating a lot. Performance dogs require a different fiber make up in their food so they can handle the stress better and digest the food better. Fats and protei...

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Ezzy, I will tell you that my food would need supplementing at different times. Heavy stress, I would use additional salmon oil and raw meat. Early training, wet season, long endurance, add more fat to the diet in addition to raw meat. A dry kibble alone has its shortfalls at high periods of stress ...

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No, I wouldn't supplement that.

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I still think the best supplement for coats is salmon oil. Lots of Omega 3 fatty acids makes a huge difference. 2 grams a day for a dog this size would do wonders. If any northern breed in the line, I would add zinc, 200 mgs a day.

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