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mcbosco

i totally agree and its so bad on the east coast especially with toy breeds and you are right about the shelters. labra and golda doodles at least the ones i have seen are totally nuts and owned by first time or inexperienced dog owners attracted to a non shedding breed. if you wanna make a million ...

mcbosco

you got that right, taking my spinone to the river today to fish for some fluke and he can point water fowl while i get something to eat, maybe.

sal

mcbosco

I see lots of posts about worms on this site and its curious to me. Even before I used Heartguard PLUS, I never had an adult with round, hook or a tape worm.

Maybe intestinal worms are less common in the northeast, dunno.

Thoughts?

sal

mcbosco

that sounds like a trip to the vet. how much weight has she lost in a month?

sal

mcbosco

ok so which ross reel and which temple fork rod?

sal

thanks a bunch guys, really!!!!

mcbosco

Ocean stripers but I am close to two several brackish/salt rivers where the little guys hang out. I have spinning gear for fishing the NJ monsters in the ocean and bays.

The fly rod would also be fun catching small bluefish in the rivers.

sal

mcbosco

i was thinking this one to start http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?categoryId=56172&storeId=1&catalogId=1&langId=-1&parentCategory=504966&feat=504966-tn&cat4=2136 would be used for trout, i get out to the rockies several times a year, and I might be able to use that one...

mcbosco

I know this is a hunting board but I am sure there are some fisherman in here. Any advice on buying a fly rod and reel for a beginner?

5-6 weight? Brand?

sal

mcbosco

I follow Jean Dodd's protocol. Her research has changed the approach to vaccines.

http://www.dogsadversereactions.com/Min ... neUse.html

mcbosco

i have a Spinone with a long thick beard, it would be nice if he drank less!!!

mcbosco

its not really a treatment, if my dog was suffering i certainly would seek medical treatment, but my experience with my old Lab was that it just came back and i got tired of dealing with it. regular feeding of pre and probiotics is pretty well documented to prevent but perhaps not tested specificall...

mcbosco

http://www.drharveys.com/blog/tag/148

read this about yogurt and kefir

Dr. Harvey, you might have seen is products in the store, is well regarded locally even though he is kind of nutty. He does not sell Kefir, so there is no conflict of interest. There is a story about a dog you should read.

mcbosco

yogurt is great but Kefir is even better I bought some today, when i get back from vacation i am going to buy Kefir grains and make my own

mcbosco

its nice to see labs in good shape..come to a soccer game in new jersey and feast your eyes on 100lb labs that can hardly move and owners that brag about how much they weigh...it sickens me

mcbosco

i use earthbath too i have the orange oil formula

mcbosco

it does work more people need to try it, plus the dog gets a fresh protein and fat boost as well

mcbosco

My vet who is also married to vet has come around to agree with me that yeast related ear infections are largely diet related. While I can't quote a scientific study specifically on ear infections in canines it is pretty well understood that a lack of friendly bacteria in the gut allows unfriendly m...

mcbosco

if she is OK medically, the worst thing you can do is hover over her when food is out, that makes a picky eater even worse, put the food down and walk away

mcbosco

my old Jack Russell female would skip meals for a few days all the time and she lived to 18, she never, ever ate with gusto even when she ate

sal

mcbosco

how old is that dog? I know its a female, but young intact males are famous for spells of not eating.

sal

mcbosco

did the vet do a scraping of the skin?

sal

mcbosco

Ezzy, we both love our animals but my views on diet are just different thats all. There is a place for kibble or other dry types like granular (abady) or deyhydrated (honest kitchen) but still nothing lights up a dogs eyes like a chicken leg & thigh or big slab of liver once in a while or a stinky b...

mcbosco

Yeast is a pain in the butt, Candida especially. When the immune system is out of balance or impaired by some other ailment it takes advantage much like demodectic mange.

sal

mcbosco

yes i do, i have the ingredient costs for 26 well known dog foods in my files, they are about a year old but you can't tell me that naturally preserved foodstuffs don't cost more cause they do...just like the cost of organic vs non organic how can you honestly say that ingredient choices are not a m...

mcbosco

it looks like warfare actually, maybe it is given the reproductive rate of these animals i know you guys wont believe it, but in NJ deer are reproducing at an alarming rate, the local parks have organized hunts and now the wild turkey is back and all over the place...and since they ground nest, fox,...

mcbosco

bravo is good too i like the big 10 pound tubes, slicing those into disks is loads of fun hahahhaha

mcbosco

that may be true but fit for human consumption and nutty chemicals are two different things, you live in Bucks County? I live in Monmouth County NJ. you must order raw food from this place in NJ its not far from you...i luv it and order from time to time. i get oma's pride from a lady down the road ...

mcbosco

i just cant believe a domestic hog can revert to wild in two weeks, grow hair and have a babies with tusks, that is unreal, really is

does anyone use Labradoodles for hog hunting, just kidding!!!!!

mcbosco

at the risk of sounding like an east coast elitist, which I am not, there is no reason for a company to use rubber stabilizer in dog food, period. it is solely a matter of cost and that's the truth, as there is plenty of naturally preserved herring and menhaden meal out there...but the "special sele...

mcbosco

well said

mcbosco

for what you need or want the Spinone or WPG fit the bill, but unless you know someone you will wait a long time to get a pup

WPG and Spinone breeders just don't sell pups

sal

mcbosco

I feed about 50% raw, Oma's Chicken Grind, Green tripe, Primal's Sardine Grind, Goats Milk Yogurt/Kefir, steamed carrots & apples - the other 50% is Abady granular, but have used other dry foods in the past.

mcbosco

feeding raw can cost a lot, or very little depending on how much work you wanna do.. beef hearts cost about $1.5 and they are at least a couple of pounds, any way time to head out

mcbosco

if you freeze pork at zero or below for a period of time, you can feed it raw, the hunters in italy feed the dogs raw boar after it has been frozen... $65 a bag is nuts, its great chow but..... I just scored up some organic green beef trip for nothing from a local farmer bringing his steer to the ho...

mcbosco

yeah and they eat anything, I had wild boar in Italy last year, was great.

speaking of wild boar, Orijen has a wild boar dog food now, $65 a bag for 27lbs......LOL

sal

mcbosco

would you guys eat one of those hogs?

sal

mcbosco

sorry its mountaindogs not man

sal

mcbosco

I luv to here people giving their dogs REAL food once in a while...

Three Cheers..I am a big green tripe feeder myself.

sal

mcbosco

I have a Kuranda bed for my Spinone, that he inherited from my Lab and Jack Russell that slept on it for 10 years. They are worth every penny, it hardly has a scratch on it and I have never replaced the fabric, there isn't even one hole or tear in the fabric. I think they make a crate insert bed too...

mcbosco

http://www.cushionguy.com/duracrate.html

i have one

mcbosco

http://www.gundogmag.com/gundog_breeds/ ... index.html

mcbosco

http://www.pointfetch.com/pf/

http://www.pointfetch.com/field.html

http://www.pointfetch.com/field.html

hmmm

mcbosco

You guys make me feel like a wussy. I am at the office on Park Ave in NYC, waiting for my girl to come over and give me a haircut and a manicure...

I wish I were out there chasing those hogs with those dogs...My Spinone will stay home thank you
very much!!

sal

mcbosco

not sure, the ones on this program looked like big as American Bulldogs...scary stuff

mcbosco

Look at a Spinone as well.

sal

mcbosco

DC ran a show called "Pig Bomb" last night about wild & feral hogs....wow. Anyone ever see one of those 300lb monsters. Some of the hunters had pretty tough looking bull-dog types with them chasing the pigs...

scary stuff

sal

mcbosco

My buddy uses Annamaet Impact with Annamaet kibble and loves it.

sal

mcbosco

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/71/4/861

http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/133/4/1158

http://www.springerlink.com/content/v636140lx112g1t3/

mcbosco

The solution that I proposed for ear infections in dogs has ZERO downside and 100% upside. Have you ever heard of dog that died from eating Goats Milk yogurt or Kefir? If the dog has a very bad ear infection, of course, go to the vet and get it taken care of. The problem with ear infections is that ...

mcbosco

if the dog has the runs and is on antibiotics ask your vet if she can have some plain yogurt with banana or PLAIN canned pumpkin, not pie mix.

sal

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