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Hi Jed I hardly ever feed fruit & veg, maybe once a month they would get a tablespoon of blended raw mix in some mince. Last night they had mackeral with left over brown rice & grated carrots as a filler, as I didnt have enough out for 2 extra boarders that were meant to have gone home LOL.........If I am having fruit they all get a bit of apple as a treat occassionally too or carrot while Im cooking, they get excited about things falling off the chopping board, which I deliberately do, liek celery etc

If it is a problem & you are thinking about getting it removed, get it done sooner than later. They will be banning dew claw removal soon, just like tail docking.

Raw means feeding nothing processed or cooked , you feed a diet as close to what a wild dog would eat, and what Canines are designed to eat. Grains & cereals, things like rice DO cause skin problems also ear infections. My dogs basically live on chicken carcasses/necks/wings/lamb ribs, and get muscle meats & organ meats also, occassionally other things like eggs & fish.

Obviously firstly she needs to be wormed. She needs carbohydrates of any description at this stage, pasta, rice, mashed potatoes/pumpkin, 2 minute noodles,oats mixed with raw chicken mince (pet grade which is high in fat)...........There isnt much point now trying to get nutrients to the pups as she will whelp any minute now. You might make sure you are prepared for rearing the litter without her, tube feeding etc............she is likely to be a prime candidate for eclampsia

Did the vet check him for Tonsillitis? Could be your problem & not something Vets routinely check for either! Periactin tablets from the Chemist, over the counter medication an antihistimine whose side effect is to cause hunger, come in very handy, and very safe to use............But you would want to know teh dog isnt sick first............sounds like he might need his immune system boosted after his illnesses, apple cider vinegar & Kelp will help with that.

There is a gorgeous one from PetNetwork called "Luscious" it is divine, and smells like strawberries..... There is Fidos Fresh Coat Spray that I like, that is good for either sex, and the fragrance lasts ages I dont mind one by Equinade "Fantasia Bloo" is nice & lasts well also, they have some other colognes I havent tried them though. Some of them are really gross, sickly sweet smelling, and some are too strong & can cause skin irritations. There are so many around but I usually stick to the same few.

I will enquire with our vet about the vaccination situation and see if it is necessary. I am confused to work out why vet's and animal experts advise to vaccinate your dog yearly if it doesn't need to be done. Is there somewhere i can read more about this? I think you will find that your Vet will not say anything against vaccinations no matter what their personal view is, as they must follow the protocol set out by the Drug company & the AVA........You must remember that they are all making bezillion $$$$ out of vaccinations, they are not going to give it up easily, and is the reason they have invented the idea of a 3 yearly one, which is the same thing you have always had but annually, for 3 times the price..........There is so much on the internet about vaccinosis, here is one article that has done the rounds, there are other experts at the end of the email that you can research, Dodds, Shultz etc.........The other thing of course is that without the diseases caused by vaccinations Vets will lose even more money as they wont be sick! I think this article hits home when she discusses how Vets started to inject cats in the tail & legs instead of the body, as they could easily amputate the extremities rather than euthanase the Cats that get sarcomas at the site of injection "The Science of Vaccine Damage" by Catherine O'Driscoll (posted with permission) http://www.dogsadversereactions.com/scienc...cineDamage.html A team at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine conducted several studies (1,2) to determine if vaccines can cause changes in the immune system of dogs that might lead to life-threatening immune-mediated diseases. They obviously conducted this research because concern already existed. It was sponsored by the Haywood Foundation which itself was looking for evidence that such changes in the human immune system might also be vaccine induced. It found the evidence. The vaccinated, but not the non-vaccinated, dogs in the Purdue studies developed autoantibodies to many of their own biochemicals, including fibronectin, laminin, DNA, albumin, cytochrome C, cardiolipin and collagen. This means that t he vaccinated dogs -- "but not the non-vaccinated dogs"-- were attacking their own fibronectin, which is involved in tissue repair, cell multiplication and growth, and differentiation between tissues and organs in a living organism. The vaccinated Purdue dogs also developed autoantibodies to laminin, which is involved in many cellular activities including the adhesion, spreading, differentiation, proliferation and movement of cells. Vaccines thus appear to be capable of removing the natural intelligence of cells. Autoantibodies to cardiolipin are frequently found in patients with the serious disease systemic lupus erythematosus and also in individuals with other autoimmune diseases. The presence of elevated anti-cardiolipin antibodies is significantly associated with clots within the heart or blood vessels, in poor blood clotting, haemorrhage, bleeding into the skin, foetal loss and neurological conditions. The Purdue studies also found that vaccinate d dogs were developing autoantibodies to their own collagen. About one quarter of all the protein in the body is collagen. Collagen provides structure to our bodies, protecting and supporting the softer tissues and connecting them with the skeleton. It is no wonder that Canine Health Concern's 1997 study of 4,000 dogs showed a high number of dogs developing mobility problems shortly after they were vaccinated (noted in my 1997 book, What Vets Don't Tell You About Vaccines). Perhaps most worryingly, the Purdue studies found that the vaccinated dogs had developed autoantibodies to their own DNA. Did the alarm bells sound? Did the scientific community call a halt to the vaccination program? No. Instead, they stuck their fingers in the air, saying more research is needed to ascertain whether vaccines can cause genetic damage. Meanwhile, the study dogs were found good homes, but no long-term follow-up has been conducted. At around the same time, the American Veterinary Me dical Association (AVMA) Vaccine-Associated Feline Sarcoma Task Force initiated several studies to find out why 160,000 cats each year in the USA develop terminal cancer at their vaccine injection sites.(3) The fact that cats can get vaccine-induced cancer has been acknowledged by veterinary bodies around the world, and even the British Government acknowledged it through its Working Group charged with the task of looking into canine and feline vaccines(4) following pressure from Cani ne Health Concern. What do you imagine was the advice of the AVMA Task Force, veterinary bodies and governments? "Carry on vaccinating until we find out why vaccines are killing cats, and which cats are most likely to die." In America, in an attempt to mitigate the problem, they're vaccinating cats in the tail or leg so they can amputate when cancer appears. Great advice if it's not your cat amongst the hundreds of thousands on the "oops" list. But other species are okay - rig ht? Wrong. In August 2003, the Journal of Veterinary Medicine carried an Italian study which showed that dogs also develop vaccine-induced cancers at their injection sites.(5) We already know that vaccine-site cancer is a possible sequel to human vaccines, too, since the Salk polio vaccine was said to carry a monkey retrovirus (from cultivating the vaccine on monkey organs) that produces inheritable cancer. The monkey retrovirus SV40 keeps turning up in human cancer sites. It is also widely acknowledged that vaccines can cause a fast-acting, usually fatal, disease called autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (AIHA). Without treatment, and frequently with treatment, individuals can die in agony within a matter of days. Merck, itself a multinational vaccine manufacturer, states in The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy that autoimmune haemolytic anaemia may be caused by modified live-virus vaccines, as do Tizard's Veterinary Immunology (4th edition) and the Journal of Veter inary Internal Medicine.(6) The British Government's Working Group, despite being staffed by vaccine-industry consultants who say they are independent, also acknowledged this fact. However, no one warns the pet owners before their animals are subjected to an unnecessary booster, and very few owners are told why after their pets die of AIHA. A Wide Range of Vaccine-induced Diseases We also found some worrying correlations between vaccine events and the onset of arthritis in our 1997 survey. Our concerns were compounded by research in the human field. The New England Journal of Medicine, for example, reported that it is possible to isolate the rubella virus from affected joints in children vaccinated against rubella. It also told of the isolation of viruses from the peripheral blood of women with prolonged arthritis following vaccination.(7) Then, in 2000, CHC's findings were confirmed by research which showed that polyarthritis and other di seases like amyloidosis, which affects organs in dogs, were linked to the combined vaccine given to dogs.(8) There is a huge body of research, despite the paucity of funding from the vaccine industry, to confirm that vaccines can cause a wide range of brain and central nervous system damage. Merck itself states in its Manual that vaccines (i.e., its own products) can cause encephalitis: brain inflammation/damage. In some cases, encephalitis involves lesions in the brain and throughout the central nervous system. Merck states that "examples are the encephalitides following measles, chickenpox, rubella, smallpox vaccination, vaccinia, and many other less well defined viral infections". When the dog owners who took part in the CHC survey reported that their dogs developed short attention spans, 73.1% of the dogs did so within three months of a vaccine event. The same percentage of dogs was diagnosed with epilepsy within three months of a shot (but usually within da ys). We also found that 72.5% of dogs that were considered by their owners to be nervous and of a worrying disposition, first exhibited these traits within the three-month post-vaccination period. I would like to add for the sake of Oliver, my friend who suffered from paralysed rear legs and death shortly after a vaccine shot, that "paresis" is listed in Merck's Manual as a symptom of encephalitis. This is defined as muscular weakness of a neural (brain) origin which involves partial or incomplete paralysis, resulting from lesions at any level of the descending pathway from the brain. Hind limb paralysis is one of the potential consequences. Encephalitis, incidentally, is a disease that can manifest across the scale from mild to severe and can also cause sudden death. Organ failure must also be suspected when it occurs shortly after a vaccine event. Dr Larry Glickman, who spearheaded the Purdue research into post-vaccination biochemical changes in dogs, wrote in a letter to Cavalier Spaniel breeder Bet Hargreaves: "Our ongoing studies of dogs show that following routine vaccination, there is a significant rise in the level of antibodies dogs produce against their own tissues. Some of these antibodies have been shown to target the thyroid gland, connective tissue such as that found in the valves of the heart, red blood cells, DNA, etc. I do believe that the heart conditions in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels could be the end result of repeated immunisations by vaccines containing tissue culture contaminants that cause a progressive immune response directed at connective tissue in the heart valves. The clinical manifestations would be more pronounced in dogs that have a genetic predisposition [although] the findings should be generally applicable to all dogs regardless of their breed." I must mention here that Dr Glickman believes that vaccines are a necessary evil, but that safer vaccines need to be developed. Meanwhile, please join the queue to place your dog, cat, horse and child on the Russian roulette wheel because a scientist says you should. Vaccines Stimulate an Inflammatory Response The word "allergy" is synonymous with "sensitivity" and "inflammation". It should, by rights, also be synonymous with the word "vaccination". This is what vaccines do: they sensitise (render allergic)an individual in the process of forcing them to develop antibodies to fight a disease threat. In other words, as is acknowledged and accepted, as part of the vaccine process the body will respond with inflammation. This may be apparently temporary or it may be longstanding. Holistic doctors and veterinarians have known this for at least 100 years. They talk about a wide range of inflammatory or "-itis" diseases which arise shortly after a vaccine event. Vaccines, in fact, plunge many individuals into an allergic state. Again, this is a disorder that ranges f rom mild all the way through to the suddenly fatal. Anaphylactic shock is the culmination: it's where an individual has a massive allergic reaction to a vaccine and will die within minutes if adrenaline or its equivalent is not administered. There are some individuals who are genetically not well placed to withstand the vaccine challenge. These are the people (and animals are "people", too) who have inherited faulty B and T cell function. B and T cells are components within the immune system which identify foreign invaders and destroy them, and hold the invader in memory so that they cannot cause future harm. However, where inflammatory responses are concerned, the immune system overreacts and causes unwanted effects such as allergies and other inflammatory conditions. Merck warns in its Manual that patients with, or from families with, B and/or T cell immunodeficiencies should not receive live-virus vaccines due to the risk of severe or fatal infection. E lsewhere, it lists features of B and T cell immunodeficiencies as food allergies, inhalant allergies, eczema, dermatitis, neurological deterioration and heart disease. To translate, people with these conditions can die if they receive live-virus vaccines. Their immune systems are simply not competent enough to guarantee a healthy reaction to the viral assault from modified live-virus vaccines. Modified live-virus (MLV) vaccines replicate in the patient until an immune response is provoked. If a defence isn't stimulated, then the vaccine continues to replicate until it gives the patient the very disease it was intending to prevent. Alternatively, a deranged immune response will lead to inflammatory conditions such as arthritis, pancreatitis, colitis, encephalitis and any number of autoimmune diseases such as cancer and leukaemia, where the body attacks its own cells. A new theory, stumbled upon by Open University student Gary Smith, explains what holis tic practitioners have been saying for a very long time. Here is what a few of the holistic vets have said in relation to their patients: Dr Jean Dodds: "Many veterinarians trace the present problems with allergic and immunologic diseases to the introduction of MLV vaccines..." (9) Christina Chambreau, DVM: "Routine vaccinations are probably the worst thing that we do for our animals. They cause all types of illnesses, but not directly to where we would relate them definitely to be caused by the vaccine." (10) Martin Goldstein, DVM: "I think that vaccines...are leading killers of dogs and cats in America today." Dr Charles E. Loops, DVM: "Homoeopathic veterinarians and other holistic practitioners have maintained for some time that vaccinations do more harm than they provide benefits." (12) Mike Kohn, DVM: "In response to this [vaccine] violation, there have been increased autoimmune diseases (allergies being one component), epilepsy, ne oplasia [tumours], as well as behavioural problems in small animals." (13) A Theory on Inflammation Gary Smith explains what observant healthcare practitioners have been saying for a very long time, but perhaps they've not understood why their observations led them to say it. His theory, incidentally, is causing a huge stir within the inner scientific sanctum. Some believe that his theory could lead to a cure for many diseases including cancer. For me, it explains why the vaccine process is inherently questionable. Gary was learning about inflammation as part of his studies when he struck upon a theory so extraordinary that it could have implications for the treatment of almost every inflammatory disease -- including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, rheumatoid arthritis and even HIV and AIDS. Gary's theory questions the received wisdom that when a person gets ill, the inflammation that occurs around the infected area helps it to heal. He claims that, in reality, inflammation prevents the body from recognising a foreign substance and therefore serves as a hiding place for invaders. The inflammation occurs when at-risk cells produce receptors called All (known as angiotensin II type I receptors). He says that while At1 has a balancing receptor, At2, which is supposed to switch off the inflammation, in most diseases this does not happen. "Cancer has been described as the wound that never heals," he says. "All successful cancers are surrounded by inflammation. Commonly this is thought to be the body's reaction to try to fight the cancer, but this is not the case. "The inflammation is not the body trying to fight the infection. It is actually the virus or bacteria deliberately causing inflammation in order to hide from the immune system [author's emphasis]." (14) If Gary is right, then the inflammatory process so commonly stimulated by vaccines is not, as hitherto assumed, a necessarily acceptable sign . Instead, it could be a sign that the viral or bacterial component, or the adjuvant (which, containing foreign protein, is seen as an invader by the immune system), in the vaccine is winning by stealth. If Gary is correct in believing that the inflammatory response is not protective but a sign that invasion is taking place under cover of darkness, vaccines are certainly not the friends we thought they were. They are undercover assassins working on behalf of the enemy, and vets and medical doctors are unwittingly acting as collaborators. Worse, we animal guardians and parents are actually paying doctors and vets to unwittingly betray our loved ones. Potentially, vaccines are the stealth bomb of the medical world. They are used to catapult invaders inside the castle walls where they can wreak havoc, with none of us any the wiser. So rather than experiencing frank viral diseases such as the 'flu, measles, mumps and rubella (and, in the case of dogs, parvovirus and distemper), we are allowing the viruses to win anyway - but with cancer, leukaemia and other inflammatory or autoimmune (self-attacking) diseases taking their place. The Final Insult All 27 veterinary schools in North America have changed their protocols for vaccinating dogs and cats along the following lines; (15) however, vets in practice are reluctant to listen to these changed protocols and official veterinary bodies in the UK and other countries are ignoring the following facts. Dogs' and cats' immune systems mature fully at six months. If modified live-virus vaccine is giver after six months of age, it produces immunity, which is good for the life of the pet. If another MLV vaccine is given a year later, the antibodies from the first vaccine neutralise the antigens of the second vaccine and there is little or no effect. The litre is no "boosted", nor are more memory cells induced. Not only are annual boosters unnecessary, but they sub ject the pet to potential risks such as allergic reactions and immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia. In plain language, veterinary schools in America, plus the American Veterinary Medical Association, have looked at studies to show how long vaccines last and they have concluded and announced that annual vaccination is unnecessary.(16-19) Further, they have acknowledged that vaccines are not without harm. Dr Ron Schultz, head of pathobiology at Wisconsin University and a leading light in this field, has been saying this politely to his veterinary colleagues since the 1980s. I've been saying it for the past 12 years. But change is so long in coming and, in the meantime, hundreds of thousands of animals are dying every year - unnecessarily. The good news is that thousands of animal lovers (but not enough) have heard what we've been saying. Canine Health Concern members around the world use real food as Nature's supreme disease preventative, eschewing processed pet food, and minimise the vaccine risk. Some of us, myself included, have chosen not to vaccinate our pets at all. Our reward is healthy and long-lived dogs. It has taken but one paragraph to tell you the good and simple news. The gratitude I feel each day, when I embrace my healthy dogs, stretches from the centre of the Earth to the Universe and beyond. About the Author: Catherine O'Driscoll runs Canine Health Concern which campaigns and also delivers an educational program, the Foundation in Canine Healthcare. She is author of Shock to the System (2005; see review this issue), the best-selling book What Vets Don't Tell You About Vaccines (1997, 1998), and Who Killed the Darling Buds of May? (1997; reviewed in NEXUS 4/04). She lives in Scotland with her partner, Rob Ellis, and three Golden Retrievers, named Edward, Daniel and Gwinnie, and she lectures on canine health around the world. For more information, contact Catherine O'D riscoll at Canine Health Concern, PO Box 7533, Perth PH2 1AD, Scotland, UK, email [email protected] , website http://www.canine-health-concern.org.uk. Shock to the System is available in the UK from CHC, and worldwide from Dogwise at http://www.dogwise.com. Endnotes 1. "Effects of Vaccination on the Endocrine and Immune Systems of Dogs, Phase II", Purdue University, November 1,1999, at http://www.homestead.com/vonhapsburg/haywa...onvaccines.html. 2. See www.vet.purdue.edu/epi/gdhstudy.htm. 3. See http://www.avma.org/vafstf/default.asp. 4. Veterinary Products Committee (VPC) Working Group on Feli ne and Canine Vaccination, DEFRA, May 2001. 5. JVM Series A 50(6):286-291, August 2003. 6. Duval, D. and Giger,U. (1996). "Vaccine-Associated Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia in the Dog", Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 10:290-295. 7. New England Journal of Medicine, vol.313,1985. See also Clin Exp Rheumatol 20(6):767-71, Nov-Dec 2002. 8. Am Coll Vet Intern Med 14:381,2000. 9. Dodds, Jean W.,DVM, "Immune System and Disease Resistance", at http://www.critterchat.net/immune.htm. 10. Wolf Clan magazine, April/May 1995. 11. Goldstein, Martin, The Nature of Animal Healing, Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1999. 12. Wolf Clan magazine, op. cit. 13. ibid. 14. Journal of Inflammation 1:3,2004, at http://www.journal-inflammation.com content/1/1/3. 15. Klingborg, D.J., Hus tead, D.R. and Curry-Galvin, E. et al., "AVMA Council on Biologic and Therapeutic Agents' report on cat and dog vaccines", Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 221(10):1401-1407, November 15,2002, http://www.avma.org/policies/vaccination.htm. 16. ibid. 17. Schultz, R.D., "Current and future canine and feline vaccination programs", Vet Med 93:233-254,1998. 18. Schultz, R.D., Ford, R.B., Olsen, J. and Scott, P., "Titer testing and vaccination: a new look at traditional practices", Vet Med 97:1-13, 2002 (insert). 19. Twark, L. and Dodds, W.J., "Clinical application of serum parvovirus and distemper virus antibody liters for determining revaccination strategies in healthy dogs", J Am Vet Med Assoc 217:1021-1024,2000.

Those who think that vaccinations are related to cancer, how often do you vaccinate your dogs? A dogs immune system is at its peak after 6 months of age, so after they have had a vaccination after that time (usually 15 months) I dont do them again as they last a lifetime.

Are all these dogs annually vaccinated? If so there is your answer.

Hi, she gets cooked rice pasta and mixed veggies plus rw chicken necks I agree that "Groomers" is an amazing shampoo, I would try it for sure. Omega 3 oils zinc, Vit E,in her food, and I would cut out ALL rice & pasta from her diet, it is most likely to be the cause!

To my knowledge blood used to be sent to Scotland for this, but now a Lab in WA can do it, I havent heard of any other Lab that can do it. Any Vet can take blood & send it however. Being one who doesnt vaccinate past 15 months of age I am not up on the latest for Titre testing. But sone of my pet owners have done it on ones Ive bred, showing full levels on dogs over 3y/o and ZERO levels on a dog that had had its puppy shots according to the recommended protocol of the AVA............I have been following Jean Dodds puppy protocol ever since!!!!

Blood is sent to WA (unless there is another Lab now doing Titres??), so any Vet can do it , but usually they will make it expensive so that the easiest option is to just have the vaccination done. I know someone paid around $120 all up from Sydney. Why is your dog due for a tetnus booster? I thought tetnus lasted 10 years????????? Cheers

Yes I always do it & have been for probably 10 years or so without any problem at all. Having 10 dogs it is the only way to be affordable. I do it for everything, worming, heartworming, and all flea treatments such as Advantix/Frontline etc.....I can usually get at least 4 dogs to one extra large dog treatment.

http://www.pricelesspets.com.au/products.php3?page=prod Priceless Pets would have to be the cheapest

Yes you need to sit up with her & you need to stay with her 24 hours every day as she may require assistance. The pups need to be kept very warm, a hession bag is no good on a cold floor. If she is straining & not delivering a pup it could be stuck, and you need to get her to a Vet straight away, ideally she should not go more than 2 hours between pups. The bitch is very young to be having a litter, so fingers crossed she will rear them ok. If not you will need a Vet to show you how to feed them every 2 hours & make them eliminate etc........

Sounds like conjunctivitis. The thing is that you need to get "onto " it quickly, as in my experience they rub their eyes & end up making an ulcer You can keep their eyes bathed regularly with salty water or colloidal silver if you have it.....

Self adhesive bandage,non stick gauze Betadine (antiseptic) Rescue remedy (shock) Witchazel (clean a wound) Saline (flush eyes) Muzzle (in case of severe trauma such as car accident) Arnica (bruising) Natural healer such as "The Scarless Healer" ,Comfrey cream etc Styptic pen or equivalent (to stop bleeding ie bleeding nail) Colloidal silver is always a handy thing to have on hand, as you can use it to wipe eyes, wounds, put it in their water , natural antibiotic........ For bee stings/allergic insect bites I keep phernergen on hand, there are other antihistimines like Periactin, Clarantyne etc that can be used on dogs. I also have a homeopathic first aide kit on heand, you can get them from a lady on ebay usually or Jackie Fitzgerald sells them also.

Cod liver oil is supposed to work, but I have neverhad the need to try it personally.

Thanks laffi Cheers :D Garlic is ALWAYS added to my vege mix.......You have to feed an awful large amount to be toxic, and not many dogs would want to eat it in large quantities anyway........People have been feeding garlic to their dogs for ever, as it is a natural flea repellant , they used to also feed sulfur for ticks, before chemical preparations were invented. high starch veges like potatoes can be used in small amounts occassionally, but they usually cause gas, as does cabbage type vege.........green leafy veges are best as are herbs.........I usually only use pumpkin occassionally & always feed that cooked & mashed (as are my potatos)..........Most fruits are fine, I find mine dont like citrus like oranges, so I never bother, usually apples, pears, banana, kiwi, and anything I have available........ Dogs are carnivores, so any fruit & veg is in such small and infrequent amounts it really isnt a problem......I have seen the pinned thread, and most of it I dont agree with, as it sounds like you can not feed anything safely, it fails to say that anything in volumes is not good for them (apart from meat & raw bones)...a dog will not keel over & die from eating a grape for example!

I have a good butcher. I get a shopping bag full of chicken frames & wing tips/scraps, for $1 a bag..........He does me chicken mince for $1 /kg.........He tells me when he has done me 5kg & I get it fresh off him & freeze it in smaller bags. I can also get bags of beef bones off him & he cuts then to the sizes I like, again usually about $1 a shopping bag. I buy human grade beef mince whenever it is on special, BiLo often have it for $3.99 /kg here. Necks at BiLo are $2.40/kg.I can get them cheaper in the nearer town but add my petrol & why bother driving to get them really! I get my free range eggs usually from the local markets on once a month for $2.50 a carton I grow my own herbs, and many neighbours /family give me veg from their gardens, especially if they are not as fresh, as they are good for the dogs........I also buy greens from the local fruit & veg shop that are on special, large bag of broccoli for $1 etc.... as they need to be used today/tomorrow....blended up & freeze in ice cube trays etc......... Supplements like Salmon oil, Vit E, Ester C etc I get online from discount stores like this one........ http://www.vitaminking.com.au/ I make my own yoghurt, but often buy it when it is 40cents a tub at bilo about to expire in a day, same as cottage cheese too. I find the large cans of Mackeral (425gr) "Seawall" brand at the supermarket is the most economical, as the home brand Sardines are half empty when you open them......Mackeral cans are jam packed in there, and are only about $2 a can...... I find Offal is the most expensive part of feeding raw, which is crazy, as they used to give it away, mind you they used to give away frames & necks in the old days too! I guess there might be an influx of people switching to raw this week, as I just watched Oprah show just now & it was entirely about all things dog, and touched on the dog food recall, and interviewed a Vet advocating raw as the best form of feeding, followed by cooked home prepared, with processed dry food ranking (7th)which was last on the list..........

Advantix does fleas,ticks & mozzies.........If it is affective at repelling mozzies then you shouldnt require heartworm as well...but does it work I wonder? How would you really know??? I use Advantix & Valueheart monthly, heartworm, as I havent put it to the test ....

Unfortunatley it can be your grass, not necessarily something easy to get rid of.....wandering jew is usually the culprit though. I have a couple of mine that always come in licking paws after rain or dew, they are very suseptible to it becoming dermatitis, so I have to dry their feet every morning & as much as possible when its raining.

My pups all did the same after nasal spray at 13 weeks (approx 6 years ago). They were VERY sick however!!!!!! Greenish thick discharge coming out their noses, all extremely lethargic, hacking coughs etc........I thought they would die, Ive never had a dog so sick in my life, let alone the whole lot of them like this..........The Vet complained to the drug company, who were supposedly going to contact me about it, but they never did......... I wont touch the stuff ever again.

Yes I have pages & pages of recipes. But I usually make the same ones mostly. :rolleyes: BASIC TREATS Basic Dog Treats 1-3/4 cups whole wheat flour 1-1/4 cups oatmeal 1-1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 cup warm water Options: 1/3 cup finely grated cheese 1/4 cup peanut butter Mix the dry ingredients together. Then mix the wet ingredients together. Blend both mixtures until a firm dough is achieved. Shape dough into an oblong roll, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Lightly grease sheet pan. Slice roll into 1/4-inch slices, place on sheet pan and bake for about 1 hour or until treats are done, checking after 45 minutes, and then every 5 minutes thereafter. Let them cool before giving to your best friend. FISH BREAD Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. (say 160 C) Drain 2 regular sized cans of tuna (or 1 large one) and pour into large mixing bowl. Mix in 2 eggs. Mix in 1 1/2 cups of flour. Add 1 tablespoon of garlic powder (or substitute with crushed garlic) Blend well, into a doughy ball, and spread about 1/4 inch thick in a big, greased baking sheet. Bake for about 25-30 minutes or until golden. Cut into tiny squares, however small you need them. I then bag them up into smallish quantities and freeze them - they like them frozen, too!! LIVER LOAF 1 lb fresh beef or pork liver ¾ cup of flour (I used organic whole wheat) 1-2 heaping teaspoons of garlic powder ¾ cup fine cornmeal 2 - 3 eggs (I washed the eggs and used the shells too for extra calcium.) Wash liver and REMOVE the skin and large veins. Liquefy in a heavy-duty blender. (I do the eggs with shells and the liver at the same time.) In a bowl combine the flour and the cornmeal, then add the 'liquid' to the dry ingredients and stir, just until combined. Pour the mixture into an 8 x 8 inch greased baking pan. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for approx. 20-30 minutes. Don't over cook. Test like you would brownies. Remove from oven and cut into 2 inch squares, allow to cool. Refrigerate required amount in meat compartment. Wrap surplus in foil and freeze; thaw as needed. Use sparingly. PEANUT BUTTER BIKKIES . 1 1/4 cup milk . 1 1/4 cup peanut butter . 2 cups whole-wheat flour . 1 cup all purpose flour . 1 1/4 tablespoons baking powder 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 2. Mix milk and peanut butter in a large bowl, until smooth. 3. Combine flours and baking powder in a large bowl. 4. Gradually stir flour mixture into wet ingredients. 5. Knead dough by hand, adding small amounts of milk to the mixture if the consistency is too dry. 6. Roll out dough onto a lightly floured surface to desired thickness and cut out treats with cookie cutter of choice. 7. Bake on cookie sheet at 400 degrees for 15 minutes, modifying timing to adjust for dough thickness and treat size. 8. After the oven has been turned off, treats can be left to cool and dry for several hours before storing. Anti FLEA COOKIES Anti-Flea Cookies 2 cups unbleached white flour 1/2 cup wheat germ 1/2 cup brewer's yeast from the health food store 2 cloves minced garlic 3 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 cup chicken or beef stock Combine the flour, wheat germ, and yeast in a bowl. Mix the oil and garlic and slowly add to flour mixture, alternately with the chicken stock. Continue until all the ingredients are incorporated into a smooth dough. Roll out on a lightly floured surface until 1/4 inch thick. Do it in batches if you're not used to working with dough. Use a 2-inch-round cookie cutter to cut into biscuits. Put on greased cookie sheets and bake at 400 degrees F for about 20 to 25 minutes, until browned. Cool in the oven and leave for a few hours to dry out.

YES Priceless Pets are cheap as chips, interesting that they are still obviously making money out of it , yet some of the Prices quoted on this thread have been 4 times teh price of this place! I have used them a fair bit & have had no problems, and they are delivered within a few days, once I had it overnight! The thing with Priceless Pets is that you print off an order form & fax or mail it, so you dont have to put any credit card details online if you dont want too. I usually scan the form & send it through as an attachment. Cheers