Cavandra

No! Your dog is a Carnivore, and scavenger, it needs only meat, organs & bones for nourishment, it can eat other things lieik veg & fruit, but not necessary to its well being........ All carbs should be avoided & fed as a treat only, things like rice, grains, pasta, all big "no no's" 80 - 100% meat, offal, bones useful additives are raw eggs with shell , oily fish like sardines & mackeral, herbs like garlic & parsley, sprouts..........for tummy upsets or to bulk up a meal for a diet , mashed cooked pumpkin.........occassional raw blended fruits & vegs.........any constipation coconut or flax seed oil............Growth , injury, old age Ester C...........

No they are carnivores, just because they CAN eat other stuff doesnt mean it does them any nutritional good! They are scavengers, they can eat most anything to survive, but there is no goodness in it, meat , bones, organs is all they need to get proper nutrition......... Wild dogs do not eat the stomach contents of their kill, this is a myth, studies have been done on wild packs to disprove this old myth ....

No dogs do not need vegetable matter, they are carnivores ;) Cooked mashed pumpkin has use in helping their gut re-balance when they have bowel troubles. If I feed veg matter in my BARF diet it is fresh sprouts, garlic & herbs, occassionally green leafy veg............but it is not very often & always blended. I use herbs mainly for their medicinal properties though. Mine also eat apples, carrots, beans, celery as a treat to give them something to do...but there is no necessity to feed it.

Seizures can be caused by Vaccinations & Heartworm injection, and if this is the case , no amount of mainstream vet tests etc will help...............If this is the case with your furkid, then a Homeopathic vet & detoxing the dog could well cure him!

Research Sudafed.....You can still get it over the counter at Chemist , but have to give ID. From memory 30mg small dog...60mg large dogs per day

Raw diets are normal, they are not HIGH in protein, they are normal protein & of high quality....... The issue with HIGH protein diets, leading to growth problems & temperament issues are due to commercial products, many of which have abnormally high amounts of poor quality protein......They have more protein than a dog would normally eat! I do not have issues with constipated dogs & feed a total Raw diet with very occassional vege/fruit matter, maybe every 1-2 months they might get a bit. Ester C is the best source of Vitamin C, it is readily absorbed and utilised , whereas plain old Vitamin C is not absorbed ......Lack of Vitamin C will cause growth problems.

I love the way she writes, I have read all her articles over the years, she is one of my favourites on this subject.....Most peopel functioning on auto pilot need a good slap across the face, she does it so well

Titer tests arent necessary.... Just something like "new 3 yearly vaccine", it helps convert the sceptics, as they feel the need to be doing something.........

This article appeared in Dogs Today (UK) during January. Please feel free to cross post. Vaccine Damage Article - Dogs Today By Catherine O'Driscoll You may have studied canine behaviour in order to understand why dogs do what they do, and how their behaviour can be modified. I wonder if you've studied human behaviour, as I have, to understand why people treat their dogs so badly, and how they can be encouraged to look after them better? Dog owners come from all walks of life. At one end of the scale are those who like to be in control. These include people with antisocial personality disorder, also known as psychopaths. Psychopaths, due to their genes or their early childhood environment, show callous disregard for the rights and feelings of others. They are the people most likely to physically abuse animals (and other humans). Psychopaths are usually highly intelligent. They understand others well, but they don't care about them. They can be manipulative and dishonest, exploiting others for personal gain. Although you may assume that psychopaths are the crazed serial killers we hear about in the news, they're actually represented in all walks of life, and particularly at the top of the business world. Many of our captains of industry are psychopaths. Narcissists are similar to psychopaths. They are egotists with a sense of superiority and a lack of empathy. Others don't matter, they're simply a means to an end. Narcissists exploit others whose needs they feel to be less important. Many top business people are narcissists. The vast majority of society sits at the other end of the scale. They're the followers, named 'codependent' in psycho-speak. Codependents are naturally amenable to control. It's estimated that over 90% of people in our society are codependent to a degree. Codependent people have been taught, as children, not to trust their own thoughts or feelings. They lack self esteem and long to be regarded favourably. They believe that those in authority know better than them. Very few people are therefore able to work out what's true and what isn't, because the people who seek power are pulling strings for their own ends. I'm not saying this as a cynic, but as someone who has studied what is officially known about human behaviour. The end result is that we harm our dogs accidentally, because we've been manipulated by individuals and corporations into believing a pack of lies. The lie that most dog owners currently believe, and which is causing horrendous harm, is that dogs need to be vaccinated every year. This is just not true. A woman on an internet discussion group said recently: "I vaccinate my dogs yearly. I'd never forgive myself if they become poorly and I could have prevented it through a simple yearly injection." This woman is speaking from fear. Fear makes it's easy to manipulate people into believing that annual shots are necessary when they are not. Another woman replied: "That's exactly how I feel. I do worry, though, as Mollie has a small reaction after her boosters every year, but unless it was to get worse, I would still vaccinate." This woman is also speaking from fear, sponsored by a lie. The tragedy is that, having already shown reactions to vaccines, the next unnecessary vaccine could kill her dog. A third woman said: "Susie gets annual boosters. Ollie doesn't get any more boosters since becoming very ill after one. He seems to have a problem with his immune system, of unknown cause, that rears up sometimes." If the vet were knowledgeable and honest, he would have told Ollie's owner that vaccines can cause immune-mediated diseases. Vaccines probably made Ollie ill in the first place, and neither he nor Susie need annual shots. Here is a statement of truth: once immune, dogs are immune against viral disease for years or life. The study group set up by the WSAVA (World Small Animal Veterinary Association) on vaccines has come up with global guidelines which categorically state that dogs and cats should NOT be vaccinated at more than three yearly intervals, and then only for core vaccines - distemper, parvovirus and adenovirus. Core vaccines do not include Leptospirosis, which the WSAVA acknowledges as causing more adverse reactions than other vaccines. Importantly, the WSAVA acknowledges that vaccines can be harmful, and titer (blood) tests are safer than revaccination. I constantly receive emails from people whose dogs have been harmed by vaccines. Edward McKenzie-Clark stated: "Last week, at the request of the new owner, I had a puppy I bred vaccinated. The puppy went downhill overnight and is now seriously ill. The vet is telling me that this puppy's condition and the vaccination are coincidences. The puppy is going into kidney failure caused by either leptospirosis (in the vaccine) or drinking anti-freeze (impossible) . Can there be a connection between the vaccine and the puppy's health?" If this man had given this puppy heroin, his vet would be in no doubt as to cause and effect. It's amazing how they don't connect the dots. In fact, a study conducted by Purdue University found that vaccinated, but not unvaccinated, dogs developed auto-antibodies to a wide range of their own biochemicals. One of these was laminin, which coats kidney cells. Vaccinated dogs were attacking their own kidneys. Vaccines can also cause the disease you're attempting to prevent. In the Canine Health Concern vaccine survey, 100% of dogs with leptospirosis contracted it just after being vaccinated against it. Leptospirosis, of course, attacks the kidneys - and the puppy had severe kidney damage. Edward wrote again. "I had to put Hamish to sleep on Sunday. He deteriorated rapidly over the weekend and I decided I couldn't allow him to go through any more. There are a lot of 'if only we did this' days. My other half says I'm too hard on myself and perhaps I can be but it's very hard to put out of my mind what that poor baby had to go through." A few days later, Edward wrote: "The pharmaceutical company have said they will pay for an autopsy. I've said if you pick up the rest of the £300 bill. They refused so I'm refusing to let them have the autopsy done. I asked why are you so keen on an autopsy when you claim it wasn't your vaccine? No answer! I stopped vaccinating in 1990 after a similar incident and this was only done at the new owner's request so NEVER again will a vaccine come near my dogs." I shared Edward's story with Dr Patricia Jordan, a vet who has done a great deal of research into the vaccine issue. She added these comments: "Kidney failure is a common sequel to vaccination. The basement membrane is susceptible to damage from a clogging that results as the immune complexes are drained via the lymphatics. The kidney is a big part of the lymphatic system. The body tries to clear the toxins in the vaccines and there is damage done in this clearing mechanism. "Lepto is a very adverse event associated vaccine and the damndest thing is that lepto vaccines simply do not work. Dr Ron Schultz (the world's foremost independent authority on canine vaccines) hates to see them in with anything else and, in puppies, advises that they are completely finished with the viral inoculations before getting a vaccine against Lepto, which he neither recommends nor advocates - even in Lepto endemic areas. "I have seen older dogs go into kidney failure within two days of receiving a Lepto vaccine." Many dog lovers, I suspect, have difficulty in understanding the science surrounding vaccination, so they'd rather trust the 'experts' than struggle to understand. Dr Jordan sent me one of her diary notes, which isn't technical in the least. Perhaps this will have meaning for you? "What a depressing day today. I had to kill a patient who was vaccinated every year, fed crappy food, and was so immune exhausted that he had everything wrong - coccidia, yeast overgrowth, cancer. I took pictures of his poor wracked body. I only had about a month to try to reverse his condition. It was insurmountable due to the years of visits to the vet and resulting complete adrenal exhaustion and immunosuppression. He was just spent. "The day got worse. I heard barking in the reception and found a tiny eight pound terrorist barking at a tall noble greyhound. The tall dog was looking desperate and his sides were heaving. I went back to finish the patient I was with. By the time I had finished, I'd missed the next patient and the owner of the practice had him. "I was able to walk by the room for another reason and was very concerned to see vaccines laid out in the room - with the dog who looked like he couldn't breathe. I have ranted and raved against vaccines - the over-use and the fact that every single day there is malpractice committed with the administration of this danger to sick and geriatric animals. Anyway, the dog was shot up with vaccines. "After lunch, I returned to see two of the kennel workers carrying that dog's dead body back to the freezer for burial. He had gone home and died. The owner was very upset. Apparently, he wasn't expecting to have vaccinated his pet and his pet die shortly thereafter. "I looked at the record. The dog had been a cardiac patient for a while, with terrible heart murmurs. That was why he was so concerned about the barking terrier, if only eight pounds. The dog could hardly get around, so why was he administered an eight way MLV vaccine? "There appears to be very little compassion in this field. Very little honesty and integrity for the patient of the client. I will get blasted by most vets reading this, but the situation is true. It's a desperate situation." I agree with Dr Jordan. The situation is desperate. Those in authority don't appear to care, and the pet owners seem unable to get out of the mode of following. Alice Hughes wrote to me: "Please help. Our pup is six years old and has suffered terribly from arthritis. For three weeks she lost the use of her back end. One week ago today she had her booster and within days she was in distress and is barely moving around. She is lethargic and sad. What can we do? I am not sure if I should take her to the vet for advice because when we were there last Saturday, he seemed displeased that I turned down the kennel cough shot (I just felt uneasy about so many chemicals going into her and she is never in a kennel). He is 100% behind the annual shots and sends me notices each year, twice. I feel like I am killing her." Research shows that vaccines can cause arthritis. They can also, as a symptom of encephalitis (which is an acknowledged vaccine reaction), cause paralysis of the rear end. Elaine Loydall wrote: "Two weeks ago we did the year's round of boosters. Our younger boy who is 16 months had a massive fit almost two weeks after the jabs. It was scary. Do you have a view on this, and does this mirror other experiences? " Yes it does mirror other experiences. Epilepsy is another symptom of encephalitis, an acknowledged vaccine sequel. Millions of pounds have been paid out worldwide in compensation to the parents of epileptic, vaccine damaged, children. Brenda Hopping wrote: "I took my eleven year old dog (the love of my life!) to have his boosters yesterday. Just minutes after leaving the vets, he collapsed to the ground in an unconscious state and looked as if he was dying. The sight of this was horrendous, just seeing his legs at awkward angles and in spasms. "He did come round, but his eyes were glazed and he looked completely disorientated. I couldn't lift him. I managed to persuade him to his feet and he wobbled back to the vets. My dog has a slight heart murmur and I feared the worst. The vet would not say that it may be something to do with the vaccination. He just told me to take my dog home and advised me that if it happened again, I should bring my dog back for an ECG. "In my mind it is too much of a coincidence that his 'attack' was straight after the vaccination. I really think that the state of confusion and the lack of knowledge on the part of the owner is beneficial to the vet and invariably to the pharmaceutical companies." Proceedings of the First Veterinary Vaccine Symposium, held in 1997, advised that geriatric dogs - over eight years of age - should not be vaccinated. All vaccine datasheets state that only healthy animals should be vaccinated. A dog with a heart murmur is not healthy. He should not be vaccinated: he can die. To make matters worse, Brenda was forced to have her cat euthanised recently as his vaccine-induced cancer had become so aggressive. Brenda says, "His big eyes and lovely face still haunt me and I am in tears now as I write to you. To think, if I had been better informed, he may still be with me now." When I started reporting vaccine reactions back in 1994, a limited amount of research was available. It isn't limited any more. What is needed now is for vets to stop giving unnecessary annual shots, to start upholding the truth, and for pet owners to become aware of the truth and honour the trust their dogs place in them. It is a sad fact that we live in a world where we can't trust apparently respectable business people and healthcare providers to put our dogs' health first. We need to wise up - our dogs depend on us. Ends

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Your post isnt specific enough to know.......what are you feeding? If it is a commercial "Barf" product what is in it? probably already has vegetables in it....Dogs are carnivores & are designed to eat raw meat, offal & bones, vegetables are not necessary, and some are harmful. Dogs raised on commercial products have to detox somehow, which is either diarrohea or vomiting, all the junk has to be eliminated somehow.......Also it may be coincidental he is vomiting, might have nothing to do with food at all....... When peopel ask me how ot switch, I usually recommend nothing but chicken necks initially & introduce 1 new item every so many days.....It will take most dogs a month or more to detox.

Basically I wouldnt be changing from a raw diet....Commercial products are abnormally high in low grade quality Proteins.......A raw diet is already lower protein than these fake food diets if you get my drift. I would be consulting a homeopathic Vet, and giving large amounts of purified water.. It sounds like you have only begun a raw diet, so the benefits are not yet to be seen if this so, as it takes along time to detox a dog from all the toxins & junk in comemrcial foods & Veterinary drugs such as Vaccines & top spot treatments etc.............. Extract from here As Dr. Pitcairn says in his book Dr. Pitcairn's complete guide to natural health for dogs & cats "...Chemicals in food (like preservatives, coloring agents and artificial flavoring agents) and in the environment (contaminated water, air and soil) are directly stressful to the kidneys and probably play a role in the development of the condition. In addition, lack of adequate exercise and diminished exposure to natural environments compound the problem of inadequate elimination and a sluggish metabolism." Exercise of some kind is important to keep all the body's systems functioning. If your pet really can't walk (briskly is to be hoped for), see if it will hold still for being bounced gently on a trampoline (this is very good for flushing the circulatory systems) or, second best, rocking in a rocking chair. (My dogs like "trampolining".) The skin, playing a part in elimination, also is linked to kidney troubles. More from the Pitcairns: "...Long-term skin irritation and eruption often seem to precede eventual kidney failure in old age. If the skin disorder is repeatedly suppressed with doses of cortisone or related corticosteroid drugs, the relationship seems especially true." (A good reason to rely on a natural healing modality like homeopathy for skin disorders!) This book, by the way, has recipes for canine and feline "kidney diets", recommended herbs (alfalfa and marsh mallow), homeopathic tissue salts, and natural kidney crisis therapy. I highly recommend making sure it's in your home library. Food and drink are so basic... And most commercial pet food has all kinds of crap in it. Here's an article that elucidates what some of it might be: http://www.wholisticanimal.com/commercialfood.html Then there are other toxins in the environment. You know some things that are bad: tobacco smoke and exhaust fumes are big ones that come right to mind. If your pets are being exposed to these, see what you can do to limit those stressors. This is taken from "Dr. Mike's" online question-and-answer page with a bunch of discussions on kidney-related issues (http://www.vetinfo.com/dkidney.html): "Toxins that are known to affect the kidneys: lead, mercury, arsenic (usually arsenicals used to treat heartworms), cadmium, chromium, thallium, ethylene glycol (antifreeze), carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, pesticides, herbicides, solvents, snake or bee venom, possibly mushrooms, vitamin D toxicosis from rodenticides." Look around! Also from that article is this information on diet for dogs (my italics): "It is still recommended that a low total protein, but very high quality protein, diet be given to dogs with...chronic renal... The reasoning is that administration of high protein levels doesn't help because they aren't conserved and that there may even be increased damage from the increased protein passing through the kidneys. It is also good to provide a low sodium diet to decrease hypertension which may be damaging the kidneys and low phosphorous since it appears that phosphorous may actually be a major cause of damage in deteriorating kidneys."

I am presuming you do not mean the "reverse sneezing", "Cavalier Snort".... that they do when they are excited/walking......

Irritable Bowels are a symptom of Canine Candida (Yeast infection).......Diet causes Candida.........Rice, pasta, cereals, grains, all convert to sugars in the body, and yeast & cancer live on sugar. Most commercial products have 1 or more of these unneccessary carbohydrates in them. Obviously to rule this disorder out, you would need to detox the dog & avoid ALL the things I mention, everything except meat , offal & bones.......

I would give her 1 tablet a day, if she wasnt on Jointguard she could probably go 1-2 per day...625mg tabs....the online places I posted previously usually have them cheaper than Health Food shops, half price, especially if you buy in bulk......I buy 5 bottles at a time usually when they are on sale.......

Thanks for the info. I haven't vaccinated her for a couple of years and had her titre tested in August 08. She has 2 walks a day and is on a mostly raw diet with bones twice per week. With the Vitamin E how much for that? I tried Vitamin C and it gave her the runs. Is Ester C more easily absorbed? She also has HD and I tried the Vitamin C because of that. TIA Ester C is completely different to plain Vit C.......Vit C is not absorbed readily & passes straight through the body, High doses will cause the runs, and high dosage is what you need.......Ester C is in a different structure, & is designed to be absorbed, and doesnt cause the runs......All my dogs get it as youngsters, and then daily as seniors, as it is brilliant for lubricating the joints also..........Vit E would be 1 capsule & fish oil 1 capsule will do too.......Coenzyme Q10 you can probably get cheaper online at Vitamin King or Natural City ( I get my Ester C here).otherwise a Chemist that has their "homebrand" should aslo have it cheaper than most known brands.

Sorry to hijack but....Cavandra, I have a 5 1/2 year old Cavalier that has a 1/2 grade right apical heart murmer with no clinical signs and was wondering what dosage and what brand of the CoEnzme Q10 could I use? Cheapest brand you can find as it is dear!, give her half per day (capsules, so prick it & squirt), with no vaccs, no junk, excersise, Vit e, & Ester C the most important thing! May never progress who knows, but dogs on commercial diets & over vaccinated (ie yearly) will progress.....

Your dogs were vaccinated at 15 months, they are immune if they are gunna ever be immune for life........besides the point why do they need a year of a banned substance from USA & Canada in their system? if there are no mossies they can not get it, and they have to remotely meet 1 mossie that may be infected to be bitten by it etc......so remote it is silly..........anyway, the injection banned & now reinstated in USA with nothing changed except a disclaimer to sign that it is is ok if your dog dies or has siezures etc..........Why wouldnt you give a monthly med (that lasts 6 weekly) for $20 a year???????????????

Low grade murmurs can also be temporary "transient murmurs"......being in season, pregnant, in stress, on certain medications, for a start......... Care for murmurs...Coenzyme Q10, Vit E, Ester C,fish oil, and no further vaccinations.

I dont have any tips in this particular matter, as I find that anyone who will keep a dog that morbidly obese is not the type of person who will be able to diet the dog. Obesity is the biggest killer of Cavaliers..........When these obese dogs drop down dead, the owners will say it died of MVD!

With any luck he has a pinched nerve........I have had this between the shoulder blades, which isnt a common injury in an old dog, my greyhound guy fixed my girl , needed 2 sessions, as she slipped it again the next day, but has never done it again, cost me $30....she doesnt complain about anything but this was excruciating for her, and panting is a sign of extreme pain & distress

There are various causes including hereditary. However, Vaccinatons particularly the heartworm shot cause seizures too, and can start months after the shot.........

Australian chickens do not get hormones, so it is not that.........highly likely you have canine herpes virus though.

I buy 3kg of Lamb tongues each week, $4 a kg.........Occassionally I get Beef Tongues & have them chopped into segmants by my butcher, they are much much tougher & require some work to eat. They are $2.50 a tongue.

You have a very smart puppy thats obviously health conscious