samboy

We paid just over $600 for our dog, but that was over 4 years ago.

Hello, we just started sammys injections on the 25th of May and have noticed that a little bit of hair has began to grow on his belly, where he has his huge bald spot, the little spots that sammy had between his toes are almost gone and his ear infections have cleared up. Im really happy with the results that he is getting from the injections, so i am really happy with the resyults that he e is getting from the injectios.

Can i just ask how often do use vaccinate?

I use interceptor with advantix.

Thanks Jed, well i should just stick to what im doing now then, because it is only a very small amount of sunflower oil.

thanks for all your replies, the vet has told me to give him 0.5ml, but he just told me the stuff from the supermarket, and from the sounds of it' I should have got him cold pressed oil. Sammy has got skin allergies and he starting to get arthritis in his hips, and the vet recommened 2.8 ml of eicosaderm and 0.5 ml of sunflower oil which should help both. i guess i get a little bit paranoid when i read alot stuff that says you shouldn't be giving a certain thing to them. I think i may go to the health shop and look for cold pressed sunflower oil.

thanks i think i will get some fish oil capsules, does it matter what type.

Hello, My vet has told me to give a little bit of sunflower oil with eicosaderm for my dogs skin and joints, but i have read that sunflower oil is not really safe, and i was wondering if there are any other oils which have similar properties as sunflower oil that i can add to his food. thankyou

Sammy has had allergys since he was proberly around six months, however it hasnt been till the last couple of months that we found out, cause he has has never really scratched that much and still doesnt.. I dont think that our bond with him has been affected by his allergies at all.

THanks everyone, you have been very helpful. This barf stuff is very hard to get my head around.

Please tell me your Cav doesn't weigh 15 kilos?! When I was feeding BARF I added flax seed oil, kelp, vit e and B every now and then. I don't think you need to worry too much about the extras though. I know that sounds huge but his actually nearly the size of a cocker spaniel, and at his biggest he was over 18 kilos, the vet told us to take him off biscuits, thats when i started buying barf pattys and he looks so much better and healthier now, his been on so many different diets that the vets have recommened and barf is the only thing that hasnt made him get fatter.

With the prey model diet not to mention the barf im worried that im not gonna be able to get the right amout of meat, bone and offal, what would you feed in lets say a day for a 15 kilo dog. Its all just so confusing!

Thanks for that, so you dont have to add, vit B,C,E and all the other things that he suggests in his book.

Hello everyone i am new to the forum, at the moment i am feeding my cav the dr billinnghurst barf patty's which is quite expensive, so am thinking about making my own. Anyways my question is what vitamins do you add to your barf recipe, because i have been reading a bit of his book and it sounds like you need a million and one different vitamins and oils, how can that be cheaper then buying the pre packaged stuff. I look forward to your help krystal