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my dog has been fine with heartworm injections too. and we give it at the same time as his other injections.. never knew it was bad?

tried my cattle dog on it. he's vomits sharp shards >< but does fine on lamb shanks~

I use groomers evening primrose shampoo (regular not vet) and have found it works just as well or in fact even better than Malaseb, Aloveen, Eqyss Microtek in removing crusty lesions and calming irritated skin. I find it works fine in the summer without blow drying the dog but in the winter blow drying is advisable to allow the oils to absorb into the skin and not build up in the coat.

Holistic Select and Nutro kibble pieces are nice and big. Artemis not so. Benefit of Nutro is that it is cheaper, readily available and made in Aus. I get the weight maintenance, good coat and firm stools with Nutro. I always start with small bags.

those are exactly what my dog has. We have managed to minimise them through diet, regular baths (currently using Groomers Evening Primrose shampoo every 2-3weeks - at the beginning it was weekly) and robert mcdowell's herbal treatment which had the most significant results (conditioning mix in high doses.. we changed to blood poisoning now at a lower dose but he's getting the infection again so I might try up-ing it again) I've also found Apex antibiotic lotion from the vet helped with the itching but we are trialling a Neem oil wash now and that seems to work just as well but with the added benefit of being natural and an insect repellant (fleas included apparently)

oh my! that's officially scared the crap out of me... I am definitely not going to play around with bones anymore. Ppl keep saying it takes time.. it's common for dogs to vomit up bone they can't digest. But it just doesn't sit right with me when what's coming up are extremely sharp pieces of bone which I DONT WANT perforating my dog's GIT >< We all want to do what's best for our dogs but sometimes I wonder if it's worth messing around with their diet. Just imo after trying rmbs, barf and finally seeing the best results with good old fashioned dog kibble T_T

My dog vomits up very sharp shards of bone with roo tails and lamb necks. He's a gulper too. I've found lamb flaps and canned sardines are ok.. we have been keeping him off chicken to rule out any allergies but in the past chicken necks were ok.

In my experience yellow pools of vomit have been bile. I noticed they occurred especially with RMBs. I've stopped the harder bones and kept him to what he seems to tolerate (lamb flaps)

You have to call the NSW supplier and even then it may take a while. If your keen on samples you can contact the Victorian supplier and she's very helpful.

My dog is on thyroxine from the vet. 100 tablets costs around $35 and he's supposed to have them twice a day. he had a T4 of 7 (norm is 19+) and they want it up around 30. The thyroid acts really quickly on his back/joint pain. When I tried to cut it down to once a day he was lethargic and his tail kept curling underneath him as an expression of pain upon certain movement but after keeping to the twice daily dosage he was back to normal in a few days. The vet said his recurrent skin infections could be due to hypothyroidism but the thyroxine hasn't kept it at bay (I've had to use other things). My dog was really skinny when he was diagnosed as opposed to the common symptom of weight gain.

Yup he is expressing his anal glands >< my dog does the same (secreting smelly liquid which stuck to his bum and tail which he then tried to lick) and I find it depends on his diet. If his stools are firm then the anal glands should secrete with bowel motions naturally otherwise there is a build up and thus the stinky release on odd occasions.

I also find it slightly frustrating that senior dog kibbles are aimed at weight loss. My 11yo dog was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year and he has lost a lot of weight (around 4kgs). Rather than a senior dry food Im using Nutro Lamb & Rice and barf patties and feeding him 1.5 of the recommended serves for his ideal weight per day (i.e. he requires 3 cups nutro or 500g barf patty daily so I give one full serve of dry or raw and then half of the other) which is helping to put back some weight.

When my dog had bad dandruff on his lower back (similar to what you are indicating) it was due to an inappropriate diet. I went through a few types of kibble before I found one that didn't make his coat go terribly dry (Eagle Pack fish) or hair drop out at an alarming rate (Pro Plan Sensitive). Black Hawk Holistic started to resolve the coat issues however it didnt suit his bowels (persistent loose motions) and now Nutro Lamb and Rice is maintaining both healthier coat and elimination. It does take a bit of trial and error with diet unfortunately especially as what suits some dogs might not suit others and you'll only know if you try.

I definitely wouldn't recommend a homecooked, single protein diet. Had my dog on that with added supplements for a while as part of my vet's cancer management diet regime and his stools became liquid, he had recurrent problems with his anal glands even with added pumpkin and vegetables, his lower back developed bad dandruff, the fur on the tip of his tail dropped off and open wounds kept forming there... it was a nightmare. After I went back to kibble the above mentioned issues resolved. I add "fresh foods" in the form of barf patties and occasional rmbs. Has she tried him on barf patties? Dr B's or Canine Country make them.

I have been adding more mince because his stools were too white. I've also stopped bones for a few days due to the constant vomiting of yellow-green liquid and bone shards - the latter of which was also in his poo. He'd vomit several hours after he's eaten. I'm continuing with the patties and will start to reintroduce the lamb necks. I'm ruling out roo tails because the bone is too hard for him (that's where the bone shards came from). The thing is even before I stopped the bones he started itching again and got a major hot spot on his leg. this time it doesn't seem like a detox but it could be. Recently he was on herbs which cleared up his skin and the detox from that was dry, slightly itchy scabs. These scabs which have popped up over his chest, armpit and legs are yellow and some pus-filled.. very similar to the past when he's had bacterial skin infections.... I'm starting to wonder if I should continue on raw. He doesn't like kibble but then getting a raw diet wrong could be worse then adding things to a reasonably good kibble. I don't know anymore.