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There are quite specific recommended amounts of vitamins and minerals for dogs. It's not really just a matter of saying a dog is half the size of a human and go from their. Their needs are different. For example an adult human RDI for calcium is about 800 - 1000 mg per day. A 25 kg dog requires around 1975mg. If you were to halve an adult dose you would only be giving 400mg. I will say I am very anal about my dog's nutrition. I posted earlier the rdi for dog's vitamin e. .5 IU/kg bodyweight and the safe upper limit at 17 IU/kg bodyweight. i.u vitamin E = 0.67 mg d-alpha tocopherol (natural source vitamin E) or 1 mg dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate (synthetic vitamin E). dl-alpha tocopheryl is only about 50% absorbable, so a 200iu capsule of the synthetic vit e yeilds only 100iu of the vitamin. Some people do prefer the synthetic form if their dog has allergies to soy, as vitamin e is often derived from soy.

Ok, what you want to know is how many mg per gram of powder, then we can work out a dose. If they buy in bulk and bag it up they should have the details for you.

With Bob I had to take the treat in a wider sweep towards his hip and around, if that makes sense. If I tried luring over his shoulder he got up. Interesting how different they all are.

Vitamin E usually comes in capsule form, do you have some that is in liquid form that you would measure with a teaspoon or a powder. ETA: Whoops just read your earlier post about powder. Does it have any sort of dosage on it? I wouldn't use anything that doesn't tell me what the elemental dose is.

From what I understand thins the blood, so not actually clotting when necessary, Erny.

The recommended level of Vitamin E for dogs is .5 IU/kg bodyweight and the safe upper limit at 17 IU/kg bodyweight. Excess Vit E is not connected with any toxicity problems but too much has been shown to cause blood clotting problems. Sunflower and safflower oils are beneficial to the skin and coat.

Berwick. Good luck Lablover. Bob and I started out training at Berwick. Lovely instructors there.

Friends and family will take them off your hands. Everyone loves fresh free-range eggs. When I had chooks I couldn't keep up with people willing to take them. You could probably feed your dogs more eggs but cut out some of their meat so they don't put on weight. Eggs are an extremely bioavailable source of food.

Yes raw eggs are fine, if your dog's tolerate them. I think most people only give one or two a week. The oils in them would help with a shiny coat.

There's another thread about mixing raw with dry. There's no scientific research to prove that there is a problem with mixing the two. If it works for your dog why change? A lot of people feed dry with raw.

Calcium is quite stable when heated or frozen. The problem with cooking ground bone in mince is the way bones become quite brittle, almost like little shards of glass and could cause intestinal problems.

If you increase his food he'll put on excess weight which is very common with cortisone treatment. Luckily my Bob doesn't pester for extra food but drinks a heap more water like yours. You'd think that all that water would fill them up a bit, supposed to work for us when we are trying to lose weight. Would he chew on a raw carrot or piece of broccoli? Low calorie and will keep him busy for a few minutes

It's not bad to give liver, but liver is a rich source of vitamin a which in large amounts can be toxic. Using liver as treats and a small amount in the diet [i think it's 10%] is fine. Some dogs do get the squitters on even a small amount of liver though.

Bob did the exact same thing this morning, which he hasn't done for ages, then went and ate some grass which reminded me that when I had his anal glands checked and mentioned this behaviour to the vet, the vet said sometimes a blade of grass can irritate, or won't come right out and can cause some dog's a lot of distress. I wonder if the cow poop has bits of fibrous stuff in it that is causing it.

I wouldn't say she's phobic about her bum, but rather that there's some discomfort there, either from the diahrrea she had or anal gland problems. Does she lick a lot? Bob occasionally does the same thing as your dog and it's usually anal glands, a bit of poop is stuck, or just a sore ring because he's had loose poops. Bob often turns around and looks when he farts too, as if to say 'who did that'? The fact your dog is passing a lot of gas usually points to a stomach upset or some food is not agreeing with her.

Your class sounds pretty normal for a puppy class. I must admit I found the earlier classes pretty boring and so did Bob. Lots of talking but it's really what is required at this stage. I tend to drift off a bit too at times. I think it's just part and parcel of early learning. Remember people probably want a magic wand at this stage to have a perfectly trained puppy in just a few easy lessons, which is just not going to happen. Good on you for wanting to make it more interesting though.

If you are feeding turkey with bone, there is no reason why you can't just feed that, and drop the carb source for now and see if that helps. The bones will give him the necessary bulk to keep pooping. It would simplify the elimination diet and make it easier to work out just what is upseting him. For treats I put some cooked rabbit mince, rice and rice flour in the food processor. Add a little water or rabbit broth and blend like crazy till it's well mushed up. Then I spread it on an oven tray and bake it at low temp about 170 until it's set to our liking. For training treats I like it chewy, but you can also bake it longer and make it crunchy. You could do the same with turkey mince, just mush it then spread it and bake it. Or just cook some turkey and chop that up. While they are on an elimination diet food is very simple. I haven't added much to Bob's basic rabbit and rice diet just a little sweet potato and some green beans. Bob too loves veggies, sometimes I give him a raw broccoli flowerette and he thinks it's Christmas, go figure. He'll also try to steal the cooked sweet potato out of the fridge. Makes you wonder if they know that protein foods are what cause their problems. Just a thought with the rice. Are you cooking it really, really well? Almost gluggy?

Bob started showing signs of environmental allergies [skin, runny eyes, sneezing] at 9 weeks of age and the food intolerances started not long after that. [diahrrea, vomiting, gas, gas, gas and not eating]. Chicken was the first food I neededto eliminate which makes sense as all the puppy kibbles have chicken, then he became intolerant of beef at about age 14m, kangaroo at 2 years. So far he's been doing well on rabbit since last Christmas, fingers crossed that it will last for a while yet, or hopefully he won't develop an intolerance to it at all. With the turkey, he may have had something with turkey when he was a young pup that I've forgotten about of course.

If this dog has food intolerances/allergies there is always the chance that he will develop an intolerance/allergy to the turkey at some point, but just keep feeding it until you feel he has developed an intolerance. My Bob has food intolerances and he is intolerant to chicken, beef and kangaroo and just recently after two exposures to turkey it seems that he is intolerant to it as well. I did an elimination diet for him and eventually added in a couple of veggies and supplements to it. Basically he eats the same thing day and day out and never seems to get bored with it. I make his treats out of the same ingredients as his meals. When an intolerance to his protein source shows up I change it. So far apart from the turkey he's been averaging about 10 months before he shows an intolerance, but all dogs are different.

You are right. There is no value in soaked rice for dogs. They need rice and other hard grains boiled to death. Well, cooked a lot longer than you would cook rice for yourself anyway. I cook rice for the dogs in my rice cooker. If I do 2 cups of rice then I add water to 4 cups so it cooks longer and is somewhat gluggy. Sometimes I even add some more water later and cook it again. Just baking soaked rice won't cut it, but you have to give the butcher brownie points for trying. Although a lot of raw feeders don't feed grains of any sort, dogs can in fact absorb quite a few nutrients from them.

Croydon also has a social class that does lots of different things, games, jumping, doing stuff with hoop, heeling to music, tricks with obedience thrown in as well. It's a fun class and moves pretty quickly so not much boredom. Oh, Croydon also has Rally-O which my unmotivated Bob seems to enjoy.

Raw rice!!!!!!!! No, no, nooooooo. Even baking it won't cook the rice enough for dogs to get any value out of it. I wouldn't feed my dogs raw rice. I wouldn't cook it either those bones can become like little pieces of glass.

I used Clomicalm on Bob a bit over a year ago when he was extremely stressy and anxious about virtually everything and didn't find it did anything other than make him aggressive towards other dogs. This apparently can be a side effect as it blocks the part of the brain that inhibits aggression [i think that's how the vet explained it]. I tried the DAP and found it helped a little with his SA issues. Best result I got was from Bach Flower Remedies specific to his problems, no Rescue Remedy.

I'm presuming that the butcher will be making this loaf up for general sale, not for Kristie alone. Although Kristie knows enough to feed a variety of foods and give RMB's some people may feed it as the sole diet if it works for them, and is economical, so it would be nice to see a bit of nutrition in it in that case. ;) I'm looking for turkey too apart from the leg chops you can buy in the supermarket.

Beef liver has a lot more nutrients than chicken liver and lamb liver is really good too. Beef or lamb liver will add a decent amount of iron and copper. As far as veggies any of the regular ones fed to dogs are ok, as long as they are processed really finely, if they are in chunks they'll come out that way too. Carrots of course are great, silver beet in moderation, broccoli for it's antioxidant qualities, green beans to fill them up, apples would be great, not too much though. Avoid peas and corn unless they are smashed up as they tend to come through whole and undigested.