Fastgals

Maggie prefers to select her own fragrances. One of her favorites - Palmolive Gold - I quite like. Not so keen on her other two faves - Eau de Fox Poo and Eau de Water Fowl (or should I say, Foul ).

I usually buy one of the Ecopet rolls (chicken and rice) when we have a foster greyhound. Partly to ensure that the foster will eat the full range of food options, and also because the occasional foster doesn't like the raw diet our dogs and cat are fed. And, it's a special treat for our dogs, once a month or so, to have the equivalent of a "take away" meal . I also believe it's the best of the available "pet rolls". I also know of a couple of greyhound owner/trainers who buy it in bulk as a part of their greys' diets. Unfortunately, I think you have to be a trainer to purchase it in bulk. Regards, Fastgals.

Oh yes they would, Lillysmum, don't you worry about that ;) . Maggie brought down a rabbit on a friend's property a while ago - while she was on-lead! - so once we'd managed to convince both her and Lulu, who'd grabbed hold of it as well, to let go...I popped it in a plastic bag and brought it home. Other-Half insisted on removing the digestive tract (but no other internals) as he reckons this always made their family hunting dogs throw up and I reluctantly agreed - it did stink something shocking! The bunny was divided up amongst our 3 greys and 1 cat, skin on, and all tucked into it with gusto! They left nothing. Wish I could give them stuff like that more often! Must look up that nephew of OH who was talking about going rabbiting... Regards, Fastgals.

Not a dog, but one of my elderly cats underwent a four month course of cartrophen because of crippling arthritis. Like your dog, he sparked up noticeably within 24 hours and within 48 hours this cat who had hardly been able to move tried to trot along after me on the backyard....then went "ooh, ouch, that hurt" and slowed down again . Within two weeks, the physical affects on his joints matched the tonic effect that he had felt within the first two days. My vet said that such a very fast reaction was fairly rare, but not unheard of as the cartophen also acts as a general blood tonic. Regards, Fastgals.

I think this article is discussing the pros and cons of feeding raw meatless bones and may be relevant only to people who feed these as recreational treats (or include them in their dog's diet). It doesn't surprise me at all that the author thinks that feeding whole meatless bones (particularly large beef bones), as opposed to ground, seems a pointless risk. The author has deliberately stayed away from discussing the (very) meaty bone as a nutritional "package", noting more than once that he is referring only to bare bones. So, not relevant to people who do feed meaty bones, which have extra benefits, such as the tremendous enjoyment dogs get out of all that ripping, tearing and crunching, the associated increased dental benefits, and the health benefit from consuming cartilage (ie. the author does not note this source of chondroitin) and tendons, etc along with the muscle meat. But, it is a straight forward, interesting article and these are always helpful for further info. Regards, Fastgals.