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for the food: Eukanuble makes a good diet, but you can only get to through your vet. its called Response. The vet I work for has a lot of patents on it, and most of them say that the food helps a lot, and if they take the dog off the food, the skin problems start up in like 3 days. It won't stop it, but it will prevent the skin issues for as long as the dog is on the food. The food is somewhat expensive though, its around $40 for a 30 pound bag (approx. i don't remember prices)

it is possible a bacteria infection, and the licking is just making the bacteria worse. The cheapest things would be get some bitter apple and spray it on the paw. This should stop her from licking, and help clean up the bacteria infection. If it gets red or the hair starts falling out you may need to take her to the vet for a depo-shot and/or some antibiotics.

that type of dandruff is usually caused by the heat. During the winter when the windows are closed the heat is on. This means that the air is dry. Fish oil is good for this, as well as a humidifire (sp?).

Or try some of those dipers for dogs when there in heat. That might help, just help with clean-up...

[quote name='Laurryn']For example Fort Dodge manufactured Proheart in tablet form, was approved in 1997 if I remember correctly, it was recalled in 1999. It is no longer available in the US but you can order it on line from overseas.[/quote] I do not trust anything that Fort Dodge makes. There vaccines are bad, and have been known to cause bad, deadly reactions

Vomiting after eating is common enough in dogs and cats. its not the flu, the virus we concider the flu, but it is that type of thing. its a bug. if your cat isn't eating, or not keeping any food down it is VERY dangerious. Cats CAN'T NOT EAT. if i cat dosen't eat for even one or two days, it can die. the kidneys are in such a way that it is deadly for them. in that regard, i would sugest taking your cat to the vet, make sure everything is good. he/she will proubly perscribe some meds, one or two just to help, but if it is something bad, it is good to catch it now good luck Zac

the price can also change by the type of medicen. There are three good types, heartguard, sentinal, and interceptor. Heartguard prevents just aginst heartworm, sentinal and interceptor prevent aginst interstional parisites and flees, respectivly. heartguard is the cheepest, so if money is an issue get this. I know the vet I work for usually tries to sell the most expensive one because it works the best, however if money is a problem, try to just buy heartguard. If they won't sell it to you, go to petmeds.com or some site like that for it... however, before that you must get a heartworm test, just to make sure that your dog dosen't have heartworms before. giving heartworm meds to a dog with heartworms is fatal, and if not, costs thousands of dolars to keep the dog alive... also, heartworm meds are very important, because hearworm is a DEADLY and very ugly disiease. Worms litterly live in the heart, so the heart eventully just fails (I think). good luck, Zac

is there dirirah? Regardless, i would suggest taking her to the vet, it could just be a stomach bug, some tagamed and flagil sould help that. Go to the vet for that...

for the HD, i would suggest getting an x-ray if you are worried. a vet will be able to tell you for certin if the dog has HD, even if the symptoms wouldn't be seen for the next 5 years. good luck, sounds VERY cute!!!!!

i would sugest x-rays first, and if that dosen't show anything, an ultrasound. I am not at all cretified to give a sugestion, but it sounds like it could be some kind of blockage, or some forign matter in the stomach/intestines. Good luck, we will be praying for him

Im not entirly sure I understand the problem. Are the puppies alergic to mothers milk, or is the mother alergic to her food. If the puppies are alergic to the mothers milk, then you could try puppy formula. It sould be avalibal at a pet store or vet hospital (we have some at the hospital I work for just incase) If the mother is alergic to her food, then you can think about changing the food to low alergin, or ultra low alergen (Hills perscription diet h/d). Or if it is a skin alergen Eukanubla Response. Talk to you vet if there is a problem, Puppies are very delicate.

Good Luck!!!! let us know how it goes!!!!!

In addition, for the distant future, and if you can't afford surgery (i don't know how much the surgery is...)there is a fairly good pain medication called Rymadyl (sp? it may be Rimadyl...) Regardless, it is a very good medication for painful joints and at the pratice i work at the vet uses it a lot for old dogs with HD when the owner can't afford or elects not to do the surgery for some reason. the only possible problem with it is that it can "theoriticly" lead to the liver dyeing... though im not accutly sure about the percentage of that. (if anyone can find out how many cases of kidney or liver failure have been causes by it, i would love to know). Good luck with your dog, i hope shes allright Zac

I agree with everyone so far. It sounds like the food was changed to quickly, which is a very common problem. If it is still bad, then take her to the vet to rule out any forign body, or anything else like that. I know how hard it is to keep things out of puppies mouthes!!! :lol: It could also be just a simple case of a cold, stumach upset. I know that most of the kids at my school are getting that... Good Luck!!!

[quote name='JT'] It is obvious the vets are not going to tell us anything that would interupt their revenue stream. JT[/quote] I would just like to disagree with that. I work for a vet clinic, and we do not give the injection, or any other injection from Fort Dodge (who is the maker of the Proheart Injection) We also try to keep bills as low as possible, and we don't do unnescasser things. While i do know of some vet hospitals who do this, i would just like to emphsize the point that not all do.

I agree with Kat. It could just be that thats how hes comftorable, or the floor is slippery. If it IS a medical thing, it could a nervous system thing, or hip displasia. However, since hes only 4 years old, those are much less likely... good luckd

[quote name='"Kias_Mommy"'][quote name='blackmagic']Has anyone ever heard of problems with Sentinel? My black lab (she is just about 2) has had two seizures and each seizure has occurred two to three days after she was given her Sentinel. Our vet says it is just a coincidence, but I feel that once was a coincidence and the second time was the beginning of a pattern. She did receive Sentinel last year and was fine but . . . not this year. And my parents dog (who has epilepsy) has always gotten Sentinel as his heart worm medication and he is 7. Any opinions would be appreciated!! Heather[/quote] Did you give it with a meal? Sentinal and Interceptor both need to be taken with a meal for them not to get vomited up? Heartguard is a fine medication. its just as good with heartworms, it just dosen't have the added bonus of flees and intestinal parisite being repiled as well...

Cool, thank you very much. Good luck with her!!!!!

well, if you are worried about if they are there, you can do an ultrasound to see... Good luck

I'm not familler with this vaciene. im in New York USA, so that could be why though... Is it a steroid or what?

[quote name='amber']my 3 year old dane bitch is allergic to five different house mights, yuk and 4 different grasses. She is now on vaccinations for the rest of her life, show us a super clean house and i'll my dinner of the floor, we all wished. :-? to help with the soothing i use on her a full powered Aloe Vera gel and she also drinks pure aloe vera, so do i as i have psoriasis, it works and i have even dumfounded my dermatolist who actually refused to believe it but my own doctor did. hope this helps to relieve the discomfort. good luck[/quote] what vacciene is she on? Depomediral (?sp), the steroiod injection??? If this is it i would watch out, you don't want to overload the body with steroids...

I'm so sorry. How are the babies though. how many (if any) survived? I am so sorry to hear that

The problem with giving pills to milking parents is that anything you give the mom will end up in the babies, so you need to watch out for them. is the mother in ICU or is she with the babies letting them milk? Good luck with her!

I just thought everyone might want to know a great recorce online, the Merk Vetinary manual. This is one of the best manuals online, though it is writen in "medical terms". Anyway, the url is [url]http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp[/url]

Yea, time to close this topic... This thread has gone a long way from a topic about dog food...