On Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:10:03 -0500, chardonnay9 wrote:

It's either allergy related or a yeast infection and that is usually
caused by feeding kibble. Licking feet is something usually attributed
to yeast infections. You need to change foods.

Simply doesn't fit the facts of the case.

Just fishing, I switched from Canidae to a grain-free diet back in
May. Made no difference: she's back on Canidae.

She's been seen on about 10 occasions (every summer) by 2 different
vets over the years. No evidence of yeast infection. Last July the
vet put her on anti-biotics, hoping that would get it under control.
Had no effect.

Prednisone is a bad choice, it treats a symptom and not the underlying
problem. Feed a species appropriate diet, bathe with a sulpher based
shampoo, put some colloidal silver in the drinking water and it will go
away.

My impressions of pred are that it is a sometimes necessary evil. I
suspect it was pred that kept an old friend with a blood cancer
alive in the short-term some years ago. I don't like to give or
take it, but ...

There are some downsides to any diet regimen. Good thing to keep
an eye on. No evidence this dog's diet has anything to do with the
issue in this case.

Peetie

chardonnay9 wrote:

If all you can accomplish is calling names I guess it means you can't
refute what I say. I provide proof of what I say. Nobody else has been
able to do that.

No. You haven't provided a shred of proof. What you've provided is a
couple of links to a biased website that has claims based on no
scientific proof, and a student position paper which also has claims
based on no scientific proof.

Giving anecdotal evidence that you had a dog live to 15 feeding raw is
also not proof. The multiple of anecdote is not data. Millions of kibble
fed dogs live long lives with no problems.

Even more alarmingly, you tend to fling out absolutes that just make you
look (even more) stupid, such as "kibble has no nutritional value." and
"dogs cannot process carbs." Those claims are so easily disproven
through actual scientific fact that the more often you make them, the
dumber you look.