On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:54:29 +0100, Amanda George wrote:


I didn't ask for advice about food, I asked for advice about training
our little girl!


Our little girl is happy with the dried food so we won't be changing
:-)

Amanda, it seems that you are missing Char's point re food, it is not
weather food is dried or not but what it is containing, ingredients of it
do count.
--
thedalpal

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:09:33 +0000 (UTC), sonofdog
wrote:

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:54:29 +0100, Amanda George wrote:


I didn't ask for advice about food, I asked for advice about training
our little girl!


Our little girl is happy with the dried food so we won't be changing
:-)

Amanda, it seems that you are missing Char's point re food, it is not
weather food is dried or not but what it is containing, ingredients of it
do count.

Actually, Char is missing Amanda's point, which is that she doesn't
need a lecture about food, vaccinations, veterinary care, etc. in
response to a fairly simple question about training. Also, that her
dog is doing fine on this so she doesn't feel a need to change.

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:35:35 -0400, Dogman wrote:

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:06:30 +0100, "Amanda George"
wrote:
[...]
If she's doing really well right now, Amanda, I think you should stick
with what you're doing, i.e., listening to your VETERINARIAN. Not some
Usenet evangelist who's concerned with pushing her anti-kibble agenda.
On the other hand, if what you're doing ceases to work (for whatever
reason), that's when it would be a good time to consider a Plan B. But
do it in conjunction with your VETERINARIAN.


She's doing a lot better than we were expecting and the vet is happy with
her so we'll keep on with the dry food unless the vet says otherwise :-)

Good!


--
Dogman

"Amanda George" wrote
"Char" wrote

Thank you Char! She's a totally healthy puppy apart from the skin
condition but even that has improved really well to the pills and
shampooing and her fur is now totally back, it just needs to thicken
up
a bit more is all :-)

What pills is she taking?

An anti-flea and an anti-inflamatry - half of each pill twice a day

Probably Garlic for the fleas I bet.

BTW, you are crossposting to several groups but most of us don't so you may
be suprised to know that the rpd.behavior group has several messages for you
that were trimmed of the excess groups. I'm repliying from there and find
that most folks seem to be here and 'may' be in the other groups.

Since your thread is mostly behavior related, seems to fit here well. After
this message, I'll be trimming the groups to just rpd.behavior.

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:18:33 -0400, "cshenk" wrote:

"Amanda George" wrote
"Char" wrote

Thank you Char! She's a totally healthy puppy apart from the skin
condition but even that has improved really well to the pills and
shampooing and her fur is now totally back, it just needs to thicken
up
a bit more is all :-)

What pills is she taking?

An anti-flea and an anti-inflamatry - half of each pill twice a day

Probably Garlic for the fleas I bet.

BTW, you are crossposting to several groups but most of us don't so you may
be suprised to know that the rpd.behavior group has several messages for you
that were trimmed of the excess groups. I'm repliying from there and find
that most folks seem to be here and 'may' be in the other groups.

Since your thread is mostly behavior related, seems to fit here well. After
this message, I'll be trimming the groups to just rpd.behavior.

Amanda didn't cross-post to health; Char did.

"Amanda George" wrote
"Dogman" wrote

do it in conjunction with your VETERINARIAN.

She's doing a lot better than we were expecting and the vet is happy with
her so we'll keep on with the dry food unless the vet says otherwise :-)

Works. Raw feeding costs more although it may not be too much more if you
have access to a good supply of cheap meats (bone in and organs and
variety). It gained ground in the USA due to the huge melamine issue from
China sourced foods.

It really makes no sense to fix what ain't broke.

Agreed. Unlike with cats, dry kibble just isn't the same issue with dogs.

On 8/13/2010 5:24 PM, sighthounds & siberians wrote:
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:18:33 -0400, wrote:

"Amanda George" wrote
"Char" wrote

Thank you Char! She's a totally healthy puppy apart from the skin
condition but even that has improved really well to the pills and
shampooing and her fur is now totally back, it just needs to thicken
up
a bit more is all :-)

What pills is she taking?

An anti-flea and an anti-inflamatry - half of each pill twice a day

Probably Garlic for the fleas I bet.

BTW, you are crossposting to several groups but most of us don't so you may
be suprised to know that the rpd.behavior group has several messages for you
that were trimmed of the excess groups. I'm repliying from there and find
that most folks seem to be here and 'may' be in the other groups.

Since your thread is mostly behavior related, seems to fit here well. After
this message, I'll be trimming the groups to just rpd.behavior.

Amanda didn't cross-post to health; Char did.


Thank you! The first half of the original post was health related, not
about training and that was what I addressed so adding it was the right
thing to do.

"sonofdog" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:54:29 +0100, Amanda George wrote:


I didn't ask for advice about food, I asked for advice about training
our little girl!


Our little girl is happy with the dried food so we won't be changing
:-)

Amanda, it seems that you are missing Char's point re food, it is not
weather food is dried or not but what it is containing, ingredients of it
do count.

We're using the same food she was eating before we re-homed her... same
amount, same brand, same everything :-)

--
thedalpal

"cshenk" wrote in message
...
"Amanda George" wrote
"Char" wrote

Thank you Char! She's a totally healthy puppy apart from the skin
condition but even that has improved really well to the pills and
shampooing and her fur is now totally back, it just needs to thicken
up
a bit more is all :-)

What pills is she taking?

An anti-flea and an anti-inflamatry - half of each pill twice a day

Probably Garlic for the fleas I bet.


Not sure... one is pink and the other is white and neither of them smell of
garlic - should I go and see to make sure?

BTW, you are crossposting to several groups but most of us don't so you
may be suprised to know that the rpd.behavior group has several messages
for you that were trimmed of the excess groups. I'm repliying from there
and find that most folks seem to be here and 'may' be in the other groups.


I'm in all the groups I'm cross-posting to... hold on while I sync the
groups again :-) There are up to 15 messages in the other groups and I'll
go and have a look in them when I've finished posting to this thread! :-)

Since your thread is mostly behavior related, seems to fit here well.
After this message, I'll be trimming the groups to just rpd.behavior.


I've just done it for this message... I only sent the message to the other
groups because I thought it should go there too :-)

"Amanda George" wrote
"cshenk" wrote

What pills is she taking?

An anti-flea and an anti-inflamatry - half of each pill twice a day

Probably Garlic for the fleas I bet.

Not sure... one is pink and the other is white and neither of them smell
of garlic - should I go and see to make sure?

No need. It's just a common one to see. It won't smell of garlic but it
makes the dog smell 'funny' to fleas.

BTW, you are crossposting to several groups but most of us don't so you
may be suprised to know that the rpd.behavior group has several messages
for you that were trimmed of the excess groups. I'm repliying from there
and find that most folks seem to be here and 'may' be in the other
groups.

I'm in all the groups I'm cross-posting to... hold on while I sync the
groups again :-) There are up to 15 messages in the other groups and
I'll go and have a look in them when I've finished posting to this thread!
:-)

Ah ok. Didn't realize.

Since your thread is mostly behavior related, seems to fit here well.
After this message, I'll be trimming the groups to just rpd.behavior.

I've just done it for this message... I only sent the message to the other
groups because I thought it should go there too :-)

It's ok. There's more than one thought on how to do it. Many of the
messages spanned to the health group as well for topic.