Ok I am not by a longshot an expert in dogs. Or for that matter an expert in how to keep dogs in good health but I have a question due to the vacation I am taking next month. Now the reason I am asking about this is based on something I have heard about dogs. I have understood that dogs do not...

Massachusetts Medical Exemption Bill, SB 784 An Act Relative to Rabies Vaccination for Dogs and Cats http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/186/st00/st00784.htm, is scheduled for a public hearing before the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government on July 14 in Hearing Room A2 at...

My Rotties had fleas last month so I did some research online to find a cheap flea killer that works well. People have recommended Frontline for dogs in the past, so I decided to try it this time around. I saved over $30 on Frontline at PetCareRx - Discount pet meds, pet medications and pet...

Has anyone successfully ordered from mail order pet supply companies, specifically for products like Revolution and Frontline flea and tick treatments? Specifically - CanaCreek? Looking for Canadian (not American) experiences with CanaCreek or other similar companies. In other words - do they...

PLEASE VOTE FOR THE RABIES CHALLENGE FUND to make us eligible to win part of the Chase Community Giving funds on Facebook Chase Community Giving auf Facebook (copy and paste address into browser if clicking on it does not work). Regular updates on rabies legsilation and veterinary vaccine data is...

SUMMARY OF CANINE HEALTH CONCERN’S RESPONSE TO THE VETERINARY MEDICINES DIRECTORATE’S POSITION PAPER ON AUTHORISED VACCINATION SCHEDULES FOR DOGS Summary points: 1. The Scientific Principle 2. The VMD is conflicted: industry ties 3. Government and the pharmaceutical industry 4. Veterinary vaccines...

Catherine O'Driscoll will be on the Just Say No Yahoo group for a few days starting on Wednesday. http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/jstsayno2vaccs/ She has done very much research into pet vaccines and is the author of the article "Science of Vaccine Damage" which I use frequently as a...

It Simply Works By C.A. Krowzack, DVM In February of 1998, the Great Lakes Irish Wolfhound Association (GLIWA) held their annual meeting. The meeting is an occasion for fellowship of the members, the club attends to business and also hosts a speaker on a special topic. In the past it has been...

Genetically Engineered and Modified Live Virus Vaccines;Public Health and Animal Welfare Concerns by Michael W. Fox BVetMed,PhD,DSc.MRCVS Genetically Engineered & Modified Live Virus Vaccines: Public Health And Animal Welfare Concerns This article is in the most recent issue of Journal of the...

Hi Char, Having a really hard time locating the organ meat part of BARF locally. It seems 'all chicken' isn't a good idea. Can you give me a list of what you normally use by animal for organ meats? I got it on the bone meats locally but am having problems with variety in organ meats other...

Avoiding Heat Related Injuries in Dogs by Nate Baxter DVM The first thing that needs to be understood is that dogs and people are different enough that most of the info cannot cross lines. I do not profess to know what the appropriate procedures for people other than what I learned in first aid.

There are 13 states with rabies medical exemption clauses, they are as follows: ALABAMA Alabama Code Alabama Code Title 3 Section 7A-2 Alabama Legislative Information System Online effective August 1, 2009 (c)(1) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter, the State Board of Health by...

COLORADO PASSES RABIES MEDICAL EXEMPTION--EFFECTIVE MARCH 2, 2010 http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/dc/zoonosis/rabies/Colorado%20Revised%20Statute.pdf (copy & paste into browser if clicking on link doesn't work) "(2) A veterinarian, with the written consent of an animal's owner, may issue a written...

WEST VIRGINIA-- new 3 year rabies law went into effect on June 6, 2010. HB4407 SUB ENR Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That §19-20A-2 and §19-20A-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows: ARTICLE 20A. VACCINATION OF...

http://thewholedog.org/wholedognews/?p=532 Something very difficult needs to be done to bring the facts directly to the front seat of the companion owning public about what is happening as a result of allowing the unregulated malpractice of over vaccination. This is even worse than just ethical...

Hi all, I just thought I'd ask if anyone here has any experience with this. Our 4-year old Golden has just been diagnosed, but without a known cause. I thought she had something like a hayseed in her eye, or had met up with the/a cat. Did it eventually improve with time (approx. how long), or...

I am either second guessing the past here or preparing for the future with my present dog. I just went through this with our border x who lived to 16.5 yrs old. She died in early March of this year. I have a 13.5 yr old wire-haired fox terrier who is mentally active and alert presently. He...

The Urban Carnivore is hosing a benefit for The Rabies Challenge Fund on Sunday, October 10th at The Holiday Inn in Bloomington, Illinois, at which Dr. Ronald Schultz will give a 2 hour vaccine seminar. Admission is $30. For more information, please call The Urban Carnivore at (309)...

Although I think this belongs more in .health, but I'm posting in .behaviour too, because it is a behaviour, too, sort of. I've been raw-feeding my 3 year old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Kiba for three months now. We started this because he suffers awful allergies, although both the vet and...

With A Flick of the Wrist by Chris Zink, DVM, PhD (as seen in Dogs In Canada – September 2003) In the hundreds of agility trials I have attended over the years, only rarely have I seen a dog suffer an acute, serious injury. An exception happened in early May this year. I was relaxing at...