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LIARS! by
jl
http://www.1800petmeds.com/Advantage-prod10433.html
Advantage DOES NOT work! We just put it on three dogs, and after 5
days they are still plagued with fleas. And yes, we went by the
instructions TO THE LETTER!
One dog was so infested she got sick and we had to take her to the
vet. The vet...
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Managing Fleas Without Poisons by
Char
Journal of Pesticide Reform v.17, n.3 Fall97
This article was written
cooperatively by many NCAP staff members. It could not have been written
without the assistance of interns Iris Porter and Dietra Lynn.
Northwest
Coalition For Alternatives To Pesticides/NCAP
PO Box 1393, Eugene Oregon...
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October 1st 09 01:55 PM
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Dog Health - What is the Single, Most Important Thing You Can Doto Keep it? by
Char
It seems that dog health is on the decline. Depending on the breed, dogs
can live to 20 years or more. Today, you're lucky if they reach eight.
Why is this?Years ago, dogs were fed table scraps, kitchen scraps and
homemade food, as commercial pet food hadn't been invented. The table
scraps were...
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October 1st 09 01:39 PM
by Char
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Nutro recalls puppy food that may contain melted plastic by
Char
Nutro recalls puppy food that may contain melted plastic
By Christie Keith
http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/09/29/nutro-recalls-puppy-food-that-may-contain-melted-plastic/
September 29, 2009
It started out as a rumor, but one of Nutro’s “Ambassadors” just
confirmed it on her Twitter feed:...
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October 1st 09 01:24 PM
by Char
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Roly-poly pets: Overweight animals at risk for diseases, death by
Barb
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/pets/1774140,HOF-News-EasyFat17.article
Roly-poly pets: Overweight animals at risk for diseases, death
September 17, 2009
BY CELESTE BUSK Staff Reporter
If your pooch is packing on the pounds or the cat waddles when she struts,
it may be time for a diet.
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Black lab dry elbows by
Drunken Reggie
Seems like a lot of the pharma junkies and dog mis-handlers have left
the group?
Hope everyone had a nice summer, had a wonderful summer myself with
the mutts at the cottage avoiding Komputers as much as possible.
I have one question which concerns dry elbow skin on the dogs. My old
guy has had it...
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September 16th 09 04:30 AM
by Char
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Flatcoat retriever food quantity ? by
Daytona
How much dry food should my friends male 7yo Flatcoat need ? Weight is
36Kg. Gets walked fast for at least 20mins a day plus several games of
'tennis'. Free to roam around 5 acres most days except when they're
out. Has a collie cross as a companion.
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Antibiotics? – Dont Give Them to Your Dog! by
Char
Antibiotics? I Think Not
by Kim Bloomer
http://linkerland.com/antibiotics-dont-give-them-to-your-dog/
Have you noticed that doctors are now being much more reluctant to give
you a prescription for antibiotics unless it’s proven that you are
indeed suffering from a bacterial infection? Well, I...
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September 10th 09 04:17 AM
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Myth: DOGS NEED CARBOHYDRATES IN THEIR DIET. by
Char
The following text is taken from Holistic Guide for a Healthy Dog, by
Wendy Volhard and Kerry Brown. Their discussion of carbohydrates and the
functions they perform seem to "prove" that most dogs need additional
carbohydrates in their diet, a belief that is very pervasive in most
concepts of...
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September 10th 09 03:34 AM
by Char
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Chiropractic Therapy for Pets by Dan Elis by
Char
http://www.thenewageblog.com/chiropractic-therapy-for-pets/
Many dogs and other pets suffer from spinal problems. They can
experience some form of vertebral problems throughout their lives. There
are many reasons for these spinal column problems — hits, falls and
pressure are a few. Regardless...
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September 10th 09 01:41 AM
by Char
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FIRST FOR FLEAS by
Char
"I used to work for a couple who started their own business killing
fleas in other people's homes. They did this after their first baby was
miscarried right after a several week seige of horrendous fleas after
they moved into an older home. The exterminator did his thing, wife
became deathly...
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Flea Control with Parasitic Nematodes Not a Sure Thing by
Char
By: Robert A. Dunn, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University
of Florida - IFAS
Fleas are bugging a lot of people and pets! The common "cat flea" (the
same flea attacks cats, dogs, and our ankles) seems to be everywhere
this year. Recently, consumers, pest control firms, and...
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September 6th 09 03:16 PM
by Char
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Food is Everything by
Char
"Imagine waking up in the morning and coming down to the kitchen to make
yourself breakfast. You take some soybean grits, mix them with some
tainted cattle-meat meal, throw in a few beaks and feathers, smother
your concoction with processed sugar syrup and chemicals, then sprinkle
on a few...
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September 3rd 09 01:33 PM
by Char
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Ibuprofen is Deadly to Pets,By Patrick Miles, DVM by
Char
http://blog.seattlepi.com/accesforpethealth/archives/177728.asp?from=blog_last3
An unfortunate, but common emergency in our hospital is the inadvertant
and sometimes intentional ingestion of human medications by pets. One of
the more frequent types of medications ingested is ibuprofen. Most...
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September 1st 09 05:10 PM
by Phil L
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sick dog by
jo
Good Morning,
I have a 1yr old female boxer. She had a seizure when she was about 3
months old. She had another at about 5 months. It wasn't until the
second one that I realized exactly what was happening. She went to the
vet and they put her on phenobarbital but the dose was too high and
she...
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DOG FOOD & SAPONINS: A Dangerous Liaison by
Char
Ran across this article, thought it might lead to actually learning
something on this group. Hope is eternal!
http://therobertabadydogfoodcoltd.com/dog%20food%20&%20Saponins.htm
Here is an excerpt.
Soybeans and beet pulp are ingredients that are commonly used in dog
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August 30th 09 01:07 AM
by Char
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Peas for dogs by
SteveB[_2_]
When I was a kid, I fed my dog Kal Kan canned food. It had peas in it.
Yesterday, I put some leftover peas in their food, and they seemed to like
them. Anything to watch for in peas?
Steve
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August 29th 09 09:53 PM
by Char
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Eggs for dogs by
SteveB[_2_]
I've been adding a little of this and that to my dog's dry food as an
enticement to get them to eat it. I was putting about half a can of canned
food in there, but have to be a little more frugal. I use kitchen scraps of
meat, but cut fat off, and don't give them anything that has been...
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Doggy Dandruff by
Steve[_4_]
I have a 15 month old chocolate Labrador who has a bit of a dandruff
problem. Her skin seems to get dry and a bit irritated at times and after
trying a number of different shampoos and no shampoos I'm not finding a
cure.
I stay away from flea treatments except for pyrethram powder if I find a...
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August 27th 09 01:32 PM
by Char
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