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Steve Crane, Gaubster: Hill's and Greyhounds?
Does Hill's do any special research on nutrition for greyhounds since
they are so different then regular dogs? What I mean is, greyhounds have lower normal thyroid levels, they have higher normal creatinine levels, they have lower white blood cell counts, they have lower heart rates. They react so differently to chemicals compared to other dogs. |
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Unbelievable.
Lola is definitely your stalker... |
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Elig...,
There has been some work done on grays - mostly around the aspect of the canine athlete and the caloric needs etc. I have not seen any published data to suppor the idea that grays have different normal creat, white blood cells, thyroid levels etc. I'm not saying it isn't possible - but I have never seen any data. |
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Steve Crane wrote: Elig..., There has been some work done on grays - mostly around the aspect of the canine athlete and the caloric needs etc. I have not seen any published data to suppor the idea that grays have different normal creat, white blood cells, thyroid levels etc. I'm not saying it isn't possible - but I have never seen any data. This is what my greyhound adoption agency reports in their literature. Also I had to find a vet that is knowledgable about greyhounds because they are so different than other dogs. In my experience, the first vet I used felt that he should test my dog's thyroid because he said hypothyroid is common in greyhounds. My dogs T4 was 0.5 and he was put on 0.6 thyro-tabs. It turns out greyhounds naturally have thyroid levels half what other dogs have so my dog was needlessly on thyroid meds for a whole year! Greyhounds respond to chemicals very differently than other dogs, for instance, normal fast acting anesthetic will kill a greyhound. They can't use normal flee and tick preparations. There are many reported greyhound deaths from people painting the inside of their homes and leaving the dogs inside even after it has dried. A lot of this has to do with greyhounds low body fat composition but as my current vet says there are regular dogs and then there greyhounds. This is why I was wondering if there is any research on possible different nutritional needs. Hopefully with the growing number of greyhound adoptions there will be more research into this. |
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Excuse me? Are you knowledgable about greyhounds? Are you a greyhound
nutrition expert? Have we ever had an exchange on this NG? No? THEN BUTT OUT! I am trying to get some information and I don't need your approval to do it. Lola? (whoever) is not stalking me as far as I know and I don't like accusation whatever it means. Mind your own business! |
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wrote: Excuse me? Are you knowledgable about greyhounds? Are you a greyhound nutrition expert? Have we ever had an exchange on this NG? No? THEN BUTT OUT! I am trying to get some information and I don't need your approval to do it. Lola? (whoever) is not stalking me as far as I know and I don't like accusation whatever it means. Mind your own business! This last post was directed at Houseboo not Steve Crane. |
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