Feeding dogs and what they will/should eat...

April 9, 2007

Penny, I have a Miniature Pinscher who just loves green beans, carrots,

apples, and bananas. This same dog has also become a professional beggar, so

I refuse to feed her any human food any more because of how annoying she can

be. She also loves meat too. I'm not sure which she would prefer though

because she'll bark for either. LOL.

Gary, no! I wouldn't go as far as to feed my dog raw meat either. That's

just too gross for my liking!

Judith, don't worry. I wasn't thinking of making Sadie become a vegetarian.

I was just curious about why there were veg dog foods out there. Actually,

Sadie has such bad allergies, many of which I believe are related to food,

that I can't change her diet much. I've finally found something that seems

to be working for her, so I'm just giving it time to see if the fur on her

hind legs grows back.

-Alyssa

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April 10, 2007

Might I suggest that you investigate Bach Flower's Rescue Remedy. Not only can

humans use it, and I do frequently, but animals as well. Horse owners use it

when transporting animals for example and vets have used it IN ADDITION to

prescription medicines with no harm.*** It is a " calmlative, not a

tranquilizer " . Here's a link to their website. Their books are cheap and worth

having a copy that you can highlight and make notes in too.

www.bachflowersforpets.com

*** likewise humans can use it WITH prescription meds, drinking, and other

herbs... with out problems.

for your small animal , a cat or dog.... put a small amount , few drops into

their mouth and if you like into their drinking water. If unable to get them to

take it easily... put some on your finger and rub it inside their lip.... they

will lick it off.

Have a great day !

April 10, 2007

We had a cat that lost all of it's hair from her hiney down the back of her

legs. One of my daughters called her " naked butt'... to which our other

daughter, whose baby this was, got quite perturbed with her. : > ))) Now this

cat was one of 8 cats and she was the only one that lost any of her hair. The

vet didn't know, other than maybe allergies(maybe in our home) that might be

causing it, and suggested she stay at his office for a week and see if she got

any better. She got worse. Well we just brought her home. I put some flax

seed oil over the cat food a few times and then over the next few months all of

her hair grew back, thicker and more shiney than before. This was about 4 years

ago and hair loss never happened again, thankfully. Never found out what

caused it and I don't know if was just coincidence that the hair grew back after

the flax seed oil, but it is worth a try. On the bottle it said it is good for

a healthy coat of hair on your animals.

http://www.naturalpetmarket.com/productdetails2.cfm?Product_ID=BarFlaxOil & catego\

ryid=152

Hope this helps you. At least it can't hurt, because flax seed oil is good for

so many things.

Judy

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strayfeather1

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:28 AM

Re: Feeding dogs and what they will/should eat...

One of my cats used to do this too. We and the vet thought it was a

food allergy but she continued no matter what we fed her although she

would do it less in the summer. Since we got our 2nd cat, who pesters

the 1st one, she has totally stopped licking her fur off. Maybe she

was just bored and needed some distraction.

Peace,

Diane

, " christie_0131 "

<christie0131 wrote:

>

> One of my cats does this - I took her to the vet who said she had a

> bad case of " baldie belly " , so that must be the technical term for it

> over here in Scotland, LOL. The first time it happened they gave her

> a course of steroids which stopped it and the fur grew back. Now she

> is doing it again and is quite bald from the " waist " down and has

> now started on her oxters (under her armpits). I shall have to give

> the cinnamon a try - the vet can only suggest Prozac which seems

> extreme.

> Thank you, Penny.

> Christie

>

> , " Penny " <pennytilotson@>

> wrote:

> >

> > Alyssa, is your dog licking the fur off? I used to have a cat that

> was

> > naked most of the time. She developed some nervous condition for

> some

> > strange reason and would literally lick all of her hair off. Well,

> what she

> > could reach anyway. I finally found a tip to stop her at least for

> awhile -

> > I put cinnamon on her. She looked funny, especially since she'd

> sit there

> > with her tongue hanging out like a dog, but the hair did grow back

> until

> > she'd have another nervous spell and lick it off again. You have

> to be sure

> > it's plain cinnamon powder though - otherwise they like the taste

> of the

> > sugar in it and that doesn't stop the problem.

> >

>

April 10, 2007

It sounds like a corn or soy allergy. Do you have either in the cat's food?

Marilyn Daub

mcdaub

Vanceburg, KY

My Cats Knead Me!!

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christie_0131

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 5:59 AM

Re: Feeding dogs and what they will/should

eat...

One of my cats does this - I took her to the vet who said she had a

bad case of " baldie belly " , so that must be the technical term for it

over here in Scotland, LOL. The first time it happened they gave her

a course of steroids which stopped it and the fur grew back. Now she

is doing it again and is quite bald from the " waist " down and has

now started on her oxters (under her armpits). I shall have to give

the cinnamon a try - the vet can only suggest Prozac which seems

extreme.

Thank you, Penny.

Christie

, " Penny " <pennytilotson

wrote:

>

> Alyssa, is your dog licking the fur off? I used to have a cat that

was

> naked most of the time. She developed some nervous condition for

some

> strange reason and would literally lick all of her hair off. Well,

what she

> could reach anyway. I finally found a tip to stop her at least for

awhile -

> I put cinnamon on her. She looked funny, especially since she'd

sit there

> with her tongue hanging out like a dog, but the hair did grow back

until

> she'd have another nervous spell and lick it off again. You have

to be sure

> it's plain cinnamon powder though - otherwise they like the taste

of the

> sugar in it and that doesn't stop the problem.

>

April 10, 2007

Hi Marilyn

The food my cats eat does contain maize meal so perhaps I should look

into changing it. I think the overgrooming started out with an

allergy to fleas after both cats developed a bad reaction to

Frontline last summer and it has now become an OCD comforting thing.

She is quite a nervy cat who also compulsively eats. Last year a

large white tomcat broke the cat flap door and made himself at home

in our flat which really unnerved both cats. So now I have one

anoraxic cat with stress related cystitis and a compulsive eater with

stress related over-grooming. No amount of Rescue remedy in their

drinking water seems to help. My house is awash with cat pheromone

sprays and diffusers which make me feel really laid back but have

little effect on the cats <vbg>.

Christie

, " Marilyn Daub " <mcdaub

wrote:

>

> It sounds like a corn or soy allergy. Do you have either in the

cat's food?

>

> Marilyn Daub

> mcdaub

> Vanceburg, KY

> My Cats Knead Me!!

April 10, 2007

I would change to a food without any corn or soy and add some sort of fish

oil or other oil to her food. It is worth a try!!

Marilyn Daub

mcdaub

Vanceburg, KY

My Cats Knead Me!!

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christie_0131

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 5:34 PM