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IBS in Dogs

In Reply to: IBS in Dogs posted by Vince F on September 26, 2000 at 06:14:36:

Thanks, Vince.

We can all learn a lot from our animals.

Namaste`

Walt

Lisa,

Just saw you reply.

I don't know that Ol' Roy's is like McDonalds. My last
male lived as long as his parents and his breeder feeds
raw food and was feeding green tripe and that guy couldn't
have been healthier and I nursed him from near death or
rather 3 weeks after he was rescued when tied to a tree and
malnourshed to the point he was too weak to stand. He was
skin and bones and Not very active. I used to have 20/10
eyesight but was seeing things a sighthound didn't. I fed
him 2X what he should have eaten in a day at 2 feedings.

I used to take him everywhere and at the tennis courts I
got talking to an osteopath who I knew from playing and told
him I was adding liver to his food. He was into natural
things and had a dog and acted puzzled when I mentioned the
liver. Next time I saw him he said that liver would help
him recover like he had to look it up.

I used to point the hound in the direction of what he
should want to chase like rodents and he would look around
like he was retarded. One day 3 weeks after i got him i was
at the courts in the park and talking to a friend and the
hound strained at the leash and i couldn't see what he was
looking at and was annoyed he was annoyed he was distracting
me. I finally gave in and tried to see what he wanted and
saw a small poodle about 2 blocks away. After that he was a
handful and lived up to what the rescurer told me which I
didn't believe when I left his shop, that he was Wild. He
was lifting his leg on a half barrel outside the store.

The hound had been in 3 or 4 homes and no one could handle
him because he had too much energy and drive. he challenged
every dog he saw and kept looking back till they were half
a block away and even challenged a pair of Mastiff/Shepherd
mixes. He used to rear up from laying down just using his
hind legs and not pushing off with his fronts. He was Super
affectionate and demanded you pet him if you made eye
contact and lunged and barked if people backed off when he
charged them when I told him, Ok. He was an incredable
animal and one i will always compare them to.

My female died at the same age as her mother from the same
problem, Bloat.

So far this male is doing fine after the cayenne and I
have only had to treat him twice. He is also more confident
on walks so i may have learned something that his problems
weren't really fears which I feel I am pretty good at curing
I guess we learn things as we go.

If my guys didn't have all the energy they do I would
look into diet but they don't slow down as they age and stay
puppylike and agile which is a breed trait.

My male must have been abused since he came with a fear of
men and anyone who was loud or moved fast freaked him out.
The past few nights we have run into a former neighbor who
is living on the street and he gets loud talking about his
problems and is on crutches from a knee operation and any
stick or cane would send the hound backing up but he has
been standing while I talk to the guy and even going to him
sniffing.

With all the questions about food and what is in things
and genetic engineering even for human foods and constant
changing of what is good or bad, I Really don't think we
can be sure of what we should eat or feed and as usual I
go by what I like and tastes good and doesn't cause upsets
or problems.

VF

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• Re: IBS in Dogs (Archive in Veterinary Medicine.) Walt Stoll 07:11:16 9/28/00 (0)