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by sara
Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:19 am
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Raw Food Diet?
Replies: 14
Views: 13645

Re: Raw Food Diet?

Yes but you cannot just feed tripe as a complete diet. That's what I'm trying to get atl. It is in no way enough nutrition to feed your dog every day with. It's a side plate... a supplement.. .that's all it is, and if the product says that you can feed it as a regular food, t hen it's nothing more ...
by sara
Sat Oct 06, 2012 2:50 pm
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Need help. Are these foods healthy?
Replies: 1
Views: 2003

Re: Need help. Are these foods healthy?

as you are feeding a commercial diet of dog foods you need to go by your dogs weight and follow the guide on the packaging, taking into consideration the dogs *Censored Word*, age and activity level. I am not familiar with all these foods, I've only heard of the pedigree brand and i would never feed...
by sara
Sat Oct 06, 2012 2:19 pm
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Raw Food Diet?
Replies: 14
Views: 13645

Re: Raw Food Diet?

Merlin wrote:But green tripe is not a raw diet. In many cases it's canned, not even raw.
I don't see how “green tripe" from a freshly slaughtered animal is not a raw food,?
by sara
Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:57 pm
Forum: Health Discussions
Topic: I need to have Maggie spayed soon
Replies: 6
Views: 2473

Re: I need to have Maggie spayed soon

I see this is an old post, it would be interesting to know what the OP decided, OK I'm nosey, I know. Here in England it seems to be the norm to allow the dog to come home after they have assessed the recovery and all is well, My first dog came home same day after neutering and so did my chow after...
by sara
Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:28 pm
Forum: Health Discussions
Topic: Gracie's not doing well suddenly...bloat
Replies: 11
Views: 3879

Re: Gracie's not doing well suddenly...bloat

Rio, . We elected not to have a biopsy done, as there is no chance of subjecting her to chemo or radiation therapy. So pleased your Gracie is recovering well and I'm sure she's back to her old self by now. What a gorgeous name to, I love it, perfect for a chow chow. I wanted to add that I totally a...
by sara
Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:01 pm
Forum: Health Discussions
Topic: Brushing Her Teeth?
Replies: 4
Views: 2123

Re: Brushing Her Teeth?

You should brush daily, I brushed my dogs teeth daily and gave him chew toys, when he passed away at a good age for an extra large breed (he was huge) he had gorgeous white teeth, he was a black dog and people inc. vets always commented how lovely and clean his teeth looked. I got my chow 7 weeks ag...
by sara
Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:50 pm
Forum: Health Discussions
Topic: Vitamin E for CHow Chow
Replies: 10
Views: 4681

Re: Vitamin E for CHow Chow

Rats were fed a standard chow, Vit E-supplemented diet, or Vit E-deficient diet and subjected to surgically induced IOP elevation (or sham surgery) for five weeks. The retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) were subjected to retrograde fluorescent tracer labeling... Thats a vitamin for a chow.... I agree wi...
by sara
Sat Sep 15, 2012 3:33 am
Forum: Grooming
Topic: More Fur please!!!
Replies: 4
Views: 7034

Re: More Fur please!!!

I just wanted top say Kimigirl that I feel reaaly bad for you and your chow, what an awful condition to have. The Omega oils which your vet has given you are the best thing for the chows skin and coat. My chow had her tummy shaved when she was spayed 8 weeks ago and her fur is growing really well, s...
by sara
Wed Sep 12, 2012 3:26 am
Forum: Health Discussions
Topic: Help! Our beloved Chow Chow died after simple eye surgery!
Replies: 13
Views: 11576

Re: Help! Our beloved Chow Chow died after simple eye surger

This opening post mademe cry, I'm so very very sorry for your terrible loss of your beloved Simba, and what a shock for this to happen in a vets surgery, I know how i/we felt when we lost our boy a few months back but at least he died through natural causes and at home in our arms in seemingly no pa...
by sara
Sun Sep 02, 2012 1:09 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: My chow wont come to my calls..
Replies: 20
Views: 10754

Re: My chow wont come to my calls..

scuse my ignorance but what is a "Trolley run"? anyone?
by sara
Sun Sep 02, 2012 11:46 am
Forum: Health Discussions
Topic: ACL surgery brought forward but now I'm in doubt
Replies: 34
Views: 10465

Re: ACL surgery brought forward but now I'm in doubt

just to add my two penneths worth.....when requiring a dog to loose weight or gain weight I have always been told to only change amount of food by 10% either way. to access if a dog is under/over weight I have always judged by the way the dog looks to the eye and feeling around their ribs. hind quar...
by sara
Sun Sep 02, 2012 10:21 am
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Raw Food Diet?
Replies: 14
Views: 13645

Re: Raw Food Diet?

Linoleic and linolenic are all essentials even to humans. It can be sourced out from natural food or supplements. Not everyone can make fresh yoghourt. Yakult's advantage is in the Lactobacillus shirota strain that it contains. The sugars there are part of culture and doesnt harm in small amounts. ...
by sara
Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:00 am
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Raw Food Diet?
Replies: 14
Views: 13645

Re: Raw Food Diet?

A little info on tripe, A sample of green tripe was analysed by Woodson-Tenent Laboratories, Inc. in Gainesville, Georgia. The results for sample# G97-16346 are as follows: · Moisture 71.37% · Crude Fat 11.70% · Protein 15.82% · Ash 1.23% · Phosphorous 0.14% · Calcium 0.12% · Calories 756.35 cal/lb....
by sara
Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:56 am
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Raw Food Diet?
Replies: 14
Views: 13645

Re: Raw Food Diet?

Yes, I think a raw diet is the way to go, definitely. Any dogs stomach is capable of consuming raw food due to the high acid and bile contained in the dogs stomach, You need to have good hygiene principles when feeding a raw diet, if you do this then all should be well. Even in the wild a dog may no...
by sara
Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:34 am
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Wanting whats best for my new Chow.
Replies: 26
Views: 19860

Re: Wanting whats best for my new Chow.

This site provides information as to what is in a dog food it has no association with any pet food manufacturers.
It basically explains what the food label means and is very helpful, IMO.
here is the link.
... http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/
by sara
Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:25 am
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: Raw hide?
Replies: 10
Views: 5088

Re: Raw hide?

I realise this is an extremely old thread but I'll just add to this in case anyone is reading through the older threads as i am... RAWHIDE IS ONE OF THE WORSE THINGS YOU CAN GIVE YOUR DOG sorry for the caps, i wanted to draw attention to that statement. It was bought to my attention thank fully when...
by sara
Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:32 am
Forum: Grooming
Topic: Lion Cut
Replies: 2
Views: 5278

Re: Lion Cut

Here is some info gleaned from the web... It would be impossible to count how many times each summer a professional groomer is asked to shave a client's dog in an attempt to make it cooler. It is a common misconception that all dogs would automatically be cooler if they had less hair. What type of h...
by sara
Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:25 am
Forum: Grooming
Topic: Lion Cut
Replies: 2
Views: 5278

Re: Lion Cut

OMG what a shame, the lion cut is pretty hideous isn't it and should never be done to a chow. You need to be eally careful now as your poor chow has no protection from the sun nor against dirt and insect bites etc. As for how long it takes to grow back i have no idea, I'm sure some one here will let...
by sara
Sat Aug 04, 2012 9:11 am
Forum: Grooming
Topic: flea's
Replies: 2
Views: 5503

flea's

Hi there,
I always used frontline on my dear boy and it worked and he never had any bad reactions to fleas or treatments except for once when I fleaed him and he came out in hives the neaxt day, i put this down to the flea treatment.
by sara
Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:14 pm
Forum: Rescued Chow Chow Stories
Topic: Meet our new girl
Replies: 5
Views: 8730

Re: Meet our new girl

Thanks everyone,
she's so funny too, we have experienced belly aching laughs during the past few days.
by sara
Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:49 am
Forum: Rescued Chow Chow Stories
Topic: Meet our new girl
Replies: 5
Views: 8730

Meet our new girl

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by sara
Sun Jul 22, 2012 2:44 pm
Forum: Nutrition, Diets and Food
Topic: To raise or not to raise
Replies: 12
Views: 5151

Re: To raise or not to raise

just what i was reading about, i had always thought the raised bowl was best for the larger breed but this is what i have been finding out recently which says the opposite. copy and paste job, here you go...... I'll have to go back and find where i sourced this info and let you know with an edit, i...
by sara
Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:01 pm
Forum: Chow Chow Photo Gallery
Topic: How to Post Photos
Replies: 17
Views: 22541

Re: How to Post Photos

This picture of charlie is one of the cutest pic's i've ever seen, really it looks like a teddy lying on the beech, amazing pic.
Thanks for sharing.
Sara
by sara
Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:56 pm
Forum: Chow Chow Photo Gallery
Topic: Charlie.
Replies: 9
Views: 4558

Re: Charlie.

OMG! CHARLIE IS REALLY HANDSOME, HE LOOKS A PROPER LAD, YOU ARE SO LUCKY :)