Steve

In the case of constipation, Slippery elm is used as a source of mucilaginous fibre,same as psyllium - and it attracts water to dry and stubborn fecal matter, thereby bulking it up and softening it so as to make it easy to pass. Part of the process of moving the bowel motions is the churning and squeezing action of the bowel wall muscle,and when stools are stuck for one reason or another, the stimulation of the activity of the bowel wall muscles is not real posh. It's like there's a beached whale lying there just waiting for the tide to come in. So because constipation is either caused by or is exasperated by not enough fluid being ingested or utilised unless fluid is increased radically to enable the Slippery elm or psyllium do what they do it can get worse. Of course it also takes longer to work and may not work at all if there has been a issue for a lengthy period and the slippery elm or psyllium cant get far enough along the line to make it more moist to unblock it. And where diarrhoea is concerned, the loose and watery consistency of faecal matter is plumped up by the same swelling action of the powder, creating more solid but nicely moist stools. So for both diarrhoea and constipation its handy to have on hand but its not going to work on every case because not every case is the same and bacteria and all kinds of medical issues may be present and impact on what's going on. Nothing works every time on everyone whether its natural or otherwise - its ridiculous to even expect that but from my position as a mother, grandmother and dog owner I have it here because I've found that most times it works and I prefer something natural to other more invasive chemicals etc if I can avoid them - if it doesn't it's a vet or a doctor.

Yeah makes you ask what people think is in poo - most dogs love eating that too. When we were kids if we ever got sick to help us recuperate we would be given an egg flip - milk, sugar, raw egg and vanilla whisked up in a big milk shake Mum used to say the enzymes in the raw egg did something miraculous and it always seemed to work - must research that one of these days now you mention it.

Its nothing here for my dogs to get 15 to 20 eggs each a day when the chooks are doing their job well.

If you feed the whole egg there is nothing to worry about regarding the avidin as the enzyme in the yolk and white work together and any blocking of the B vitamins is eliminated.The yolk has massive mounts of the stuff anyway. Any threat from salmonella is minute. The protein in eggs has the highest biological value of any protein which is a measure of how well it supports the body's protein needs of any food, including beef. Calorie for calorie, you need less protein from eggs than you do from other sources to achieve the same benefits, for muscle building. Eggs have numerous vitamins including riboflavin, folate, vitamins B6, B12, D, K and E, and iron,phosphorous, calcium and zinc plus omega 3 and 6. Also has a heap of amino acids. Dogs don't need to have the eggs cooked and its better for them if they are fed raw because that keeps what is in the egg in tact as some of the good stuff is killed off by cooking.That is live enzymes and vitamins Its also better if they eat the shell this contains a stack of great minerals and studies have found that it is the most easily absorbed type of calcium mainly because of the other easily absorbable 27 trace minerals it has which is pretty much the same as what our bones are made of.This will protect them against all manner of things including potential joint problems. If you throw them the eggs and they eat the lot that's great if they leave the shell consider cracking the eggs and saving your shells - if you have this many eggs anyway it would be great for you to save the shells for yourself and family. You can take the egg shell and either bake it until its dry in an over or pop it in the microwave to dry them and then roll them under a rolling pin which produces a fine powder - then you can use it to sprinkle over other foods to be sure the really do get the whole egg in and not just the inside of the egg in. This gives the dog everything it needs to produce its own ample supplies of vitamin C - so effectively it really is a whole food for dogs and leaves any suggestion that anything you can buy produced commercially as being better for dead. Lots of Utube vids etc showing you ways to do this. You can even make your own toothpaste with it - google egg shell powder. So as long as you feed the whole egg there isn't a hope that you could feed too many. Any idea that you have eggs and dogs and would consider NOT feeding every egg left over after you own needs is crazy. Its pretty much a prefect food for them - but side effect is smelly farts.

Yep you can use it with advantix I love the scent of them too. Glad you like them.

Yep its great isn't it? I always have some of this on hand and often have it with my breaky. Just very recently my son was hospitalized with a super bug – bleeding from the bowel, dehydration, extremely ill, and this stuff worked like a miracle. Over the years it's been a huge help with raising puppies too and the garbage guts beagles. Traditionally it's used to help remedy chest, lung and bronchial conditions such as coughs and inflammation, Gastroesophogeal reflux disease (GERD), Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and irritable bowel syndrome, Diarrhoea, Irritable Bowel Syndrome ,Colitis and diverticulitis,Inflammation anywhere in the gut, Colic, Indigestion or acid 'reflux' (that is a common use for Slippery Elm), Ulcers (stomach & intestines) With Diarrhoea – its even better when combined with a banana and powdered Marshmallow], Believe it or not – its great for Constipation – Same sort of effect as psylium. Its a good food for using to help recover from an illness, and as a baby food - has heaps of It is also said to be good for urinary tract infections -such as cystitis. Don't forget its also great for Wounds, burns, boils,[as a poultice] psoriasis, and other skin conditions (external) including grass seeds. Magic in my experience as a drawing poultice for splinters etc - For Humans and dogs. You can make a number of concoctions with it, adding it to warmed milk with honey for yourself or the kids or if they have a cold go with honey and lemon - or dogs for kennel cough. Or mixing it with juice and letting it thicken a bit, then spooning it to a baby or child who has bowel issues, a cold or flu, or is coming off the back of a course of antibiotics. You can mix it 1:1 with honey and roll into balls, then freeze and use as lozenges with cold and flu.You can add it to cereal or porridge, yoghurt or smoothies.- Its one of those things that you cant over dose on but you need to be aware that it can affect absorption of other meds and supps so take it an hour before and or after any of these. Tastes like dirt to me without anything added but not too bad and if you don't get it in pretty quick after making it before you know it its thick as - so don't leave it sitting before you take it. Ive mixed it with most things over the years for either kids or dogs.

Lots of spices in australia that dont go through customs are also irradiated. Regardless of where they come from they have to be tagged with this if they are so if its a big deal for you read the labels. I'm able to do organic tumeric powder or organic tumeric fingers.

This one is an eye opener too. My link

Im so sorry to hear this.He was one lucky pug to have lived with someone who loved him so much ,Thinking of you.

Better nominate your vet for our next awards - that's the first time I've ever heard of a vet doing that - good on them - allowing a client to make their own informed decision.

If it was just about stopping a dog being able to breed we would do a vasectomy - easier quicker op and no long term health risks - its about a social issue - always has been.

Why are people so eager to give up their rights to do what they feel is best for their animals.Why are you so eager to see my rights as a dog owner removed because you feel the social issue is more important than my dog? I knock myself out working at educating people helping them to know the science - not assumptions or what is socially acceptable but the science of the species to enable them to make their own choices for what they believe is best for them and their dogs - teaching them what it takes to be responsible for a dog and helping them make educated decisions and then we tell them "sucko" we don't care about YOUR dog we care about the social issues that someone else's dog may create. Don't study or research or learn anything don't investigate or question dont make informed choices in conjunction with your vet as its a wasted energy and all it does is upset you because the government will tell you what to do for what someone has determined is the answer for the greater good. I am 100% committed to focusing on what is best for dogs and what is best for some dogs is desexing but I will make my own choices - I will not have some state determine that for me whether its a dog registered for breeding or not.

Above just about sums it up & that is why eventually people will lose their rights & freedom of choice & the nanny state will step in again & make dog owning more complex & impossible. Because too many people won't be responsible owners. So in case someone some where is going to be irresponsible with their dog if I am a responsible pet owner I have my choices removed and I cant make a decision based on what I think is best for my dog - because you are looking at a supposed social issue rather than my dog's health issue. Puppies are not homeless - everyone can easily find someone to take them - dogs become homeless when their owners dump them and all you will get with mandatory desexing is more dogs dumped which are desexed - Prime example is ACT where mandatory desexing was introduced and made no difference to numbers at all. Fact is there is no scientific data to back up that if we desex all desexable pets that we will lower homeless rates. Surely before we introduce laws to take the choice away from me and my vet we would want to consider whether its really going to make a difference or not - and so far everywhere its proven that it doesn't. Whether my dogs are registered for breeding or not no state has the right to make me do things with them that are not in their best interests regarding health and longevity as long as I act responsibly and dont bother the neighbours. The nanny state develops when people do not follow the laws we already have , where no one polices the laws we already have and so we just keep making more and more laws which assume we are all irresponsible and none of us have any brains to work out what is best for our own dogs based on our own lifestyle. We cant take em places or do many of the things we used to do with our dogs because the minority do the wrong thing and rather than punish them they assume that making new laws will stop them - it doesnt.

I am a responsible dog owner and I make decisions based on what is best for my dog's health - not based on what is easiest to manage them. I train my boys and my girls and Im aware of the management issues involved in having entire dogs and ensure they are safe and not making unwanted puppies or marking where I dont want them to. Ive no doubt that if I cut the testicles out of my sons I wouldn't have had to live through some of the dramas their hormones impacted on but we all know that would not have been good for their longevity or health. Take away testosterone and you don't just take away the ability to make puppies.

What a difficult position to be in,I feel for you but I believe you have made the right decision.

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http://www.dolforums...dula-tea-rinse/ lol, I am plugging my way through that thread right at this moment. I might need to give you a call regarding what to buy and how to use it, if that is ok. Cheers Yep.

http://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/254792-o-m-g-calendula-tea-rinse/

http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/2140973/little-lucys-legacy-a-rule-change-at-shelter/?cs=159 A LOCAL animal shelter has changed its adoption rules in the wake of a deadly attack on a small dog. Kimba, a mastiff-cross from Heaven Can Wait animal shelter, attacked Maltese/Jack Russell-cross Lucy on February 26 in a Hillvue park. Lucy’s owner, Dianne Walmsley, said she was powerless to do anything to stop the attack. “I’ve had this little dog for 10 years,” she said. “To just see her being ripped apart was devastating. I couldn’t do a thing, but the vet said if I had intervened, I would have been attacked, too.” Mrs Walmsley said Kimba was not on a lead, while Lucy was on a long lead and harness. “The dog just came at us,” she said. Mrs Walmsley said the only blessing was she didn’t have her grandchildren with her and that maybe Lucy had saved a small child from being attacked instead. “Had that been my little four-year-old grandson, he would not have had a hope in hell,” Mrs Walmsley said. Heaven Can Wait founder Kate Davies said Kimba was part of their pound dog walking program and they took her into care on December 23 and she went into foster care. “She was fostered with people who had big dogs and puppies, small dogs, birds and an 18-month-old child,” she said. “They took her to the country music (festival), stopped and watched bands, walked through crowds, kids were coming up to them and not one of the dogs showed any aggression or fear at all.” Ms Davies said Kimba had not shown any of this behaviour during her time in care but had subsequently been euthanased after the incident. “We try to socialise them in as many different areas as we can,” Ms Davies said. “There could have been 100 different reasons why it happened, but when these sorts of things happen, a big dog is always going to win the fight.” Ms Davies said this prompted an adoption rule change and now the owner of any large dog adopted from the shelter must attend a consultation with behaviourist Peter Bainbridge. This has to happen within the two-week trial period or the shelter will take the dog back into their care. “We want people to know as much as they can about a dog’s natural instincts and behaviours,” Ms Davies said. She said the adoption agreement would also state that dogs have to be on a lead in any public place.

Sick bastard - they should put these grubs on an animal sex offenders register and keep them away from animals and humans for ever.

We used Crisp when we were doing Pacers - they were great and allowed us to include ALL of our volunteers under the one policy - up to 20 without extra costs and you dont have to name the volunteers either.

of course you have to prove your cases beyond reasonable doubt you ninny I think they are referring to the difference between the burden of proof for Criminal cases and Civil Cases. Criminal is beyond reasonable doubt, Civil is balance of probabilities. Much easier to get a finding in your favour in the civil court. Well that s because the penalties and consequences are far greater in a criminal case and animal cruelty is a criminal offence. And most people who have their animals seized and destroyed without a second opinion and feeling that they have a reasonable defence cant afford to stand their ground and fight it out as these people have. They killed their animals and charged them and named them to the world as animal abusers. They killed their animals. They killed their animals without giving them the opportunity to have their own vet opinions or an opportunity to treat them and save them and all they have to do to justify that is to say they believe the animals were suffering - there is no evidence left - they killed their animals. Then we see an ask for funds to keep a kitten alive and watch it suffer for months through massive third degree burns but no opportunity for the animals in this case to be treated and fed . They killed their animals and charged them with animal cruelty - animal cruelty is a criminal offence it carries gaol terms and it affects your ability to continue living with animals.They killed their animals and surely all of us agree that its not O.K. to come onto someone's property and take or kill their animals without due process. If we dont we are all sitting ducks - what a ranger does with cows they can more easily do with dogs. A court has found these people not guilty and the RSPCA knows what it needs to get a criminal conviction - they have their own prosecutors, money to burn for expert witnesses and access to the best legal advisers in the country . They did not have enough to prove the people were guilty. If they didn't you can bet no one else could either but after you have killed their animals you have to have a go to try to justify why you did it even if you know they shouldn't have. Unless they have enough to prove they had no choice but to kill these animals to relieve their suffering because there was no other option they will have to compensate them. They killed their animals. If the courts found these people guilty you can bet your life they would have asked for expenses and fees in excess of what they are being sued for. Did they expect to have it both ways ? They are insured against it anyway.

Not many would be able to fight like this - need money to stand your ground.

Many years ago I accepted a cheque for payment for a puppy .I put it in the bank and was reliant on it clearing to cover Christmas for my kids - it bounced. When I went back to the new owner they told me it was either my kids or their's - just shrugged it off - their kids had a new puppy for Christmas. Around about then I would have had the cops , a gang of bikies, the mafia,the army ,my hubby and 4 sons go after them and I still get filthy mad when I think about how they did that to my kids without even an apology - hard lessons and now when someone turns up here with a cheque - after I've told them I don't accept them no matter what story they want to try the pup doesn't leave the property .Hard lessons which happen to everyone who sells any item but puppies carry with them an emotional issue which seems to amplify the sin.

I think you had better check your info - the police wont get involved in collecting a $500 civil claim for part payment for a dog no matter what the court judgement is but you need to cover yourself in writing and decide whether it's worth the grief - personally I think expecting someone to simply hand back a dog they have had as a family member because they are slower than expected in paying is asking for them to be belligerent and dig their heels in. Be nice - offer them alternatives - tell them you understand they are not able to be pay as they promised and expected to - suggest they pay by instalments etc If this were me Id say lesson learned and walk away. I have checked my info. Its all right here. Police have to enforce magistrates court orders. http://www.vcat.vic....etary_order.pdf I will be nice and I will give them time to pay but flat out ignoring my attempts to communicate leads me to believe its not a case of can't pay but won't pay. The guy basically implied that he wanted to meet up for a fight because I mentioned the police. I don't care if it costs another 500 in court fees because I will get that back. Yeah well when you threaten someone with the police because they are late in paying a part payment for a puppy that would send most people to a defence position.