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Raw Food Diet > Vet Things My Raw Diet is Giving Large Breed Pup Pano

Bear 1287956     Barked: Mon Mar 4, '13 3:56pm PST  Another quick question... It's worth mentioning, I forgot why we gave him extra bone... Not only did it make his stools softer without it, but now he's getting the awful anal glad smell. I will not let the vets empty them, because the more you do it the more often the dog will need it. I did a lot of research on this and have watched videos from Dr. Karen Becker on why this practice is not wise to do. Any tips on how I can feed less bone and yet not have stool/ anal gland issues? Thanks my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Member Since 12/12/2012     Barked: Fri Mar 1, '13 10:04am PST  Okay, thanks for all the responses and insight. To answer some questions in previous posts.. He is definitely not too big or overweight, we've been very careful with that because he is going to get shown. He's definitely on the leaner side and we've had lots of positive comments about his weight and size being perfect. His parents are not big boned either. They are actually on the leaner side for corsos. We have been feeding more than 10% bone. We will try and cut that down and see it it helps. Thanks! my posts [notify]

Raw Food Diet > Vet Things My Raw Diet is Giving Large Breed Pup Pano

Member Since 12/12/2012     Barked: Thu Feb 7, '13 8:50am PST  You made a great point so I just starting looking up some information on this and I'm finding conflicting view points. This page here http://rawfeddogs.org/rawguide.html is saying "Meats are high in phosphorus, bones are high in calcium. When meat is fed with 10% bone you have the exact ratios of calcium to phosphorus required by a dog." Then this page http://gratefulpet.com/calciumtophosphorusratio.aspx says "In humans and animals Calcium to Phosphorus balance is essential to the development and maintenance of a strong and healthy skeletal structure.It is important to have more Calcium than Phosphorus in your pet’s overall diet." Everything I read is conflicting, any clarification would be helpful! my posts [notify]

Raw Food Diet > Vet Things My Raw Diet is Giving Large Breed Pup Pano

Member Since 12/12/2012     Barked: Thu Feb 7, '13 8:44am PST  We feed him more than the 10% bone he should be getting. We find that if we don't do more bone he has soft stools all the time. Everything I've read says that dogs are individuals and some may need more bone than others, etc. That could be the issue. If we cut back the bone and he has soft stools all the time what do we do? Because they are supposed to be harder and well formed on the raw diet. my posts [notify]

Raw Food Diet > Vet Things My Raw Diet is Giving Large Breed Pup Pano

Member Since 12/12/2012     Barked: Thu Feb 7, '13 8:24am PST  Hey Everyone, I'm an avid raw feeder and follow the prey model raw diet. I strongly believe that this is the proper nutrition for dogs and have seen amazing results in our pup. Everyone comments on how healthy he is. Lately he's been limping a lot and our vet suspects its pano (growing pains). He's a cane corso so he's a large breed puppy. I remember hearing the vet and breeder say not to feed these dogs puppy chow or puppy kibble because it has too much protein and these dogs grow and put weight on so fast that we don't want to put extra stress on their joints, I'm sure you've all heard this before. So our dog is on a raw diet and is perfectly healthy, yet lean. His kibble fed siblings (living with other families) have always weighed more than him and he's at a perfect weight. So naturally our vet knows we feed raw and is trying to say the high protein intake is causing the pano. I don't buy this b/c experienced raw feeders know that dogs are carnivores and don't have a need for carbohydrates - fruits/veggies/etc - all they eat is protein so how does a high protein diet (which they're supposed to eat) hurt them? What do you all think? Is this true? Do you think he has pano because of his raw diet? I know most dogs on a raw diet are super healthy so I just don't think this can be true. But any insight would be appreciated. my posts [notify]

Member Since 12/12/2012     Barked: Thu Feb 7, '13 8:13am PST  Yes I agree with what you're saying and have been thinking about this for awhile. I think I'd prefer a more hollistic veterinary. And our dog is on a raw diet. my posts [notify]

Dog Health > Lyme Disease in Puppy

Ronnie 1278431     Barked: Tue Feb 5, '13 2:13pm PST  Thanks for the help and resources! Let me try to answer your questions the best I can. He did get his second shot for lyme. It was just that we found that tick in him in between shots. Again we removed it immediately and we were only at our friends house about 5 hours or so. So it didn't stay in him long. I'm not sure of the dosage or length of time we were on the antibiotic. I have since thrown them out. I know it was 2 pills twice a day. And no, they have not done any testing for this. I've brought it up and they keep mentioning it'll get done with heartworm. [notify]

Dog Health > Lyme Disease in Puppy

Ronnie 1278431     Barked: Sat Feb 2, '13 3:09pm PST  I have a six month old Cane Corso puppy. After his first Lyme shot and before his second one we had a dog play date at a friends house. We couldn't of been there more than 5 hours and at the end of the day we found a tick in our puppy. We removed it. He got his second Lyme shot and time had went by. When we was around 5 months he started limping and was very lethargic. The vet suspected Lyme but we were confused how he could have gotten Lyme after being vaccinated. Plus, I had read something about Lyme disease taking awhile to develop (tick needing to be in for 12+ hours). So we used doxycline and it went away immediately. Now around 6 months my pup got kennel cough at dog day care (he was vaccinated for that one too)! So once again he's on doxycline. His kennel cough was gone in a day or so. Now he's limping and acting lethargic again. But he's still on doxycline. What do we do at this point? I don't get why our pup keeps catching everything he was vaccinated against. But what happens with Lyme. Is this going to continue to happen for the rest of his life? And how do we get it to go away if the doxycline doesn't work anymore? Please help! [notify]

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