Louise has an amazing background herself, and her own books are among my favorites.

Brigitte

Bill

It sounds as if you’re doing everything right! Your dogs must be brimming with health.

Poor Dougie. Imagine being tossed aside because he got injured. Just terrible. But lucky he met you!

Regards,
Brigitte

I don’t give multivitamins on a regular basis to my gang, but I do add suplements to the raw meat and veggie diet.

I give, on a regular basis, deep sea fish oil, aloe vera gel,spirulina and alfalfa, vitamin C (preferably non acidic). From time to time they get probiotics like acidophilus. After an event like deworming,they get Milk Thistle.

I have stopped the yearly vaccinations because I feel it is a big scam. You wouldn’t hammer human immune systems in this way. We already see problems like autism arising from the use of combination shots.

I am also not keen on the overuse of toxic deworming medications. There are natural ingredients one can add to food which help to deter parasites from taking hold.

In keeping with my dislike of using too many chemicals, I only use perythrine anti flea shampoo.

I also use home made sprays containing essential oils to deter infestation in the first place.

When I rescued Douglas Doberman, he was a walking skeleton. Belonging to a rich Khmer family, he had been hit by a car some eight months previously and being damaged goods was given over to the caretaker family of an empty villa. These people receive no salary, just an allowance to buy rice.

So, not only did Dougie not receive any treatment for his broken front leg, but got very little to eat as well.His elbow became infected and a lot of the bone had been eaten away. When I took him to the vet, it was so bad that he initially suspected cancer!!!
Some years later, he is a happy member of the pack and is surprisingly agile.

At first he was on regular treatment with Metacam which did get rid of the pain and helped heal the joint.

He is now on a daily dosage of Glucosamine Sulphate which I feel is a more natural way to go.

I think this would probably help with rhumatism as well.

Hope all your lot are well and happy.

Best regards, Bill.

I’m writing an article about pet supplements and would like to talk to you about how you’ve started giving your dogs supplements. Please email me and we can chat.

Thanks,
Joan

I’ve just checked out a number of pet vitamin supplements as to what their phosphorous content is – several of them have more than double the amount of phosphorous in them than the pet vitamin supplement I recommend above, and none that I could find has less (and some don’t specify exact quantities).

If your Sheltie has a problem with her kidneys, then go with whatever you’re currently using if that’s what’s been recommended to you by your vet (or someone else in the know about kidney disease in dogs).

Regards,
Brigitte