I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but I think if one does their research and factors everything in they will be able to make an informed choice that works for them whichever 'diet' they choose. Talking with breeders that are into 3rd and 4th and upwards generations is an excellent way to get a handle on what works best for them and how their stock is etc, and you can go from there. When I did all the research 7 or 8 yrs ago I learned what I could. We had purchased a 2.5 yr old trained guard dog to live with us during our short stint in the Bahamas. I'd practiced on a 'rent a dog' for a few weeks prior to his arrival with awesome results. (shudder- don't even ask! What deplorable standards.....sigh)
This new dog was chewing a bone I had given him - roughly a 10" curved beef rib bone . I needed to put him in the house while I went and got laundry as the workers were afraid of him and he hadn't been with us long. When I reached for him, he thought I was trying to take his bone and he inhaled the whole damn thing!!!! I was freaked out to say the least. I figured there was no way it was coming out whole through in his bowel movement and he wasn't vomiting it back up. I thought for sure this $6k dog was about to die!! Oh my gawd what a night. The quality of the vets there was um, well questionable, so I had their number and I waited it out with him- stayed with him all night on the bed, all the next day... nothing. Did a lot of research that night, talked with a lot of people on line, they said no worries, we were feeding a pretty well rounded diet and they were all correct- his body broke the bone down. He had absolutely no problems at all. In 3-4 months of feeding raw to him he was a completely transformed dog, it really was incredible. We have been feeding raw every since. Although I do know there are supporters of NOT supplementing or feeding veggies... I personally do notice when the diet is not varied enough or we leave out the oils and supplements, their coats are the first to show it, then goopy eyes, energy level etc. > > Garnet wrote on 5/9/2007, 9:24 AM: > > > Bones can cause problems for dogs. Even the raw feeding lists will tell > > you this. If you have a dog that bolts its food be very careful about > > introducing bones. They can kill. > > > > Janet > > > > Pat wrote: > > > Oh, I agree that organic meat surely would be the best diet for a > > dog. It's just that my dog was so messed up when I was feeding > > it....maybe she didn't chew the bones enough. Then a vet tech told me > > that where she worked, they'd done several surgeries to remove bone > > which was causing a blockage. She won't feed bones of any kind to her > > dogs. > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.6/795 - Release Date: 09/05/2007 > 3:07 PM > >
