Very touching story Krl. I myself am a dog owner. I have 2 mini wiener dogs that I love and care for deeply. They are my children. I am all for natural healing and feeding my dogs a diet of raw natural food. A few months ago my one male who is only a year old started to get ear infections along with hair loss in his armpits, once the hair was gone in both arm pits along came some nasty blisters. I took him to the vet only for them to say well it could be a food allergy for skin scrappings came back negative for anything else. They put him antibotics and pednizone ( steroids ) and told me to only feed him special dog food which they sold at the vet for dog allergies so we could try to rule out what was causing this to him. Things started to get better while on medication but once he was done things went right back to being bad and the blisters got worse and then along came over all stratching that caused more blisters around his ears. It was horrible. I called the vet and they wanted to him back on the meds and steroids and I thought no way for there has to be a better way to help him. I like you spent about 3 weeks researching dogs and allergies and then to find out about natural healing through foods. I also fed him high quallity natural dog kibble so it was hard for me think it was food that did this but after reading I found out just how bad even though its natural ingreedients can be for them and how hard it is for them to digest the food. Anyways to make a long story short I now feed my 2 little dogs a raw diet with supplements and I must tell you my one male is now fully healed and all his hair grew back in his armpits, he is doing better than ever its like they both have a new life in them. Here is what I feed my dogs and have had amazing results.
Pulped up : carrots,peas,brocolli, spinach, celery,
raw hamburger, beef heart and kidney.
raw cut up chicken wings
raw eggs 3 times a week
and for supplements they get every day
sea kelp, organic apple cider vinegar , organic omega 3,6,9 oil
along with ester C .
I hoe this info can help out any dog own out there that might have these same problems with their furry friends. This is also the same for Cats. Here is a url that I found very helpful in my decision to change my dogs over to a all natural diet.
http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/
Take Care
:)

There was a story on the news last night about some people shelling out 45k on stem cell therapy as a last resort for their dogs and cats who have cancer.

What surprised the animal owners the most was the amount of hate mail they received and hate calls, telling them they wasted their money on an animal.

The people were hurt and confused. They had the money to spend. It wasn't government aid being redirected. Their decision. Their choice.

I've got four older dogs, ranging in age from 8-10 now. I don't know what I'll do when it's time.

Good for you, KRL.....

Ok-all this puppy talk has us thinking. We are going to go meet Tammy this weekend. Jackson needs a sister!

http://www.magsr.org/femaleadopt.htm

Oh man, I would them all. I can't imagine how people give up pets like that. I did volunteer work at a German Shepherd Rescue organization in LA, and it was so sad to see people just drop a dog off without any kind of emotion in giving it up. Some people would just come at night and tie the dog to the fence and leave. Unreal how cold people are.

Predisone 20mg twice daily

1/2 cup of cottage cheese mixed with 1 tablespoon of Flexseed Oil twice daily.

Ester-E 400iu once daily

Ester-C 500 MG twice daily

Selenium 100 MCG once daily (micrograms - this one you have to be careful with as too much can be toxic)

B12 250 MCG (micrograms) twice daily

I switched of the crappy ALPO he loved to a more healthier natural dog food made by Merrick Home Style Dog Food

http://www.merrickpetcare.com

I'm also giving him cheese and fresh white meat chicken breast.

I heard raw eggs are good also, but just wondering since those sometimes have salmonella bacteria can they make the dog sick like humans do on those?

I immediately thought of you when I saw this thread.

I am sure you did :) You gave great emotional support to me no matter how busy you were.

i got a few of those symptoms, sometimes bad sometimes mild and not everyday but at least 4 days a week. i went to eye doctors too and tried the over the counter stuff which didnt help.

ill check out the omega 3

thanks for the info - of all places gfy :1orglaugh

Which symptoms did you have exactly? Where do you live? It could also be allergy eyes - and that fuckin sucks, but treatable. For allergy eyes there are many solutions, one of them is Patanol (http://www.patanol.com/). Dry Eye Syndrome is a bit more complicated and there are many many useful resources on the net. The most important thing is to REALLY understand what is it that you feel in your eye, because that's the only way the doctor is going to know. There's a huge different between scratchy eyes vs. foreign body sensation, or and Blurred vision vs. Degraded vision. Only you know. I used to keep a log of everything I ate, drank, when I woke up, when I felt what, etc.

EDIT: I saw that you live in Miami so I guess you don't need air humidifier (which helps at nights for those who suffer from chronic dry eyes) LOL

Omega-3 is really the last thing you should try. In most cases it won't do anything. Especially if you have allergy eyes - it won't do a thing. Are your eyes dry or simply irritating?

EDIT: it's supposed to be easy to see allergy eyes - did your doctor ever mention it?

love the dog pic
he's so cute

before I got my cocker spaniel, I wanted to have a german shepherd

keep him on the essiac and do a seach on it - theres a lot of info on the net and maybe find a alternative medicine doctor, there are MD,s that do both western and eastern medicine.

fuck the doctor saying your dad has 2 months - tell your dad to keep a positive outlook on this and to have the attitude thats hes going to beat this because people have.

the second part of that story was my dad got colon cancer which was also in his lung and liver and level 4, the heavy shit - but my old man didnt do the essiac - he did chemo and elcted not to try the essiac which we got into heavy discussions about - he lived 3 ys from the day he was diagnosed.

A big part of my dad doing as well as he did was his positive outlook on what was going on - if you dont stay positive the opposite takes hold and thats not good.

i do think the chemo in my dads case wore him down - the doctor said they gave him amounts that would knock a bull out and my old man would be active, they would freak.

when i posed the question to the doctors about using essiac and the chemo they scoffed, then i went off about how radiation treatment is just as fucking nuts and how can you fuckers prescribe shit you wont even touch with your bare hands cause the shit is RADIOACTIVE - I called them quacks which got everyone pissed off and insulted :1orglaugh

and these bastards look down on alternative medicine, fuck em.

keep your spirits up kevin and tell your dad to do the same and to kick the shit out of this. :thumbsup

It started in L.A. and im now in south florida

doctors said it wasnt an allergy

Dry eye feeling
Sandy eye feeling
Scratchy eye feeling
Excessive tearing
Eye pain
Redness of the eye

sometimes ill be woken up in the middle of the night by it.

it feels as if someone is scratching the hell out of my eye, like something is actually in my eye and when i close my eye its gets worse. very painful

Flax seed oil works incredibly, it helped Barry Bonds hit 73 homers.

Ask your doctor about Restasis.

http://www.restasis.com/default2.htm

Do you know about punctal plugs? They're supposed to help dry eyes (didn't help me, but still). Read about it here: http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/dept/S...nctal-plug.htm

Are you currently using artifical/lubricant tears? How many times a day?

I used to take Refresh Liquigel (over the counter) - 4! drops in each eye every 3 hours. It shouldn't cause any problems (although they usually say to take 1-2 drops each time), but still ask your doctor if 4 drops in each eye is good. It helped me for quite some time.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :thumbsup

Jonesy your post gives me even more hope that he can be cured. While he was receiving chemo I had him on essiac tea for 2 months and as soon as the chemo was stopped and he was only on the tea he started eating better and even getting out of bed. He has Osteoporosis as well which has kept him in bed for most of the time but the treatment he is receiving for that seems to be working. I will check out that essiac root you mentioned and tell him to remain positive :thumbsup

Was removing the tumour and whatnot a possibility? Hoping for the best for you two.

Matt

Yes Krl your dog is in good hands with all state..... I use flax oils on a daily basis. Udo's choice and since my quality of life has picked up. Over a year with and wouldnt do without it