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Hello Wayne.,

 -=> Quoting Wayne Chirnside to Peter Coggon <=-

 PC>  A posting here dexamethasone was mentioned

 WC> I should mention I used HALF the dosage prescribed as I found that 
 WC> sufficient and I broke that half dosage into two doses per day.

I haven't seen the dog's medical staff, as yet to determine which
might work for him. 
 
 PC> non-steroid METACAM.  37mg first time, then ease back
 PC> to his level, which is about 20mg on his food.
 
 PC> As he is now.   I had some skin disease, I think he
 PC> picked up last year swimming in the lake.   No more
 PC> swimming there.   

 WC> I'd have tried some bleach say 3 -4 ounces to a tub full of water.
 WC> I've cleared several fungal infections on myself as well as other
 WC> skin rashes this way dead in their tracks.

I still have not checked my notes where I got the formula right
what worked for him.  Saw some really dumb ones like gasoline.

I'll have to see, if anyone I checked with mentioned bleach.

 WC> Never used it on the dog however as he'd never had a skin rash.

Wasn't a rash.  It was a fungus, and rot and his hair was disappearing
at an alarming rate.   I only really got on it, when my wife went
on vacation and I had lots of time to really get at it.

Skin rashs are easy.   I can not remember him having it too....but 
with this fungus, I noted neighbours too were plagued and I gave
them my forumla and it seems to have cleared them up...One neighbour
however seems to not to care, his dog is almost bald.
 
 WC> I used Iams for less active dogs to acheive the same result, beef 
 WC> flavor only. Spanky wouldn't touch the lamb flavor.

I make my own.   We have enough left over chicken and rice to get this,
and if I need to change then burger mixed with rice also works.   I am
not sure if mine will touch lamb, never tried.  He is now into
veggies so I give him a good dose there cooking them and keeping the
liquid as a covering, as he seems to like it.

 WC> You say Rottie Staffordshire mix?
   >
 WC> Here's a real health tip for teeth that absolutely eliminated my 
 WC> British Staffordshire Bull Terrier's dental cleaning requirements
 WC> passed along to me by another owner of large dogs.

Have not got that problem.   His teeth are good to go as the vet says.
I think it is because like you I don't feed him that mush in a can.
And he gets things that clean his teeth that he enjoys.

 WC> I'd purchase at least ten pounds of turkey necks from the meat market
 WC> each month for the last 5 - 6 years of my Pit's life feeding them to
 WC> him raw after defrosting overnight in the fridge compartment rather
 WC> than freezer having been individually frozen in those cheap
 WC> fold over sandwich bags.
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 WC> Oh yeah, I cut them in half as well.
   >
 WC> It's important you do not cook them as that embrittles the cartilage
 WC> and can cause damage and poses no health threat to large dogs as
 WC> all dogs are immune to salmanella 
   >
 WC> Spanky's teeth were near pearly white in just about a month and boy
 WC> did  he look forward to those as treats.
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 WC> Prior to this I was looking at an expensive vet dental bill for
 WC> a teeth cleaning but this was way cheaper, more effective
 WC> due to an enzyme in turkey cleaning off all that brown plaque.

Hmmm...interesting but no ... I'll pass......his teeth are white
enough for his age. After all he has been thru he is lucky to reach
this age.

 WC> It's not a red meat so it doesn't raise the level of aggression red
 WC> meat  might have done with a Pit Bull.
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 WC> Boy he'd rip through them in under three minutes every time!
   >
 WC> And it's obvious he could count as I served them every two days
 WC> and he knew that and didn't bother me for one on alternate days.
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 WC> Some days I teased him just a bit for a short while
 WC> and he'd invariably look from me to the refrigerator and back
 WC> several times over and at that he knew it was a game because in this
 WC> case he didn't give me that hey retard, catch on look I mentioned in a
 WC> previous post.

Aaah red meat.   I don't even see him chew it.   Gone in seconds.

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