-=> Quoting Cindy Haglund to Peter Coggon <=-

 CH> Hi Peter. I haven't been in here in awhile... Re the itching. Have
 CH> you ruled out allergies? Dry skin?

  Hi Cindy.    NO still open, and I think now I might have turned
the corner.

 CH> I read something that might be very interesting to pet owners here..
 CH> that sometimes the simplest of cures is what it's all about. :)
   >
 CH> Did you know some dogs get blisterson their nose? Yikes! That was a
 CH> new one to me! The person writing to the Vet (Dr. Fox) in the paper
 CH> said they had tried everything... well guess what! ALoe vera!

   We have a natural Aloe Vera plant, so he is coming around, along
with some drugs to keep him ...sort of happy.

 CH> The hard part is getting it on and not having the dog lick it off.
 CH> hmm. heh...

   Yes...like giving pills...he knows...and spits them out.

 CH> If you get this column (Dr. Michael Fox) in your local paper, it's as
 CH> close to holistic wrt remedies as you can get.

    No Dr. Fox up here .... I have not brought a paper in years.

 CH> Also if you need any help with training your dog, do as Cesar Millan
 CH> said and train yourself to be assertive calm and to not do things that
 CH> actually bring ON the behavior you wish to change.

    I threaten him with sea duty ....

 CH> On a message board elsewhere somebody said they spent a thousand bucks
 CH> to have their dog trained not to steal food off the table and the dog
 CH> still does it. How much you wanna bet the owner continues to feed the
 CH> dog scraps of food off the table. heh. THINK.

    Never feed the bears.   That works for me, and I tell all my guests
that ...but ...oh well they never listen, and our bear-type pets do
their thing.    Rusty has never stolen a thing off the table.
The cats do.

 CH> One last thing: A lot of people get a dog based on looks and they
 CH> don't think about energy levels (theirs/the dog's)... nor the dogs
 CH> needs for such things as simple as a mile or two walk a day....

    Yes .... my mother told me about their pet whippet.

 CH> It saddens me as a pet owner to see big dogs cooped up all day and you
 CH> wonder why they go nutty... become aggressive or fearful?? gee...
 CH> Wouldn't YOU go nuts if you were treated as though you were a stuffed
 CH> animal ? As some view pets: gifts to do with as we please?

    Yes.    If only they'd realize how better the dog would be if
given consideration.

 CH> Cinders
   >
 CH> ... Never feed a pet anything that clashes with the carpet.

     Good to hear from you .... In the next few weeks, I will
be really consentrating on Rusty.   I mean he is in for all day
24/7 work to get to the bottom on his medical problems.

I have his legs to where I want them.   I have also reduced his
need for some drugs ....and now next week with lots of time
and scheduled for him, I will start.

ttfn

Peter




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