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Addison’s Disease:

Addison's, hypotension (low blood pressure) and other symptoms: 175987
Addison’s, hypothyroidism and high cholesterol: 125317
Diet and medication: 149658 , 149660

Allergies (also see Skin Problems):

Air Cleaners: 125431, 126317, 154083
Antihistamines: 134128, 134139, 134183, Antihistamine Therapy in the Dog, Zyrtec
Corn: 147400
Ear Problems: 126931
Elimination Diet: 153865, 137565, 139001, 125671, 128556, Allergies
Even water can cause allergies: 168613
Food Allergy Testing: 175451/174566/175457/175465/175481, 152246/152272, 128397
Food Allegy Trials in Dogs
Hypoallergenic Diets: 152759, 137565
Hyposensitization shots: 163215, 151554, 125158
Itchy Pets
Licking/chewing at feet, red paws: 160810, 162350
Pollen and mold: 124737
Preventing Allergies: 127551
Seasonal allergies: 151513
Secondary Infections: 123256
Shampoo Therapy: 158271, 153638,
Storage Mites: 138462
Supplements: 132858, 145686
Success stories: 165790, 161304, 166271, 166298, 162388, 147509 , 145686, 147659 , 148162, 154011, 155183, 170795
Tracking down and treating: 150586, 152876, 155198,153638, 156302, 125402, 122668, 120892, 128556, 135638, 132880

Anal Glands: 117162, 136598, 139344, 138729, 140382, 143181, 143229

Anxiety and Noise Phobias

Anxiety Medications
Calcium/Magnesium/Diet: 137551
Diet: 144430
Flying: 140276
L-Theanine: 145474
Medications: 148374
Natural treatments: 131793

Arthritis:

Adequan (similar to Cartrophen) 153696
giving sub-q: 154153 , 154155, 154169, 152645
equine version for dogs: 154197, 154205
Diet and Supplements for Dogs with Arthritis
DGP: 147134, 147427
DLPA: 147091
Grains contributing to arthritis: 152610
Hyaluronic Acid: 155170, 149267, 146109, 137625
Medications: 136741, 147143
Misoprostol and More: Making NSAIDs easier on your dog's gut, 154360, 154386, 162318
Vitamin C and HD: 143925

Bad Breath:

Dental Hygiene: 140153
From the gut: 125997

Bloat: Gastroplexy: 124717, 124735

Blood Test and Urinalysis:

Calcium:

Adding meat to kibble: 128896
Calcium requirements for puppies: 161817
Effects of too much calcium on puppies: 131885 , 116336 , 132003 , 99885
How much bone meal to use: 124383

Cancer:

Diet and Supplements: Cancer, Jun2004
Lymphoma: 125354
Microchip: 156523
Raven's battle with osteosarcoma
Raw and chemotherapy: 124668

Canine Influenza:

Canine Cognitive Dysfunction (Senility): 140424, 126955, 150656

Carsickness:

Behavior Modification and other natural treatments: 145550,145556, 135313 , 135199 , 101998 , 101954
Drug Therapy: 137301

Coat:

Black Coats turning Red: 139081, 127914, 128055
Causes of hair loss: 125112

Commercial Diets:

Commercial Diets
Mixing fresh food with kibble: Adding fresh foods to a commercial diet, Jan2005
Rotating between foods: 152102

Cooked (or raw) diets without bone:

Balancing a Homemade Diet
Grains: 140498
Guidelines: 149769, 133480, 133827, 135465, 145339
Modifying Pitcairn’s Recipes: 134565, 129194,136297
Pitcairn's Growth Diet C (modified) for puppies: 161655 , 134565
Problems with diets formulated by nutritionists: 157263, 157299, 157311, 155346,
Putting It Together (Cooked)
Supplements: 133827
Also see Raw Diets below for information on inexpensive sources of meat and other useful information.

Coprophagia (eating poop): 148855, 148858, 115169, 126515

Coughing:

Chronic Bronchitis/COPD/Asthma: 145219, 174258, 117077, 101886
Cough/sore throat medicine: 148184
Kennel Cough: 124589, 128480

Cracked Pads: Cause and treatment: 125434

Cushing’s Disease:

General: 134384, 134344, 132329, 132310, 130634, 135093
Melatonin and flax seed lignans: 157488
Phosphatidylserine: 150656

Demodex:

Generalized: 125776
Localized: 139757 , 141443 , 121533

Dental Care: (also see Bad Breath)

Anesthesia Free Dentals, 154242
Dental Hygiene: 140153
Pets Need Dental Care, Too!
The Dental Prophy!
Teeth cleaning products: 154134 , 146967 , 141453

Diabetes: Diet: 158593, 156645, 148378, 124923

Diarrhea:

Clostridium perfringens: 172448/172466, 134027, 141154
Occasional Diarrhea
Soft, smelly stools: 139580, 142949
Stool color, consistency, odor, frequency, etc.: 165334

Digestive Disorders (also see Parasites):

Addison's Disease: 147962
Frequent large stools: 125802
Gas: 151742, 135592, 132716, 154913
IBD: 155345, 154240, 157367, 114982, 114992, IBD, IBS, Colitis and other Gastrointestinal Problems
Inappetance
Inappetence
L-glutamine: 125391, 149054
Medications: 134279, 133287
Prebiotics: 160724
Probiotics: 161500, 125566
SIBO: 147709, 134279, 125448, 114321, 113409, 113424, 113485
SIBO and Doxy: 130841, 130928, 134888, 141778
Slippery Elm: 121777
Success Stories: 150686, 151079, 165861

Ear Problems:

Deaf Dog Resources: 124939
Ear Problems
Grains: 149447, 149468
Home remedies for short-term use: 154085
Hypothyroidism causing ear problems: 147390,147397
Pseudomonas infections: 154682/154724
Recurrent Ear Infections: 94375
Success Stories: 155074, 153638, 152160, 148225
Zymox Otic: 114993, 110902

Email Lists:

Epilepsy/Seizures:

Amino Acids: 134089
General: 151930, 133813
Grains in the diet: 142118
Idiopathic: 130833
Melatonin: 94283
Success stories: 149686
Taurine: 136240, Taurine for seizures that are difficult to control

EVO:

Feeding Evo to Puppies: 138376, 141005, 141188,
Results feeding Evo and other grain-free dry foods: 161580 (and replies)\

Evolutionary Diet:

Anatomy of a Carnivore
Evolution of the Dog: 133124
Of Carnivores, Omnivores, Teeth, and Science

Eye Problems:

Cataracts: 89220
Glaucoma: 124943
PRA: 120655
Uveitis/Juvenile Cataracts: 117636

Fish:

Is it OK to feed raw fish? 122874, 138608
Mercury: 125957
Salmon and salmon poisoning: 144125 , 140366, 138693, 114890, 150447

Fish Oil and Essential Fatty Acids:

Fish oil vs. Flax Seed Oil: 107374
Mercury: 144165, 125957
Overview of Essential Fatty Acids
Research on fish oil and vitamin E: 153029, 153052, 153056
Types of fish oil: 115525

Fleas:

Getting Rid of Fleas Holistically
Fleas and Hot Spots: 149674 and 149452 (see replies), 150778
Treating the environment: 152156 , 152248/152273

Flower Remedies: Flower Remedies for Pets

Formula (milk replacement) recipes: 150138, 150190, 150195, 116790 , 106187

Grinders: SillyPugs, 160907, 160180 (and others in same thread), 156367, 146326, 144633, 142351, 139689, 138642

Heartworm:

Alternative methods: 124728, 129112, 170804
Heartworm Infection
Ivermectin sensitivity: 152585, 152540, 152567
Overview (treatment, prevention, timing, etc.): 146150
Revolution: 146414
Safeheart Doses: 145866 , 145292 , 145796
Splitting pills: 137376
Testing Puppies: 146296
Timing of preventatives: 136864, 137777
Treatment of heartworm disease: 146387, 146324, 124663

Heart Disease:

Diet and Supplements: Heart Healthy Diet, Heart Problems
Medications: 93604
Taurine : 129210

Herbs: Jun2003, Jul2003

Homemade Diets:

See Cooked (or raw) diets without bone above and Raw Diets below
Balancing a Homemade Diet

Homeopathy: Homeopathy

Hypothyroidism: Hypothyroidism

Incontinence:

Treatment: 134417, 128297, 116249
Vaginal problems: 145293

Kidney Disease:

Diet and Supplements, Kidney Diet
Leptospirosis
PLN (protein losing neuropathy): 161889, 138610

Liver Disease:

Cholangiohepatitis: 137894
Diet: 145507, 138505, 137619, Apr2004
Elevated Liver Enzymes: 138390
Liver Disease
Milk Thistle dosage: 135794 , 159140
Portosystemic shunts: 158928, 158666, 155602
Protein: 146891 , 146861
SAM-e dosage: 150244
Supplements: 155165 (and other replies in this thread)

Malnutrition: see Weight

Nails:

Filing: 153851, 154736
Grinding: 153834, 153892, 153906, 153908 , 153925
Sedating: 153690 , 153712 , 153762

Orthopedic Problems:

Back Problems: 126268, 126277
Broken bones: 159499
Surgery for Hip Dysplasia: 122051, 121979
Wobblers: 113806

Pain Medications:

Arthritis: 140633, Chronic Pain
Checking for Pain: 140348
Chronic Pain Relief
Misoprostol and More: Making NSAIDs easier on your dog's gut, 154386
Need for: 141317
Pain control for dogs that have problems with NSAIDs: 155166
Pain in Dogs and Cats: Introduction and Basics
Pain in Dogs and Cats: Injuries, Mild Pain, Arthritis, First Aid
Pain in Dogs and Cats: Post-Surgery, Severe Pain
Post-Surgery: 140282, OpCare
Switching NSAIDs: 136860
Tramadol: 132579, 137846, 135849, May2005, Tramadol
Tylenol: 140293
White Willow Bark: 148013

Pancreatitis: Diet for dogs with pancreatitis: 119043, Jul2004,

Panosteitis (Pano):154253

Parasites:

Coccidia: 142808
Giardia: 125752, 125775, 125780, 156759, 156727
Hookworms: 147618, 112813
Whipworms: 139492
Wormers: 143128 , 128087

Pregnancy and Nursing:

Feb2004
Eclampsia: 144461 , 144182 , 144139,137227, 112541
Milk replacement formula recipes: 150138, 150190, 150195, 116790 , 106187

Protein:

And aggression: 121584
And kidney disease
And older dogs: 139078, 125113, 125031, 116668, April2003
And puppies: 156887, 156905, Jan2004, Jun2006

Raw Diets:

Balancing a Homemade Diet
Boarding dogs (also see Travelling with raw food): 143668, 139577, 110052
Books and Web Sites
Camping options: 149622, 148104 , 148102 , 118836, 118877, 110047, 104053
Carbohydates: 134560
Children and bacteria: 151336
Commercial Raw Diets
Co-ops
Egg Whites: 139931, 135257
Getting started: 158356, 143767, 140961, 125273, 125297,132512, 130056, 140409, Jun2002, Putting It Together (Raw)
Is it OK to feed raw pork? 153022,138289, 115823, 115820, 114210, 105851
Joyce Chen Scissors and other cutting implements: 103264, 142677 , 143889 , 144128 , 142649
Mineral availability from plant and animal sources: 155655
Natural Diet: Don't "Just Do It"
Prey Model Diet: 129268
Puppies: 140409, 141188, 150042, Puppy Raw Diet, Feeding Puppies and Seniors
Rebuttal to problems from raw food: 154691, 155220, 130303, 130300, 130296, Are Raw Meat and Dairy Products Safe?
RMBs for toy breeds: 115726, 141552, 141077, 141019
Sources for inexpensive raw meaty bones, etc.: 177051, 161260, 126093, 126570, 129461 and 151055 and 153283 (see replies), 159957, Raw Food Co-ops
Traveling with raw food (also see Boarding dogs): 161589, 148096, 118836, 125615, 110046
Veggie mush: 155076
What to feed with Bravo/Oma’s Pride: 160788, 152485, Basic guidelines for feeding incomplete blends

SIBO (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth): 147709, 147770, 142578, 135183, 139869 , SIBO

Skin Problems (also see Allergies):

Allergies, yeast and pyoderma: 120892, 141372, Apr2002
Autoimmune Skin Disorders: 126078, 125205
Cheyletiella mites causing itching: 148162
Diagnosing: 150586, 149145
Dry, Flaky Skin (Dandruff): 127005
Flea Control: 125856, Fleas, 132228
Hot Spots: 161250, 123419, 149758
Malessezia (yeast): Malassezia Dermatitis, 139581, 153638, 152876
Sarcoptic Mange: 131036, 130842 (treatment), 132804 (blood test), 133319, 133353, 130796 (misdiagnosis)
Seborrhea: 144424 , 143519 , 139581
Shampoo therapy: 148977, 153638
Staph Infection (Pyoderma): 125763, 125773