Hi, I am in need of some major help. I accidently spilled a little bit of red wine on my brand new ostrich skin boots and have no idea if there is anything I can do to remove the stain. I have searched all over the web and cannot find a solution. This is my first time asking a question on the internet so hopefully I will have some luck. Does anybody know what to do?How to remove wine stains from ostrich skin boots?
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Monday, November 21, 2011
What dog food will not give my labradoodle gas or diarrhea or irritate her skin allergies?
She has tried Iams, Eukanuba, Purina One. She does not get diarrhea with Authority but she now has skin allergies, we think to a food source. I switched her to Blue because of the allergies and now she has diarrhea and gas. HELP !!What dog food will not give my labradoodle gas or diarrhea or irritate her skin allergies?
We had a dog who had allergies so I have tried quite a few diets. Just be careful as lots of dogs are allergic to chickens or beef. Our vet recommended that we tried something completely different that our dog had not had before, she recommended fish and chips (otherwise knows as fish and potato). You can purchase a kibble (Eukanuba) which has only fish and potato and add extras like tuna and mashed potato. Another one our vet also recommended was non-domesticated protein food, such as kangaroo, crocodile (depends on what you can get) and rice and vegetables.
The dog must be on the food for 8 weeks before you can say it did not work, so it takes a long time to try a few different menus, especially if you slowly transfer them over. There is a distinction that needs to be made between food allergies and food intolerances. Food allergies are true allergies and show the characteristic symptoms of itching and skin problems associated with canine and feline allergies. Food intolerances can result in diarrhea or vomiting and do not create a typical allergic response.
Several studies have shown that some ingredients are more likely to cause food allergies than others. In order of the most common offenders in dogs are beef, dairy products, chicken, wheat, chicken eggs, corn, and soy. As you may have noticed, the most common offenders are the most common ingredients in dog foods.
Good luck, but you have to try something different, just not another brand, most have similar products. If your dog gets better, then you can add one thing at a time and wait 8 weeks before adding another, which makes kibble difficult, as you can add beef but not corn, see what I mean.What dog food will not give my labradoodle gas or diarrhea or irritate her skin allergies?
You have tko cook for her it is the only way. Use 100 per cent chicken mince, vegetable scraps, garlic and sage. Pasta, rice and legumes can be added to thicken it but stay away from bread as the yeast is not good for the skin.
You can also get good powder vitamin supplements to put in the food. I have a16 year old dog who has had multiple allergies all his life. Grass, beef, fleas and dust to name a few and we have kept him happy and healthy all that time on this very diet. You should also get a good omega 3 fish oil supplement and wash the dog at least once a week in an anti fungal veterinary shampoo.
Food switches will cause gas and diarrhea if not done slowly. Without knowing what you dog is allergic to it will be hard to say which food would work best. Since corn,wheat and soy are common allergens for dogs I suggest purchasing a kibble that has none of these. You won't find a good food in a grocery or big box type family store. Visit a pet or feed store. Look for Canidae,Solid Gold,Eagle Pack Holistic,Blue Buffalo,Origen. All these foods are high quality and well balanced. You need to switch foods over a period of weeks. Start by mixing in 25% new food with 75% old food and gradually increase the new food while decreasing the old food amounts. In the meanwhile you can add 1 spoonful of PLAIN unflavored yogurt with meals to help with the gas. Good luck
You'll have to keep experimenting to find the right formula. If you really want to do this dog a favor, make it yourself. Cook up a big pot of brown rice with some cut up veggies (carrots, celery, spinach) and some stewing beef (the least pricey cuts are fine if you cook them for a long time to tenderize the meat before adding the other ingredients). You may be able to desensitize her by feeding her the home concoction for a few weeks before reintroducing regular food.
Iams Eukanuba and Purina One are all crappy foods. Authority / Blue not much better. The diarrhea and gas is likely due to the fact that you keep changing foods all the time. Find one good food ( Wellness or Canidae ) and stick with it. Change the dog over slowly to the new food and give the food at least 2 mos to see if the dog is doing well on it.
When you switched her, did you do so gradually?
Think of it this way...if you ate nothing but salad for a month and then had a bowl of chili, how do you think your system will react? It's the same with dogs. When switching to another food, you must do it slowly and in gradual steps. I start with 75% old food and 25% new food for a few days. If she seems to be doing ok after a while, increase to 50/50. It takes a couple of weeks to switch completely.
If you did switch her gradually and she's still having problems you'll have to invest in a new higher quality food. While Blue Buffalo isn't bad per se, there are better out there. Try Canidae all life stages...and remember, switch her slowly.
This is what I feed my Labradoodle but I make it at home.
http://www.barfaustralia.com/
USE EVERYTHING RAW
鈥?4kg of pet chicken mince (from chicken processors who grind up bone and all)
鈥?1 kilo puree vegetable (1000 grams)
鈥?quarter kilo puree fruit (250 grams)
鈥?戮 Cup flake barley and 1 陆 Cups roll oats, soaked in 2 cups warm water
鈥?half kilo offal (usually beef liver)
鈥?4 eggs-with shells
鈥?2 Tablespoons Cod Liver Oil or Vitamin A supplement
鈥?4 Tablespoons Flax Oil
鈥?2 Tablespoons Brewers Yeast
鈥?2 Tablespoons Mudgee Dolomite Powder
鈥?2 Tablespoons Seaweed Kelp Meal or Powder
鈥?Vitamin C to equate to 50mg per kg per day
鈥?1 cup yogurt
鈥?Mix and freeze this mix in 2-3 day batches.
鈥?Unfreeze the mix and add Vitamin E at the mealtime.
(200 i.u. for 25 kg, 100 i.u. for 10kg puppy)
Other ingredients you can use as toppings for variety; depending upon local availability:
鈥?Sardines or canned fish
鈥?cottage cheese
鈥?junket rennet milk
鈥?kangaroo meat
try california natural Lamb and rice . its a 4 star food also
http://www.naturapet.com/brands/californ鈥?/a>
but maybe u switched her to fast , ive read here recently that could cause the symptoms u mentioned . so maybe slow down and do a slower transition to the new food .
This is just a though, so please don't be offended. But, some people give their dogs ';people food';, that can cause problems for their pets. I might ask the vet for their professional opinion about which brand to try. Because they get that kind of question often, they will be the best ones to ask.
Lot's to try! but alway's get a vet opinion in what's best! More coming later! Also i have a cookbook on home cooking for dog's-made by a senior vet from the Lort Smith animal Shelter. I'll e-mail some of the receipies.
Annamaet Encore 25% Wheat and Corn Free Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
Artemis Holistic Natural 6 Mix Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
AvoDerm Natural Vegetarian Adult Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
Canidae Chicken Meal and Rice Formula Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
AvoDerm Natural Lamb %26amp; Brown Rice Oven-Baked Formula Adult Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
AvoDerm Natural Lamb Meal %26amp; Brown Rice Formula Adult Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
AvoDerm Natural Original with Beef Meal Oven-Baked Adult Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
BY NATURE NATURALS
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/dept.鈥?/a>
California Natural
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/dept.鈥?/a>
Canine Caviar Lamb %26amp; Pearl Millet Adult Dog Dry Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
Try giving her a grain-free food - check into Taste of the Wild, I think that's a really good one. Also, be sure to switch foods slowly and allow a couple of weeks for her to get used to it and for the allergies to clear up.
Try an all natural, raw diet -- check out rawfeeding@yahoo.com -- not 100% sure of the website, but I've been checking it out and I'm trying it with my dogs due to severe allergies. It's worth a try and not anymore expensive than all those brands.
See A vet thet will find the right food for your dog the vet knows best
I work at a vet clini
Try a different high quality food for your poodle/lab mix. Iams, Eukanuba, Purina ONE, and Authority are all low quality dog foods. Did you switch gradually when you switched to Blue?
Not all pet food is made equally. A lot of it is full of corn, by-products, dyes, unhealthy preservatives, filler grains and all sorts of nasty stuff. A lot of pet food companies are perfectly happy to the dump cheap leftovers and things that aren't safe for human consumption (from human food processing plants) into their foods. Will it kill your dog? No, it has to be nutritionally complete and safe to even be marketed. Is it healthy? Not by a long shot.
Corn is a low quality ingredient you never want to see in your pet food. Corn and low quality grains are two of the biggest culprits when it comes to food allergies in our pets.
Thankfully, there are some excellent dog foods being made these days that include organic, human grade ingredients rather than trash not fit for human consumption.
Examples of low quality foods to avoid: Anything you can find in a grocery store will be low end, Purina, Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Royal Canin, Pedigree, Kibbles n' Bits, Beneful, Ol'Roy.
Examples of high quality foods to look for: Innova, Wellness, Solid Gold, Canidae All Life Stages, Fromm Four Star, Merrick, GO Natural, Nature's Variety Prairie, Nature's Logic, Artemis Fresh Mix, Timberwolf Organics.
Although the high quality foods are more expensive, you're getting what you're paying for. Less filler material means more concentrated nutrients... this means you typically need to feed far less of the high quality food than you would of the low quality one. Which also means less poop!
Before following your vet's food recommendation, keep in mind that vets get /very/ little nutritional training during their schooling. Besides that, what training they /do/ get is usually sponsored or taught by the crappy pet food companies! They also often get paid to sell some of their products at their clinics (Science Diet, Royal Canin etc.)
A great option is to go with an entirely grainless diet. Many of the high quality foods now put out grainless formulas. Some good grainless diets include: Innova EVO, Wellness CORE, Blue Wilderness, Nature's Variety Instinct, Orijen, Horizon Legacy, Merrick Before Grain, Canidae Grain Free All Life Stages, Fromm Surf %26amp; Turf, Now! and Sold Gold Barking At The Moon, Taste of the Wild.
Some pretty decent foods can even be found in common pet stores. Petsmart carries Blue Buffalo products (such as the excellent grain free diet Blue Wilderness). Petco carries Wellness, Solid Gold, Natural Balance, Eagle Pack Holistic, Blue Buffalo, Castor %26amp; Pollux Organix, Pinnacle, and Halo. If you can't find a food, most of the high quality food brands have websites with store locators on them.
Another option, if you can't find anywhere around you that sells good foods, is to order your pet food online. Here's an excellent place to do so: http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/
Remember that foods should be switched gradually (mixing new slowly in with the old over about a two week period), especially when switching to a higher quality one, so as not to upset tummies.
Another option for feeding dogs is to feed raw. This is something that should be thoroughly researched before being attempted:
http://www.barfworld.com/
http://www.rawfed.com/
http://www.rawlearning.com/
http://www.wysong.net/controversies/rawm鈥?/a>
More on dog food:
http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?鈥?/a> (Learn how to determine the quality of your dog's food.)
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_鈥?/a> (Dog food reviews. Four stars is a decent food, five stars is a great food, and six stars is an excellent food.)
We had a dog who had allergies so I have tried quite a few diets. Just be careful as lots of dogs are allergic to chickens or beef. Our vet recommended that we tried something completely different that our dog had not had before, she recommended fish and chips (otherwise knows as fish and potato). You can purchase a kibble (Eukanuba) which has only fish and potato and add extras like tuna and mashed potato. Another one our vet also recommended was non-domesticated protein food, such as kangaroo, crocodile (depends on what you can get) and rice and vegetables.
The dog must be on the food for 8 weeks before you can say it did not work, so it takes a long time to try a few different menus, especially if you slowly transfer them over. There is a distinction that needs to be made between food allergies and food intolerances. Food allergies are true allergies and show the characteristic symptoms of itching and skin problems associated with canine and feline allergies. Food intolerances can result in diarrhea or vomiting and do not create a typical allergic response.
Several studies have shown that some ingredients are more likely to cause food allergies than others. In order of the most common offenders in dogs are beef, dairy products, chicken, wheat, chicken eggs, corn, and soy. As you may have noticed, the most common offenders are the most common ingredients in dog foods.
Good luck, but you have to try something different, just not another brand, most have similar products. If your dog gets better, then you can add one thing at a time and wait 8 weeks before adding another, which makes kibble difficult, as you can add beef but not corn, see what I mean.What dog food will not give my labradoodle gas or diarrhea or irritate her skin allergies?
You have tko cook for her it is the only way. Use 100 per cent chicken mince, vegetable scraps, garlic and sage. Pasta, rice and legumes can be added to thicken it but stay away from bread as the yeast is not good for the skin.
You can also get good powder vitamin supplements to put in the food. I have a16 year old dog who has had multiple allergies all his life. Grass, beef, fleas and dust to name a few and we have kept him happy and healthy all that time on this very diet. You should also get a good omega 3 fish oil supplement and wash the dog at least once a week in an anti fungal veterinary shampoo.
Food switches will cause gas and diarrhea if not done slowly. Without knowing what you dog is allergic to it will be hard to say which food would work best. Since corn,wheat and soy are common allergens for dogs I suggest purchasing a kibble that has none of these. You won't find a good food in a grocery or big box type family store. Visit a pet or feed store. Look for Canidae,Solid Gold,Eagle Pack Holistic,Blue Buffalo,Origen. All these foods are high quality and well balanced. You need to switch foods over a period of weeks. Start by mixing in 25% new food with 75% old food and gradually increase the new food while decreasing the old food amounts. In the meanwhile you can add 1 spoonful of PLAIN unflavored yogurt with meals to help with the gas. Good luck
You'll have to keep experimenting to find the right formula. If you really want to do this dog a favor, make it yourself. Cook up a big pot of brown rice with some cut up veggies (carrots, celery, spinach) and some stewing beef (the least pricey cuts are fine if you cook them for a long time to tenderize the meat before adding the other ingredients). You may be able to desensitize her by feeding her the home concoction for a few weeks before reintroducing regular food.
Iams Eukanuba and Purina One are all crappy foods. Authority / Blue not much better. The diarrhea and gas is likely due to the fact that you keep changing foods all the time. Find one good food ( Wellness or Canidae ) and stick with it. Change the dog over slowly to the new food and give the food at least 2 mos to see if the dog is doing well on it.
When you switched her, did you do so gradually?
Think of it this way...if you ate nothing but salad for a month and then had a bowl of chili, how do you think your system will react? It's the same with dogs. When switching to another food, you must do it slowly and in gradual steps. I start with 75% old food and 25% new food for a few days. If she seems to be doing ok after a while, increase to 50/50. It takes a couple of weeks to switch completely.
If you did switch her gradually and she's still having problems you'll have to invest in a new higher quality food. While Blue Buffalo isn't bad per se, there are better out there. Try Canidae all life stages...and remember, switch her slowly.
This is what I feed my Labradoodle but I make it at home.
http://www.barfaustralia.com/
USE EVERYTHING RAW
鈥?4kg of pet chicken mince (from chicken processors who grind up bone and all)
鈥?1 kilo puree vegetable (1000 grams)
鈥?quarter kilo puree fruit (250 grams)
鈥?戮 Cup flake barley and 1 陆 Cups roll oats, soaked in 2 cups warm water
鈥?half kilo offal (usually beef liver)
鈥?4 eggs-with shells
鈥?2 Tablespoons Cod Liver Oil or Vitamin A supplement
鈥?4 Tablespoons Flax Oil
鈥?2 Tablespoons Brewers Yeast
鈥?2 Tablespoons Mudgee Dolomite Powder
鈥?2 Tablespoons Seaweed Kelp Meal or Powder
鈥?Vitamin C to equate to 50mg per kg per day
鈥?1 cup yogurt
鈥?Mix and freeze this mix in 2-3 day batches.
鈥?Unfreeze the mix and add Vitamin E at the mealtime.
(200 i.u. for 25 kg, 100 i.u. for 10kg puppy)
Other ingredients you can use as toppings for variety; depending upon local availability:
鈥?Sardines or canned fish
鈥?cottage cheese
鈥?junket rennet milk
鈥?kangaroo meat
try california natural Lamb and rice . its a 4 star food also
http://www.naturapet.com/brands/californ鈥?/a>
but maybe u switched her to fast , ive read here recently that could cause the symptoms u mentioned . so maybe slow down and do a slower transition to the new food .
This is just a though, so please don't be offended. But, some people give their dogs ';people food';, that can cause problems for their pets. I might ask the vet for their professional opinion about which brand to try. Because they get that kind of question often, they will be the best ones to ask.
Lot's to try! but alway's get a vet opinion in what's best! More coming later! Also i have a cookbook on home cooking for dog's-made by a senior vet from the Lort Smith animal Shelter. I'll e-mail some of the receipies.
Annamaet Encore 25% Wheat and Corn Free Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
Artemis Holistic Natural 6 Mix Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
AvoDerm Natural Vegetarian Adult Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
Canidae Chicken Meal and Rice Formula Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
AvoDerm Natural Lamb %26amp; Brown Rice Oven-Baked Formula Adult Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
AvoDerm Natural Lamb Meal %26amp; Brown Rice Formula Adult Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
AvoDerm Natural Original with Beef Meal Oven-Baked Adult Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
BY NATURE NATURALS
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/dept.鈥?/a>
California Natural
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/dept.鈥?/a>
Canine Caviar Lamb %26amp; Pearl Millet Adult Dog Dry Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
Try giving her a grain-free food - check into Taste of the Wild, I think that's a really good one. Also, be sure to switch foods slowly and allow a couple of weeks for her to get used to it and for the allergies to clear up.
Try an all natural, raw diet -- check out rawfeeding@yahoo.com -- not 100% sure of the website, but I've been checking it out and I'm trying it with my dogs due to severe allergies. It's worth a try and not anymore expensive than all those brands.
See A vet thet will find the right food for your dog the vet knows best
I work at a vet clini
Try a different high quality food for your poodle/lab mix. Iams, Eukanuba, Purina ONE, and Authority are all low quality dog foods. Did you switch gradually when you switched to Blue?
Not all pet food is made equally. A lot of it is full of corn, by-products, dyes, unhealthy preservatives, filler grains and all sorts of nasty stuff. A lot of pet food companies are perfectly happy to the dump cheap leftovers and things that aren't safe for human consumption (from human food processing plants) into their foods. Will it kill your dog? No, it has to be nutritionally complete and safe to even be marketed. Is it healthy? Not by a long shot.
Corn is a low quality ingredient you never want to see in your pet food. Corn and low quality grains are two of the biggest culprits when it comes to food allergies in our pets.
Thankfully, there are some excellent dog foods being made these days that include organic, human grade ingredients rather than trash not fit for human consumption.
Examples of low quality foods to avoid: Anything you can find in a grocery store will be low end, Purina, Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Royal Canin, Pedigree, Kibbles n' Bits, Beneful, Ol'Roy.
Examples of high quality foods to look for: Innova, Wellness, Solid Gold, Canidae All Life Stages, Fromm Four Star, Merrick, GO Natural, Nature's Variety Prairie, Nature's Logic, Artemis Fresh Mix, Timberwolf Organics.
Although the high quality foods are more expensive, you're getting what you're paying for. Less filler material means more concentrated nutrients... this means you typically need to feed far less of the high quality food than you would of the low quality one. Which also means less poop!
Before following your vet's food recommendation, keep in mind that vets get /very/ little nutritional training during their schooling. Besides that, what training they /do/ get is usually sponsored or taught by the crappy pet food companies! They also often get paid to sell some of their products at their clinics (Science Diet, Royal Canin etc.)
A great option is to go with an entirely grainless diet. Many of the high quality foods now put out grainless formulas. Some good grainless diets include: Innova EVO, Wellness CORE, Blue Wilderness, Nature's Variety Instinct, Orijen, Horizon Legacy, Merrick Before Grain, Canidae Grain Free All Life Stages, Fromm Surf %26amp; Turf, Now! and Sold Gold Barking At The Moon, Taste of the Wild.
Some pretty decent foods can even be found in common pet stores. Petsmart carries Blue Buffalo products (such as the excellent grain free diet Blue Wilderness). Petco carries Wellness, Solid Gold, Natural Balance, Eagle Pack Holistic, Blue Buffalo, Castor %26amp; Pollux Organix, Pinnacle, and Halo. If you can't find a food, most of the high quality food brands have websites with store locators on them.
Another option, if you can't find anywhere around you that sells good foods, is to order your pet food online. Here's an excellent place to do so: http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/
Remember that foods should be switched gradually (mixing new slowly in with the old over about a two week period), especially when switching to a higher quality one, so as not to upset tummies.
Another option for feeding dogs is to feed raw. This is something that should be thoroughly researched before being attempted:
http://www.barfworld.com/
http://www.rawfed.com/
http://www.rawlearning.com/
http://www.wysong.net/controversies/rawm鈥?/a>
More on dog food:
http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?鈥?/a> (Learn how to determine the quality of your dog's food.)
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_鈥?/a> (Dog food reviews. Four stars is a decent food, five stars is a great food, and six stars is an excellent food.)
How do you get rid of cracked skin on the edges of the lips?
It strange as it happened overnight! I have a habit of licking my lips which I think is the main cause of it. But when I eat or move my mouth the edges of my lips burn! It's cracked all around the egdes!!Is their anything I can do to cure it apart from putting on loads of vaseline? Thankx. Please reply ASAPHow do you get rid of cracked skin on the edges of the lips?
i use carmex....its better than chapstick ...i have this problem sometimes because i will be busy doing a task and will stick out my tongue or lick my lips....then the sides will crack and open if i eat something and then it starts all over again....put carmex on them when you go to bed at night and pay particular attention not to lick your lips...hard to do i know but way better than the cracked lip syndromeHow do you get rid of cracked skin on the edges of the lips?
OMGG!!me too,in the morning it's dry and i lick my lips.i hate it so much.wen i put lip balm i put it all around me lips and outside of my lips where the cracked part is.
vaseline
neosporin lip treatment
i used to have that problem mostly from allergies. but i think blistex should clear it up. you could find it at any drugstore
Try Neosporin...it should help.
read http://beautifulglow.blogspot.comcool mask
i use carmex....its better than chapstick ...i have this problem sometimes because i will be busy doing a task and will stick out my tongue or lick my lips....then the sides will crack and open if i eat something and then it starts all over again....put carmex on them when you go to bed at night and pay particular attention not to lick your lips...hard to do i know but way better than the cracked lip syndromeHow do you get rid of cracked skin on the edges of the lips?
OMGG!!me too,in the morning it's dry and i lick my lips.i hate it so much.wen i put lip balm i put it all around me lips and outside of my lips where the cracked part is.
vaseline
neosporin lip treatment
i used to have that problem mostly from allergies. but i think blistex should clear it up. you could find it at any drugstore
Try Neosporin...it should help.
read http://beautifulglow.blogspot.com
What is the best moisterizer for dry skin for the body?
I have read that using lotion right after showering is key to locking in the moisture on dry or irritated skin. They all say avoid alcohol and water ';heavy'; products but what, specifically, are the best brands and types to use? There are TOO many choices!!!!What is the best moisterizer for dry skin for the body?
The best lotion I have tried is Hempz by Supre.
It is a lotion for tanners but I don't tan and I love it! I have really dry skin. It has Hemp seed oil in it and tons of vitamins. I got mine a a beauty supply store, it's a professional product you might be able to find at a salon. It has a nice light smell also. Kind of expensive but last a long time and worth it.
Herbal Moisturizer
鈥?Pure hemp seed oil and extract are rich sources of essential fatty acids, amino acids and nutrients vital to providing skin hydration, nourishment and conditioning.
鈥?Shea Butter, Ginseng and natural extracts help calm, cool and soothe skin.
鈥?Vitamins A, C and E help neutralize environmentally triggered oxidants and help minimize the look of fine lines and wrinkles.
鈥?Provides 12-hour moisturization.
鈥?THC-Drug Free.What is the best moisterizer for dry skin for the body?
this may sound weird, but i use baby lotion...it works great and my skin is SO soft...like a baby's butt!! ^_^
Jergens!
I stayed in california during the christmas season. Due to the dry weather, my skin got so dry and painful! I've been a faithful user of The Body Shop's body butters, but it didn't help my skin condition much.
My sister recomended me Jergens, and I tried it for 2 weeks. I applied it everytime after my bath. It help to hydrate and soothe my skin, and the results are amazing!
As compared with The Body Shop body butters, it's not that greasey and it's affordable too!
You must try it! It's must have for everyone!
oil of olay
Mary Kay rules!
grace moisturiser or chanel
Plain and simple sorbolene cream. It is cheap as chips and works better than any expensive creams I have ever tried. If you don't like the thickness of sorbolene cream, look for a product which is based on either Apricot Kernel Oil (Nutrimetics has a great one) or Vitamin E enriched.
The best I have ever used is Serious Skin Care Vitamin C Body Butter. It is just excellent. Also Kiehl's yellow body lotion.
Try Vaseline Intensive Care lotion. It's cheap and not greasy.
Baby oil
The Body Shop has a variety of moisterizers that are all natural and not tested on animals. I would definatly consider this brand it has worked for me and I swear by it. Go to www.thebodyshop.com and you can buy there or search for a local store
You should also change your soap. depending on the type of soap you are using, you might be actually making it harder for your skin to stay moist if you are using the wrong type of soap. I would like to suggest some of Arbonne products. They have a great ';body oil'; that I use myself and on my girls. You should check it out: http://www.gleamingskin.myarbonne.com
-Angela
I like Body Quench by Oil of Olay. Works great for me.
i use lubraderm or saint ives
The best lotion I have tried is Hempz by Supre.
It is a lotion for tanners but I don't tan and I love it! I have really dry skin. It has Hemp seed oil in it and tons of vitamins. I got mine a a beauty supply store, it's a professional product you might be able to find at a salon. It has a nice light smell also. Kind of expensive but last a long time and worth it.
Herbal Moisturizer
鈥?Pure hemp seed oil and extract are rich sources of essential fatty acids, amino acids and nutrients vital to providing skin hydration, nourishment and conditioning.
鈥?Shea Butter, Ginseng and natural extracts help calm, cool and soothe skin.
鈥?Vitamins A, C and E help neutralize environmentally triggered oxidants and help minimize the look of fine lines and wrinkles.
鈥?Provides 12-hour moisturization.
鈥?THC-Drug Free.What is the best moisterizer for dry skin for the body?
this may sound weird, but i use baby lotion...it works great and my skin is SO soft...like a baby's butt!! ^_^
Jergens!
I stayed in california during the christmas season. Due to the dry weather, my skin got so dry and painful! I've been a faithful user of The Body Shop's body butters, but it didn't help my skin condition much.
My sister recomended me Jergens, and I tried it for 2 weeks. I applied it everytime after my bath. It help to hydrate and soothe my skin, and the results are amazing!
As compared with The Body Shop body butters, it's not that greasey and it's affordable too!
You must try it! It's must have for everyone!
oil of olay
Mary Kay rules!
grace moisturiser or chanel
Plain and simple sorbolene cream. It is cheap as chips and works better than any expensive creams I have ever tried. If you don't like the thickness of sorbolene cream, look for a product which is based on either Apricot Kernel Oil (Nutrimetics has a great one) or Vitamin E enriched.
The best I have ever used is Serious Skin Care Vitamin C Body Butter. It is just excellent. Also Kiehl's yellow body lotion.
Try Vaseline Intensive Care lotion. It's cheap and not greasy.
Baby oil
The Body Shop has a variety of moisterizers that are all natural and not tested on animals. I would definatly consider this brand it has worked for me and I swear by it. Go to www.thebodyshop.com and you can buy there or search for a local store
You should also change your soap. depending on the type of soap you are using, you might be actually making it harder for your skin to stay moist if you are using the wrong type of soap. I would like to suggest some of Arbonne products. They have a great ';body oil'; that I use myself and on my girls. You should check it out: http://www.gleamingskin.myarbonne.com
-Angela
I like Body Quench by Oil of Olay. Works great for me.
i use lubraderm or saint ives
What eyeshadow colors go best with Cool Skin tones?
Since I have fair skin and black hair, plum and light purple eyeshadow meshes so well, and I have no idea why. What other colors will go nicely as well? Thanks!What eyeshadow colors go best with Cool Skin tones?
for a natural look
Moonstone,
Hazelnut,
Vintage Gold,
for a career look
Crystalline,
Whipped Cocoa,
Double Espresso,
for a Dramatic look
Sheer Pink,
Rose Mist,
Fig,
if you want to see the colors look here
http://www.marykay.com/sstevensWhat eyeshadow colors go best with Cool Skin tones?
From a guy's perspective I'm not crazy about beauty products, but if a girl is only going to wear one I'd like it to be eye shadow. It just adds a cool accent. I think light green and light blue would also look nice. You have blue eyes, right? Yeah, I think that'd be cool. Also silver, because it looks better on people with dark hair than does gold.
i think all colors because you have fair skin and you must know also what types of eyes you have so it's easy for you to know what colors/combination matches your eyeshadow...
It is really impossible to do a color consult on line.
However, IF you really do have cool skin tones you need to stay away from the ';earthy tones'; such as brown, rust, gold and orange.
Some cool tones look great in ';true'; or crayon box colors of green and blue.... other cools look better in true colors that have been frosted ( powder blue would be an example of a frosted color) or silvered shades. A true grey is good on all cool skin types. You would probably look fantastic in magenta and some shades of aqua or turquoise might be okay.
For natural-looking cool skin tones, black can be very nice if you want an evening or more dramatic look. If you're looking for a more natural look, try choosing some warm earthy tones. People with cool skin tones could also pull off shadows with blue undertones.
Here's a chart you can use if you're not entirely sure: http://www.beautyden.com/beautycolors.sh鈥?/a>
Hope I've helped!
for a natural look
Moonstone,
Hazelnut,
Vintage Gold,
for a career look
Crystalline,
Whipped Cocoa,
Double Espresso,
for a Dramatic look
Sheer Pink,
Rose Mist,
Fig,
if you want to see the colors look here
http://www.marykay.com/sstevensWhat eyeshadow colors go best with Cool Skin tones?
From a guy's perspective I'm not crazy about beauty products, but if a girl is only going to wear one I'd like it to be eye shadow. It just adds a cool accent. I think light green and light blue would also look nice. You have blue eyes, right? Yeah, I think that'd be cool. Also silver, because it looks better on people with dark hair than does gold.
i think all colors because you have fair skin and you must know also what types of eyes you have so it's easy for you to know what colors/combination matches your eyeshadow...
It is really impossible to do a color consult on line.
However, IF you really do have cool skin tones you need to stay away from the ';earthy tones'; such as brown, rust, gold and orange.
Some cool tones look great in ';true'; or crayon box colors of green and blue.... other cools look better in true colors that have been frosted ( powder blue would be an example of a frosted color) or silvered shades. A true grey is good on all cool skin types. You would probably look fantastic in magenta and some shades of aqua or turquoise might be okay.
For natural-looking cool skin tones, black can be very nice if you want an evening or more dramatic look. If you're looking for a more natural look, try choosing some warm earthy tones. People with cool skin tones could also pull off shadows with blue undertones.
Here's a chart you can use if you're not entirely sure: http://www.beautyden.com/beautycolors.sh鈥?/a>
Hope I've helped!
Is it possible to get a lighter skin tone?
Please, no Michael Jackson jokes. Seriously, if you stay out of the sun or something, will your skin turn lighter? Like my thighs are several shades lighter than the rest of my body.
Thanks.Is it possible to get a lighter skin tone?
There are whitening creams and stuff out there that you could use. Make sure to exfoliate too. Its probably easier to become whiter in the winter since there is not as much sun during the winter... wear lotions that have spf in them too. I hope this will help.Is it possible to get a lighter skin tone?
BILLY MAYS HERE WITH OXYCLEAN!!!! Are u seriously that stupid? the sun cant go through your pants and tan your thighs.......they are obviously going to be lighter than your arms. unless u try and tan...?!?!?!
Take More showers in a Day.
Wash Your Face more.
Wash in Lemon Juice..
Make up. (: Good Luck! :)
You can Contact with a Skin specialist .
that, and wear lots of sunblock and sunscreen
and get those SPF clothes
Thanks.Is it possible to get a lighter skin tone?
There are whitening creams and stuff out there that you could use. Make sure to exfoliate too. Its probably easier to become whiter in the winter since there is not as much sun during the winter... wear lotions that have spf in them too. I hope this will help.Is it possible to get a lighter skin tone?
BILLY MAYS HERE WITH OXYCLEAN!!!! Are u seriously that stupid? the sun cant go through your pants and tan your thighs.......they are obviously going to be lighter than your arms. unless u try and tan...?!?!?!
Take More showers in a Day.
Wash Your Face more.
Wash in Lemon Juice..
Make up. (: Good Luck! :)
You can Contact with a Skin specialist .
that, and wear lots of sunblock and sunscreen
and get those SPF clothes
What dog food will not give my labradoodle gas or diarrhea or irritate her skin allergies?
She has tried Iams, Eukanuba, Purina One. She does not get diarrhea with Authority but she now has skin allergies, we think to a food source. I switched her to Blue because of the allergies and now she has diarrhea and gas. HELP !!What dog food will not give my labradoodle gas or diarrhea or irritate her skin allergies?
We had a dog who had allergies so I have tried quite a few diets. Just be careful as lots of dogs are allergic to chickens or beef. Our vet recommended that we tried something completely different that our dog had not had before, she recommended fish and chips (otherwise knows as fish and potato). You can purchase a kibble (Eukanuba) which has only fish and potato and add extras like tuna and mashed potato. Another one our vet also recommended was non-domesticated protein food, such as kangaroo, crocodile (depends on what you can get) and rice and vegetables.
The dog must be on the food for 8 weeks before you can say it did not work, so it takes a long time to try a few different menus, especially if you slowly transfer them over. There is a distinction that needs to be made between food allergies and food intolerances. Food allergies are true allergies and show the characteristic symptoms of itching and skin problems associated with canine and feline allergies. Food intolerances can result in diarrhea or vomiting and do not create a typical allergic response.
Several studies have shown that some ingredients are more likely to cause food allergies than others. In order of the most common offenders in dogs are beef, dairy products, chicken, wheat, chicken eggs, corn, and soy. As you may have noticed, the most common offenders are the most common ingredients in dog foods.
Good luck, but you have to try something different, just not another brand, most have similar products. If your dog gets better, then you can add one thing at a time and wait 8 weeks before adding another, which makes kibble difficult, as you can add beef but not corn, see what I mean.What dog food will not give my labradoodle gas or diarrhea or irritate her skin allergies?
You have tko cook for her it is the only way. Use 100 per cent chicken mince, vegetable scraps, garlic and sage. Pasta, rice and legumes can be added to thicken it but stay away from bread as the yeast is not good for the skin.
You can also get good powder vitamin supplements to put in the food. I have a16 year old dog who has had multiple allergies all his life. Grass, beef, fleas and dust to name a few and we have kept him happy and healthy all that time on this very diet. You should also get a good omega 3 fish oil supplement and wash the dog at least once a week in an anti fungal veterinary shampoo.
Food switches will cause gas and diarrhea if not done slowly. Without knowing what you dog is allergic to it will be hard to say which food would work best. Since corn,wheat and soy are common allergens for dogs I suggest purchasing a kibble that has none of these. You won't find a good food in a grocery or big box type family store. Visit a pet or feed store. Look for Canidae,Solid Gold,Eagle Pack Holistic,Blue Buffalo,Origen. All these foods are high quality and well balanced. You need to switch foods over a period of weeks. Start by mixing in 25% new food with 75% old food and gradually increase the new food while decreasing the old food amounts. In the meanwhile you can add 1 spoonful of PLAIN unflavored yogurt with meals to help with the gas. Good luck
You'll have to keep experimenting to find the right formula. If you really want to do this dog a favor, make it yourself. Cook up a big pot of brown rice with some cut up veggies (carrots, celery, spinach) and some stewing beef (the least pricey cuts are fine if you cook them for a long time to tenderize the meat before adding the other ingredients). You may be able to desensitize her by feeding her the home concoction for a few weeks before reintroducing regular food.
Iams Eukanuba and Purina One are all crappy foods. Authority / Blue not much better. The diarrhea and gas is likely due to the fact that you keep changing foods all the time. Find one good food ( Wellness or Canidae ) and stick with it. Change the dog over slowly to the new food and give the food at least 2 mos to see if the dog is doing well on it.
When you switched her, did you do so gradually?
Think of it this way...if you ate nothing but salad for a month and then had a bowl of chili, how do you think your system will react? It's the same with dogs. When switching to another food, you must do it slowly and in gradual steps. I start with 75% old food and 25% new food for a few days. If she seems to be doing ok after a while, increase to 50/50. It takes a couple of weeks to switch completely.
If you did switch her gradually and she's still having problems you'll have to invest in a new higher quality food. While Blue Buffalo isn't bad per se, there are better out there. Try Canidae all life stages...and remember, switch her slowly.
This is what I feed my Labradoodle but I make it at home.
http://www.barfaustralia.com/
USE EVERYTHING RAW
鈥?4kg of pet chicken mince (from chicken processors who grind up bone and all)
鈥?1 kilo puree vegetable (1000 grams)
鈥?quarter kilo puree fruit (250 grams)
鈥?戮 Cup flake barley and 1 陆 Cups roll oats, soaked in 2 cups warm water
鈥?half kilo offal (usually beef liver)
鈥?4 eggs-with shells
鈥?2 Tablespoons Cod Liver Oil or Vitamin A supplement
鈥?4 Tablespoons Flax Oil
鈥?2 Tablespoons Brewers Yeast
鈥?2 Tablespoons Mudgee Dolomite Powder
鈥?2 Tablespoons Seaweed Kelp Meal or Powder
鈥?Vitamin C to equate to 50mg per kg per day
鈥?1 cup yogurt
鈥?Mix and freeze this mix in 2-3 day batches.
鈥?Unfreeze the mix and add Vitamin E at the mealtime.
(200 i.u. for 25 kg, 100 i.u. for 10kg puppy)
Other ingredients you can use as toppings for variety; depending upon local availability:
鈥?Sardines or canned fish
鈥?cottage cheese
鈥?junket rennet milk
鈥?kangaroo meat
try california natural Lamb and rice . its a 4 star food also
http://www.naturapet.com/brands/californ鈥?/a>
but maybe u switched her to fast , ive read here recently that could cause the symptoms u mentioned . so maybe slow down and do a slower transition to the new food .
This is just a though, so please don't be offended. But, some people give their dogs ';people food';, that can cause problems for their pets. I might ask the vet for their professional opinion about which brand to try. Because they get that kind of question often, they will be the best ones to ask.
Lot's to try! but alway's get a vet opinion in what's best! More coming later! Also i have a cookbook on home cooking for dog's-made by a senior vet from the Lort Smith animal Shelter. I'll e-mail some of the receipies.
Annamaet Encore 25% Wheat and Corn Free Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
Artemis Holistic Natural 6 Mix Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
AvoDerm Natural Vegetarian Adult Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
Canidae Chicken Meal and Rice Formula Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
AvoDerm Natural Lamb %26amp; Brown Rice Oven-Baked Formula Adult Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
AvoDerm Natural Lamb Meal %26amp; Brown Rice Formula Adult Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
AvoDerm Natural Original with Beef Meal Oven-Baked Adult Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
BY NATURE NATURALS
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/dept.鈥?/a>
California Natural
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/dept.鈥?/a>
Canine Caviar Lamb %26amp; Pearl Millet Adult Dog Dry Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
Try giving her a grain-free food - check into Taste of the Wild, I think that's a really good one. Also, be sure to switch foods slowly and allow a couple of weeks for her to get used to it and for the allergies to clear up.
Try an all natural, raw diet -- check out rawfeeding@yahoo.com -- not 100% sure of the website, but I've been checking it out and I'm trying it with my dogs due to severe allergies. It's worth a try and not anymore expensive than all those brands.
See A vet thet will find the right food for your dog the vet knows best
I work at a vet clini
Try a different high quality food for your poodle/lab mix. Iams, Eukanuba, Purina ONE, and Authority are all low quality dog foods. Did you switch gradually when you switched to Blue?
Not all pet food is made equally. A lot of it is full of corn, by-products, dyes, unhealthy preservatives, filler grains and all sorts of nasty stuff. A lot of pet food companies are perfectly happy to the dump cheap leftovers and things that aren't safe for human consumption (from human food processing plants) into their foods. Will it kill your dog? No, it has to be nutritionally complete and safe to even be marketed. Is it healthy? Not by a long shot.
Corn is a low quality ingredient you never want to see in your pet food. Corn and low quality grains are two of the biggest culprits when it comes to food allergies in our pets.
Thankfully, there are some excellent dog foods being made these days that include organic, human grade ingredients rather than trash not fit for human consumption.
Examples of low quality foods to avoid: Anything you can find in a grocery store will be low end, Purina, Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Royal Canin, Pedigree, Kibbles n' Bits, Beneful, Ol'Roy.
Examples of high quality foods to look for: Innova, Wellness, Solid Gold, Canidae All Life Stages, Fromm Four Star, Merrick, GO Natural, Nature's Variety Prairie, Nature's Logic, Artemis Fresh Mix, Timberwolf Organics.
Although the high quality foods are more expensive, you're getting what you're paying for. Less filler material means more concentrated nutrients... this means you typically need to feed far less of the high quality food than you would of the low quality one. Which also means less poop!
Before following your vet's food recommendation, keep in mind that vets get /very/ little nutritional training during their schooling. Besides that, what training they /do/ get is usually sponsored or taught by the crappy pet food companies! They also often get paid to sell some of their products at their clinics (Science Diet, Royal Canin etc.)
A great option is to go with an entirely grainless diet. Many of the high quality foods now put out grainless formulas. Some good grainless diets include: Innova EVO, Wellness CORE, Blue Wilderness, Nature's Variety Instinct, Orijen, Horizon Legacy, Merrick Before Grain, Canidae Grain Free All Life Stages, Fromm Surf %26amp; Turf, Now! and Sold Gold Barking At The Moon, Taste of the Wild.
Some pretty decent foods can even be found in common pet stores. Petsmart carries Blue Buffalo products (such as the excellent grain free diet Blue Wilderness). Petco carries Wellness, Solid Gold, Natural Balance, Eagle Pack Holistic, Blue Buffalo, Castor %26amp; Pollux Organix, Pinnacle, and Halo. If you can't find a food, most of the high quality food brands have websites with store locators on them.
Another option, if you can't find anywhere around you that sells good foods, is to order your pet food online. Here's an excellent place to do so: http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/
Remember that foods should be switched gradually (mixing new slowly in with the old over about a two week period), especially when switching to a higher quality one, so as not to upset tummies.
Another option for feeding dogs is to feed raw. This is something that should be thoroughly researched before being attempted:
http://www.barfworld.com/
http://www.rawfed.com/
http://www.rawlearning.com/
http://www.wysong.net/controversies/rawm鈥?/a>
More on dog food:
http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?鈥?/a> (Learn how to determine the quality of your dog's food.)
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_鈥?/a> (Dog food reviews. Four stars is a decent food, five stars is a great food, and six stars is an excellent food.)
We had a dog who had allergies so I have tried quite a few diets. Just be careful as lots of dogs are allergic to chickens or beef. Our vet recommended that we tried something completely different that our dog had not had before, she recommended fish and chips (otherwise knows as fish and potato). You can purchase a kibble (Eukanuba) which has only fish and potato and add extras like tuna and mashed potato. Another one our vet also recommended was non-domesticated protein food, such as kangaroo, crocodile (depends on what you can get) and rice and vegetables.
The dog must be on the food for 8 weeks before you can say it did not work, so it takes a long time to try a few different menus, especially if you slowly transfer them over. There is a distinction that needs to be made between food allergies and food intolerances. Food allergies are true allergies and show the characteristic symptoms of itching and skin problems associated with canine and feline allergies. Food intolerances can result in diarrhea or vomiting and do not create a typical allergic response.
Several studies have shown that some ingredients are more likely to cause food allergies than others. In order of the most common offenders in dogs are beef, dairy products, chicken, wheat, chicken eggs, corn, and soy. As you may have noticed, the most common offenders are the most common ingredients in dog foods.
Good luck, but you have to try something different, just not another brand, most have similar products. If your dog gets better, then you can add one thing at a time and wait 8 weeks before adding another, which makes kibble difficult, as you can add beef but not corn, see what I mean.What dog food will not give my labradoodle gas or diarrhea or irritate her skin allergies?
You have tko cook for her it is the only way. Use 100 per cent chicken mince, vegetable scraps, garlic and sage. Pasta, rice and legumes can be added to thicken it but stay away from bread as the yeast is not good for the skin.
You can also get good powder vitamin supplements to put in the food. I have a16 year old dog who has had multiple allergies all his life. Grass, beef, fleas and dust to name a few and we have kept him happy and healthy all that time on this very diet. You should also get a good omega 3 fish oil supplement and wash the dog at least once a week in an anti fungal veterinary shampoo.
Food switches will cause gas and diarrhea if not done slowly. Without knowing what you dog is allergic to it will be hard to say which food would work best. Since corn,wheat and soy are common allergens for dogs I suggest purchasing a kibble that has none of these. You won't find a good food in a grocery or big box type family store. Visit a pet or feed store. Look for Canidae,Solid Gold,Eagle Pack Holistic,Blue Buffalo,Origen. All these foods are high quality and well balanced. You need to switch foods over a period of weeks. Start by mixing in 25% new food with 75% old food and gradually increase the new food while decreasing the old food amounts. In the meanwhile you can add 1 spoonful of PLAIN unflavored yogurt with meals to help with the gas. Good luck
You'll have to keep experimenting to find the right formula. If you really want to do this dog a favor, make it yourself. Cook up a big pot of brown rice with some cut up veggies (carrots, celery, spinach) and some stewing beef (the least pricey cuts are fine if you cook them for a long time to tenderize the meat before adding the other ingredients). You may be able to desensitize her by feeding her the home concoction for a few weeks before reintroducing regular food.
Iams Eukanuba and Purina One are all crappy foods. Authority / Blue not much better. The diarrhea and gas is likely due to the fact that you keep changing foods all the time. Find one good food ( Wellness or Canidae ) and stick with it. Change the dog over slowly to the new food and give the food at least 2 mos to see if the dog is doing well on it.
When you switched her, did you do so gradually?
Think of it this way...if you ate nothing but salad for a month and then had a bowl of chili, how do you think your system will react? It's the same with dogs. When switching to another food, you must do it slowly and in gradual steps. I start with 75% old food and 25% new food for a few days. If she seems to be doing ok after a while, increase to 50/50. It takes a couple of weeks to switch completely.
If you did switch her gradually and she's still having problems you'll have to invest in a new higher quality food. While Blue Buffalo isn't bad per se, there are better out there. Try Canidae all life stages...and remember, switch her slowly.
This is what I feed my Labradoodle but I make it at home.
http://www.barfaustralia.com/
USE EVERYTHING RAW
鈥?4kg of pet chicken mince (from chicken processors who grind up bone and all)
鈥?1 kilo puree vegetable (1000 grams)
鈥?quarter kilo puree fruit (250 grams)
鈥?戮 Cup flake barley and 1 陆 Cups roll oats, soaked in 2 cups warm water
鈥?half kilo offal (usually beef liver)
鈥?4 eggs-with shells
鈥?2 Tablespoons Cod Liver Oil or Vitamin A supplement
鈥?4 Tablespoons Flax Oil
鈥?2 Tablespoons Brewers Yeast
鈥?2 Tablespoons Mudgee Dolomite Powder
鈥?2 Tablespoons Seaweed Kelp Meal or Powder
鈥?Vitamin C to equate to 50mg per kg per day
鈥?1 cup yogurt
鈥?Mix and freeze this mix in 2-3 day batches.
鈥?Unfreeze the mix and add Vitamin E at the mealtime.
(200 i.u. for 25 kg, 100 i.u. for 10kg puppy)
Other ingredients you can use as toppings for variety; depending upon local availability:
鈥?Sardines or canned fish
鈥?cottage cheese
鈥?junket rennet milk
鈥?kangaroo meat
try california natural Lamb and rice . its a 4 star food also
http://www.naturapet.com/brands/californ鈥?/a>
but maybe u switched her to fast , ive read here recently that could cause the symptoms u mentioned . so maybe slow down and do a slower transition to the new food .
This is just a though, so please don't be offended. But, some people give their dogs ';people food';, that can cause problems for their pets. I might ask the vet for their professional opinion about which brand to try. Because they get that kind of question often, they will be the best ones to ask.
Lot's to try! but alway's get a vet opinion in what's best! More coming later! Also i have a cookbook on home cooking for dog's-made by a senior vet from the Lort Smith animal Shelter. I'll e-mail some of the receipies.
Annamaet Encore 25% Wheat and Corn Free Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
Artemis Holistic Natural 6 Mix Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
AvoDerm Natural Vegetarian Adult Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
Canidae Chicken Meal and Rice Formula Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
AvoDerm Natural Lamb %26amp; Brown Rice Oven-Baked Formula Adult Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
AvoDerm Natural Lamb Meal %26amp; Brown Rice Formula Adult Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
AvoDerm Natural Original with Beef Meal Oven-Baked Adult Dry Dog Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
BY NATURE NATURALS
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/dept.鈥?/a>
California Natural
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/dept.鈥?/a>
Canine Caviar Lamb %26amp; Pearl Millet Adult Dog Dry Food
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/produ鈥?/a>
Try giving her a grain-free food - check into Taste of the Wild, I think that's a really good one. Also, be sure to switch foods slowly and allow a couple of weeks for her to get used to it and for the allergies to clear up.
Try an all natural, raw diet -- check out rawfeeding@yahoo.com -- not 100% sure of the website, but I've been checking it out and I'm trying it with my dogs due to severe allergies. It's worth a try and not anymore expensive than all those brands.
See A vet thet will find the right food for your dog the vet knows best
I work at a vet clini
Try a different high quality food for your poodle/lab mix. Iams, Eukanuba, Purina ONE, and Authority are all low quality dog foods. Did you switch gradually when you switched to Blue?
Not all pet food is made equally. A lot of it is full of corn, by-products, dyes, unhealthy preservatives, filler grains and all sorts of nasty stuff. A lot of pet food companies are perfectly happy to the dump cheap leftovers and things that aren't safe for human consumption (from human food processing plants) into their foods. Will it kill your dog? No, it has to be nutritionally complete and safe to even be marketed. Is it healthy? Not by a long shot.
Corn is a low quality ingredient you never want to see in your pet food. Corn and low quality grains are two of the biggest culprits when it comes to food allergies in our pets.
Thankfully, there are some excellent dog foods being made these days that include organic, human grade ingredients rather than trash not fit for human consumption.
Examples of low quality foods to avoid: Anything you can find in a grocery store will be low end, Purina, Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Royal Canin, Pedigree, Kibbles n' Bits, Beneful, Ol'Roy.
Examples of high quality foods to look for: Innova, Wellness, Solid Gold, Canidae All Life Stages, Fromm Four Star, Merrick, GO Natural, Nature's Variety Prairie, Nature's Logic, Artemis Fresh Mix, Timberwolf Organics.
Although the high quality foods are more expensive, you're getting what you're paying for. Less filler material means more concentrated nutrients... this means you typically need to feed far less of the high quality food than you would of the low quality one. Which also means less poop!
Before following your vet's food recommendation, keep in mind that vets get /very/ little nutritional training during their schooling. Besides that, what training they /do/ get is usually sponsored or taught by the crappy pet food companies! They also often get paid to sell some of their products at their clinics (Science Diet, Royal Canin etc.)
A great option is to go with an entirely grainless diet. Many of the high quality foods now put out grainless formulas. Some good grainless diets include: Innova EVO, Wellness CORE, Blue Wilderness, Nature's Variety Instinct, Orijen, Horizon Legacy, Merrick Before Grain, Canidae Grain Free All Life Stages, Fromm Surf %26amp; Turf, Now! and Sold Gold Barking At The Moon, Taste of the Wild.
Some pretty decent foods can even be found in common pet stores. Petsmart carries Blue Buffalo products (such as the excellent grain free diet Blue Wilderness). Petco carries Wellness, Solid Gold, Natural Balance, Eagle Pack Holistic, Blue Buffalo, Castor %26amp; Pollux Organix, Pinnacle, and Halo. If you can't find a food, most of the high quality food brands have websites with store locators on them.
Another option, if you can't find anywhere around you that sells good foods, is to order your pet food online. Here's an excellent place to do so: http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/
Remember that foods should be switched gradually (mixing new slowly in with the old over about a two week period), especially when switching to a higher quality one, so as not to upset tummies.
Another option for feeding dogs is to feed raw. This is something that should be thoroughly researched before being attempted:
http://www.barfworld.com/
http://www.rawfed.com/
http://www.rawlearning.com/
http://www.wysong.net/controversies/rawm鈥?/a>
More on dog food:
http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?鈥?/a> (Learn how to determine the quality of your dog's food.)
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_鈥?/a> (Dog food reviews. Four stars is a decent food, five stars is a great food, and six stars is an excellent food.)
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