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Recent content by AlysonR

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    Selenium supplementation for dogs

    Selenium content would depend on what's in the soil where the animal grazed. My guess is that soils are becoming depleted. In any event, my own experience is that I was selenium deficient. Such a slowly building deficiency has a good profile for a rise in cancer risk later in life. And...
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    Selenium supplementation for dogs

    Due to my own issues, selenium has suddenly jumped into focus as a possible culprit for all (but the first) of my dogs dying of cancer. Apparently there is less selenium in raw diets than commercial diets, though utilization may be higher: Selenium and Dogs: A Systematic Review Has anyone...
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    First Aid Kit

    One more: EMT gel: Amazon.com : PetAg EMT Gel First Aid Kit for Dog Wound Care - Contains Hydrolyzed Collagen - Seals, Soothes, and Protects Wounds - 1 fl oz : Pet Itch Remedies : Pet Supplies Oh, and maybe some baking soda -- to be mixed with water and made into a paste -- in case of bee or...
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    Terms to define on JJ hospital report

    a Beautiful!! But yes, life gets in the way, sometimes. I'd planned the perfect ending for my first dog -- house call vet, he'd be blissfully sleeping when the vet came in and would never wake up. Nope! Didn't happen like that. He got up and circled the vet's van, and the vet asked me why I...
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    Terms to define on JJ hospital report

    I just want to add my own 'woowoo' experience healing from the death of a dog. I'd nursed Samantha through 1 1/4 years of anal gland adenocarcinoma, but the time came to say goodbye the day after New Years. She could no longer urinate, and the rest of her short life would have been pure misery...
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    Help with a dog and her lymphoma

    Other possible things to try giving pills in: liverwurst (yeah, not a 'healthy' go, but some dogs really love it), cream cheese, canned cat food (pate'), liver pate' -- and that you *can* make healthy by making it yourself from organic liver and adding some spices -- maybe a bit of salt, since...
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    Looking for a good local puppy trainer?

    So would the window clings that *obscure* the view, but don't block the light help? It sounds like it might be expensive with as many windows as you have. Or...maybe there are just a few that are his primary targets? Every bit helps. Also, the calming cap is still a possibility. And yes, at...
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    Looking for a good local puppy trainer?

    They make 'cling' films that can obliterate the view of the outdoors (while still letting in light). For example: Decorative Films | Window Film | Stained Glass | Privacy Film | Window Treatments Or... is there any way you can block his access to the windows -- e.g. put up a long gate in...
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    Blood draw difficulties

    ACE is acepromazine. It's gotten a notorious rep. in the training world because it used to be used for things like thunder-phobia, but it doesn't actually ease the anxiety. It just makes it so the animal can't really do anything about the anxiety. Anyway, nothing new with Merlin. I'll...
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    Coconut oil - traditional vs. liquid

    Searches of caprylic acid and capric acid on pubmed produced interesting articles on their uses against yeast infections and cancer. I think the article referenced above was a bit limited in scope. It depends on what you are using the coconut oil or MCT oil for. MCT oil, in particular, is...
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    Blood draw difficulties

    Got through the blood draw without using ACE! They were having a slow day, and when I reminded them that Merlin had stood for 2 punctures the first time, and had only had trouble with the third (3 times because he did keep jerking his paw back, but only after a bit of time), and when she told me...
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    Blood draw difficulties

    Well... the next blood draw is this Wednesday, so training isn't an option for this one. Last time she gave him a very low dose of ACE -- he was still able to hop in the car afterwards. I am wondering, for *this* time, if I can give him treats during the draw, even though he'll be on ACE. Is...
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    Blood draw difficulties

    @Dr. Jeff, @Dr. Christina My dog, Merlin, is a difficult dog to draw blood from. The first vet I took him to had to anesthetize him to get a blood draw. The second and third vets managed to do it without anesthetizing him. I watched the third vet do it, and she kept his front paw on the...
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    Has anyone used the Nu.Q. test for cancer?

    Interesting article, and something I've long suspected. Oddly, sometimes people and animals that are in poor health chronically actually don't develop cancer, perhaps because their bodies are unable to mount a regenerative response. At least, that's what I hypothesize.
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    Has anyone used the Nu.Q. test for cancer?

    Woof! Lots to say there, by I appreciate the references!! I will say, according to VDI, they list the possible explanations in order of expense to investigate, not likelihood. I'm still, definitely, going to talk to them. My thought, given that they say 'review medications', is that maybe in...
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