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@LilF - I'm SO sorry for your loss. It's obvious that JJ was well loved and lived well because of you. I feel your pain, not only in the loss of JJ, but in the questioning of your choices (I did the same with my little Cricket. Better to heal right now and laugh and love about how amazing JJ...

@aruna - Great! Thanks so much! I'll check it out.

Bobby loves laying in the midday sun, but it's 87 degrees today. How long is safe to let him lay out there (on a concrete patio, btw)? Can I just trust that when he gets too hot, he'll either move to the shade or come inside? Or do we have to limit his time out there?

@LilF - Yes! Please let me know how JJ does. That's so interesting that you both share so many issues. Me and Bobby both started itching when spring started, so we share a certain amount of immune system overactivity. So if we come back from a walk and I'm sniffly and sneezing, I make sure to...

And, so there's no confusion, here's a direct link to the product I'm referring to: Avenova OTC - you spray it on a cotton pad (like an eye makeup remover pad) and gently wipe the eye along the lid line.

@LilF - Absolutely! You don't have to go through Amazon, and I totally understand your worries since I feel I've been scammed as well in the past (typically from third-party shippers, but, again, I TOTALLY get it and don't blame you for wanting to order direct. When in doubt, I do the same). You...

@LilF - Yeah, ironically you can have dry eye and yet have ample tear production. If the tear-film stability is low (the tear evaporates too quickly) then it doesn't matter how many tears the eye creates if the moisture doesn't stick around long enough to sufficiently lubricate (lubrication...

@GinnyW - Great info! I can't remember the last time I got bit by a mosquito (during a trip to Yosemite years back, my husband and his father got feasted on, but I got nothing). And, yeah, I've looked at the numbers and our incidences of HW are very low in our area (which, yes, is the SF Bay...

Bobby's current anti-heartworm/mosquito regimen is: - Raw diet: SFRAW brand (we're doing Grinds [just whole animal grinds, nothing else] for a while to see how he reacts to each protein, then we will move to Formulas [Grinds + whole food supplements to make them nutritionally balanced]) -...

@LilF - Hey Lil, sorry to hear about your dog's eyes! I'm always very sad to hear that anybody, animal or human, has eye issues, cuz I have some pretty messed up eyes (corneal dystrophy + blepharitis). I'm wondering if, since you're wiping JJs eyes anyway, I wonder if hypochlorous acid (HCIO)...

This is good to know, and certainly helps put my mind at ease about Bobby: Organic Meat Less Likely To Be Contaminated with Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria, Study Suggests Kasie from SFRAW also sent me a lovely and reassuring email too. FYI, @Dr. Jeff , if you don't know already, you (and...

Ok, twice now I've accidentally navigated away from this page and deleted my [lengthy thought out] responses :rolleyes3:. But I wanted to thank you for all the links and post the source of Hay's mention of having a facelift. And, no, she hasn't entirely ruined my belief in vitality medicine...

I completely agree. For future reference: How is full-blown ear infection treated holistically (symptoms: the outer ear was oozy, bumpy, and had a patch of puss. He had a head tilt and drooped ear, and was shaking his head frequently and he wanted SO badly to scratch his ear. He was frantically...

@GinnyW - So I should've let Bobby eat the dead rat he found in the park yesterday, cuz it would've made him extremely happy? ? But seriously, as I'm learning more, I'm getting better (it certainly helps that Bobby is recovering from his ear infection and is getting back to his normal happy...

@LilF - I absolutely agree (my health affects their health). And, yeah, that's awesome that food isn't a deal breaker for health. I'm still paying way more than I thought I ever would on dog food, but I'm also spending a lot of time on myself and being focusing on being happier overall and...

@Dr. Jeff - I'm currently reading your paper on Vitality and Balance. I really like it. I'm not all the way through it yet, but I was wondering how/if vitality manifests in quantum physics. I ask, because during one of our monthly HDMDs you and I were discussing how to get this kind of...

FYI, Been reading more about raw vs cooked feeding and from the looks of it, cooked feeding, while still an decent option, might be more inflammatory than raw feeding (and obviously Bobby doesn't need any more inflammation). I take comfort in that SFRAW has extremely high ingredient and handling...

Just to clarify... This statement indicates that Bobby IS at increased susceptibility of bacterial harm via raw diet right now? Is that correct? I need to know, because I really can't take any risks right now (I am not a lucky person).

Thanks for the input @Dr. Jeff ! (Yes! NO cooked bones!) Where can I find more info about the vitality of raw food?

@GinnyW and @Dr. Jeff Raw dog food is safe for a healthy dog. I don't question that. But what about for one struggling with chronic inflammation, as seen in Bobby who's battling seasonal allergies/inflammation (his inflamed ears--which unfortunately weren't resolved by the holistic methods I...