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  • From: Karen Nesbitt <spanishequines@yahoo.com>
  • To: msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [MSAR] MSAR-Riders Digest, Vol 64, Issue 2 topics
  • Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 15:37:05 -0700 (PDT)

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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:55:51 -0500
From: "Joseph Huston"
Subject: Re: [MSAR] Dry coat in K-9, your advise on this please!
To: "Mounted search and rescue"
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Try corn oil and an egg with Dinovite.
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:29:32 -0400
From: Jennifer Luker
Subject: Re: [MSAR] Dry coat in K-9, your advise on this please!
To: Mounted search and rescue
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A couple good dolops of vegetable oil on the food once a day with some garlic powder on the top. It takes a few weeks to really take affect. Good Luck
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 19:58:08 -0600
From: "Lu"
Subject: Re: [MSAR] Dry coat in K-9, your advise on this please!
To: "'Mounted search and rescue'"
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Karen, My Australian Shepherd had this same problem as well as some food
allergies. I put her on Omega Fields flax/omega's
(http://www.omegafields.com/productDetail.asp_Q_catID_E_7_A_subCatID_E_23_A_
productID_E_6_A_omega_3_flax_supplement_for_dogs_E_omega_3_flax_supplement_f
or_dogs) and have not had any problems since. She's been on it consistently
for 5 years. It also resolved any itching problems she had. I also use
this (the equine version) on both my horses. Here in Colorado dry skin is a
problem for everyone! Hope this helps! Lu
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Thank you everyone here again and anyone I may have missed on this thread for your responding to my "itchy" dog request!  I received quite a few sidebar messages at my email on the topic as well and took the liberty to place suggestions (names withheld of course)  in a forum at
 
http://pub1.bravenet.com/forum/68846337/
 
So please feel free to visit there and join in there.
A great website I found on the topic of itchy dogs as well is this one.  It has excellent discussion on dogs with allergies. So if you to have one that is suffering....

http://pub1.bravenet.com/forum/68846337/
 
So ok, in messages received, there was thoughts of potential cases of poison ivy, chiggars, fleas, allergies, diet. 
 
I found it interesting to on the subject of poision ivy, some people, like myself and my husband are resistant to the itch caused by the urisol in the plants leaves.  The oil however can get into our clothes, last for days there and get onto someone who is!  Case maybe in point, your dog, horse or significant others!
 
People who burn the ivy to try to erradicate it can casue harm to lungs and if you are really sensative in that fashion, it is not very pretty so caution is always advised in gettign rid of the ivy.  Mowing it can send the particles into the air and cause irritation to also lungs.
 
Another suggestion, however for just a dry bath for a dog was to use baking soda.....hmmm how much would we need to do a horse for the sake of a refresher in odor!?
 
In trying to discover exactly what the casue of the itch is, well, fleas woudl be easy!  Diet on the other hand lendign to allergies will take time to analize.  Any changes it was suggested to do gradual so as to work to pinpoint.  And lastly, it might not ever be known why some dogs scratch or fleabite themselves all the time.  Boredom, habit, seasonal or just behavior! 
 
But anyway, again, I thank you all.
 
As for earthqake behavior, the recent quake did not seem to cause the horses any noticible change in their behaviors here.  However the weather and the barometric pressures which bottomed out on Sunday at 29.1 and below, well that caused most of our older stock to be irritable and  myself included.  Aren't old injuries fun!  My chiropractor finds it interesting how seriously effected by the weather I can be.  I don't need a weatherman to tell me nasty squals are pending. And yep, the weather turned foul with tons of rain and tornadic watches.  So maybe just maybe just when you think your mare, horse, dog is crabby from coming or going out of heat.. well, check the weather and the BP!  You might just find it surprising it is not the heat cycle at all!
 
Well, just adding some conversation.  Everyone, have a safe one!  Pay attention to those behaviors, it just might give you a clue to in how your horses and dogs are reacting to what you search for and when those little buggy details can matter!
 
K. Nesbitt
Iroquois County
Vmsar
Illinois
email - spanishequines@yahoo.com
 
 
 



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