My girlfriends dog was having bladder control problems while on IAMS small bites needed to wear a diaper at night time. She removed the IAMS placed dog on INNOVA and antibiotics for some kind of bladder infection. Everything cleared up. INNOVA was to expensive so she switched back to IAMS with vets assurance that it was fine, with in a week problems started all over again, was concerned dog might have bladder cancer. After rethinking it she realized it was the IAMS, and switched to Canidae which is more affordable. Within 4 days of being off the IMAS no more diaper no more problems. So there are issues with IAMS in general not just the large breed. IMO : )

My dog food problem was with Eukanuba senior maint. In late Feb. we had all the symptoms everyone else had. My dogs blood tests showed high normal BUN and CREAT. She drank a lot of water - like 200 oz instead of 40. In late Feb. her urine wasn’t abnormal. I started home cooking on March 28th and symptoms of water drinking, slight fever, restlessness, etc. disappeared. Late April, I had urine tests and blood work redone. BUN and CREAT. still high normal. Urine was showing blood both cells and hemolyzed and a few WBC’s. Urine culture was neg. I kept a log of symptoms and food, etc. since Feb.2. My dogs problems arose depending upon a new bag of food being opened. My vet thinks symptoms and lab tests are a result of food. Two weeks ago, we had more blood in urine, but no fever and again culture negative but we had some casts this time. Right now my vet has me feeding a kidney diet - home cooked (low phos) and taking it a little easy on protein. Repeating blood work and urine the middle of June. Whatever was wrong with the food, we think she got a smaller dose but still some kidney involvement. The thing I was told, was get them to drink water! if anything is there it will help flush the kidneys. Some have reported UTI’s and bladder infections in dogs after eating suspected food. I have also heard that sometimes the urine cultures never grow out and there is thought to have a 5 day instead of a 3 day culture. Did they do a urinalysis - microsopic for casts or crystals.? something I found strange on Euk during Feb - Apr my dogs pH was 8.0 (very alkaline for a food with a urinary acidifier) now on home cooking the pH is stabilized at 7. Someone mentioned to me that perhaps my dogs protein in urine was high and pH high due to excess urea - you might want to ask your vet to relook at urine and blood work.

Katie

Call it a boycott if you will, there is nothing in the social contract which states I must purchase your products. As a matter of fact, you broke the social contract the moment you adulterated your products, printed and attached a label to a can of food which states “100% beef” all the while knowing that you quietly lobbied the FDA and other regulatory agencies to actually have 65% beef content labeled as “100%.”

Is that how they work with their salaries? Duane and Mr. Henderson: I know we told you that you were paying you $100,000 this week, but really, we are allowed to put in 65% and let’s just say we’re even?

Does this work in any other context? Why is this not consumer fraud? Why should they feel like victims?

Prolly not,Ruth.
We’re all too stupid to know the difference anyway,aren’t we??

Lorna

Many companies are like this, and these are the premium, organic, human grade foods! So whether we pay more for organic for our pets, and our family, at this point I believe nothing is totally safe. Unless your once of the global elite. They sure don’t consume food stuff from walmart, or whole foods!

Waiting for the new IAM’s tests results…….sigh

I hope you See this post!
You must have been on Holiday lately :-) {hope it was Good}

Anyway, You’d asked me about the Bach Flowers I use and learning more yourself.
Please go to:

http://www.BachCentre.com

This is the Official Dr. Bach site, from England. They have lots of information etc. Even classes to attend, can’t remember if they list ones in the USA, but yu could check on the site.

For a list to see just what are the actual/authenic rememdies see this page:

http://www.bachcentre.com/centre/remedies.htm

Rescue Remedy is the most used and recommened one. It’s a combination Remedy.
{it’s also for folks who can’t afford all of the other seperate Remedies.}

There is a site if you can not find them in a higher-end “health food” type store, it has the regualar pricing and books and some info. I don’t personally know this web-site owner, but looks very decent to me for purchases. {it’s in the USA too}

http://www.bachflowers.com

{oooops I forgot the URL for the Homeopathic Lab and Remedy facility in Wisconsin for you! I’ll look it up again and post it later :-P}