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Our Dog Max: Still Alive
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M Dermer
Mar 22, 2013, 9:59:17 PM3/22/13
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Years ago, I would post to this newsgroup. For
most of my dog's life (he is now 15 years, 5
months old) he has lived on a diet of brown rice,
black eyed peas, calcium, flax-seed oil, and
vitamins. The diet was formulated by:
http://www.petdiets.com/about
A few years ago, Max stopped eating the above food
and Dr. Remillard formulated a diet based on corn,
green peas,
and a protein source. That source has been either
cottage cheese, string cheese, or salmon. Also added
are calcium and vitamins.
At about three years of age, Max had calcium
oxalate bladder stones, so the above diets are low
in oxalates. Additionally,
I have been using potassium citrate to keep his
urine PH between 6.75 and 8.00 as these stones
develop in acidic urine. The cheapest source of
potassium citrate is here:
http://purebulk.com/
Early on, to figure out the amount of potassium
citrate
to administer, I used these ph indicators:
pH-Fix test strips 4.5 to 10, 100 PK
http://www.nurania.com/loba/Macherey%20-%20Nagel.pdf
I have purchased the strips from various sources.
Urine PH has a circadian rhythm. Acidic in the
morning
and becoming increasing basic as the dog eats.
I administer the potassium citrate with all his
meals with the
largest dose included with his meal at 9:30 PM.
I am not a veterinarian, so it is best to consult
with one
to determine a starting dose.
Max's hearing is not good and he is arthritic. He
certainly no longer does these:
https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/dermer/public/Max/Max_tricks.wmv
But he still chases a rope toy and wags his tail.
Also these days he "walks himself" in the house.
Generally he eliminates in our bathrooms or
on hardwood floors. If he uses the carpet, our
Bissell Little Green Machine
www.bissell.com/
can well clean up the mess.
We love our Max, but like us all: he is mortal.
We cherish our time with him.
I hope this update will help others.
--Marshall
most of my dog's life (he is now 15 years, 5
months old) he has lived on a diet of brown rice,
black eyed peas, calcium, flax-seed oil, and
vitamins. The diet was formulated by:
http://www.petdiets.com/about
A few years ago, Max stopped eating the above food
and Dr. Remillard formulated a diet based on corn,
green peas,
and a protein source. That source has been either
cottage cheese, string cheese, or salmon. Also added
are calcium and vitamins.
At about three years of age, Max had calcium
oxalate bladder stones, so the above diets are low
in oxalates. Additionally,
I have been using potassium citrate to keep his
urine PH between 6.75 and 8.00 as these stones
develop in acidic urine. The cheapest source of
potassium citrate is here:
http://purebulk.com/
Early on, to figure out the amount of potassium
citrate
to administer, I used these ph indicators:
pH-Fix test strips 4.5 to 10, 100 PK
http://www.nurania.com/loba/Macherey%20-%20Nagel.pdf
I have purchased the strips from various sources.
Urine PH has a circadian rhythm. Acidic in the
morning
and becoming increasing basic as the dog eats.
I administer the potassium citrate with all his
meals with the
largest dose included with his meal at 9:30 PM.
I am not a veterinarian, so it is best to consult
with one
to determine a starting dose.
Max's hearing is not good and he is arthritic. He
certainly no longer does these:
https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/dermer/public/Max/Max_tricks.wmv
But he still chases a rope toy and wags his tail.
Also these days he "walks himself" in the house.
Generally he eliminates in our bathrooms or
on hardwood floors. If he uses the carpet, our
Bissell Little Green Machine
www.bissell.com/
can well clean up the mess.
We love our Max, but like us all: he is mortal.
We cherish our time with him.
I hope this update will help others.
--Marshall
William Clodius
Mar 22, 2013, 11:00:10 PM3/22/13
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M Dermer
Mar 22, 2013, 11:22:51 PM3/22/13
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Thanks William. --Marshall
Matt
Mar 23, 2013, 1:20:55 AM3/23/13
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M Dermer <mde...@wi.rr.com> said in rec.pets.dogs.health:
> We love our Max, but like us all: he is mortal.
> We cherish our time with him.
Marshall, your story is wonderful. I have lost two dogs since I
last posted here, though now, through the wonders of rescue I
now have two once again.
I watch this group because for years the folks here (you, too)
gave me wonderful advice in dealing with Rocky's issues.
I watch this group to hear about good stuff.
--
--Matt.
> We love our Max, but like us all: he is mortal.
> We cherish our time with him.
last posted here, though now, through the wonders of rescue I
now have two once again.
I watch this group because for years the folks here (you, too)
gave me wonderful advice in dealing with Rocky's issues.
I watch this group to hear about good stuff.
--
--Matt.
buglady
Mar 23, 2013, 7:09:28 AM3/23/13
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On 3/23/2013 1:20 AM, Matt wrote:
I have lost two dogs since I
> last posted here, though now, through the wonders of rescue I
> now have two once again.
>
> I watch this group because for years the folks here (you, too)
> gave me wonderful advice in dealing with Rocky's issues.
>
> I watch this group to hear about good stuff.
>
Hey Matt!
I have lost two dogs since I
> last posted here, though now, through the wonders of rescue I
> now have two once again.
>
> I watch this group because for years the folks here (you, too)
> gave me wonderful advice in dealing with Rocky's issues.
>
> I watch this group to hear about good stuff.
>
So sorry you lost Rocky. He certainly took you on a new journey.
Do you do agility with your new pups?
buglady
take out the dog before replying
buglady
Mar 23, 2013, 7:12:00 AM3/23/13
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Hey Marshall, I mistakenly sent my reply to you personally. Could you
send it back to me so I can post it here? For some reason a sent copy
was not saved. Danged Thunderbird.
Good to hear from you,
buglady
take out the dog before replying
send it back to me so I can post it here? For some reason a sent copy
was not saved. Danged Thunderbird.
Good to hear from you,
buglady
take out the dog before replying
William Clodius
Mar 23, 2013, 9:53:20 AM3/23/13
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Good to hear that Maybe has a doggie buddy. Is it another Border Collie?
Alison
Mar 23, 2013, 11:00:26 AM3/23/13
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"M Dermer" <mde...@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
news:kij2as$oca$1...@speranza.aioe.org...
Its good to near from another old timer.
Glad that max is doing OK and still with you.
I will face losing my old dog Dibby possibly with in the next year or two
. I adopted him 10 years ago after my dog Judy died but they didnt know how
old he was. he must be mid- teens now at least.
I have adopted two other dogs, Pip JRt and more recently Libby Chi x .
They are both young and may well outlive me so after Dibs goes , I
hopefully won't have to face the pain of losing another dog .
I can't believe it's been nearly 12 years since I started posting on
Usenet. Where do the years go!
Alison
news:kij2as$oca$1...@speranza.aioe.org...
> Years ago, I would post to this newsgroup. For
> We love our Max, but like us all: he is mortal.
> We cherish our time with him.
>
> I hope this update will help others.
>
> --Marshall >>>
Hi Marshall,
> We cherish our time with him.
>
> I hope this update will help others.
>
> --Marshall >>>
Its good to near from another old timer.
Glad that max is doing OK and still with you.
I will face losing my old dog Dibby possibly with in the next year or two
. I adopted him 10 years ago after my dog Judy died but they didnt know how
old he was. he must be mid- teens now at least.
I have adopted two other dogs, Pip JRt and more recently Libby Chi x .
They are both young and may well outlive me so after Dibs goes , I
hopefully won't have to face the pain of losing another dog .
I can't believe it's been nearly 12 years since I started posting on
Usenet. Where do the years go!
Alison
Matt
Mar 23, 2013, 11:16:12 PM3/23/13
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buglady <bugl...@bigfoot.com> said in rec.pets.dogs.health:
> Hey Matt!
> So sorry you lost Rocky. He certainly took you on a new
> journey. Do you do agility with your new pups?
I put Rocky down a month after losing much youger Friday to
cancer a couple of yeara ago, Rocky was blind and had CCD. He
went dramatically downhill after Friday died. Even after these
years, I still miss Friday, Rocky, not so much, since he went
at a good age.
On a positive note, Maybe is extremelty good with agility,
though is a having a time-out because of a partially torn ACL.
New dog, Weather, is a black tri BC and is fitting in
wonderfully. She's a young rescue and right now I'm working on
attention to hand and other recall stuff.
--
--Matt.
> Hey Matt!
> So sorry you lost Rocky. He certainly took you on a new
> journey. Do you do agility with your new pups?
cancer a couple of yeara ago, Rocky was blind and had CCD. He
went dramatically downhill after Friday died. Even after these
years, I still miss Friday, Rocky, not so much, since he went
at a good age.
On a positive note, Maybe is extremelty good with agility,
though is a having a time-out because of a partially torn ACL.
New dog, Weather, is a black tri BC and is fitting in
wonderfully. She's a young rescue and right now I'm working on
attention to hand and other recall stuff.
--
--Matt.
Matt
Mar 23, 2013, 11:21:16 PM3/23/13
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wclo...@earthlink.net (William Clodius) said in
rec.pets.dogs.health:
> Good to hear that Maybe has a doggie buddy. Is it another
> Border Collie?
Yep, a youg rescue black-tri. I'm not necessarily BC-centric,
but I like herding dogs.
--
--Matt.
rec.pets.dogs.health:
> Good to hear that Maybe has a doggie buddy. Is it another
> Border Collie?
but I like herding dogs.
--
--Matt.
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