The wormer you're using does nothing for hookworm, unless double-dosed and given for 3 consecutive days---which would thereby give 3x as much tapeworm medicine as required. This is why I don't like "bundling" wormers together. Using the protocol I suggested allows for you to give the proper amount for each problem.Originally Posted by YigYang
Diamond is garbage too. Have you ever actually read the ingredients? The whole principle behind "kibbling" at all is wrong; it devalues all the food items by default by the very nature of the "kibbling" process.Originally Posted by YigYang
Mayday's genetics to be a great dog, and what he may or may not have been fed, are two different things.Originally Posted by YigYang
Since you seem to be immune to learning (or even wanting to learn) new and better ways, I am left curious as to why you keep PMing me for "help" all the time, if all you're going to do is adamantly keep doing the same ignorant things you're doing and reject the advice I give you ... and "Yeah but" everything I say. What is the sense of asking for an opinion, if all you're going to do is confuse issues and refuse to accept the very opinion you're asking for?
If you actually do your own research, and if you actually take the time to study drugs, their currently-accepted dosages, and if you actually read-up on the subject of nutrition, you will realize that everything I am saying is true. However, if you want to repeat something "your friend told you," who has zero actual knowledge, and as if what he said has anything to do with what I am saying, then I can't see any point in responding to your requests for help. Go with what your friend told you then, which will save me the wasted time of offering good advice that won't be heeded![]()
SportsMix is garbage too. I only mentioned it as an example of a commonly-fed kibble, I sure as heck wouldn't recommend it as a food. Orijen has good ingredients, but again you can buy those same ingredients raw, save money in the process, and it will be much better for your dog. Again, the entire "kibbling" process is a sub-standard way to feed a dog. Kibble is made for human convenience, not to be optimal canine nutrition. Even the excellent ingredients in Orijen get destroyed by being cooked into oblivion and rendered into "little brown pellets."Originally Posted by YigYang
As R2L said, your dog will drink 10x as much water on Orijen than it will fed raw. Why? Because raw meat is 70% water and Orijen is 10%, so your dog isn't getting over 60% of the moisture it needs. Worse, many of the vital nutrients inherent in raw foods are destroyed in the kibbling process, so merely "adding water" back to the feed isn't a substitute for just feeding raw in the first place. Why? Because the vital enzymes and micro-nutrients are gone and can't be brought back. I could go on, but I don't see the point, as it doesn't seem to me you are very receptive to listening and implementing what I am telling you.
Instead, what I suggest you do is read your own chosen signature, carefully.
Good luck,
Jack
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