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Comment on HOMEMADE DOG FOOD – sensitive stomach? by akitagrl07

akitagrl07 — Sat, 19 May 2012 20:52:11 +0000

How difficult and expensive a raw food diet is depends on which type you want to feed. I feed a prey model diet, so all I do is throw some meat down, and keep an eye on the ratio between meat, bone and organ (80:10:10). You can get meat from the grocery store, the butcher, meat suppliers and raw feeding co-ops, among other places and feed anything from chicken to lamb to beef.

http://www.rawlearning.com/rawfaq.html
http://www.rawfeddogs.net/

Some yahoo groups about raw feeding

http://pets.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfeeding/?v=1&t=directory&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=dir&slk=1
http://pets.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/RawChat/?v=1&t=directory&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=dir&slk=6

Comment on HOMEMADE DOG FOOD – sensitive stomach? by Chris

Chris — Sat, 19 May 2012 20:14:33 +0000

Check this site for some suggestions on making your own dog food. http://www.easydogrecipes.com/Making-your-own-dog-food.html.. Some good suggestions for raw and or cooked homemade dog food.

Comment on HOMEMADE DOG FOOD – sensitive stomach? by Bindi

Bindi — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:55:29 +0000

A raw food diet is only as expensive as you make it. Shop around for deals and stock up when you can.

Once you get into it its not that complicated at all and becomes second nature, no more difficult than scooping kibble.In fact I think it easier than a home cooked diet because its less work and no supplements needed.

http://www.rawfed.com/

Comment on HOMEMADE DOG FOOD – sensitive stomach? by catty

catty — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:32:56 +0000

Ask your vet about it

Comment on Update question: American vs. English Bulldog DNA testing? by DEADGAME!

DEADGAME! — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:20:23 +0000

You’re desperately trying to compare apples & oranges & it’s IMPOSSIBLE.
Deny the facts all you want,they won’t change. FACTS are facts.

The scam DNA is utterly useless.

The Bulldog is a real/recognized breed.
The French Bulldog is another,completely different, real breed.
The so-called “american” bulldog is a mutt,as are all the other mis-spelled lying-labeled mongrels w/”bulldog” stuck in their “names”.

A “Con Krap Club” reg.(HA!) dog won’t “look like” a real/quality animal because it’s CRAP!

Comment on Update question: American vs. English Bulldog DNA testing? by BMTHESPIAN

BMTHESPIAN — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:46:43 +0000

There is no test to scientifically prove if a dog is purebred or not. The test that claim to determine a dogs breed or mix are highly unreliable. (breed clubs have done test of sending sample from dogs with well known and proven pedigrees and the dog comes back as a mix of breeds that are breeds never even used when the breed was created hundreds of years earlier)

The only reliable K9 DNA testing is to determine if specific dogs are the parents of a dog,

Continental Kennel Club is used by breeders who have lost AKC registration privileges, are trying to register mixed breeds as purebred or are trying to get around AKC limited registration. So they aren’t going to be much help.

As far as your dogs looks it is not uncommon for a dog to be poorly bred enough that it does not look like what the breed is suppose to look like. So your dog may be purebred just poorly bred. With the CKC it is also possilbe that the dam (mother) of your dog was of mixed breeding and registered as a purebred. It is possilbe for a mixed breed to look very much like a paritcular breed but they still carrie the genes of their mixed breeding and can pass them one to their offspring which could have also occured in your case.

Comment on Update question: American vs. English Bulldog DNA testing? by Jen

Jen — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:53:12 +0000

I don’t think there is a test for that. In fact I’m pretty sure that they don’t test the DNA how you think they do.

There aren’t any unique markers for specific breeds in the DNA. Basically, what they do is collect up a lot of DNA from dogs that are known to be a certain breed, then compare the DNA of unknown dogs to that library. In other words, there is never a specific gene or even a sequence of genes that will shout out that a dog must be this breed or that. It’s more a matter of the DNA resembles this library more than that library. So the more closely related the breeds are, the harder it is to differentiate between the DNA libraries.

This is different from how they DNA test for certain diseases. In which case, we know what the markers in the DNA for certain diseases are and those will either show up or not. But breed testing, is not that straight forward. Maybe someday …

Comment on Update question: American vs. English Bulldog DNA testing? by KoAussie

KoAussie — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:50:38 +0000

The only way to confirm parentage and thus if the dog is purebred by a consistent pedigree of accurately recorded parentage in a multigenerational pedigree is to use a matching parentage DNA test. The dog AND it’s parents (and grandparents, etc..) must be DNA tested and results compared to each subsequent generation of offspring. There are many, many labs who perform DNA parentage tested. AKC only contracts with a lab, they do not perform the actual test.

VetGEN, Healthgene, UC Davis Genetics lab, etc… all perform parentage testing.

The key is that the offspring DNA must be compared to that of the parents. If you wish to go further back, then also have each parent DNA tested against their own parents.

The test doesn’t ID a breed, but does give you an idea if the breeder kept accurate records and thus increases the chances of a dog being purebred as represented.

Comment on Update question: American vs. English Bulldog DNA testing? by Basset on the 'Net

Basset on the 'Net — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:41:54 +0000

There IS NO DNA test that will determine if a dog is purebred or not.

The AKC test simply determines parentage.

Comment on Cranky French Bulldog by d3lorm3

d3lorm3 — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:25:04 +0000

Cranky just like my little Elvis! Check it out it is too hilarious!