Re: Shi-tzu
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I've been feeding him Beneful and sometimes a little canned dog food. I keep hearing ads for Dyna-Vite on the radio and how people say it made a huge difference for their dog's scratching. Then, I hear horror stories about how they keep sending you dog food even when you've cancelled with them. I forgot my lab's dog food when I went to camp beginning of May. The closest store that sells it is almost an hour away. So I went to a local store and got him a bag of Beneful. This was the result an hour after he ate two cups: His lips, face and eyes swelled up and got red. I was worried his throat might swell shut and kill him. I did some research on Beneful and found out the maker, Nestle Purina Petcare Global, had been sued on several occasions since Beneful's introduction in 2001 for the poisoning deaths of multiple dogs. Other lawsuits were brought when nasty chemicals were found in the dog food that was sickening dogs years after the poisoning deaths. This is what he normally looks like: I went the next day and got him his regular food. I still have the almost full bag of Beneful if you want it.
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Re: Shi-tzu
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06/05/19 02:44 PM
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Beneful?? Don't feed him that crap!! I would be surprised if it wasn't his food. I made the mistake of feeding my Jack Russell that stuff and he began to have problems breaking his nails, and shedding excessively. Changed brands and within a few weeks all was better, infact he became more active like he used to be. Strongly suggest you change brands! What brand did you change to?
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Re: Shi-tzu
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Fresh new grass in the spring can cause a skin allergy reaction from the pollen. He's been scratching since last fall.
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Re: Shi-tzu
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I've been feeding him Beneful and sometimes a little canned dog food. I keep hearing ads for Dyna-Vite on the radio and how people say it made a huge difference for their dog's scratching. Then, I hear horror stories about how they keep sending you dog food even when you've cancelled with them. I forgot my lab's dog food when I went to camp beginning of May. The closest store that sells it is almost an hour away. So I went to a local store and got him a bag of Beneful. This was the result an hour after he ate two cups: What His lips, face and eyes swelled up and got red. I was worried his throat might swell shut and kill him. I did some research on Beneful and found out the maker, Nestle Purina Petcare Global, had been sued on several occasions since Beneful's introduction in 2001 for the poisoning deaths of multiple dogs. Other lawsuits were brought when nasty chemicals were found in the dog food that was sickening dogs years after the poisoning deaths. This is what he normally looks like: I went the next day and got him his regular food. I still have the almost full bag of Beneful if you want it. What brand did you switch to?
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Re: Shi-tzu
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06/05/19 02:57 PM
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Both Shi-tzus started out as my wife's. I had two American water spaniels. The spaniels got old and died, the last one just a few months ago. The Shi-tzus started filling in as my pals when the first spaniel died. They are both smart dogs, well house trained, and gentle. I have become attached to both. They both have their own personality. The smallest one (about 8 pounds wringing wet) thinks he's tough. He has chased deer out of our yard several times.
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Re: Shi-tzu
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I forgot my lab's dog food when I went to camp beginning of May. The closest store that sells it is almost an hour away. So I went to a local store and got him a bag of Beneful. This was the result an hour after he ate two cups: His lips, face and eyes swelled up and got red. I was worried his throat might swell shut and kill him. I did some research on Beneful and found out the maker, Nestle Purina Petcare Global, had been sued on several occasions since Beneful's introduction in 2001 for the poisoning deaths of multiple dogs. Other lawsuits were brought when nasty chemicals were found in the dog food that was sickening dogs years after the poisoning deaths. This is what he normally looks like: I went the next day and got him his regular food. I still have the almost full bag of Beneful if you want it. What brand did you switch to? I went back to his regular brand, Pure Balance. We fed him Holistic Select from a pup on the advice of his breeders but it got hard to get when a local shop stopped carrying it. Had to start ordering it online. It was already expensive then I had to start paying shipping. We did a bunch of comparing and realized Pure Balance had almost identical ingredients in the identical order (indicates percentage) as the Holistic at about half the price. It's available at Walmart. Yeah, yeah, I know...Walmart. But it's a good quality food for a reasonable price, you can compare ingredients yourself. And it doesn't half kill my dog like the Beneful did.
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Re: Shi-tzu
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06/05/19 04:03 PM
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What I find interesting is that my other Shi-Tzu tolerates the Beneful fine.
BTW, You have a gorgeous, sharp looking dog. He'd be a priority if he were my dog too. Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.
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Re: Shi-tzu
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One of my Shi-tzus has a bad itch problem. We've tried various sprays, Benadryl, allergy pills, etc. He scratches almost constantly his stomach which has turned pretty raw. Anybody have any ideas of what is causing it? My shi tzu had it and i took hemp oil from a health food store and rubbed it on the dog and left it on for a couple of days then washed off and now no more itch problems. But you can bath them to much which removes the oil from there fur and skin which causes severe itching.
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Re: Shi-tzu
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Why would you have a shitzue? I like my couch hounds. Full of personality, they are. Did you know that the shiz tzu is the closet dog related to the wolf. I didnt believe it either until i did some research and they are rated #1 of decendents of the wolf. Crazy. I have 3 of these crazy fun personality dogs.
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Re: Shi-tzu
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06/06/19 11:42 AM
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I'm going to try the food Pure Balance that Lugnut suggested. Got a local Walmart right near my office.
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Re: Shi-tzu
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I believe they could be direct descendants of a wolf. My miniature, 8 pound shi-tzu has chased deer out of our yard a couple times. They take a look at him running at them and must be thinking, "You must be kidding!" I think they run because they think something that small is either dangerous or stupid. They decide on dangerous and run. He's not the dog with the scratching, licking problem, it's the larger shi-tzu. He probably weighs about 14 pounds.
My wife had been giving him a drug called Apoquel that seemed to help somewhat. But, I've read horror stories about the drug. Plus, the cost is around $2.00 a pill or $60 a month to treat him.
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