[NAGDU] [seeing-eye] Is it safe to give our dogs extra fiber?

Sat Apr 2 14:12:47 UTC 2016

You can chill olive oil and it becomes solid as well. It may not be quite as
easily worked with though.
Cindy

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I'd recommend coconut oil over olive oil.  Coconut oil is solid at room
temperature, unless it's a hot day, so it's easier to deal with.
I've been giving Krokus a spoonful with his breakfast, hoping it will help
his dry skin-scratching.
Tracy

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Hi Chaim,
First, I downloaded your book to my Kindle and am ennjoying it.

For Yatzee, have you tried adding some olive oil to his food?  Maybe that
might soften things up so he can park comfortably.  But, keep trying your
vet.

Lyn and Oliver
"Asking who's the man and who's the woman in an LGBT relationship is like
asking which chopstick is the fork" - Unknown
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Subject: [seeing-eye] Is it safe to give our dogs extra fiber?

Hi All on both lists:

I have been having a strange issue with Yahtzee these past few weeks with
regard to his relieving. The problem is a bit compounded by the fact that he
had, and possibly still has, an infection on the pad of his left hine paw
which my vet says was caused by allergy. I thought the infection was healed,
but discovered the other day that it isn't, which is one reason why Yahtzee
has taken to balking when we are walking outside. He is not balking inside,
but seems to be getting a little disoriented and distracted more frequently
inside. I had an instructor from Seeing Eye out here before the skin
infection, who could not figure out what the balking issue is originally
from. However, I isolated the problem myself.

On several of my walks these past few weeks, Yahtzee has stopped moving
rather abruptly, and seems to indicate that he needs to park. So, I take off
his harness and let him do his business, ETC. But, sometimes, he seems
extremely constipated, and keeps moving around in a circle without being
able to force the waste out. Sometimes, he gives up and starts sniffing, and
after scolding him, I put the harness back on him and make him get back to
work. When this first started happening, use of a gentle leader got him to
stay on task. Now, even that is not always working. This routine is wasting
a lot of my time, and I have taken to just plain old healing him in familiar
areas until we have walked a sufficient enough distance so that it should be
easier for him to do what he needs to. Sadly, sometimes, if I take the
harness off altogether, and just  heel him and use my cane, he walks fine. 
Again, I mainly seem to be having this problem outside.

There was a space of about two days last week when he did not poop. I began
to grow concerned, as I could tell he made many attempts to do so. I am
currently feeding him Pro Plan Chicken And Rice. My vet has informed me that
he feeds that to his own dogs, and the problems with Purina do not effect
that line of food. Yahtzee  was doing fine on this food for quite a while,
so I don't understand what's up now.

Okay. Last Friday, he pooped three times  within a four hour segment. It
seems his schedule is normalizing again, but his stools this morning were
extremely hard. I am wondering if dogs, like some of us, can suffer
diberticulitis and irratable bowel syndrome?

Okay. So, flash back to around 5 years ago. Hava and I were living in our
previous town house, and unexpectedly, a container of raw cooking oats fell
off the kitchen table on to the floor. With the lid of the container being
rather weak, the container opened up, and most of the remaining oats therein
got scattered all over the immediate area of the kitchen floor. 
Unexpectedly, but on cue like a sports player, Keeper, my current guide at
the time, (same breeds as Yahtzee), rushed in and gobbled down the entire
mess of oats. (Both dogs are back-cross Black Lab/Golden Retriever.) I was
momentarily shocked, and tried to stop him due as a means of enforcing
proper etiquette. However, there was no stopping Keeper, who was happily
sucking in the oats as if they were a prized treat. I figured, "Oh well, I
guess they won't harm him." My theory turned out to be correct.

I'm trying to get my vet on the phone to schedule a follow-up appointment
concerning the infection on his paw, but the line is eternally busy. I was
going to ask him this question as well, but I thought why not ask my fellow
users. Would there be any harm in adding some raw oats to Yahtzee's diet in
order to enhance his fiber? I would really hate to change his food at this
point, as it seems the other quality foods out there give him loose tools,
and seem to cause itching. No vets have proven it, but I am beginning to
suspect that Yahtzee may have a problem with wheat-based dog foods. Has
anyone else ever given raw oats to their dogs? I understand that many dog
foods are made with oats. Or, is there a better fiber supplement that I
should consider?

Once again, I am backlogged on list messages, so please be sure to send a
carbon copy of any responses to the list to me as well.

Thanks!

Chaim

Chaim B. Segal
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Sinclair College
Dayton, Ohio

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