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GREATDANELADY.COM Linda Arndt ~ Canine Nutritional Consultant Email:  |
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Blackwatch Feed Program for PANO |
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For a phone consultation with the Great Dane Lady, about your puppy's condition you must set up an appointment 24 hours in advance by calling: 1-765-284-8288 and setting up an appointment in advance.
Fill out this HELP FORM and mail to: 1stchoicenaturals@comcast.net Pano is known as Wandering Lameness or Eosinophilic Panosteitis, and is due to rapid growth.... and it also happens in fast growing children, particularly males. Pano is a self-limiting disease and will have spontaneous recovery in time. If left too long without a change in diet to reduce the pain there will be muscle wasting, something we want to avoid. The age for this condition can be from 6-14 months in large and giant breeds, with most cases seen from 9-12 months. We fix this problem by assessing the feeding program you are currently on, then make recommendations for changes to help the support of your dog's developmental growth. This may involve a change in brand and amount of food and will mean some supplements to rebalance the system so the growth patterns are slow and even. Pano or Panosteitis is the least threatening of the developmental orthopedic diseases. Pano is due to excessive growth rate which effects the long bones of the legs and often switches legs from day to day. This is from consuming too many calories than is actually needed by the body, or eating a diet with poor quality minerals, a mineral imbalance or lacking micro minerals. We can stop this condition quicker by slowing the growth rate with an appropriate quality food in measured amounts, adding MSM-Nutritioinal Sulfur to the diet to help with malabsorption issues, and Dietary Enzymes to help with inflammation. Please do not use Rimadyl or Deramaxx on this breed. They are fragile enough without compromising their liver functions. ALERT: An allergic reaction Chephalexin or the Sulfonamide antibiotics is often misdiagnosed as HOD or Pano in young AND adult dogs. True Pano does not happen in dogs after the growth plates are closed at 18 months, but an allergic relation to antibiotics can happen at any stage of the dogs life and mimic of Pano or HOD. Blackwatch Feed Program PANO
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FOOD FOR PANO -The food I want you to try and locate for your dog with Pano, is Precise Holistic Complete Large/Giant Breed Puppy Food which is a 23%protein/12% fat. I helped to design this food specifically for slow growth in these big dogs. Then once the dog is past 12 months you can move to any of the other Precise Holistic Complete foods. 2. SUPPLEMENT KIT FOR PANO - All Ages & Breeds 3. OPTIONS FOR VARIETY - To add some variety to your dogs life, use a holistic canned food or a dehydrated RAW meat diet because it is balanced in calcium and phosphorus as well as tested for pathogens and parasites, unlike what you get from the store. I like to use Honest Kitchen Dehydrated Raw Foods, this allows me to use a component of raw along with my Precise kibble and it includes fruits, veggies and botanicals. I like the Embark, but they have several others that work (Force, Thrive, Keen, etc). so you can rotate for variety and sounder nutritional practices. If you are into feeding a totally raw diet or raw with your kibble the brand I use and recommend is Darwins - and the ship it right to your door. Again, Please do not feed growing large and giant breeds a totally raw diet until they are past their drastic growth stages - 10 months. 4 lbs of dehydrated raw makes up to 17# of wet food! Linda's Very Veggie Soup For Variety or Weight Loss - 2
large cans of Organic chicken or beef broth - (low sodium for heart or elderly
dogs- or homemade). Add LOTS of veggies - carrots, green beans, wax beans,
peas, carrots, kale, zucchini, squash, tomatoes, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and couple
cloves of garlic and Celtic Sea Salt (only this type). The idea is to use this as the filler so you want
it to be hearty and filling. OTHER KITS FOR YOUR DOGS FOR WELLNESS AND LONGEVITY CORE 4 Kits for - Puppys and Adults LINKS TO HELP YOU LOCATE FOOD: Precise Pet Foods - What I feed my dogs. NutriSource - PurVita - Planet Organics Pet Foods - my back up diet Honest Kitchen Dehydrated Raw My List of Better Foods Darwins Raw Diet Raw Food Options Diets for Dogs With Specific Health Needs Let's Talk MORE about Dog Foods ..... Dog Foods - I like to give pet owners a variety of foods on my list of better foods (see above) so you have options to pick from for your pets. I only support the holistically minded "family owned" pet food companies and independant retailers. I do not support the large corporate pet food companies or large corporate retailers due to a "difference in philosophy". I have concerns over the unknown quality of ingredients, qualitiy of premix supplementation (types/levels), manufacturing, consistancy in of sourcing ingredients and unknowns in quality control and safe testing of the foods before market. I feed 80% kibble 20 % Honest Kitchen Dehydrated Raw to my adults. Puppies I ease them into the Honest Kitchen as a mixer or gravy for their kibble. > Holistic Dry Kibble - Meat based w/ quality grains OR Grain Free I do not have a problem with a meat based diet that uses quality whole grains for their carbohydrate componennt, as long as it is low or no gluten and with fiber intact such as whole brown rice and oats. NO wheat, corn or soy!! My first recommendation is one of the foods from the Precise or Precise Holistic Complete lineup of foods. All their foods are meat based, with quality, low gluten grains such as oats and brown rice OR their new PHC Grain Free with meat and chickpea which is no gluten, low glycemic index - perfect for dogs with allergies, yeast issues, cancer, diabetes...as well as healthy dogs. For Large & Giant Breed Puppies Use: Puppy Guidelines - How to Raise A Puppy - (print out) Importance of a Crate and Crate Training For Large & Giant Breed Adults - You have several options: Precise Competition Formula 27% protein 17% fat - great for pregnancy, showing, agility, rally, obedience etc. Precise Holistic Complete - Senior - All Breeds -26% protein 11% fat - they maintain muscle mass, feel good, want to play and exercise yet the fat content is lower so they can loose weight but not coat. These are all life stage formulas so they will support growth and elderly dogs with adequate calcium levels. They also support pregnancy and lactation. For Small/Medium Breeds: Precise Competition Formula 27% protein 17% fat - great for pregnancy, showing, agility, rally, obedience etc. tThese are all life stage formulas so they will support growth and elderly dogs with adequate calcium levels. They also support pregnancy and lactation Precise Holistic Complete - Senior - All Breeds -26% protein 10% fat - they maintain muscle mass, feel good, want to play and exercise yet the fat content is lower so they can loose weight but not coat. Common Sense Feeding Information I feed my adults 2 times a day, puppies 3-4 times depending on age and by 16 weeks they should be on 2 times a day feedings.
Drinking Water: Withholding water for fear of bloat is a myth. Stress is the cause and bloat/torsion is the response. It is much more complicated that simply saying water is the cause of bloat. Dogs with special dietary needs can use one of the Special CORE 4 Kits or have a program specifically designed for your pets.
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