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Originally Posted by pstinard  Very true. That's why I would think that feeding trials would be stopped at the first sign of deteriorating health. I believe that's what they do for the all-too-brief AAFCO feeding trials. I think a long term life long study would be more appropriate in terms of trying to prove something more subtle, such as differences in feeding natural vs. synthetic vitamins, or nutritionally complete kibble vs. canned vs. raw vs. home cooked foods.
BTW, this thread has me remembering back to the German Shepherd we had when I was a child. She died of massive organ failure at the age of 10 years and bled out of every orifice, and now I have to wonder whether she was poisoned by a toxic batch of dog food. |
I dont know what year this was you were referring to, but back when I was a teen ager, we had a little chicuahua and something NEW had just come out...a SHOT to prevent them from coming in heat! Well, we signed up for this new fabulous medical advancement....every 6 months, Christy got a shot to keep her from coming into heat! It worked like a charm! It worked for about 6 years....then she hemorrhaged to death one day.....she was bleeding from every orifice she had...we rushed her to the vet that I was working for, he worked and worked to save her...they were not doing all the medical intervention they do now....I do not remember blood transfusions being available (1964-65)....that poor baby died.....
Maybe you were also giving this shot to your GS???
I have never ever again given any "new injections" for anything they have come up with since then...I think the last time I was at my vet office last month, I saw a poster advertising a shot against heartworms???!!! NOT in THIS lifetime!!!!!