Posts by desertpenguin

We adopted an 8 mo Great Dane on Friday from the shelter. He was an owner surrender and has very minimal training - he is house trained and that's about it. I went to our backyard today with the gentle lead collar and leash on him to...

i googled and eventually came across this link: heartworm treatment and prevention - with herbs. hth.

we just adopted an 8 mo Great Dane at the shelter on Friday. he was only there for 2 weeks and while he was there he caught a respiratory illness, for which the vet gave us an antibiotic. a friend told me that i should be giving him a...

salt outside on the ground will kill plants and grass, etc. you can purchase food-grade DE online for pretty reasonable and i don't think it will kill any of the plants. i have read that beneficial nematodes (which can also be ordered...

Quote: Originally Posted by greenmagick I definitely would not do corrections on this dog....I really dont believe in them for any dog, but especially not for an already fearful one! That is not to say you wont have to...

we like the OK coop that was already posted, and we also shop at the The Health Food Center since it is the closest health food store to us. i use Community Midwifery Services. the other midwifery group runs the homebirth support...

i wouldn't leave your lo alone with your dh either. my dh is gone basically 4 days a week so i'm pretty much on my own with our 2 kids during that time. it can be hard, but it's doable, and definitely worth it to save your breastfeeding...

i prefer food sources of probiotics (for adults, not babies not ready for solids)...homemade kefir and yogurt, raw sauerkraut/kimchi. you get a wider variety of probiotics that way and you know they'll make it down to your intestines.

oysters, but then you have to worry about contamination issues. here's a list of zinc food sources.

i like quinoa and quinoa flakes but they taste nothing like oats. haha. i think quinoa is an acquired taste.