Natural Remedies

This is an excellent site for natural remedies, this is the link for the pet products.
There is a section for people as well. I really like their products.

http://www.nativeremedies.com/petalive/index.html

Original Author: KeyStoneK9

Dog Waste Composter Step-By-Step
http://homepage.mac.com/cityfarmer/PhotoAlbum22.html

1. Use an old garbage bin.
2. Drill holes in the sides.
3. Use a keyhole saw to cut out the bottom.
4. Dig a hole in the ground for the bin.
5. Toss rocks into the hole for drainage.
6. When you place dog waste in the hole, add a septic starter and water.
7. The waste decomposes and enters the subsoil. It is not used on garden beds.


Original Author: Packov Dogues

Dog Skin Problems

After you bath the dog fill a container of some sort, half with vinegar and half water.
Poor it over the dog and then rub it into the coat to make sure it gets down to the skin.
Rinse it out with water after.
Vinegar re-balances the ph of the skin. It keeps the skin healthy.
It keeps all kinds of skin problems away because it is an acid.
It makes waxy coats fluffy and gets rid of dry flaky skin.
www.earthclinic.com/Pets/acvfordogs.html
Regular white vinegar works well or you can use apple cider vinegar.
I use a vinegar & water rinse on the dogs after every bath.

Healthy Ears
I make a mixture of vinegar, water and a drop of dish soap and shake it up in an old ear wash bottle.
The vinegar & water keeps their ears healthy & pink. It kills bacteria and yeast and keeps the ear healthy and the drop of dish soap keeps ear mites away because they like to have direct contact with the skin.

The vinegar needs to be cut with the water so it doesn't burn the skin, but is still acidy enough to kill bacteria & discourage parasites. The vinegar seems to make the outer shell of fleas soft too.

The vinegar needs to be diluted, about 50% vinegar or just a little less and the rest water. Straight vinegar can be used on a problem spot, but needs to be rinsed off right after. If you leave straight vinegar on the skin too long it will burn it and leave it a little red, you don't want that.

If a dog licks it's feet & legs and makes them red as some dogs do, you use the mixture or straight vinegar in a spray bottle after a bath and spray the legs to make sure they get a good dose of it, and then rinse them well.
Some people think their dog licks it's feet raw because it is bored, it is usually a bacteria on the skin that can easily be killed with the vinegar.
I had a relative who's dog licked it's feet like that.

Start by bathing them with shampoo first and then the vinegar rinse the first day and then just do the vinegar rinse every few days without shampooing. You may see improvement with the skin within a few days to a couple weeks. The fur takes about 6 weeks to grow in new and healthy.

original author: KeyStoneK9

2008 Is Here !!
I hope everyone had fun New Years Eve. New Years Day is done, did everyone recuperate? It's back to work tomorrow for most people. I know, but at least it will be a short week.