by Dr Greg on November 13, 2009
Greg cracks open the first box of Dog Dish Diet books.
Yes, I have books. Boxes and boxes of Dog Dish Diet: Sensible Nutrition for Your Dog’s Health in my “warehouse.” You’ll see why I put that in quotes when you look at the photos.
There’s nothing quite like holding your own book in your hands. And this one has been a long time coming…even elephant gestation has nothing on this process.
29 years as a veterinarian observing and treating a range of common ailments and chronic illnesses among [click to continue…]
by Dr Greg on October 29, 2009
With a title like that, I have to be selling something…right? Do I want to draw people to my website to buy my book? You betcha! Can the info in the book prevent tumors? I believe so. Let’s talk about it.
Dogs have several classes or different types of “masses” or growths that grow on the skin or under it. The most
sucking cells out of tumor or mass
common type is a papilloma or warty growth that slowly grows on the skin in middle-aged to older dogs. Next is the lipoma, or fatty growth underneath the skin or between the muscle layers. The nastiest and most dangerous skin tumor spreads locally and internally (metastasis= Meta (change) + stasis (stays in one place)). Its name is the mast cell tumor. This is the skin tumor vets want to rule out by aspirating a suspicious lump or mass. Looking at the cells we suck out of the mass often lets us know what we need to do. I say often because [click to continue…]
by Dr Greg on October 4, 2009
This tick is engorged with the dog's blood
Tick-borne diseases are those carried and spread by blood-sucking ticks, which inadvertently ingest these “hitchhikers” and transfer them to the next victim. If the immune system of the new host doesn’t fight them off, a tick-borne disease can cause the animal to become ill. [click to continue…]
by Dr Greg on September 28, 2009
As I wrote in my Thursday post, I’m recently returned from a trek up California’s Mt. Whitney. To my 
thinking, every day spent in nature is to be treasured. I told you too about the portly little marmot that’s a Poster Rodent for my fight to cut carbohydrates and calories in the diets of our pets–both dogs and cats. I lay out a path to better nutrition and dog [click to continue…]
by Dr Greg on August 22, 2009
Wouldn’t it be great to have a sense of smell like dogs do? You could tell where family members have been, and who they have been with by the odors left on their clothes. In fact, if you were lost you might be able to “smell” your way home by the odors of plants, trees, or activities present in your neighborhood. Dogs rely on their sense of smell as much as their owners rely on vision for [click to continue…]
by Dr Greg on August 14, 2009
As Lonna and I wrap up a marvelous vacation in the Azores and enjoy the days
we’ve spent together with good friends, it’s time again to focus on the business of dogs and their diets.
Actually, the subject is never completely out of my mind. More than a week ago I went into a pet shop in Lisbon and saw that Royal Canin dry dog food was on display. One rabbit hunter here (that is the only thing to hunt) feeds his 13 dogs Purina dry dog food that he buys from the US military base here.
Here in Angra, a small town, on the island of Terceira there are French Briards, German Shepherds, Boxers and various crosses standing on every wall guarding their territory. They are the alarm [click to continue…]
by Dr Greg on August 8, 2009
Cousin Strider's gone to pot! Yeah, what do you suppose he's eating these days?
One of my great concerns is that the foods we are feeding our dogs today are so far removed from the diet of both wolves and the early ancestors of our dogs. It’s not just the fact that animals in the wild survive on a natural diet of game, berries and whatever they can forage, it’s the ratio of proteins, fats and carbohydrates that’s way off. In Dr. Greg’s Dog Dish Diet: Sensible Nutrition for Your Dog’s Health, I explain the difference between the typical commercial diet and the natural wolf diet…and what this should tell us about feeding our dogs. I use what I know as a vet (30 years in practice), a lifelong dog owner and as a student of wolves’ natural diet to suggest simple but important changes you can make in your own dog’s diet. I feel certain that NOT feeding our dogs’ inner wolf is the source of a lot of problems, ranging from dry, itchy skin and red, gooey ears to upset stomach and bowel disorders…and much more that I go into in the Dog Dish Diet. (By the way, these illustrations are by Caleb Laughlin and appear in the book.) Bone Appetit!
by Dr Greg on June 18, 2009
I taught a class at the middle school about how Dr Greg checks out the heart and circulation. The kids put all kinds of instruments on me and listened to my heart. They said I was a good dog…and healthy. Tucker
