[Easywolf]

Hi there,

My dog Wolf has had ear infections around 4 times now.

From what I can tell, I really dont think it's from food. I think it's some type of parasites from outdoors or uncleaned areas.

Make sure you clean all the spots regurarly where he hangs out, watch his ears regurarly for the symptoms, usually dark blotches and spots, etc and my Vet always gives him Surolan. 1 ML in the infected ear once a day for 14 days, costs around 30-40$. It always cures him.

Good luck, it's been one year since mine had an ear infection.

[trumpetjock]

Originally Posted by kiihara

Thank you for the advice, many people have suggested i try raw, i'm going to the grocery tonight and i'll begin raw tomarrow morning. I really hope that the answer is so easy haha .... Also on another note i had to get Adolwolf on the scale to measure his portion ... haha my baby boy 1 yr and 3 months 204lbs. It almost seems strange, i never noticed him totally passing me in size ... it's almost like one day he tried to climb into my lap and i realized i couldn't breath! Lol... thank you for all you help and taking the time to read !!

Any update on this? Need any advice or help on the raw diet at all?

[kiihara]

Yea actually i have been seeing a change ... it's going slow ... but the small from his ear is no where near as bad as it was. And the goo inside had changed from blackish nastiness to almost clear nastiness. And alot of the swelling has gone down. And he doesn't seem to be as irritated as he was .... meaning when i would try and look in the ear he would try and roll over onto his left side lol. Now he just gives me this "Fine but hurry up" look. Lol.

I've been doing the chicken as you suggested, but i've also given him some beef hearts, turkey necks, and liver. I'm giving him some canned pumpkin once in awhile, or cottage cheese. I'm trying to learn as much as i can as fast as i can, to give them some varity. So anything BIG you notice that i'm missing ... lol pointers are always welcome!! Thank you guys so much for all the help!!


BTW i changed two of my dogs to raw now. However i have a 3rd, the APBT Pandorum, can i feed the same to the puppy? As long as i go by weight? Or do they need a different diet in the growing stages? She is still eating Blue buffalo puppy, but i would like them to all be raw if possible, thanks in advance !!

[trumpetjock]

I would stick to the chicken for the first two weeks. Adding in organs and a ton of variety right away can cause some serious digestive problems. The general guideline is to add one new protein every two weeks, very gradually.

As far as the puppy, you can feed raw to a puppy for sure! You can do the weights you need in one of two ways, you can either do 10% of current body weight, and adjust from there, or you can do the normal 2% of the expected adult body weight. Either way, those numbers are just a starting point. If your pup starts getting fat, dial it back a few ounces until they are trim again and vice versa if they are getting skinny.

[kiihara]

Ok, and thank you again. I will cut back on the other except the chicken. He didn't even get the runs from switching to raw, or adding in the heart. But Fila's are an extremely old breed. I've had people tell me that most are tolerant of just about any diet, but i have to admit i was expecting the runs for a few days at least. lol oh well no use in complaining about a good thing riight?

[Easywolf]

I forgot to add that it could be from mosquito bites that cause them to scratch their ears, than bleed, than get infected.