I'm afraid I can't make the connection between neutering and diet and coat. I can certainly agree that diet affects a dog's coat neutered or not. But when you have both intact and desexed all eating the same diet and only the desexed ones have a wooly coat, something doesn't add up. If there is in fact a connection, then it suggests to me that the health of the neutered dog has been compromised.
Jean Kingston Waawaaskone Reg'd. Cavaliers A Fancy For Glass http://www.cartogra.com/rs/67CF4CD0-65F5-11D6-B42B-0090277A760E ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alida Margolin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 9:24 PM Subject: [CKCS-L] neutering and coat, weight > (Jean Kingston wrote, <<<... It really bothers me when my pet people come > back after spaying/neutering and ask me why their dog's coat has gone all > wooly and they have gotten oversize or it is such a problem keeping their > weight down. They bought this breed expecting them to grow into something > that looks similar to the example they saw in my dogs and I really can't > blame them for being disappointed. >>>) > > Jean, I've read in the past (believe it was on this list as well as others) > that diet is one of the factors contributing to wooly coat after neutering. > (I'm sure there are other factors, of course.) I'll soon enter my 3rd year > feeding a barf diet and have just one neutered male so I don't have > experience with numbers, but I wouldn't be surprised if diet is the reason > his coat is so silky (not the brillo-coat I've seen on so many others). > When I've asked, I've learned those others' owners (without exception) feed > their dogs commercial foods like Eukanuba or Science Diet or the like. (My > guess is that high-quality commercial foods like Canidae might give better > results?) It might be interesting to ask your pet people what they've been > feeding? > > Re weight, I think most pets *probably* don't get as much exercise as they > need, plus it can be so hard to resist that sweet face when it comes to > extra snacks. I watch his diet a lot better than mine! It might be no > coincidence that Phyllis (in a different context!) referred to Clean Plate > Club USA... (Now Remy wants a gold-framed membership certificate hanging > above his bowl, LOL.) > Alida > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. > ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
