Posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The following two posts is an article I read in a horse magazine that I thought would be of interest. although it is a horse article, do not shy away!! The horse industry (unfortunately due to the mega bucks in the racing and breeding of TB), has spent billions of dollars of research on bone diseases and the like. Many studies which have helped our fast growing, large breed animals It is from these researches at the Universities that many of our cures for diseases arrive from. I personally have saved 2 dogs who would have otherwise been euthanized, by bringing to the attention of my vet some of these findings. He then contacts the University and with their participation and guidance, we were able to save these 2 dogs. Read, read and read all you can and bring these findings to your vet and if he's a good one, he will be eager to look into them for you. The following is about a finding that OCD may be related to insulin levels. For non-horse people, young horses grow at a very rapid speed, such as our Danes, and if you can believe it, even faster. They also have many of the same bone problems related to rapid growth. FYI - Definition of some of the words used in article Foals - baby horses Colts - boys Fillies - bitches, oops I mean girls! Sweet Feed - is simply horse food with molasses added I chose to retype the article in its entirety so that nothing will be misconstrued, it is very long so if you choose, you can just hit delete, and move on to other posts. These magazines can be found at almost all Petsmart and PETCO stores. If only the dog world would have magazines like these. I have learned more about nutrition, diseases, cures since I have gotten horses and subscribed to these magazines. It has kept me on the cutting edge re: health matters that even affect my dogs. EQUUS is the best one, followed by Horse Illustrated. Well here goes, remember they are long. I won't feel offended if you delete them! Heck, I won't even know if you do!!! Rhiannon
