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Cheryl composed with style:
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Phil P. composed with style:

Don't forget to read the foreword by William Shatner.... Now
there's a real "authority" on veterinary nutrition! He studied
veterinary nutrition at Star Fleet Academy!!! LOL!

He's entitled to his opinion, as are we all.

/Actor William Shatner has been a Doberman Pinscher enthusast for
more than 30 years. "A dog in my life is as natural as kinds or a
car," he says. One of his dogs, named "Kirk" after the futuristic
space captain he has made famous in the TV and cinema Star Trek
serious, place second in its breed competition at Westminster, the
country's most prestigious dog show")/

During the mid-1970s, "Heidi", one of my young Dobermans, was having
great difficulties standing. It was "wobblers syndrome" and she
would have to be put down, one vet said.

I went to Al Plechner for a second opinion. He looked at the xrays
and said it wasn't wobblers. To my amazement, he said the problem
was diet and that he thought he could improve "Heidi" merely by
changing her food. I followed his recommendations, and in a couple
of weeks the dog was much better. Soon she was perfectly normal
again, and stayed that way, a very healthy dog, until she died at
age 14.

"Heidi's" problem was, of all things, a beef allergy that severely
affected her hind legs. Once beef was removed from her diet, she
was fine.

I have been breeding Dobermans for many years and have watched with
great alarm the genetic problems that are increasingly afflicting
this breed - thin, falling hair, sores, dry coat, chronic cough.

The Dobies of the past were not the same genetically damaged animals
as today's Dobies. The more inbred they have become, the more
problems have surfaced. As you will see in this revealing book a
crisis in health and survival has developed that envelopes not just
Dobermans, but many many breeds of dogs and cats.

Al Plechner's innovative research into food, allergies and hormonal
relationships has had a big impact on the health of my dogs. All of
them, thanks to him, are doing just fine.

What Al practices, I believe, is the cutting edge of veterinary
medicine. He is a concerned animal doctor who cares about his
animals, someone not content to merely treat the symptoms on
diseases. He looks for their causes.

As the results of improper breeding becomes more and more evident
in the growing incidence of disease, the work of dedicated people
like Al Plechner becomes all that more important.

William Shatner
Los Angeles, March 1990

Full of typos, but I had to type it out longhand. lol Translate the
obvious mistakes and you get the idea.

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PawsForThought composed with style:

Great information, Cheryl. I've been wanting to read that book.

You should get it; only US $8 on Amazon (don't bother with the used
books, my order for used got cancelled)

Mo
"Too much of any one food - such as beef - can overload the fragile
system in a sensitive animal's gut. Some creature may tolerate
perhaps only 2-3 grams (there are 450 in a pound) of an offending food
without reacting, but give him 4 grams and you overwhelm the
threshold, causing signs of overt disease. Infinitesimal amounts can
indeed light the fuse.

There can also be a seasonal connection here. An animal may tolerate
an allergenic food during the winter, but when insects and pollens of
spring and summer enter the picture, tolerance may vanish. A
summation effect, that is, the combination of food and environmental
allergens can throw an animal into allergic episodes. "

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PawsForThought composed with style:

Great information, Cheryl. I've been wanting to read that book.

You should get it; only US $8 on Amazon (don't bother with the used
books, my order for used got cancelled)

Mo
"Too much of any one food - such as beef - can overload the fragile
system in a sensitive animal's gut. Some creature may tolerate
perhaps only 2-3 grams (there are 450 in a pound) of an offending food
without reacting, but give him 4 grams and you overwhelm the
threshold, causing signs of overt disease. Infinitesimal amounts can
indeed light the fuse.

There can also be a seasonal connection here. An animal may tolerate
an allergenic food during the winter, but when insects and pollens of
spring and summer enter the picture, tolerance may vanish. A
summation effect, that is, the combination of food and environmental
allergens can throw an animal into allergic episodes. "

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Rona Yuthasastrakosol composed with style:

If not, it
seems to me that digesting any food that one is not designed to
digest can only result in problems at some point down the line.
But if introduced to grains slowly and in small amounts, a cat's
system would have time to adapt and might be more accepting of it.

That is an interesting thought.

In ,
Rona Yuthasastrakosol composed with style:

If not, it
seems to me that digesting any food that one is not designed to
digest can only result in problems at some point down the line.
But if introduced to grains slowly and in small amounts, a cat's
system would have time to adapt and might be more accepting of it.

That is an interesting thought.

From: "Cheryl"

Phil P. composed with style:

Don't forget to read the foreword by William Shatner.... Now
there's a real "authority" on veterinary nutrition! He studied
veterinary nutrition at Star Fleet Academy!!! LOL!

He's entitled to his opinion, as are we all.

Absolutely. Just because he's an actor is that supposed to mean he can't have
pets and experiences with his pets? Geez, how ridiculous.
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See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

From: "Cheryl"

Phil P. composed with style:

Don't forget to read the foreword by William Shatner.... Now
there's a real "authority" on veterinary nutrition! He studied
veterinary nutrition at Star Fleet Academy!!! LOL!

He's entitled to his opinion, as are we all.

Absolutely. Just because he's an actor is that supposed to mean he can't have
pets and experiences with his pets? Geez, how ridiculous.
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

Go back and do a google search. I've given references, Steve Crane has given
references and there are probably more from Phil. However, you don't want to
accept the truth or you would have learned from the many times that info has
been posted here. If you want to go through life being ignorant, I can't stop
you!

References regarding a bunch of dogs while I used references regarding
cats. Well, if we are to accept references regarding dogs, we must
also accept references regarding rats. Bunch of losers.

Go back and do a google search. I've given references, Steve Crane has given
references and there are probably more from Phil. However, you don't want to
accept the truth or you would have learned from the many times that info has
been posted here. If you want to go through life being ignorant, I can't stop
you!

References regarding a bunch of dogs while I used references regarding
cats. Well, if we are to accept references regarding dogs, we must
also accept references regarding rats. Bunch of losers.

Absolutely. Just because he's an actor is that supposed to mean he can't
have
pets and experiences with his pets? Geez, how ridiculous.

Some people think that celebrities are more of an authority on any given topic
or subject BECAUSE they are celebrities. For example, what makes Dick van
Patten an authority on animal nutrition? He has his name on a food, for
example.