Dogs, Diet, & Disease: An Owner's Guide to Diabetes Mellitus, Pancreatitis, Cushing's Disease, & More

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"Dogs, Diet, and Disease" delves into some of today's most troubling canine illnesses, including diabetes mellitus, pancreatitis, Cushing disease, hypothyroidism, liver disease, and kidney degeneration. Levin takes an indepth look at the factors that cause canine illness, examines options for treatment, and provides detailed instructions on how to feed and care for chronically ill dogs.

Topics include:
• Normal canine metabolism and digestion
• Easy-to-understand explanations of the disease processes
• Concepts of autoimmune disease
• Commercial diets, home-cooked diets, and fresh food diets
• Digestive enzymes and other nutritional aides
• How to care for Cushinoid dogs
• Giving insulin injections and home blood glucose testing
• Related ophthalmic diseases and treatment
• Urinary tract disease, infection and incontinence
• Liver, thyroid, and dental issues
• Emotional support for owners

Customer Reviews:

Good Product.......2007-05-15

This book has helped me a great deal with the diagnosis of my canine. I would suggest it to anyone facing these diseases.

Book Review.......2007-03-09

This book was exceptional in the help it provided with my newly sick dogs. I was able to find many ways to help them and me through this.

An Excellent Guide.......2006-11-03

I am a veterinary assistant, but by no means an expert on diabetes in dogs. My heart sank when one of my dogs was diagnosed with diabetes with an initial glucose level of 570. I was shocked, since she was neither overweight, was on a high fiber diet, plenty of exercise and is a mutt. We were in good shape.
As soon as she was diagnosed with diabetes I purchased this book and have to say it was a God sent. It took away my fears of her not being able to live a normal , active, happy life. It is very reassuring to know that Caroline Levin is a registered nurse and most of all has had the experience of having had a dog with diabetes. She has done all the research for us with dogs with Diabetes, Panceatitis, Cushing's Disease etc.. This book is so comprehensive that it answered all of my questions.
My dog is happy and active and with a few lifestyle changes we are in good shape again.
Thank you Ms. Levin for sharing your knowledge and experience.

Dogs, Diet & Disease: An Owner's Guide to Diabetes Mellitus, Pancreatitis, Cushing's Disease, & More.......2006-11-01

Informative book especially for someone who has a dog with one of the abovementioned diseases. It helped me understand more about diabetes and what I should do to best take care of my dog.

This book turned sorrow into solutions.......2006-07-23

Having just been diagnosed this year with diabetes, my beloved Coco and I were struggling with the newness of our changed routine, diet, schedule etc. This book helped educate me and put it all in perspective and find the right program for Coco.
Understanding led to action which led to strength and control of our new situation. A must read for all canine diabetes families.

The Dog's Drugstore: A Dog Owner's Guide to Nonprescription Drugs and Their Safe Use in Veterinary Home-Care

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Rx for Dogs

The Dog's Drugstore: A Dog Owner's Guide to Nonprescription Drugs and Their Safe Use in Veterinary Home-Care
Richard W. Redding , and Myrna Papurt
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0312978898

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DO YOU KNOW WHICH OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS ARE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE FOR USE IN DOGS? WHICH ARE USELESS OR EVEN DANGEROUS?For the concerned dog owner, today's array of veterinary home-care options can be bewildering. THE DOG'S DRUGSTORE breaks through this confusion. Included here are:* Comprehensive listings of conditions, their symptoms, and their treatments * Recommended medicine dosages for all sizes and breeds of dogs * How to tell if your dog is in pain-and which pain medications work best * Tricks and tips to get your dog to take his medicine * How to treat minor wounds, sprains, and other injuries * When your dog really needs to see the vet * The best nonprescription treatments for fleas, ticks, and worms * How to avoid accidental poisoning * Important information on herbal remedies for dogs * Keeping your dog's medical history * Organizations of interest Featuring clear illustrations to help you identify common conditions and step-by-step instructions on each step of home treatment, this encyclopedic volume will fill a void in every dog owner's bookshelf. With THE DOG'S DRUGSTORE, learn when and how to treat your pooch's sniffles and sprains-and save your pet a trip to the vet. AUTHORBIO: RICHARD W. REDDING, D.V.M., M.Sc., Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus of Physiology and Small Animal Surgery and Medicine at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Auburn University in Alabama. He has also taught veterinary medicine at the University of California, Davis, and the University of Georgia, Athens, and was a Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He is a noted researcher and author. He lives in Auburn, Alabama.MYRNA L. PAPURT, D.V.M., B.Sc., has practiced veterinary medicine for more than thirty years and is the author of three previous books on caring for dogs and cats. In her leisure time, she has trained and competed with several breeds of dogs in American Kennel Club shows and licensed field trials. She lives on a farm in Huntsburg, Ohio, with her many animals.

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God information.......2007-03-09

This should be on every pet owners bookshelf. It's a fairly cheap looking paperback but the information is useful.

Rx for Dogs.......2000-06-24

Finally, a useful book for the layman.I was very disappointed in the layout (editing) of the book. The reader must fumble through the book to find tables for medications to treat various conditions. The medical advice is sound and very useful. Revamp the book with an index that is usable.

Veterinary Guide for Animal Owners: Cattle, Goats, Sheep, Horses, Pigs, Poultry, Rabbits, Dogs, Cats

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Practical Guide
Must have!
Veterinary Guide for Animal Owners
Excellent Reference
THE ANSWERS CAN ALL BE FOUND IN HERE

Veterinary Guide for Animal Owners: Cattle, Goats, Sheep, Horses, Pigs, Poultry, Rabbits, Dogs, Cats
C. E. Spaulding , and Jackie Clay
Manufacturer: Rodale Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0875969674

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This easy-to-use reference guide provides everything you need to know about caring for and treating pets and barnyard animals. With complete chapters on cats, cows, dogs, goats, horses, pigs, poultry, rabbits, and sheep, it includes hundreds of strategies for preventing and curing common problems.

* How to sex a rabbit
* The best way to dehorn a buck
* Preventing cannibalism in chickens
* Treating saddle sores
* Controlling shock
* Nail care for dogs and cats
* Giving medications

. . . And much more!

Veterinary Guide for Animal Owners provides a wealth of practical, no-nonsense information that no animal owner should be without.

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Practical Guide.......2007-10-11

A good reference my wife and I have already found useful in dealing with our outside farm animals.

Must have!.......2007-01-05

This book is a must have for anyone who wants to have farm animals and doesn't know anything about animals. It is in depth and informative with instructions on how to enclose, feed and care for your farm animals. It is truthful about when you need a vet and when you don't, if you want to save money, time and energy read this book before you buy your land, animals and equipment!

Veterinary Guide for Animal Owners.......2005-09-07

The book contained all the info I was looking for

Excellent Reference.......2001-06-17

At our house, you never know what the kids will bring home next or the parents for that matter. This book has been a quick reference on any new species introduced to our household as far as domesticated animals---we do have a gecko and unfortuately there is no info on exotics in this book. It has become a well worn book as we thumbed through finding answers to problems and also on ways to prevent future problems. We have 3 cats, 2 dogs, a bunch of chickens(cochins and silkies), 2 pigs, a pygmy goat, a shetland sheep and an African Fat tailed Gecko so we needed a book that would cover a lot and this has answered many questions. It has more than paid for itself----if it saves just one vet visit!

THE ANSWERS CAN ALL BE FOUND IN HERE.......2000-08-19

This book more than paid for itself in the first 15 minutes of reading. As the owner of 2 cows, 3 cats, 7 dogs, & 8 goats, I have been using this book as my animal bible. It's written in terms that everyone can understand and the directions are clear and precise. It's saved me many calls and visits to my vet. This is a MUST HAVE book for every pet or animal owner.

Skin Diseases of Dogs and Cats: A Guide for Pet Owners and Professionals

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Best Resource Book I've Found!

Skin Diseases of Dogs and Cats: A Guide for Pet Owners and Professionals
Steven A. Melman
Manufacturer: Dermapet
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Binding: Paperback

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Best Resource Book I've Found!.......2007-04-01

This is the best book on skin diseases of dogs and cats I've found. Very complete and well written. A necessary resource book for breeders and other professions. Invaluable!!!!!

Think Dog: An Owner's Guide to Canine Psychology

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Excellent read for any dog owner or trainer
Not worth the read
Great read; Excellent reference
everyone agrees
Marvelous reading!

Think Dog: An Owner's Guide to Canine Psychology
John Fisher
Manufacturer: Trafalgar Square Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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How to be the Leader of the Pack...And have Your Dog Love You For It. ("How to" booklets from Dog's Best Friend)

ASIN: 1570760365

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Excellent read for any dog owner or trainer.......2006-03-17

Reading this book has inspired me to follow my dream to become a dog trainer. The late John Fisher has an excellent understanding of dogs. It is written in a simple way that anyone can understand it. Once I started reading it I couldnt put the book back down. Well worth every penny!

Not worth the read.......2001-10-25

I've read several dog behavior books and worked with dogs for years. This book, however, was disappointing. He begins with the assumption that most dogs owners not only don't know how to train a dog, but actually seriously mistreat their dogs. He presents techniques in two veins. Some involve scaring the dog into doing the right thing by throwing things at him/her or by making a loud noise. Others are reasonable, positive, reward-based strategies, but he presents them as if it were some great, original idea that no one had ever thought of before. There are plenty of much better dog behavior/training books out there that are much better reads.

Great read; Excellent reference.......2000-03-24

A quick, easy, and entertaining read that is crammed full of practical and easy-to-use training pointers. Gives readers a basic understanding of dog psychology and guides them in correcting behavior problems with simple steps. Readers should also be able to identify undesirable behaviors at their onset in the future and correct them more easily. Not terribly in-depth in psychology, but extremely effective in training technique. All methods are "dog friendly" and build/reinforce a positive relationship between dog and owner.

everyone agrees.......1999-12-31

I can't think of how many books I've read on dogs. This is my favorite. Each person who asked me how I trained my dog or asked how to solve a problem, I send them my tattered and torn copy. I finally bought a second one. This will help you take a step back and see what YOU are doing wrong while conditioning your body language to communicate to your dog. Easy read.

Marvelous reading!.......1999-07-18

I found this to be a fascinating book on dog behavior and understanding of their psyche. I couldn't put it down until I had finished it and I refer to it all the time. I've tried some other books but they never held my interest like this one.

First Aid For Dogs: An Owner's Guide toa Happy Healthy Pet

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First Aid For Dogs: An Owner's Guide toa Happy Healthy Pet
Stefanie Schwartz
Manufacturer: Howell Book House
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 087605565X

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Do you know what to do if your dog is stung by a bee, breaks a leg or goes into shock? Learn how to distinguish a minor affliction from a true emergency and how to address the situation. Written by a veterinarian for the layman, First Aid for Dogs will help you handle an emergency with the best advice for your dog's health and safety. It contains detailed information on everything from how to assemble a first aid kit to how to give your dog CPR. First Aid for Dogs includes a cross-referenced index in the front of the book for quick access to the problem. Informative illustrations and photographs simplify the application of successful first aid.

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Dog owner's guide to proper dental care
Kenneth Lyon
Manufacturer: t.f.h. publications
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Dog Owner's Veterinary Guide
G. W. Stamm
Manufacturer: TFH Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Board book

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ASIN: 0876664028

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Dog Owner's Veterinary Guide
G. W. Stamm
Manufacturer: T.F.H. Publications, Inc.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IWIBLK

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Dog Owner's Veterinary Guide
G. W. Stamm
Manufacturer: TFH Publications
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ASIN: B000KW3SI4

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She made my mitered corners beautiful

Each stitch drawn in sequence

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Awesome Book

Wonderful Introduction to Bookmaking

Cover To Cover: Creative Techniques For Making Beautiful Books, Journals & Albums
Shereen LaPlantz
Manufacturer: Sterling
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Bookworks: Books, Memory and Photo Albums, Journals and Diaries Made by Hand

Book Arts: Beautiful Bindings for Handmade Books

Books, Boxes & Portfolios: Binding, Construct and Design, Step-By-Step

The Essential Guide to Making Handmade Books: Gabrielle Fox

Hand Bookbinding: A Manual of Instruction

ASIN: 0937274879

Book Description

Even a beginner can start right out producing uniquely charming and elegant journals, albums, scrapbooks, and more. Envision handmade books to hold your writings, poems, photos, and keepsakes. More than 170 photos to inspire, and hundreds of illustrations to guide readers through the basics of an almost infinite variety of imaginative styles.

Customer Reviews:

She made my mitered corners beautiful.......2007-09-06

I'm making a book with boards and a leather cover; I used LaPlantz's mitered corners method (Figs. 36 - 39, pp. 39-40), and they look great! I'm sold, she's my mitering guru. Thanks!

Each stitch drawn in sequence.......2007-06-20

Detailed instructions accompanied by drawings on the same page of each stitch to be taken to bind a book, stitch varieties, binding paperbacks into custom hardbacks, creating 3 dimensional art work in book form plus invaluable pragmatic advice such as the safe relative distance from hole to edge and hole to hole, depending on size of book and binding type, as well as how many pages becomes too cumbersome to open or view with a particular technique.

Multiple suggestions follow each demonstration for expanding the technique shown, or varying the format to satisfy one's own preferences and prejudices. Ms. LaPlantz specifies infinitesmally small steps which make following the directions exceptionally easy. And she progresses from standard codex (covers and a spine) to remarkably artful constructions all the while being encouraging, enthusiastic and clear. She does not make extensive use of commoditized products other than printer paper for the book text pages, and recommends simple tools for beginning (needle, thread, cardboard, glue, paste, scissors) as well as explaining how to make one's own binding frame from an old hardback book.

Unhappily, her subseqent Art and Craft of Handmade Books was not as well edited as Cover to Cover, as you can see from her website which lists pages of corrections to the printed edition as well as including material edited out which was necessary for clarity, continuity and simplicity of instruction. She even includes bonus materials, photos, techniques not in Art and Craft of Handmade Books.

Cover to Cover is excellent, like having a mentor at one's side with years of experience guiding one's acquisitiion of binding skills.

Highly recommended.

gettin started.......2007-02-13

wonderful into to the world of making artist books; let your imagination take you away

Awesome Book.......2005-08-22

This is the book to get for anything concerning making creative books. From artsy books to making your own unique scrapbook, this is a great resource to give you a new idea or a new twist to your paper crafts.

Wonderful Introduction to Bookmaking.......2005-07-18

I bought this for both my daughter and me to learn how to make books. My daughter was not very interested in reading a book about bookmaking -- she prefers to embark on her own journeys -- but when she saw a few of the examples, she tore it out of my hands and set to work. She has already made the two simple starter versions, and she is 12. It is great fun to see her puzzling through the instructions and turning out a very nice little book. I am looking forward to making photography books. Actually, I'm looking forward to printing the pages using my Epson Pro 4000 on double sided fine art papers such as Illuminata cotton photo rag 300 gsm double sided paper and having my daughter put the books together.

You can read the other reviews here for the nitty gritty of what is inside this book. I will tell you that I went to my local Jerry's Artarama, where they had a wide assortment of books on bookmaking. I sat down and looked through all of them, and this is the one that impressed me the most as being clear, with simple starter projects and complete equipment lists, as well as a nice, steady progression towards more complicated projects. I even bought it there (sorry, Amazon, but I do like to support my local shops and you get the vast bulk of my book purchases!).

COVER TO COVER: CREATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR MAKING BEAUTIFUL BOOKS, JOURNALS & ALBUMS.

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COVER TO COVER: CREATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR MAKING BEAUTIFUL BOOKS, JOURNALS & ALBUMS.
Shereen. LaPlantz
Manufacturer: Lark Books,
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000V9N81I

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How to brighten up your garden during the darkest winter months from a doyen of British horticulture. To those who have thought of winter as the dead season, Graham Stuart Thomas's book will come as a revelation. This is the classic book on the subject and has been extensively revised and enlarged by the author from it's original edition. It covers both large and small gardens and describes the amazing number of trees, shrubs, plants and bulbs which are available to provide colour in flower, foliage and fruit during the winter months. Cultivation, flowering and planting periods and the uses and arrangements of the selected plants are all covered in this comprehensive volume.

Autumn and Winter Colour in the Garden (OME)

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Autumn and Winter Colour in the Garden (OME)
Graham Clarke
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COLOUR IN THE WINTER GARDEN.

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Colour in your winter garden with flowers, fruits and foliage

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Colour in your winter garden with flowers, fruits and foliage
Robert A Nicholson
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Garden colour: Spring, by Mrs. C.W. Earle; Summer, by E.V.B.; Autumn, by Rose Kingsley; Winter, by Vicary Gibbs; etc., etc

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Garden colour: Spring, by Mrs. C.W. Earle; Summer, by E.V.B.; Autumn, by Rose Kingsley; Winter, by Vicary Gibbs; etc., etc
Margaret H Waterfield
Manufacturer: E.P. Dutton
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GARDEN COLOUR: SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER.

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GARDEN COLOUR: SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER.

Manufacturer: J M Dent
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WINTER COLOUR IN THE GARDEN
E.C.M. HAYES
Manufacturer: C. ARTHUR PEARSON
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ASIN: B000S25B7C

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Winter colour in the garden
E. C. M Haes
Manufacturer: Garden Book Club
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Colour in the Winter Garden
Graham Stuart Thomas
Manufacturer: Trafalgar Square
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Binding: Paperback
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Colour in the Winter Garden
Thomas Stuart Graham
Manufacturer: Phoenix House
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NV62TY

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Most parents lack the time, training, and other resources needed to consult the extensive research on parenting that has been produced by scientific study. Instead, many rely on advice from a few well-known authorities in popular books, newspaper columsn, and other media. This work takes a critical look at the advice of five experts--Benjamin Spock, T. Berry Brazelton, James Dobson, Penelope Leach and John Rosemond--then compares that with the findings of hundreds of empirical studies on children. The focus is on major parenting problems, including persistent infant crying, toilet training, early day care, discipline, adolescent sexuality education, substance abuse, and the influence of television and other electronic media. A final chapter summarizes the accuracy of each expert's advice compared with research findings, points out the common ground between experts, and summarizes their major strategies and biases. In some cases, a substantial gap exists between "expert" advice and scientific research findings. Parents, as well as medical, educational, and social service professionals and students will find this book not only helpful, but illuminating. Rankin's meticulous analysis points out areas of agreement and dispute between some of the most quoted parenting experts in the field, and, perhaps even more revealing, areas where their widely quoted pronouncements deviate from research and clinical evidence.

Parenting Experts: Their Advice, the Research, and Getting It Right

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Parenting Experts: Their Advice, the Research, and Getting It Right
Jane L. Rankin
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
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