Hi Jenny, I think any puppy loves to get into paper products, just for the
fun of it. Jeb was eating any kind of paper he could find, he even ate half
of a bill! He also had brittle fur. Two weeks ago I switched him over to Pet
Guard's Life Span. I can get it at the health food store. It has a lot of
the omega fatty acids. I can't believe the change in him. His fur looks
great, and I haven't caught him eating a tissue in over a week! He just
loves it too. We decided to switch all 9 dogs to it, even with the added
expense. Even if I buy the 40 pound bag, it will be twice what I was paying
before, but worth it. Maria


>From: "Jenny" <jennygoodwin@...>
>Reply-To: purelypets@yahoogroups.com
>To: purelypets@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [purelypets] Re: tissue and soap eating
>Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 18:22:49 -0000
>
>
>I have a 6 month old pup who also loves to tear up tissues. I don't
>know if he actually ingests any though. He's on all raw diet with
>RMB's making up about 75% of his diet. I considered the tissue mess
>to just be a puppy thing, is it a sign of calcium deficiency in
>puppies as well?
>Thanks,
>Jenny
>Dallas, TX
>
>--- In purelypets@yahoogroups.com, Darleen Rudnick <darleen@p...>
>wrote:
> > Soap and tissue eating are a sign of a calcium deficiency. I would
> > recommend a high quality vitamin containing at least 50 mg. of
>calcium for
> > a pet 50 lbs. and under and 100 mg. of calcium for a pet 50 lbs.
>and
> > over. You can look at Mega Pet on my website at www.purelypets.com
> >
> >
> >
> > At 03:27 AM 1/22/2005 +0000, you wrote:
> >
> >
> > >Help! Jebediah will not stop eating tissue and other non food
>items.
> > >Today he came across a bar of Ivory soap. By the time I found it,
> > >most of it was gone, along with half the wrapper. I suspected Jeb
>of
> > >course (we have 9 dogs). Sometimes he gets a stomach ache, like
> > >tonight. Could this behavior be related to a nutritional
>deficiency?
> > >In the past I have fed my dogs a bones and raw food diet, but with
> > >the recent addition of two elderly family members into our home, I
> > >put them back on commercial dog food. Jeb eats canned Ol' Roy, any
> > >healthful scraps that I find, plus I add fish oil, homeopathic
> > >allergy drops, and sometimes dandelion or other herbs. He loves
> > >radishes. Unfortunately, two old ladies use a lot of tissues, and
> > >they will not do without them, nor will they control them. I am
> > >constantly looking for them on the floor, or tucked into furniture.
> > >BTW, Jeb is a 6 year old Australian Cattle Dog. The breed is
>stocky,
> > >but Jeb doesn't carry enough weight. The other dogs will
> > >occasionally carry paper things in their mouth, and the Jack
>Russell
> > >makes a real mess with a tissue.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Darleen E. Rudnick http://www.purelypets.com
> > Nutritional Pet Consultant, Purely Pets
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