At 10:19 AM 08/26/1999 +0000, you wrote:
___________________________
>___________________________________________________________________________
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>
>Message: 1
>   Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 12:26:04 -0400
>   From: "Cain, Kimberly" <CainK@...>
>Subject: New puppy
>
>We just adopted a new puppy this weekend.  Mom named him Tlingit.  The
>Vet said I should ween him off the old food for a week mixing Purina
>with the Natural Choice I plan to give him.  What I was wondering was
>what kind of food could I make for him.  I currently make food for my
>cat so making two dishes is not obserd to me.  I'm just not sure what
>special requirements a puppy needs.  He hasn't eaten much these past two
>days, but we put that down to adjustment to new surroundings.  But the
>Vet said he could stant to gain some weight.  I plan on weening him off
>puppy foods when he's about six months.
>
>Now if only the cat can adjust.  Poor thing is not happy to see a huge
>puppy stomping around her home.  We have all been giving her extra
>attention and her favorite foods too.
>
>But I'll admit, I missed not having a dog in the house.
>
>Thanks,
>Kim
>
>___________________________________________________________________________
____
>___________________________________________________________________________
____

Thank you for posting. I have also sent this message to your email address.

A high quality diet is very important. Fresh fruit, vegetables and meats help
clean out the body and improve the immune system. We have a simple recipe that
is made in the crockpot, please email us if you would like a copy. It is made
of chicken, rice, carrots.

If this is not an option,  I would recommend some type of human type of food.
Every every time you go to the super market, I would get one thing for your
pet(Fruit, Vegetable or Dairy Item). Pick out the easiest thing to give
such as
carrots or apples. Give them one every day. If they don't like, that's ok.
Then
the  next week you go shopping pick something else out from the other two
groups and try it. Fresh foods help clean out the body. If you can't cook,
just
incorporate 1 new thing each week. Pets don't tolerate well citrus fruits.
Onions can cause anemia. Also stay away from chocolate. It can be toxic to
your
pet.

If home cooking is not an option, here's what you will want to look for in
commercial food. The diet should contain chicken meal or turkey meal as the
first ingredient. It also should contain WHOLE grains not fragments from a
grain. For example an ingredient list should look like this; Chicken meal,
whole brown rice, whole barley, etc. NOT chicken by product meal, rice flour,
wheat gluten, etc. A good example of a high quality diet is located on our
website -- Sirius Pet Food.  Because we work with so many sick pets, it was
important for us to find a high quality food. Sirius uses hormone and chemical
free meats and pesticide free grains. The first ingredient is chicken, turkey
or lamb meal. When you see "meal", this means that they have actually ground
meat into a meal. If you see "by product" this means feet, heads feathers,
eyes, blood. Chicken is best because it contains all the amino acids and the
vitamins.  I would recommend that you print off the ingredient listing of our
Sirius Pet food and compare it to your brand.

A vitamin supplement is an absolute must no matter what diet you feed,
because the best dry food in the world does not contain all the nutrients a
pet needs. We recommend Mega Pet or Nupro depending on your needs.


These products can be found on our website at www.purelypet.com   Product Page
Section, then A-Z.

Please feel free to call us, our number is 704-795-7844, EST, 7 days a week,
9:00 to 8:00 p.m. or darleen@....

Enjoy the list!!

Jeannie Harris
Purely Pets
jeannie@...
704-795-7844, EST, 7days, 9-8pm
http://www.purelypets.com

At 10:19 AM 08/26/1999 +0000, you wrote:

>Message: 1
>   Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 12:26:04 -0400
>   From: "Cain, Kimberly" <CainK@...>
>Subject: New puppy
>
>We just adopted a new puppy this weekend.  Mom named him Tlingit.  The
>Vet said I should ween him off the old food for a week mixing Purina
>with the Natural Choice I plan to give him.  What I was wondering was
>what kind of food could I make for him.  I currently make food for my
>cat so making two dishes is not obserd to me.  I'm just not sure what
>special requirements a puppy needs.  He hasn't eaten much these past two
>days, but we put that down to adjustment to new surroundings.  But the
>Vet said he could stant to gain some weight.  I plan on weening him off
>puppy foods when he's about six months.
>
>Now if only the cat can adjust.  Poor thing is not happy to see a huge
>puppy stomping around her home.  We have all been giving her extra
>attention and her favorite foods too.
>
>But I'll admit, I missed not having a dog in the house.
>
>Thanks,
>Kim

Thank you for posting. I have also sent this message to your email address.

A high quality diet is very important. Fresh fruit, vegetables and meats help
clean out the body and improve the immune system. We have a simple recipe that
is made in the crockpot, please email us if you would like a copy. It is made
of chicken, rice, carrots.

If this is not an option,  I would recommend some type of human type of food.
Every every time you go to the super market, I would get one thing for your
pet(Fruit, Vegetable or Dairy Item). Pick out the easiest thing to give
such as
carrots or apples. Give them one every day. If they don't like, that's ok.
Then
the  next week you go shopping pick something else out from the other two
groups and try it. Fresh foods help clean out the body. If you can't cook,
just
incorporate 1 new thing each week. Pets don't tolerate well citrus fruits.
Onions can cause anemia. Also stay away from chocolate. It can be toxic to
your
pet.

If home cooking is not an option, here's what you will want to look for in
commercial food. The diet should contain chicken meal or turkey meal as the
first ingredient. It also should contain WHOLE grains not fragments from a
grain. For example an ingredient list should look like this; Chicken meal,
whole brown rice, whole barley, etc. NOT chicken by product meal, rice flour,
wheat gluten, etc. A good example of a high quality diet is located on our
website -- Sirius Pet Food.  Because we work with so many sick pets, it was
important for us to find a high quality food. Sirius uses hormone and chemical
free meats and pesticide free grains. The first ingredient is chicken, turkey
or lamb meal. When you see "meal", this means that they have actually ground
meat into a meal. If you see "by product" this means feet, heads feathers,
eyes, blood. Chicken is best because it contains all the amino acids and the
vitamins.  I would recommend that you print off the ingredient listing of our
Sirius Pet food and compare it to your brand.

A vitamin supplement is an absolute must no matter what diet you feed,
because the best dry food in the world does not contain all the nutrients a
pet needs. We recommend Mega Pet or Nupro depending on your needs.


These products can be found on our website at http://www.purelypets.com   .
Product Page Section, then A-Z.

Please feel free to call us, our number is 704-795-7844, EST, 7 days a week,
9:00 to 8:00 p.m. or darleen@....

Enjoy the list!!

Jeannie Harris
Purely Pets
jeannie@...
704-795-7844, EST, 7days, 9-8pm
http://www.purelypets.com

At 10:19 AM 08/26/1999 +0000, you wrote:

>Message: 1
>   Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 12:26:04 -0400
>   From: "Cain, Kimberly" <CainK@...>
>Subject: New puppy
>
>We just adopted a new puppy this weekend.  Mom named him Tlingit.  The
>Vet said I should ween him off the old food for a week mixing Purina
>with the Natural Choice I plan to give him.  What I was wondering was
>what kind of food could I make for him.  I currently make food for my
>cat so making two dishes is not obserd to me.  I'm just not sure what
>special requirements a puppy needs.  He hasn't eaten much these past two
>days, but we put that down to adjustment to new surroundings.  But the
>Vet said he could stant to gain some weight.  I plan on weening him off
>puppy foods when he's about six months.
>
>Now if only the cat can adjust.  Poor thing is not happy to see a huge
>puppy stomping around her home.  We have all been giving her extra
>attention and her favorite foods too.
>
>But I'll admit, I missed not having a dog in the house.
>
>Thanks,
>Kim

Thank you for posting. I have also sent this message to your email address.

A high quality diet is very important. Fresh fruit, vegetables and meats help
clean out the body and improve the immune system. We have a simple recipe that
is made in the crockpot, please email us if you would like a copy. It is made
of chicken, rice, carrots.

If this is not an option,  I would recommend some type of human type of food.
Every every time you go to the super market, I would get one thing for your
pet(Fruit, Vegetable or Dairy Item). Pick out the easiest thing to give
such as
carrots or apples. Give them one every day. If they don't like, that's ok.
Then
the  next week you go shopping pick something else out from the other two
groups and try it. Fresh foods help clean out the body. If you can't cook,
just
incorporate 1 new thing each week. Pets don't tolerate well citrus fruits.
Onions can cause anemia. Also stay away from chocolate. It can be toxic to
your
pet.

If home cooking is not an option, here's what you will want to look for in
commercial food. The diet should contain chicken meal or turkey meal as the
first ingredient. It also should contain WHOLE grains not fragments from a
grain. For example an ingredient list should look like this; Chicken meal,
whole brown rice, whole barley, etc. NOT chicken by product meal, rice flour,
wheat gluten, etc. A good example of a high quality diet is located on our
website -- Sirius Pet Food.  Because we work with so many sick pets, it was
important for us to find a high quality food. Sirius uses hormone and chemical
free meats and pesticide free grains. The first ingredient is chicken, turkey
or lamb meal. When you see "meal", this means that they have actually ground
meat into a meal. If you see "by product" this means feet, heads feathers,
eyes, blood. Chicken is best because it contains all the amino acids and the
vitamins.  I would recommend that you print off the ingredient listing of our
Sirius Pet food and compare it to your brand.

A vitamin supplement is an absolute must no matter what diet you feed,
because the best dry food in the world does not contain all the nutrients a
pet needs. We recommend Mega Pet or Nupro depending on your needs.


These products can be found on our website at http://www.purelypets.com   .
Product Page Section, then A-Z.

Please feel free to call us, our number is 704-795-7844, EST, 7 days a week,
9:00 to 8:00 p.m. or darleen@....

Enjoy the list!!

Jeannie Harris
Purely Pets
jeannie@...
704-795-7844, EST, 7days, 9-8pm
http://www.purelypets.com

We just adopted a new puppy this weekend.  Mom named him Tlingit.  The
Vet said I should ween him off the old food for a week mixing Purina
with the Natural Choice I plan to give him.  What I was wondering was
what kind of food could I make for him.  I currently make food for my
cat so making two dishes is not obserd to me.  I'm just not sure what
special requirements a puppy needs.  He hasn't eaten much these past two
days, but we put that down to adjustment to new surroundings.  But the
Vet said he could stant to gain some weight.  I plan on weening him off
puppy foods when he's about six months.

Now if only the cat can adjust.  Poor thing is not happy to see a huge
puppy stomping around her home.  We have all been giving her extra
attention and her favorite foods too.

But I'll admit, I missed not having a dog in the house.

Thanks,
Kim

At 10:56 PM 8/22/99 -0700, you wrote:
>From: "Rita Stevens" <rita.stevens@...>
>
>Hi Darla,
>
>What kind of homemade diet are you talking about???  I would like to give it
>a try.

Rita,

I will send them to your personal address.
Darleen E. Rudnick <http://www.purelypets.com/>http://www.purelypets.com
Nutritional Pet Consultant, Purely Pets
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
For The Well Being Of Dogs and Cats
Email:  darleen@...
Phone:  704-795-7844 7 days 9:00-8:00 p.m. EST
Order Desk:  1-888-306-4284 (US only)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Hi Darla,

What kind of homemade diet are you talking about???  I would like to give it
a try.


> I usually recommend a homemade diet because fresh foods provide the most
> nutrients.  However, since you have so many pets, cooking is very
> unrealistic.  Therefore, I am sending you separately a list of the Best
and
> Worst Dog/Cat foods on the market -- Number One being the best.


Also, I hope you or someone else can help me.  My one year old female
schnauzer has a motility problem, that's what the vet has diagnosed it as
after taking X-rays and not being able to see anything.  Tests showed her
food stayed in her stomach long after it should.  The main problem we are
having is that she throws up all the time, sometimes right after she eats,
sometimes hours after she eats, there are days she will thrown up 7 or 8
times in a day.  Is there anything I can do to help her????  Do you know is
this something she is going to have to live with the rest of her life?  I am
concerned that her nutritional needs are not being met due to the vomiting.
We had her on a dry food and right now we have her on a canned food the vet
has prescribed for the next couple of weeks.  She does not get diahrea.  Any
help you could offer would be appreciated more then you could know.

Thanks so much for all the information you have sent so far and look forward
to hearing from you again.

Rita

At 08:18 PM 8/21/99 -0700, Rita Stevens wrote:
>From: "Rita Stevens" <rita.stevens@...>
>
>Hi Everyone,
>
>My name is Rita and I'm new to the list.

Hi Rita and Welcome to the Purely Pets List.

   I have 4 furbabies, 2 mini-schnauzers, Lacey and her
>daughter Rosie, a part SheltieCollie/Black Lab named P.J. and Puffball our
>14 year old cat.

Sounds like you have your hands full.

>1.  What kind of diet should I have my dogs and cat on, that will keep them
>healthy and living longer?

I usually recommend a homemade diet because fresh foods provide the most
nutrients.  However, since you have so many pets, cooking is very
unrealistic.  Therefore, I am sending you separately a list of the Best and
Worst Dog/Cat foods on the market -- Number One being the best.
>
>2.  Is there a natural way to eleminate flea's both on the animals and
>around the home?

Yes, I have been using and recommending The Flea Terminator for many years.
  The Flea Terminator makes the blood bitter deterring ticks, and sends off
an undetectable odor that fleas are not attracted to.  I have been using it
on my pets for about 5 years now with no flea problems.  The Flea
Terminator is a natural powder you sprinkle on the food and can be seen on
my website www.purelypets.com
>
>3.  Is there a natural way to get rid of worms?

Yes, The Herbal Wormer.  Worms can not exist in a bitter environment --
worms love sweet blood.  Therefore, if you make the blood bitter the worms
can not exist and are expelled from the system.

Welcome again and hope you enjoy the List.

Darleen E. Rudnick <http://www.purelypets.com/>http://www.purelypets.com
Nutritional Pet Consultant, Purely Pets
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
For The Well Being Of Dogs and Cats
Email:  darleen@...
Phone:  704-795-7844 7 days 9:00-8:00 p.m. EST
Order Desk:  1-888-306-4284 (US only)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

At 08:18 PM 8/21/99 -0700, Rita Stevens wrote:
>From: "Rita Stevens" <rita.stevens@...>
>
>Hi Everyone,
>
>My name is Rita and I'm new to the list.

Hi Rita and Welcome to the Purely Pets List.

   I have 4 furbabies, 2 mini-schnauzers, Lacey and her
>daughter Rosie, a part SheltieCollie/Black Lab named P.J. and Puffball our
>14 year old cat.

Sounds like you have your hands full.

>1.  What kind of diet should I have my dogs and cat on, that will keep them
>healthy and living longer?

I usually recommend a homemade diet because fresh foods provide the most
nutrients.  However, since you have so many pets, cooking is very
unrealistic.  Therefore, I am sending you separately a list of the Best and
Worst Dog/Cat foods on the market -- Number One being the best.
>
>2.  Is there a natural way to eleminate flea's both on the animals and
>around the home?

Yes, I have been using and recommending The Flea Terminator for many years.
  The Flea Terminator makes the blood bitter deterring ticks, and sends off
an undetectable odor that fleas are not attracted to.  I have been using it
on my pets for about 5 years now with no flea problems.  The Flea
Terminator is a natural powder you sprinkle on the food and can be seen on
my website www.purelypets.com
>
>3.  Is there a natural way to get rid of worms?

Yes, The Herbal Wormer.  Worms can not exist in a bitter environment --
worms love sweet blood.  Therefore, if you make the blood bitter the worms
can not exist and are expelled from the system.

Welcome again and hope you enjoy the List.

Darleen E. Rudnick <http://www.purelypets.com/>http://www.purelypets.com
Nutritional Pet Consultant, Purely Pets
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
For The Well Being Of Dogs and Cats
Email:  darleen@...
Phone:  704-795-7844 7 days 9:00-8:00 p.m. EST
Order Desk:  1-888-306-4284 (US only)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Hi Everyone,

My name is Rita and I'm new to the list.  I try as much as possible to
practice alternative medicine with my family and would like to do the same
with my animals.  I have 4 furbabies, 2 mini-schnauzers, Lacey and her
daughter Rosie, a part SheltieCollie/Black Lab named P.J. and Puffball our
14 year old cat.

What I would really like to know to get started is:

1.  What kind of diet should I have my dogs and cat on, that will keep them
healthy and living longer?

2.  Is there a natural way to eleminate flea's both on the animals and
around the home?  I really dislike using the commercial poison's and I'm
sure they can't be good for them.

3.  Is there a natural way to get rid of worms?  I don't like to use
commercial products there either for the same reasons.

Any and all help you can give me would be so much appreciated!

Rita
----- Original Message -----
From: <purelypets-owner@onelist.com>
To: <rita.stevens@...>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 1999 11:43 AM
Subject: [purelypets] Welcome to purelypets@onelist.com


> Hello,
>
> My name is Darleen and I am the List Manager. I am a pet nutritionist and
work
> with dogs and cats suffering from Cancer, Diabetes, Epilepsy, Skin
Problems and
> many other minor and major ailments.
>
> I have formed this group in order to help pets and their owners deal with
any
> health problems.  This is a place we can share ideas and give suggestions.
I
> practice alternative medicine, and only recommend natural remedies.
>
> This list is not a place to be critical of others. Bashing, insults and
bad
> language are NOT allowed. I DEMAND that everyone be nice to each other or
they
> will automatically be kicked out of the group.  We get enough of that in
our
> daily lives and I do not want that brought to the list. We can all share
our
> opinions openly and respectfully.
>
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> anytime.
>
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>
>
>

Hi Darlene
.25 units of Beytil sub Q 2 x's a day for 7 days.  Cross my
fingers
and hope, thinks it was herpes and developed into
phnumonia.  Giving momma
the anti viral detox, but don't know if the kitten is really
nursing that
much to be of a help, I am supplementing with a&d food- it
is all I have
to give to her right now, the day before the night of pay
day.
Harriett

Darlene Rudnick wrote:
>
> From: Darleen Rudnick <darleen@...>
>
> At 11:51 AM 8/18/99 -0500, Harriett Hardin wrote:
> >From: Harriett Hardin <hahardin@...>
> >
> >Got a three week old Persian kitten with breathing problems,
> >rattles on exhaling (sounds like a baby with croup), need
> >suggestion on what to give. NO other symptoms.
> >Harriett
>
> Harriett,
>
> This sounds like a Viral infection or possible a parasite infestation.
> What did the vet say?
> Darleen E. Rudnick <http://www.purelypets.com/>http://www.purelypets.com
> Nutritional Pet Consultant, Purely Pets
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At 11:51 AM 8/18/99 -0500, Harriett Hardin wrote:
>From: Harriett Hardin <hahardin@...>
>
>Got a three week old Persian kitten with breathing problems,
>rattles on exhaling (sounds like a baby with croup), need
>suggestion on what to give. NO other symptoms.
>Harriett

Harriett,

This sounds like a Viral infection or possible a parasite infestation.
What did the vet say?
Darleen E. Rudnick <http://www.purelypets.com/>http://www.purelypets.com
Nutritional Pet Consultant, Purely Pets
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
For The Well Being Of Dogs and Cats
Email:  darleen@...
Phone:  704-795-7844 7 days 9:00-8:00 p.m. EST
Order Desk:  1-888-306-4284 (US only)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

At 11:51 AM 8/18/99 -0500, Harriett Hardin wrote:
>From: Harriett Hardin <hahardin@...>
>
>Got a three week old Persian kitten with breathing problems,
>rattles on exhaling (sounds like a baby with croup), need
>suggestion on what to give. NO other symptoms.
>Harriett

Harriett,

This sounds like a Viral infection or possible a parasite infestation.
What did the vet say?
Darleen E. Rudnick <http://www.purelypets.com/>http://www.purelypets.com
Nutritional Pet Consultant, Purely Pets
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
For The Well Being Of Dogs and Cats
Email:  darleen@...
Phone:  704-795-7844 7 days 9:00-8:00 p.m. EST
Order Desk:  1-888-306-4284 (US only)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Sounds like an upper resp infection or asthma, go to vet. Humidifer may help
till then.

Got a three week old Persian kitten with breathing problems,
rattles on exhaling (sounds like a baby with croup), need
suggestion on what to give. NO other symptoms.
Harriett

At 06:03 PM 8/3/99 -0400, Martin1406@... wrote:
>From: Martin1406@...
>
>Hi,
>My name is Marty and right now i have a 12 year old dog that was diagnosed
>with a melanoma on her mouth in Ocotober 1998. They removed it and told me
>that the surrounding area was fine. Then in April of this year, at her
>regular checkup the vet found an enlarged lymph node in her neck. They
>removed it and it was maglignant. The vet did not hold out much hope.
>I called up a holistic vet and she has prescribed four different types of
>medication. They are mocrea, anticancerilin, easiac tea, and something
called
>carnivora which is injectable.
>So far so good. If anyone has had any experience with this type of
treatment,
>please e-mail me at martin1406.

Hi Marty.  Welcome to the Purely Pets List.  I am very sorry to hear about
your pet.  I am peronally sending you an article I wrote that explains my
recommendations for Melanoma.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

I hope you enjoy the List.

Darleen E. Rudnick <http://www.purelypets.com/>http://www.purelypets.com
Nutritional Pet Consultant, Purely Pets
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
For The Well Being Of Dogs and Cats
Email:  darleen@...
Phone:  704-795-7844 7 days 9:00-8:00 p.m. EST
Order Desk:  1-888-306-4284 (US only)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

At 06:03 PM 8/3/99 -0400, Martin1406@... wrote:
>From: Martin1406@...
>
>Hi,
>My name is Marty and right now i have a 12 year old dog that was diagnosed
>with a melanoma on her mouth in Ocotober 1998. They removed it and told me
>that the surrounding area was fine. Then in April of this year, at her
>regular checkup the vet found an enlarged lymph node in her neck. They
>removed it and it was maglignant. The vet did not hold out much hope.
>I called up a holistic vet and she has prescribed four different types of
>medication. They are mocrea, anticancerilin, easiac tea, and something
called
>carnivora which is injectable.
>So far so good. If anyone has had any experience with this type of
treatment,
>please e-mail me at martin1406.

Hi Marty.  Welcome to the Purely Pets List.  I am very sorry to hear about
your pet.  I am peronally sending you an article I wrote that explains my
recommendations for Melanoma.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

I hope you enjoy the List.

Darleen E. Rudnick <http://www.purelypets.com/>http://www.purelypets.com
Nutritional Pet Consultant, Purely Pets
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
For The Well Being Of Dogs and Cats
Email:  darleen@...
Phone:  704-795-7844 7 days 9:00-8:00 p.m. EST
Order Desk:  1-888-306-4284 (US only)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

At 12:58 AM 8/4/99 +0000, meadowyck@... wrote:
>From: meadowyck@...
>
>Folks, I know I just joined but I'll be going to no mail while away on
vacation.  I'll be back on 23rd of this month and will check the archives
to see what all went on.

>Hope everyones pets stay healthy.  I've enjoyed the list so far.

>

>Jan Matherly

Jan,

Have a Great Vacation!!

Darleen E. Rudnick <http://www.purelypets.com/>http://www.purelypets.com
Nutritional Pet Consultant, Purely Pets
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
For The Well Being Of Dogs and Cats
Email:  darleen@...
Phone:  704-795-7844 7 days 9:00-8:00 p.m. EST
Order Desk:  1-888-306-4284 (US only)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

At 12:58 AM 8/4/99 +0000, meadowyck@... wrote:
>From: meadowyck@...
>
>Folks, I know I just joined but I'll be going to no mail while away on
vacation.  I'll be back on 23rd of this month and will check the archives
to see what all went on.

>Hope everyones pets stay healthy.  I've enjoyed the list so far.

>

>Jan Matherly

Jan,

Have a Great Vacation!!

Darleen E. Rudnick <http://www.purelypets.com/>http://www.purelypets.com
Nutritional Pet Consultant, Purely Pets
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
For The Well Being Of Dogs and Cats
Email:  darleen@...
Phone:  704-795-7844 7 days 9:00-8:00 p.m. EST
Order Desk:  1-888-306-4284 (US only)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Folks, I know I just joined but I'll be going to no mail while away on vacation.
I'll be back on 23rd of this month and will check the archives to see what all
went on.
Hope everyones pets stay healthy.  I've enjoyed the list so far.

Jan Matherly
Meadowyck Collies & Icelandic Sheep
meadowyck@...

Hi,
My name is Marty and right now i have a 12 year old dog that was diagnosed
with a melanoma on her mouth in Ocotober 1998. They removed it and told me
that the surrounding area was fine. Then in April of this year, at her
regular checkup the vet found an enlarged lymph node in her neck. They
removed it and it was maglignant. The vet did not hold out much hope.
I called up a holistic vet and she has prescribed four different types of
medication. They are mocrea, anticancerilin, easiac tea, and something called
carnivora which is injectable.
So far so good. If anyone has had any experience with this type of treatment,
please e-mail me at martin1406.

Thanks very much

Hi Jan,

Welcome to the Purely Pets List.  It sounds like you will be a great asset to
the group as some members are just beginning to learn about natural rememdies.

Please feel free to discuss your problem with the group, or email me privately
at darleen@...

I hope you enjoy the group.

At 10:29 AM 8/1/99 -0400, Janet C. Matherly wrote:
>
> Hello to all:
>  
> I'm new to the list and here is my introduction.
>  
> I currently raise rough coated collies.  I only have three right now.  I
also
> have an angora rabbit.
>  
> I've used natural methods as well as natural medicines to heal my dogs.
>  
> I'm not very big on pumping my animals with drugs.  I believe in
> strengthening the immune system so that it can do the work it is suppose to
> do.
>  
> I look forward to learning from the list.
>  
> I do have a problem that I will discuss at a later time.
>  
> Thanks so much and I'm looking forward to reading everyone's posts.
>  
> Jan
> Janet C. Matherly, Kentucky, USA
> <mailto:meadowyck@...>meadowyck@...
>  
>  



Darleen E. Rudnick <http://www.purelypets.com/>http://www.purelypets.com
Nutritional Pet Consultant, Purely Pets
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
For The Well Being Of Dogs and Cats
Email:  darleen@...
Phone:  704-795-7844 7 days 9:00-8:00 p.m. EST
Order Desk:  1-888-306-4284 (US only)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Hi Jan,

Welcome to the Purely Pets List.  It sounds like you will be a great asset to
the group as some members are just beginning to learn about natural rememdies.

Please feel free to discuss your problem with the group, or email me privately
at darleen@...

I hope you enjoy the group.

At 10:29 AM 8/1/99 -0400, Janet C. Matherly wrote:
>
> Hello to all:
>  
> I'm new to the list and here is my introduction.
>  
> I currently raise rough coated collies.  I only have three right now.  I
also
> have an angora rabbit.
>  
> I've used natural methods as well as natural medicines to heal my dogs.
>  
> I'm not very big on pumping my animals with drugs.  I believe in
> strengthening the immune system so that it can do the work it is suppose to
> do.
>  
> I look forward to learning from the list.
>  
> I do have a problem that I will discuss at a later time.
>  
> Thanks so much and I'm looking forward to reading everyone's posts.
>  
> Jan
> Janet C. Matherly, Kentucky, USA
> <mailto:meadowyck@...>meadowyck@...
>  
>  



Darleen E. Rudnick <http://www.purelypets.com/>http://www.purelypets.com
Nutritional Pet Consultant, Purely Pets
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
For The Well Being Of Dogs and Cats
Email:  darleen@...
Phone:  704-795-7844 7 days 9:00-8:00 p.m. EST
Order Desk:  1-888-306-4284 (US only)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

At 09:30 PM 8/1/99 -0400, you wrote:
>From: HUGAROTY@...
>
>Hello Everyone I wanted to get your thoughts on a dog food.  I am
considering
>switching my dogs food to Innova Senior. They where on Nutro's Natural
Choice
>Senior.  But I have been having trouble w/them on this food.  It seems they
>all have the signs of "Yeast Infection".. I can not afford to make all of
>their food or I would. I have 5 rotties (<A
   If anyone has any other options of a dog food they feel is better
>than Innova Senior PLEASE let me know.  PLEASE keep in mind I am in Suburb ~
>Philadelphia Area of Pennsylvania.

Hi Dotty,

Innova Senior is a very good food.  Innova claims to use human grade
ingredients and they do not use any perservatives.  With a yeast infection
however, it is very important to cut out as many grains as possible and
because you want to switch to a senior food you may not see the best
results.  However, it is certainly worth a try.

I will send you an article I wrote on yeast infections that may be of help.
  I apologize if I have already sent it.

Darleen E. Rudnick <http://www.purelypets.com/>http://www.purelypets.com
Nutritional Pet Consultant, Purely Pets
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
For The Well Being Of Dogs and Cats
Email:  darleen@...
Phone:  704-795-7844 7 days 9:00-8:00 p.m. EST
Order Desk:  1-888-306-4284 (US only)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

> From: Darleen Rudnick <darleen@...>
>
> Thank you for sharing this article with us.  I do have to say at least
> Clyde Oatis  is telling us what is going to be in the dog food.  Many dog
> food companies NOW use the ingredients listed below, but it is not
required
> that they list the TRUE ingredients contained in the package.
>
You are welcome and thank you for your concern.  Let's warn and educate
others using this story.

Rosie

Hello Everyone I wanted to get your thoughts on a dog food.  I am considering
switching my dogs food to Innova Senior. They where on Nutro's Natural Choice
Senior.  But I have been having trouble w/them on this food.  It seems they
all have the signs of "Yeast Infection".. I can not afford to make all of
their food or I would. I have 5 rotties (<A
HREF="http://members.aol.com/hugarotty/">Kindelle</A> will be 9yrs on 9/15,
<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Hugarotty/Dena.html">Dena</A> will be 8yrs on
9/14, <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/HUGAROTY/Trucker.html">Libe</A> 6yrs
3/15, <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/hugaroty/Tigger.html">Tigger</A> will
be 6yrs on 12/2, <A
HREF="http://members.aol.com/HUGAROTY/Trucker.html">Trucker</A> 2yrs 7/2 "he
was diagnosed w/OCD in his front shoulders", and <A
HREF="http://members.aol.com/hugaroty/Gator.html">Gator</A>(rottymix) will be
4 on 9/13)  If anyone has any other options of a dog food they feel is better
than Innova Senior PLEASE let me know.  PLEASE keep in mind I am in Suburb ~
Philadelphia Area of Pennsylvania.

THANKS for all your help
dotty "I can not believe it will be a month tomorrow;("
Sturm 4/11/93 ;( 7/2/99  <A
HREF="http://members.aol.com/Hugarotty/memories.html">Memories of Sturm
;(</A>
Bubba 3/18/90 ;( 10/11/97  <A
HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/hugaroty/bubba.html">HUGAROTY's Bubba
Memories</A>

Thank you for sharing this article with us.  I do have to say at least
Clyde Oatis  is telling us what is going to be in the dog food.  Many dog
food companies NOW use the ingredients listed below, but it is not required
that they list the TRUE ingredients contained in the package.

At 10:34 AM 8/1/99 -0500, natural wrote:
>From: "natural" <natural@...>
>
>I thought I had heard almost everything but this shocked me.  Found in
>today's morning newspaper and thought I'd share with you all.  Please read
>paragraph 2 for the intended uses.
>
>Rosie Lloyd
>
>
>July 26, 1999, 11:23 p.m.
>
>Turning trash into profits
>By REBECCA MOWBRAY
>Copyright 1999 Houston Chronicle
>
>In an abandoned rice mill on the edge of Fifth Ward, Clyde Oatis hopes to
>soon be cooking up a nutritious porridge of spent hens, spoiled yogurt,
>spilled dog food, contaminated sauerkraut, unusable baby food, half-eaten
>hamburgers, and even the occasional cardboard box, which has 21 percent
>protein.
>
>If his plan works out, Oatis will be the executive chef of a new breed of
>fusion cooking -- transforming food waste destined for landfills into animal
>feed pellets customized for different species of livestock and pets.
>
>In the process, US Custom Feed will be solving an environmental problem,
>creating jobs and developing a concept easy to reproduce in other low-income
>neighborhoods around the country.
>
>As Oatis says, he's turning trash into profits.
>
>Some 21.9 million tons of food waste is tossed into landfills each year, the
>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says, occupying precious landfill space
>and costing companies thousands of dollars each year in "tipping" fees.
>Instead of paying $7 to $9 per cubic yard at the landfills, Houston-area
>supermarkets, restaurants, breweries and farms will be able to deliver their
>scraps to Oatis and pay him a smaller amount of money to take them off their
>hands. In other words, the raw materials for Oatis' business are better than
>free.
>
>Once the food is in US Custom Feed's custody, a machine will roast it to
>kill any bacteria, grind it into a powder and squeeze it into pellets. Plant
>operators will test the mixture to make sure it meets the nutritional needs
>of, say, llamas. If not, they'll blend in more grain, meat or vegetables,
>said Roger Hoestenbach Jr., a Texas A&M Agricultural Experiment Station
>director and chemist who is working with Oatis.
>
>Oatis' service is a welcome option for the Houston Food Bank, which is stuck
>with 1 million pounds of unusable food donations each year. "This has always
>been a logistical problem for us," said director of marketing Warren Brice.
>"Dumping fees are high all over the country and getting higher."
>
>Oatis first seized upon the food waste problem years ago when the dairy
>processing plant where he was working in his native Chicago had to move to
>rural Wisconsin because of the butterfat waste it generated. Ever since he
>came up with the idea for his reprocessing business, he's been tortured by
>food waste.
>
>"It's just sickening to see the amount of food we throw away. I can't sit in
>a restaurant anymore," Oatis shuddered.
>
>Oatis' biggest problem in starting US Custom Feed has been raising capital,
>a process he hopes to complete by September so he can start renovating the
>rice mill. Oatis already has bought the rice mill and the patents for the
>food processing machine, but he needs more money to get the plant running.

>
>After exhausting his personal funds, Oatis has managed to take advantage of
>every community development program designed to help entrepreneurs like him.
>
>He rents discounted office space from the Palm Center, the city of Houston's
>incubator, where he has office support and access to the Small Business
>Administration's One-Stop Capital Shop and resource library. He received
>$100,000 in seed money from a local community development financial
>institution, Intrust USA. Now he's applying for $900,000 in loans from the
>development corporations run by the city and the county, $1 million in
>equity money from the Enron Corp.'s new venture capital program and $1.3
>million in regular bank loans.
>
>"I try to find projects that balance community interests with job creation
>and excellent profitability," said Intrust USA President James Mingey, who
>has been working with Oatis for two years. "People have been looking at ways
>to try to solve the environmental problem of landfills for a long time. To
>be able to do that and create a value-added product is phenomenal."
>
>Oatis' business plan is strong, Mingey said. The Texas A&M Agricultural
>Experiment Station is making sure he develops a sound product. He will be
>able to duplicate the process in other cities and, in addition to his core
>business, he will earn royalties from his machine patent. Once US Custom
>Feed is humming along, Oatis also could start other businesses, roasting soy
>or coffee beans with his machine.
>
>Oatis tried to start his business a few years ago with a group of investors
>from Dallas and different technology, but he scrapped the deal after their
>plan whittled his ownership stake down to 14 percent.
>
>Back at the drawing board, Oatis found a machine that combined grinding,
>roasting and pellet-making in one system. Koch Industries, a huge, privately
>held Kansas company, had paid more than $5 million for the rights to the
>Jet-Pro Waste Recovery System, but sold it to Oatis for $850,000 because the
>company couldn't integrate it into its operations. "It's a steal," said
>Oatis, who made one of the machine's inventors his partner to ensure that US
>Custom Feed uses Jet-Pro to its fullest capability.
>
>For Oatis, starting US Custom Feed has been all about balancing a moral
>mission to help build his adopted city while building a profitable business.
>
>He located in Fifth Ward because of its proximity to the Port of Houston,
>because of the tax abatements that come with being in a federal Enhanced
>Enterprise Community area and because he wanted to have a hand in the
>neighborhood's revitalization.
>
>Oatis has forgone opportunities for automation in order to hire more people.
>He said he could have opted for a can-smashing machine that would require
>only two people; instead, he chose a simpler machine that will allow him to
>employ six people as sorters. Oatis vows to pay a living wage to the 19
>workers who will operate his plant.
>
>"You've got to have some social responsibility," said Oatis, a former
>college basketball All-American who was drafted by the Rockets when the team
>was in San Diego. "I think I should do my part."

>
>A fully streamlined plant could create 50 percent returns. Oatis said he
>could live on 20 percent returns. The compromise appears to be 37 percent.
>"That's good enough for the banks, that's good enough for the venture
>capitalists and that's good enough for me."
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Nutritional Pet Consultant, Purely Pets
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
For The Well Being Of Dogs and Cats
Email:  darleen@...
Phone:  704-795-7844 7 days 9:00-8:00 p.m. EST
Order Desk:  1-888-306-4284 (US only)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Thank you for sharing this article with us.  I do have to say at least
Clyde Oatis  is telling us what is going to be in the dog food.  Many dog
food companies NOW use the ingredients listed below, but it is not required
that they list the TRUE ingredients contained in the package.

At 10:34 AM 8/1/99 -0500, natural wrote:
>From: "natural" <natural@...>
>
>I thought I had heard almost everything but this shocked me.  Found in
>today's morning newspaper and thought I'd share with you all.  Please read
>paragraph 2 for the intended uses.
>
>Rosie Lloyd
>
>
>July 26, 1999, 11:23 p.m.
>
>Turning trash into profits
>By REBECCA MOWBRAY
>Copyright 1999 Houston Chronicle
>
>In an abandoned rice mill on the edge of Fifth Ward, Clyde Oatis hopes to
>soon be cooking up a nutritious porridge of spent hens, spoiled yogurt,
>spilled dog food, contaminated sauerkraut, unusable baby food, half-eaten
>hamburgers, and even the occasional cardboard box, which has 21 percent
>protein.
>
>If his plan works out, Oatis will be the executive chef of a new breed of
>fusion cooking -- transforming food waste destined for landfills into animal
>feed pellets customized for different species of livestock and pets.
>
>In the process, US Custom Feed will be solving an environmental problem,
>creating jobs and developing a concept easy to reproduce in other low-income
>neighborhoods around the country.
>
>As Oatis says, he's turning trash into profits.
>
>Some 21.9 million tons of food waste is tossed into landfills each year, the
>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says, occupying precious landfill space
>and costing companies thousands of dollars each year in "tipping" fees.
>Instead of paying $7 to $9 per cubic yard at the landfills, Houston-area
>supermarkets, restaurants, breweries and farms will be able to deliver their
>scraps to Oatis and pay him a smaller amount of money to take them off their
>hands. In other words, the raw materials for Oatis' business are better than
>free.
>
>Once the food is in US Custom Feed's custody, a machine will roast it to
>kill any bacteria, grind it into a powder and squeeze it into pellets. Plant
>operators will test the mixture to make sure it meets the nutritional needs
>of, say, llamas. If not, they'll blend in more grain, meat or vegetables,
>said Roger Hoestenbach Jr., a Texas A&M Agricultural Experiment Station
>director and chemist who is working with Oatis.
>
>Oatis' service is a welcome option for the Houston Food Bank, which is stuck
>with 1 million pounds of unusable food donations each year. "This has always
>been a logistical problem for us," said director of marketing Warren Brice.
>"Dumping fees are high all over the country and getting higher."
>
>Oatis first seized upon the food waste problem years ago when the dairy
>processing plant where he was working in his native Chicago had to move to
>rural Wisconsin because of the butterfat waste it generated. Ever since he
>came up with the idea for his reprocessing business, he's been tortured by
>food waste.
>
>"It's just sickening to see the amount of food we throw away. I can't sit in
>a restaurant anymore," Oatis shuddered.
>
>Oatis' biggest problem in starting US Custom Feed has been raising capital,
>a process he hopes to complete by September so he can start renovating the
>rice mill. Oatis already has bought the rice mill and the patents for the
>food processing machine, but he needs more money to get the plant running.

>
>After exhausting his personal funds, Oatis has managed to take advantage of
>every community development program designed to help entrepreneurs like him.
>
>He rents discounted office space from the Palm Center, the city of Houston's
>incubator, where he has office support and access to the Small Business
>Administration's One-Stop Capital Shop and resource library. He received
>$100,000 in seed money from a local community development financial
>institution, Intrust USA. Now he's applying for $900,000 in loans from the
>development corporations run by the city and the county, $1 million in
>equity money from the Enron Corp.'s new venture capital program and $1.3
>million in regular bank loans.
>
>"I try to find projects that balance community interests with job creation
>and excellent profitability," said Intrust USA President James Mingey, who
>has been working with Oatis for two years. "People have been looking at ways
>to try to solve the environmental problem of landfills for a long time. To
>be able to do that and create a value-added product is phenomenal."
>
>Oatis' business plan is strong, Mingey said. The Texas A&M Agricultural
>Experiment Station is making sure he develops a sound product. He will be
>able to duplicate the process in other cities and, in addition to his core
>business, he will earn royalties from his machine patent. Once US Custom
>Feed is humming along, Oatis also could start other businesses, roasting soy
>or coffee beans with his machine.
>
>Oatis tried to start his business a few years ago with a group of investors
>from Dallas and different technology, but he scrapped the deal after their
>plan whittled his ownership stake down to 14 percent.
>
>Back at the drawing board, Oatis found a machine that combined grinding,
>roasting and pellet-making in one system. Koch Industries, a huge, privately
>held Kansas company, had paid more than $5 million for the rights to the
>Jet-Pro Waste Recovery System, but sold it to Oatis for $850,000 because the
>company couldn't integrate it into its operations. "It's a steal," said
>Oatis, who made one of the machine's inventors his partner to ensure that US
>Custom Feed uses Jet-Pro to its fullest capability.
>
>For Oatis, starting US Custom Feed has been all about balancing a moral
>mission to help build his adopted city while building a profitable business.
>
>He located in Fifth Ward because of its proximity to the Port of Houston,
>because of the tax abatements that come with being in a federal Enhanced
>Enterprise Community area and because he wanted to have a hand in the
>neighborhood's revitalization.
>
>Oatis has forgone opportunities for automation in order to hire more people.
>He said he could have opted for a can-smashing machine that would require
>only two people; instead, he chose a simpler machine that will allow him to
>employ six people as sorters. Oatis vows to pay a living wage to the 19
>workers who will operate his plant.
>
>"You've got to have some social responsibility," said Oatis, a former
>college basketball All-American who was drafted by the Rockets when the team
>was in San Diego. "I think I should do my part."

>
>A fully streamlined plant could create 50 percent returns. Oatis said he
>could live on 20 percent returns. The compromise appears to be 37 percent.
>"That's good enough for the banks, that's good enough for the venture
>capitalists and that's good enough for me."
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
Darleen E. Rudnick <http://www.purelypets.com/>http://www.purelypets.com
Nutritional Pet Consultant, Purely Pets
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
For The Well Being Of Dogs and Cats
Email:  darleen@...
Phone:  704-795-7844 7 days 9:00-8:00 p.m. EST
Order Desk:  1-888-306-4284 (US only)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

I thought I had heard almost everything but this shocked me.  Found in
today's morning newspaper and thought I'd share with you all.  Please read
paragraph 2 for the intended uses.

Rosie Lloyd


July 26, 1999, 11:23 p.m.

Turning trash into profits
By REBECCA MOWBRAY
Copyright 1999 Houston Chronicle

In an abandoned rice mill on the edge of Fifth Ward, Clyde Oatis hopes to
soon be cooking up a nutritious porridge of spent hens, spoiled yogurt,
spilled dog food, contaminated sauerkraut, unusable baby food, half-eaten
hamburgers, and even the occasional cardboard box, which has 21 percent
protein.

If his plan works out, Oatis will be the executive chef of a new breed of
fusion cooking -- transforming food waste destined for landfills into animal
feed pellets customized for different species of livestock and pets.

In the process, US Custom Feed will be solving an environmental problem,
creating jobs and developing a concept easy to reproduce in other low-income
neighborhoods around the country.

As Oatis says, he's turning trash into profits.

Some 21.9 million tons of food waste is tossed into landfills each year, the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says, occupying precious landfill space
and costing companies thousands of dollars each year in "tipping" fees.
Instead of paying $7 to $9 per cubic yard at the landfills, Houston-area
supermarkets, restaurants, breweries and farms will be able to deliver their
scraps to Oatis and pay him a smaller amount of money to take them off their
hands. In other words, the raw materials for Oatis' business are better than
free.

Once the food is in US Custom Feed's custody, a machine will roast it to
kill any bacteria, grind it into a powder and squeeze it into pellets. Plant
operators will test the mixture to make sure it meets the nutritional needs
of, say, llamas. If not, they'll blend in more grain, meat or vegetables,
said Roger Hoestenbach Jr., a Texas A&M Agricultural Experiment Station
director and chemist who is working with Oatis.

Oatis' service is a welcome option for the Houston Food Bank, which is stuck
with 1 million pounds of unusable food donations each year. "This has always
been a logistical problem for us," said director of marketing Warren Brice.
"Dumping fees are high all over the country and getting higher."

Oatis first seized upon the food waste problem years ago when the dairy
processing plant where he was working in his native Chicago had to move to
rural Wisconsin because of the butterfat waste it generated. Ever since he
came up with the idea for his reprocessing business, he's been tortured by
food waste.

"It's just sickening to see the amount of food we throw away. I can't sit in
a restaurant anymore," Oatis shuddered.

Oatis' biggest problem in starting US Custom Feed has been raising capital,
a process he hopes to complete by September so he can start renovating the
rice mill. Oatis already has bought the rice mill and the patents for the
food processing machine, but he needs more money to get the plant running.

After exhausting his personal funds, Oatis has managed to take advantage of
every community development program designed to help entrepreneurs like him.

He rents discounted office space from the Palm Center, the city of Houston's
incubator, where he has office support and access to the Small Business
Administration's One-Stop Capital Shop and resource library. He received
$100,000 in seed money from a local community development financial
institution, Intrust USA. Now he's applying for $900,000 in loans from the
development corporations run by the city and the county, $1 million in
equity money from the Enron Corp.'s new venture capital program and $1.3
million in regular bank loans.

"I try to find projects that balance community interests with job creation
and excellent profitability," said Intrust USA President James Mingey, who
has been working with Oatis for two years. "People have been looking at ways
to try to solve the environmental problem of landfills for a long time. To
be able to do that and create a value-added product is phenomenal."

Oatis' business plan is strong, Mingey said. The Texas A&M Agricultural
Experiment Station is making sure he develops a sound product. He will be
able to duplicate the process in other cities and, in addition to his core
business, he will earn royalties from his machine patent. Once US Custom
Feed is humming along, Oatis also could start other businesses, roasting soy
or coffee beans with his machine.

Oatis tried to start his business a few years ago with a group of investors
from Dallas and different technology, but he scrapped the deal after their
plan whittled his ownership stake down to 14 percent.

Back at the drawing board, Oatis found a machine that combined grinding,
roasting and pellet-making in one system. Koch Industries, a huge, privately
held Kansas company, had paid more than $5 million for the rights to the
Jet-Pro Waste Recovery System, but sold it to Oatis for $850,000 because the
company couldn't integrate it into its operations. "It's a steal," said
Oatis, who made one of the machine's inventors his partner to ensure that US
Custom Feed uses Jet-Pro to its fullest capability.

For Oatis, starting US Custom Feed has been all about balancing a moral
mission to help build his adopted city while building a profitable business.

He located in Fifth Ward because of its proximity to the Port of Houston,
because of the tax abatements that come with being in a federal Enhanced
Enterprise Community area and because he wanted to have a hand in the
neighborhood's revitalization.

Oatis has forgone opportunities for automation in order to hire more people.
He said he could have opted for a can-smashing machine that would require
only two people; instead, he chose a simpler machine that will allow him to
employ six people as sorters. Oatis vows to pay a living wage to the 19
workers who will operate his plant.

"You've got to have some social responsibility," said Oatis, a former
college basketball All-American who was drafted by the Rockets when the team
was in San Diego. "I think I should do my part."

A fully streamlined plant could create 50 percent returns. Oatis said he
could live on 20 percent returns. The compromise appears to be 37 percent.
"That's good enough for the banks, that's good enough for the venture
capitalists and that's good enough for me."

Hello to all:

I'm new to the list and here is my introduction.

I currently raise rough coated collies.  I only have three right now.  I also
have an angora rabbit.

I've used natural methods as well as natural medicines to heal my dogs.

I'm not very big on pumping my animals with drugs.  I believe in strengthening
the immune system so that it can do the work it is suppose to do.

I look forward to learning from the list.

I do have a problem that I will discuss at a later time.

Thanks so much and I'm looking forward to reading everyone's posts.

Jan
Janet C. Matherly, Kentucky, USA
meadowyck@...

Hello I am just passing this on for a friend. I hope you can help!
Dotty

In a message dated 7/25/99 10:24:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Formyrotts
writes:

<< <<
   Hello all,

   I am trying to do a little bit of something for a rescue situation here in
   the Tampa Bay area of Florida.  For those of you that were not aware of it,
   here is the link to the story.  It is about the second story down, the
little
   dragged rottweiler that was rescued by a normal (read non-rottie) person.
   <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Gulfstream/rescue.htm">Gulfstream Rottweiler
   Club Rescue Page
   </A>

   http://members.aol.com/Gulfstream/rescue.htm

   I have some very neat old magazines, DOG SPORTS, from 1979,80 and 81.  I
have
   listed one on eBay, with no reserve price, NR, and the starting bid is
$3.00.
    Whatever monies are made from the sale of this magazine, and 10 others I
   have, are going to help pay a bit on the vet bill for the rottie in this
   situation.  I am offering anyone an opportunity to help rescue and also, get
   something for the money u pay for it.  I am paying the listing fee and the %
   for the final closing bid.

   Also, another person who is a very good friend of mine, Gini Brydle, has
   donated a T-Shirt from Roger Pidney, to be sold on eBay for the same cause.
   I will list the second magazine when I get a bid on the first one, then will
   list the third when I get a bid on the second, etc. The T-Shirt will be
   posted when I get it, sometime this week.   Sure would be nice to get at
   least $50.00 total for all these items, including the T-Shirt.

   In case you are wondering about buying on eBay, it is very easy.  If anyone
   has any questions, feel free to email me.  My name on eBay is
   Vandezon@....  You can go look, without even registering.  Thanks a lot
   for taking the time to read this, and also a big thanks to Kathi for
allowing
   me to post it.

   Linda Buttstead
   Formyrotts@... >>
   >>