Comments on: The One (and Only) Vitamin Not Needed in a Dog’s Diet http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/canine-nutrition/dogs-vitamin-c/ Saving Good Dogs from Bad Dog Food Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shawna http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/canine-nutrition/dogs-vitamin-c/comment-page-1/#comment-53061 Shawna Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:46:00 +0000 http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/?p=125#comment-53061 Interesting!!  I know Dr. Karen Becker (and other vets I've read) use intravenous vitamin C, along with other antioxidants, in cancer patients.  Even though dogs make their own C, the extra boost apparently helps :) http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2010/11/23/pet-supplements-and-pet-therapy-for-cancer-prevention.aspx My dogs love clementines :) Interesting!!  I know Dr. Karen Becker (and other vets I’ve read) use intravenous vitamin C, along with other antioxidants, in cancer patients.  Even though dogs make their own C, the extra boost apparently helps :)

http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2010/11/23/pet-supplements-and-pet-therapy-for-cancer-prevention.aspx

My dogs love clementines :)

]]> By: Thtooley http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/canine-nutrition/dogs-vitamin-c/comment-page-1/#comment-53057 Thtooley Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:28:00 +0000 http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/?p=125#comment-53057 The answer above, asserting that no studies with Vitamin C have been done on dogs and that any knowledge is anecdotal, is simply not true.  A quick review of veterinary and animal physiology journals (anyone can do this) shows that at least since the 1930s, researchers have periodically done clinical studies using Vitamin C, including one during the Cold War that showed that irradiated dogs given Vitamin C experienced a survival rate of about five times the control group (awful, yes, to expose dogs to radiation for the test, but my point is that this was 1949, and they gave Vitamin C to dogs) [see Field and Rekers, "Vitamin C and Flavonoids in Dogs," 1949].  Plus many other tests over the years.  Some have shown positive results for one symptom or another, some have shown no result.  But that animal physiologists have done work in this area seems beyond dispute.    The answer above, asserting that no studies with Vitamin C have been done on dogs and that any knowledge is anecdotal, is simply not true.  A quick review of veterinary and animal physiology journals (anyone can do this) shows that at least since the 1930s, researchers have periodically done clinical studies using Vitamin C, including one during the Cold War that showed that irradiated dogs given Vitamin C experienced a survival rate of about five times the control group (awful, yes, to expose dogs to radiation for the test, but my point is that this was 1949, and they gave Vitamin C to dogs) [see Field and Rekers, "Vitamin C and Flavonoids in Dogs," 1949].  Plus many other tests over the years.  Some have shown positive results for one symptom or another, some have shown no result.  But that animal physiologists have done work in this area seems beyond dispute.   

]]> By: erin http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/canine-nutrition/dogs-vitamin-c/comment-page-1/#comment-11764 erin Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:32:35 +0000 http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/?p=125#comment-11764 The VET books I referred to is James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories or James Herriot's Cat Stories The VET books I referred to is

James Herriot’s Favorite Dog Stories
or
James Herriot’s Cat Stories

]]> By: erin http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/canine-nutrition/dogs-vitamin-c/comment-page-1/#comment-11742 erin Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:34:17 +0000 http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/?p=125#comment-11742 Great story about Merg. All dogs are different. We had a dog that could eat anything and the next 2 could not. I have seen British people giving CHOCOLATE to their dogs on TV. Can British dogs tolerate chocolate and not American dogs? Not that I would ever give our dog chocolate. I also read a book that a VET. wrote about his encounters with different cats and dogs. He would give a vitamin shot to help them recover from whatever. What was that vitamin shot and why don't our vets have it? Great story about Merg.

All dogs are different. We had a dog that could eat anything and the next 2 could not.

I have seen British people giving CHOCOLATE to their dogs on TV. Can British dogs tolerate chocolate and not American dogs? Not that I would ever give our dog chocolate.

I also read a book that a VET. wrote about his encounters with different cats and dogs. He would give a vitamin shot to help them recover from whatever. What was that vitamin shot and why don’t our vets have it?

]]> By: Cathy http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/canine-nutrition/dogs-vitamin-c/comment-page-1/#comment-11728 Cathy Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:56:07 +0000 http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/?p=125#comment-11728 Richard, What a delightful, inspiring story about Mergatroyd. Thank you for sharing! If more dogs were as fortunate as Mergatroyd, this planet would be bursting with sweetness, goodness and wellbeing. Richard,
What a delightful, inspiring story about Mergatroyd. Thank you for sharing! If more dogs were as fortunate as Mergatroyd, this planet would be bursting with sweetness, goodness and wellbeing.

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