(1997) REMEDIES As with any remedy and/or change of diet, your Vet should be consulted first. The following snippets are from several owners of various breeds and are listed purely as possibilities to try. COLITIS (Inflammation of the bowel) Note: Severe colitis and weightloss could be lymphangectasia, losing protein from the intestines. Steroids, antibiotics and Hills' Renal Diet could help. 1. Salazopyrin (liquid or tablet form anti-inflammatory) together with 3 meals per day of: Chicken & boiled rice or ) Wafcol Fish & Cod special or ) with or without Peridale (provides bulk) Wafcol 21 ) 2. Sulphasalzine (sulphur-based non-steroid). Dose from 1-3 weeks when necessary. 4 small meals per day of cooked chicken (or fish) and rice, with gluten-free biscuits, and fruit & vegetables. Boil drinking water. 3. Neo-sulphentrin bolus ('large green bombs' used for calves). 4. Thrive D (homoepathic powder). Sprinkle on food. 5. Litterlac & Arrowroot (also for upset tummy) Mix 1 pint Litterlac with 2tbsp. arrowroot. Heat till boiling, stirring well. Cook for 1min., remove from heat. Stand for 5mins. Beat in 2 raw eggs. Feed 3 times per day x 3 days. Then half mixture cooked chicken x 2 days. Then normal food + half pint water and cooked arrowroot x 3 days. 6. Brown Bread & Nettles Cover stinging nettles (or any green vegetable) in pot with water. Bring to boil, then simmer till cooked, drain. Add 2 or 3 slices brown bread, liquidise. Add 1 tbsp. brandy. Feed every 2hrs. till motion corrected. 7. Chappie & Bran Feed 3 parts Chappie to 1 part bran x 4 small meals per day, later graduating to 2 meals per day. 8. Butcher's Tripe, Rice & Live Yoghurt (+ rice cakes as treats) 9. Royal Canin CC & Live Yoghurt 10. Hills KD DEPRAVED APPETITE (s**t eaters!) Note: Puppies often go through a stage of faeces eating. Don't get paranoid, or you could turn it into an attention-seeking habit. 1. Min-Vit's BoVitmin 2. Deter 3. Brewer's Yeast 4. Seaweed Powder 5. Pineapple - 1 slice per day Cont... 6. Cider Vinegar - 1tsp. per day 7. Nutmeg - sprinkle on food 8. Charcoal - couple biscuits with every meal 9. Kipper - 1 piece with food 10. Raw chicken carcasses (including bones), vegetables, rice, pasta, eggs, etc. 11. Hills All in One Diet 12. Spray faeces with household paraffin. CRACKED/SORE PADS 1. Vaseline - with/without baby powder on top 2. Sudocren 3. Castor Oil 4. Padsol - Natural Friend's 5. Glycerine - pure 6. Zinc - Holland & Barrett's tablets 7. Neatsfoot Oil 8. Evening Primrose Oil 9. Powdered Alum - 1tsp. to 1 pint hot water, cool. Dip feet twice per day. 10. Epsom Salts - as Alum 11. Potato Peelings - 1 large handful peelings to 1 quart cold water. Bring to boil, simmer 10mins. Do not drain, cool. Bathe pads 3 times per day.