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On Flourless Cakes and Injuries

Animal Person

After the ligament medication it wasn't the ligament. Frankly it all began when his pinky nail was removed, and my husband thinks perhaps a nerve was damaged or the pinky nail on a greyhound is far more important to balance and gait than you might think. Tags: Ethics Food and Drink Greyhound Matters.

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On Talking With Veterinarians About Vegan Food

Animal Person

Violet the diabetic greyhound does very well as a vegan as her recent blood work demonstrated. Charles the lame greyhound doesn't process grains well at all. Because Violet and Charles are chock full of medical issues, they have a handful of specialists. She is doing fine with that. He never has.

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On Conditional Love

Animal Person

Though I test Violet's blood sugar several times a day and give her her insulin and glaucoma medication and eye drops and eye gel, she is only mildly impressed with my dedication. Tags: Activism Greyhound Matters Language. She throws it, catches it, and leaps around joyously with the toy. But she's also an alpha dog and Charles isn't.

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Looking after your dog’s joints.

4 The Love Of Animals

Lately my beautiful, old greyhound Ruby, a rescued and abused track dog had experienced extreme agony in her joints from being overly raced around a dog track in the first few years of her life. In the beginning of her life she was continuously raced without any rest or care and this had affected her health in later life.

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