Here Is A Post Worthy Of Note From Build A Better Dog

A TESTIMONIAL FROM A NEW CUSTOMER

This is from a new customer who got her first shipment of product this past Friday.

"First, I did notice the larger container and would like to thank you.  My dog is a nine year old boxer.  Her name is Belle and I have raised her from six weeks of age.  In other words...she's my baby :)  Over the last year I have noticed a significant decline in her health.  I've noticed stiffness in her legs that has limited her ability to get on or off the couch and to go up or down the steps to get outside.  I talked with our vet and pretty much have tried everything to reduce the pain and improve her mobility.  She hadn't improved much nor had she gotten worse until the last few weeks.   Last week when I found your site, I was in tears; completely desperate.   My poor girl's back legs seemed to have stopped working altogether.   She fell off both the couch and stairs. Practically every time she tried to stand or walk, her legs simply gave out causing her to fall down.   I didn't know what else to do and couldn't stand to see her in so much pain! 

I received your product on Friday, June 26th, and started her on it immediately. Today is Monday,  June 29th, and I am thrilled to be able to say that I can already see a difference.   I'm mostly noticing that she has more stability when she stands and when she walks on flat surfaces.   Also, this morning she was much less timid in going down the stairs, which means to me that she is feeling stronger and not so afraid of falling down.   

I'm honestly so pleased with the results so far that I am going to start Belle's husband Beau on it tonight.   He's a seven year old boxer with what I think could be the beginnings of hip dysplasia.   I think your product may benefit him as well.  

Thank you again, and be on the lookout for another order soon!"

HERE IS A FOLLOW UP LETTER:

I am happy to report that my girl is doing very well.  She's walking much better than before!  I'm thrilled with this product and her improvement so far.   Thank you for caring. I have attached a photo of my sweet Belle :)

These are great results that really gives us so hope for our pets in the future.

Jerry Pardue
Build A Better Dog  

Dysplasia is a problem that goes all the way down to the critical joints of your pet.

Amy's Belle

Perils of GMO And Your Pets

I have for several years been a fan of the work of Susan Thixton and her organization Truth About Pet Foods.  She has worked tirelessly to bring to the sunshine facts about the sorry state of affairs of dog and cat food manufacturing in this country.

Susan constantly uncovers situations where 4D animal parts(dead, dying, diseased, and disabled) are being used and these facts are hidden from public view by the other sorry state of affairs in the pet food industry and that is lax and useless regulations.

Truth About Pet Foods recently published an article going down a new dark hallway in animal nutrition and that is GMO ingredients and the risk they bring to your pets.

Their big concern is over something called Roundup Ready crops that have been genetically altered to be resistant to the world's most popular herbicide and create mature crops like corn and soy that have been regularly drenched with salt of glyphosphate or Round Up which literally strips the ground of everything it is sprayed with except for those crops.

Now, what happens when those herbicide hearty crops are fed to your precious animals.  Sited from the works of Dr. Will Falconer of VitalAnimal.com are his concerns about the after effects of feeding GMO crops to dogs:

Liver and kidney damage
Reproductive failure
Stomach inflammation
Gut flora disruption
Hormone dysregulation, including insulin

The Non-GMO Project has listed the most high risk GMO ingredients that would affect your pet and they are as follows:

Alfalfa
Canola
Corn
Soy
Sugar Beets
Zuchinni
Yellow Summer Squash

The facts of this article and much more can be found on Truth About Pet Food's site  and I hope you will visit the site and examine further the dangers that are out there.

Jerry Pardue
Build A Better Dog

How Big Is Big Enough?

By Jerry Pardue

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I just wonder how big is big enough and at what point does lack of competition begin to allow multinational corporations begin to ignore quality because of lack of consumer choice.

Mars Pet Food is just such an example with four billion dollar brands already in their house(Pedigree, Whiskas, Royal Canin, and Banfield Veterinary Clinics. They have ownership of Cesar, Nutro, Sheba, Dreamies, KiteKat, Chappi, Catson, Frolic, Perfect Fit, and Greenies and with their recent acquisition of Proctor & Gamble's pet food division, they have added Iams, Eukanuba, and Natura Pet Foods.

With the recent law suit filed by Purina against Blue Buffalo, it is rumored that Mars is making a move on the defendant and will then add the six dog food lines and four cat food lines to their massive list of products.`

I have to question whether this drive to become a larger and larger part of our precious pet's nutrition, will this be an opportunity to have an even more direct line to cheap ingredients from China and other parts of Asia, grain ingredients raised on fertilizers that originally was human fecal waste and animals so heavily medicated due to unsanitary conditions.

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Chondroitin Sulfate and "All Organic" Feeding

By Jerry Pardue

The problems with canine hip dysplasia seems to spread over and into many different feeding regimens.  When 70% of large dogs are affected, it is quite reasonable to assert that this includes those pet owners who strive to give their dogs "all natural" and "all organic" ingredients in their diets, but is this possible, especially when the treatment includes a medication like chondroitin sulfate?

The term "all organic" and chondroitin may not fit into the same categories.  Most people who feed a supplement with glucosamine and chondroitin have. over time, come to know that this medication was originally an extract of shark cartilage and that was true.  Over time however, with the growing use of and an increased market for that product, chondroitin is also a by-product of cow trachea, pigs ears and noses, fishes, and birds.

Let's look at the original source first.  If you were to examine a detailed profile of chondroitin, there would be a measurement described as "residue from ignition" and it would show a value of 20-30%.  What this measures is, if an amount of chondroitin was burned to a certain point in a laboratory, the residue would measure 20 to 30% of the original weight.  What makes up this amout are those substances which could no be destroyed in the burning process which would includes mercury and lead, those substances which are in all sea creatures because of our habit of pollution and is the reason the USDA and the FDA recommends that a human not eat tuna more than once a week.

Now, the amounts are surely not a toxic level because it is just too small but it will be added to the sum total of all those other same sources and if someone is looking for an "all natural" and "all organic", ain't gonna happen.

Looking a step further into the non-shark ingredients, there are other red flags that may invade your peace of mind.  Cow tracheas, pig ears, pig nose cartilage, bird(usually meaning chicken or turkey), and fish(i.e. commercially grown fish) carry a concern about how much antibiotics might be present.  Here again, it is a small amount, but a small amount over a long period of time is the problem.

If you purchase a joint supplement, it will in a likelihood, include those two product as the principle active ingredients and the labeling will tell you that they are in there but will not tell you where it was derived from.  

I talk with a lot of pet owners with dogs variously afflicted with degrees of hip dysplasia and the effectiveness of glucosamine and chondroitin is inconsistent and sometimes insignificant.

A more consistent and reliable treatment is using chelated trace minerals and high levels of omega fatty acids and antioxidants seems to work much better as this gives a dog an opportunity to strengthen and repair skeletal tissue instead of merely treating the symptoms.  That is a much more permanent fix.

A Tribute To Highland Canine Training Center's Great Staff

Build A Better Dog Would Like To Pay Tribute To One Of Our Great Customers And Their Staff

Erin Purgason, BS, CPDT-KA, owner

Erin is the owner of Highland Canine Training, LLC and has been a sworn law enforcement officer since 2002. She directs our obedience and behavior modification training programs and also assists with the training of dogs for police patrol, detection and search and rescue. Erin also oversees our Assistance Dogs for Autism Program and assists with training dogs and working with their new families. Erin has worked with animals in clinical settings since 1995 and has owned and worked with dogs all her life. Erin also handles a scent discrimination tracking bloodhound for K-9 Search and Rescue. Erin is a member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers APDT# 74668 and a certified American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen evaluator.

Build A Better Dog and Triad Performance Supplement would like to honor Erin for her tremendous dedication to the whole working dog industry and in particular for her generosity and energy for the whole canine world.

Canine Hip Dysplasia Relief For Newfoundlands And Other Dogs

I recently found this information while reading over some websites.

“The most prevalent joint disease in Newfoundlands is hip dysplasia. Dysplasia is a term used for abnormal or improper growth. Canine hip dysplasia is a condition in which the hip joint of the dog is not developed properly. Hip joint is the most important “weight bearing joint” of the body. In hip joint, the thigh bone or femur having a spherical head rotates in a cavity shaped acetabulum of hip bone. Normally, the femur bone fits into the hip bone and rotates smoothly. Various ligaments surround the joint that keep the joint bones intact in their place and provide strength to it. But in hip dysplasia the development or growth of hip bone cavity does not take place correctly. The hip bone cavity becomes too shallow or disrupted in shape that it becomes difficult for it to hold the head of femur. As a result, the thigh bone fits loosely into hip bone and moves freely. The bone surfaces rub against each other roughly which accelerates the wear and tear process of bones and cartilages, leading to inflammation and pain in joint.

The manifested symptoms of hip dysplasia are pain, lameness of hind limbs, limping, difficulty in climbing stairs and hopping while walking (bunny hop).”-www.pearandberry.com

This assessment of hip dysplasia was published online to sell a glucosamine and chondroitin supplement and makes the case that other than the use of an anti inflammatory, the only oher alternative to relief was to have, “surgical treatment like arthroscopy which is done to remove the damaged cartilage tissue. Once the dead tissue is removed, it will regrow and new tissue will replace the damaged."

What if it doesn't? What if the damage to the cartilage is simply repeated because the root cause, the malformed or malfunctioning femur and acetabulum may very well continue to do damage to the connective tissue and in the future, the very costly surgery becomes necessary again to promote the healthy healing of cartilage."

The most practical and probably the most effective course of action is a chelated mineral supplement with yeast, probiotics, digestive enzymes, and a healthy level of anti-oxidants. The chelated minerals will add some bone mass density(BMD) to the inflamed bones and add elasticity to the connective tissue and the other ingredients will reduce tissue damage and increase nutrient utilization to make for a better overall

This will provide healthy, long term, and effective movement back into your dog's life and even more important, pain free activity with the use of drugs for the life of your pet.

Don't believe me, just ask Connie from Texas or see what Donna from NorthCarolina or see the video testimonial about Zoe, Nena from Raleigh, NC's  eight year old German Shepherd that could not go upstairs or get on her owners standard height bed. Lastly, read about Doreen, a sixteen year old cat that is back to jumping around the furniture and maintaining her weight and condition like she did when she was younger.

Triad Performance Supplement from Build A Better Dog is just such a supplement and the people who have used it tell the stories of success and their satisfaction. Triad Performance Supplement carries a 100% customer satisfaction guarantee so there is no risk to the customer or their pet.

Take a look at Build A Better Dog's website or hook up with their facebookpage to learn more about this wonderful product that actually works. 

Connie's Nellie

Donna's Harley

Nena's Zoe

Our Doreen

Symptoms of Hypothyroidism vs. Symptoms of Aging and General Health

SYMPTOMS OF DYSPLASIA  AND ARTHRITIS CAN OFTEN BE REDUCED ACTIVITY AND 

AGILITY AND BE VERY SUBTLE, OFTEN OVERLOOKED

I came across a story by Dr. Susan Baker in the Palm Beach Post about dogs that show certain symptoms that, when looked at in their totality may very well be diagnosed as hypothyroidism. Those symptoms are less energy, laying around, gaining weight and poor hair coat quality. These symptoms could very well be hypothyroidism but they could also be the result of mineral deficiencies and just plain aging.  Poor mineral nutrition, especially zinc, copper, and iron affect thyroid function and the thyroid is very susceptible to oxidative stress. 

When dogs reach the age of 5 to 7, they lose 50% of their ability to digest trace minerals and if they are being fed a dog food that uses such outdated and inefficient trace mineral sources as copper oxide, zinc sulfate, manganous oxide, and other mineral compounds that must be broken down in the digestive process before they are utilized, it is small wonder that the health of adult and senior dogs would suffer.

These aforementioned mineral compounds are digested at an average rate of close to 5% and adding higher levels of traditional trace mineral sources is almost useless because of the low absorption levels.

This means that the alternative has to be using organic mineral sources like chelated trace minerals which incorporates the bonding of one molecule of a raw mineral like zinc and two amino acids(protein broken down into its component parts). These ingredients are very effective because they are of a size that is already digestible and raw minerals are used and don't have to be broken down any further. This increases the digestibility of the minerals by up to six times.

Now, I hope your dog does not suffer from hypothyroidism because you are looking at a lifetime of medication that works to correct only that condition while the alternative, should it be proven to be accurate means a health supplement that will enhance quality of life in many areas for many years and may prevent long term therapy that is not only expensive but is single purposed.

TriadPerformance Supplement from Build A Better Dog incorporates chelated trace minerals and goes even further in fortification to make available yeast, probiotics, digestive enzymes, powerful antioxidants, multiple Omega fatty acids, mannan oligosacharrides, and many other healthy ingredients for the benefit of your dog.

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