No war Penny....as a teacher you understand 2 plus 2 equals 4.....but we as Americans can do the math anyway we want...your dogs are doing better on RAW because this is what nature intended them to eat....nothing more nothing less...Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Penny & Bill" <ketchy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "The List" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 5:36:31 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Farm Dog Forest I do NOT want to start a food war, BUT. . .I do want to tell you about  Forest and what's been happening to her ears, teeth and coat.  My  southern sister Donna recommended that I contact the Blue Ridge Beef  Company, so that I could get the gang (Forest and Izzy) started on  raw.  Before that, I had them on a good kibble, vitamins, yogurt,  etc.  They've been on raw a month and Forest no longer has "greasy"  ears--they weren't necessarily infected, just greasy.  YOU know what I  mean.  And she had bad breath and every couple weeks, I'd scrape the  tartar off her teeth.  NO MORE.  The bones and raw chicken parts clean  her teeth for her--she could be the poster child for healthy teeth.  But the story about her coat is the BEST--for the past few days, she's  been shedding our her WHOLE COAT--I've brushed out bushels of dead  stuff.  And what's coming in is shinier than I've ever seen on her.  It's as if her body is getting rid of the old, polluted hair.  It HAS  TO BE the food.  And she will be 11 soon. . . . Penny in NC Farm Dog Forest ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010.  All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post.  This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================