In a message dated 1/2/2006 7:36:01 PM Pacific Standard Time, EJDegen@xxxxxxx writes: recommend lower protein/fat for Pano problems. What about soft pasterns? When do you ignore soft pasterns in a puppy, when do you do something, and what do you do? I would be interested to here this info as well. I believe that lowering the protein to 20% and the fat to 10% when they have pano, helps dramatically! :-) I would love to hear what others on the list think works for pano and down pasterns. Michelle Kaeser Jovon Kennels _www.jovonkennels.com_ (http://www.jovonkennels.com/) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================