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Tara Elementary's Tara Musical Theater Group performed "Annie Jr." during the school's Tara Night of the Arts.
The night started with an art fair and ended with the musical.
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Howard Greninger
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From professors to classmates, graduates of Indiana State University on Saturday were reminded their path to a new career comes from a network of mentors.
About half of the nearly 850 eligible graduates who completed degrees in the summer and fall participated in ISU's Winter Commencement at Hulman Center.
Bradley P. Hobbs, 26, who delivered the student address, previously trained and worked as a paramedic right out of high school in Indianapolis. He worked for three years, gaining valuable experience from co-workers, before deciding he wanted to be a nurse and do even more.
His spark for the medical profession came from his grandmother, a nurse in an Indianapolis hospital whom he job shadowed while in high school. Hobbs said he made the right decision coming to Indiana State.
"I loved every bit of it. Great professors. Great bang for your buck," he said.
Hobbs plans to continue his education as a graduated student at ISU. "My goal is to work in an emergency room as a physician's extender," he said.
During the graduation ceremony, Hobbs told ISU graduates they "will better the world as educators, pilots, nurses, business professionals, musicians, scientists, and artists among many other great professions. There is no doubt that our educations here have prepared us for our careers. But we have also gained so much more.
"For me, ISU professors like Dr. Marcia Miller and Professor Jill Moore have offered me guidance that has promoted my personal growth and maturity. They have challenged me to become a better version of myself. The test remains now, for me and for you, how to use our education and experience to improve the communities where we go on life's journey."
"When we look for a job we should use our ISU training to search for a career, not just for a paycheck. As my Dad always says: 'Find a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.'"
U.S. Magistrate Craig McKee, an attorney and 1979 graduate of ISU, delivered the alumni address. He referenced astronaut Neil Armstrong and how it took a team for Armstrong to get to the moon. "No one goes to the moon alone," McKee said.
"My observation today is that the success you measure beyond Indiana State will be supported by a network of people from whom you seek counsel. You will need mentors — people whose wisdom and experience will inform your own. It will be about all of you, together," McKee said.
"You will discuss issues with veteran teachers in the faculty lounge or a senior pilot with whom you share a cockpit. You will learn from a sales manager who understands how to overcome a slack time or an experienced nurse who remembers what it was to be new on the floor. You begin careers knowing a great deal because of your education, but also less than you realize or will need.
"Your network of mentors will be part of you wherever your career takes you. Over time it will take a sublime form of both receiving and transmitting when you are not only seeking counsel but sharing it," McKee said.
For Alicia B. Hicks of Monrovia, Saturday's graduation was the result of determination and support from her teachers.
Hicks survived an automobile accident on I-70 in March 2009, after her vehicle left the road and rolled several times. She was taken by helicopter to an Indianapolis hospital.
She spent a month out of school, losing valuable class time, she said.
"It was hard work and it took some very understanding teachers. I did a lot of [catch-up work] from home," she said. "I was head set that I was going to graduate."
Hicks said the accident inspired her to do more at ISU.
"Ever since it happened, I have done so much. I have done research, mentored and presented my research in other places," Hicks said. "The accident woke me up basically. I never really thought I would do so much in my college career, but I have. It inspired me to be more involved," Hicks said.
She plans to go to Vanderbilt University Medical Center under a nurse residency center, with a goal of becoming a nurse practitioner.
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(Redirected from Ivana Šitić)Ivana Šitić (born 10 December 1993 in Split) is a professional marathon swimmer from Croatia who competes on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit. 2012 she placed 7th in the 57km Sante Fe-Coronda Marathon in Argentina and 8th in the 36km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy. 2011 she placed 4th in the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli.
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Vet Advice: Relief for Your Dog's Itchy Skin
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ABout 1 week ago, I decided to try the Wellness brand dry dog food, for my 3 4 legged kids, and i am starting to decide it was a bad idea. Cost wasn't a factor, as it is pricey. More so than the Blu Buffalo I was feeding them for many years. Bear is a 5 year old Shi-Chon Bichon mix and has never displayed any signs of excessive itching or skin problems up to this point. After 1 week on the Wellness brand dog food, the itching has begun to drive us both crazy it seems. He sleeps with me and shakes the bed all night long now. I spend more time scratching him to prevent him from doing damage to himself. I tried benadryl ( 1/2 tablet) and it seemed to quiet down the itch, but only tried it as a last resort. It worked for 1 night of rest, but I am leary of making it a constant remedy for his itching. As of today, I am removing the Wellenss from his diet and going back to Blue Buffalo permanently. Just because it costs more, doesn't mean it's better. Wellness brand claims are deceiving at this point. for instant releif, I use the benadryl insect bite spray and rub it in very good, to treat the skin where he seems to have the itchy spots ( rib area on both sides, lower inner stomach) after reading other posts, I will go back to benadryl tablets at bedtime so he sleeps good at night.
Submitted by Diane Johnston | May 20 2014 | Permalink
My dog 14 year old lab had severe skin allergies I tried Fromm's dog food Salmon Tunalini and her skin cleared up immediately. It's grain free and consists mostly of fish, fruits and vegtables. It'susually a protein source that causes the severe itch or seasonal allergies. And it's good practise to rotate the dogs food don't feed them one protein source for a long time. I switch betwen the beef frittata, salmon tutulii
Submitted by Michele | November 9 2013 | Permalink
Both my dogs went crazy with allergies this past summer. They only got relief when I gave them regular antihistamines. I found out what dosage from this vet's website.
Submitted by Delaney | November 22 2013 | Permalink
My dog has had major itchiness, and developed some scabby spots and thinning hair on her but near her tail -- I am using canine enterouc powder on her and this has helped a great deal, all her hair is back and the scabby spots are gone. Along with brushing her and tea tree oil for hot spots I think I might add olive oil to her diet a couple of times a week also see if that gets rid of the remaining dryness and flakiness.
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I Have an american pitbull x bulldog aka a bandogee she is super itchy from her face ears back all the way to her legs and feet she has been on venectyl p, prednisone and fed with medical hypoallergenic dog food. We cant seem to get her itchyness under control she has scratched / chewed her hair and legs to the skin and wont stop even on her med which is prednisone right now is there anything we can do for her? She has no hair left on her back legs :(
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My two English bulldogs have food allergies changed mine to a grain free diet and they are 99% better...
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My little chihuahua and shihtzu has had allergy's since we moved to our first home four years ago. Started out really slow for the two and a half and then she started breaking out with these little bumps mostly on her back, then she started getting some on her belly. Then she scratches on the right side on the under side of the belly. Took her to the vet wasted time and money. So I started looking for web sites that had vets that were holistic. I kind of anticeptic but by this time I was ready to listen. As long as it was safe. So Dr at website. . she suggest providone iodine its for a lot of infections and is a nathuarl medicine. Its used for skin infections , yeasts,molds, fungi and viruses.so I started using it. U can find it in any drug store. Put some in warm water into a glass container and apply with a wash rag or a clean rag. Wipe gently down going the same way the hair grows. Never against. Do it twice a day. Don't forget the belly. Then you pat dry with a clean towel, not to dry just damp. Then let dry. Its working for us. It takes about three weeks to see it really working. We have also started benadryl twice a day it seems like that's adding help also. Thank you God.
Submitted by Rod | December 15 2013 | Permalink
We have a 8 year old mix breed, that has every licking and itching issue possible. Allergic to so many different things, the food allergies are pretty much conquered since all he gets is lamb and brown rice. Organic snacks, with limited ingreients. Bath every other week, has a vaccine every 10 days for 6 months now. NO relief!!, Poor dog wears a cone most of the day, with exception of when outside and can be watched constantly. Issues have been discussed with Vet overand over, so far no solution, bendrdyl twice daily no help, sprays and lotions worthless. I read of a new product coming available first quarter of 2014 that has shown to give relief to the constant licking and scratching. /the name of it is Apoquel, I am hoping it will give some big relief, because at present we are at wits end and frustrated at no relief for all the things we have tried either OTC or prescription, I don't know how this dog is able to have a good quality of life the way it is. All the home remedies we tried, no help. This dog was a rescue puppy and feel due to the inbreeding that a lot of his problems were generated that way. We will continue to give all the comfort possible and hope one day for something more powerful.
Submitted by Randy Poppert | January 1 2014 | Permalink
We have a full blooded German Shepherd that we got as a pup. He in now 7 years old and every year his allergies seem to get worse. Our vet says that he is allergic to just about everything and during the dry winter months up here in Alaska, he seems to get so much worse. I think this may go back to the earlier article when you spoke about "puppy mills". At any rate, as is the case with most pets, Zues is a very big part of me and my wife's life. Zues gets really sick sometimes to the point of vomiting and fevers. He scratches almost non stop when he is awake in the winter months (which is about 6 months a year)even though I can see no dry skin under his coat. It is a very sad thing to have to go through for him especially and for us to have to watch because of the family bond we have with him. He has been put on a whole litany of different medications but he seems to be immune to just about everything they try. We are at our wits end trying to keep him comfortable and the money that we have spent on his care up to this point is an extraordinary amount which is fine and we would gladly spend that over and over again if we could find something that would help. If you have any suggestions I would appreciate it so very much. (And I have had people tell me "Hey, his name is supposed to be spelled "Zeus", you have it misspelled". And my reply is "No, he's not some mythical god, he's my buddy, a part of the family and Zues is his name".)
Submitted by Jmfarrside | January 5 2014 | Permalink
We have a 3 year old German Shepherd we have has as a pup as well and he has horrible allergies. We have spent a considerable amount of money also to try to get him some relief. We have him on a prescription called Clemastine which we get from Target pharmacy. It helps a lot with his itching and we tried many prescriptions before we found one that helped. But we also make a solution of apple cider vinegar and water a 50/50 mix and just wipe him down twice a day. It gives him relief for several hours. It's worth a try to give your dog some relief.
Submitted by Mads | January 10 2014 | Permalink
Please try to get him on Apoquel as soon as possible, should bring him relief without harsh side effects for the forseeable future. Best of luck.
Submitted by Jamie Vaccaro | March 13 2014 | Permalink
Hi, I read your post and had to reply. We put our Lhasa Apso on Apoquel last month. Her itching stopped, but she began to refuse to take the pill, which is unlike her. So I thought I would check out the side effects. APOQUEL CAN CAUSE CANCERS, something our vet did not tell us!! It also can cause upper resporatory illnesses, etc. Please read about these pharmaceutical drugs and the actual side effects before you give them to your pets. She knew that pill was doing something to her and since I read that, she has never, nor will EVER have Apoquel or Cyclosporine/Atopica again!!!!!!!!
Submitted by Trublu | March 19 2014 | Permalink
Please try grain free Halo pet food or Primal raw; I shave my poodle down and put on 100% aloe gel all over the areas that make him itch. I also give him probiotics and very low sugar plain yogurt. I also make sure my sheets on my bed and anywhere he lies down are washed in fragrance free and chemical free laundry detergent; no downy or frangrance softener either. I also use Halo Pet shampoo and never give him cheap treats or any toys made in China. See if he is allergic to other cats or other animals you may have. Cheap air fresheners are bad for you and your dog's environment. Use Vinegar to clean floors; toss out the chemical floor and rug cleaners. Rug deodorizing powders make my feet itchy when I walk on carpet. Ok, hope I can help someone out there.
Submitted by Susan | March 28 2014 | Permalink
This sounds so simple, but have you tried lavender essential oil.Try a few drops in a jug of warm water as the carrier, concentrate your pouring under arms and legs (of dog) if possible and leave for as long as possible. or make a natural mix of lavender oil and a non poisonous oil, any lightweight edible oil for the carrier(for the non poisonous factor in case licked.)a few drops to a around 50 mls of oil. Use under arms or itchy hot spots. I use lavender essential oil in an ointment with my dog and when he is itchy, and this is frequent come autumn I use it and he actually comes to me, for me to put it on him when he is suffering. He only has to see me with the jar and he is there. I conclude it doesn't cure but it eases. Just an idea :)
Submitted by kim | January 12 2014 | Permalink
It started with my older dog who would itch and chew his whole body . HE had red skin,loss of hair, bumbs , you name it he had it . Now my younger dog (5) is itching and so am I . I'm itching so bad and so is the other dog . the older one has been to the vet 5 times (they said its food allergy . My gut tells me its not (no ringworm,no mites) had him tested. all three of us have this problem. i need help i think its internal but what????????
Submitted by Lori | January 12 2014 | Permalink
Help. My Samoyed who is 12.5 years old is suffering from a skin condition. She is dry in someplaces, but in others she has oily canine seborrhea. I washed the oily pits with dishwashing soap as suggested to remove it from the skin. Now she is incredibly itchy. Any advice?
Submitted by Melissa | January 16 2014 | Permalink
As a groomer, I can say many of us dont use any dryers with heat. Cage dryers with heat are dangerous and high velocity dryers heat with the friction of the high velocity air. Some groomers use stand dryers with low heat but none of the groomers I talk to use any dryers with high heat as the risk of burns is too great.
Submitted by Erika | January 17 2014 | Permalink
Been hearing about gold bond on itchy skin how about baking soda? My chiuahua has been itching like crazy! She's only 5 pounds I tried water and apple cider vinegar and hasn't worked what else can I use?
Submitted by Alta Riggs | January 27 2014 | Permalink
I have a 110lb. Rottie,he bites himself and PULLS OUT HIS HAIR...Keeps us up all nite chewing,biting and scratching himself.I finally have to get up and block him from coming back into our room.I know he can't help it, he is probably miserable :( I give him dog bones as a treat and was wondering if this could bring on his itching?? I'm gonna try the Selsun Blue for shampoo,and the apple vinegar and water(1/2 and 1/2) to spray on him,the fish oil or omega vitamins and try to research for a new food for him...Any suggestions would be helpful
Submitted by yodaman7 | February 2 2014 | Permalink
I have a pug/sharpei mix. He is 13 yrs old and every year it gets worse. From my experience, his best relief comes from a steroid shot at the Vet. Its abrev. SQ/IM. Vet will only give him 2 per yr tho so I save those for fall and spring when his allergies are worst bc of pollen increase. In winter, its dry skin. I give him an oatmeal bath (aveeno shampoo) 1-2x a month and spray a hot spot spray on him constantly. it has tea tree oil to help sooth the hot spots he has. When he's chewing at his paws its bc of grass usually but he is also allergic to his own yeast so we have a pill for that too (Ketoconazole). In home remedy soothing I've noticed giving him wet food helps a lot with dry skin and I give him the Natural Balance limited ingredient with fish as the main protein. NO CHICKEN! It always makes him have a flare up, that includes treats! He only weighs 32pds, but Vet said I could give him 3 benadryl in morning and at night. Even that doesn't seem to help him though.
Submitted by Joyce | February 5 2014 | Permalink
We finally figured out why our dog itched so much and that was his allergy to any food that contained chicken in any forms. (also wheat) He used to scratch incessantly, now he barely does. This works. Food recommended is BLUE BUFFALO fish formula. We put a bit of vegetable or beef broth (low sodium, organic) in it and it goes down like magic!
Submitted by Susan in Colorado | February 11 2014 | Permalink
My dog was "dumped" on me by a CL owner. Within a month he had torn up his face from itchiness. After two years of shots and pills with the vet, itching so bad he had sores and was crawling out of his skin, wearing a cone nonstop for a year and a half and ear infections we have 90% relief. Grain free food, fish oil, and scrupulous attention to keeping ears clean. My dog now rarely scratches, has reduced paw licking, occasional minor eye swelling with minor head rubbing, and best of all - no more cone! We have a real dog now.
Submitted by cynde white | February 12 2014 | Permalink
What about yogurt or sardines in oil?
Submitted by Paula | February 15 2014 | Permalink
I have an elderly Jack Russell. She has two huge wart like itchy spots on her neck. It erupts periodically, scabs over then calms down. I have been using Rescue Remedy cream, diluted essential oils such as lavender and frankincense. She also has two spots that look like bites but is losing hair around it forming a circle. I don't like the vets ideas of antibiotics, steroids and then meds to calm the side effects. Any advice is welcome. Please email me with "Skin Issues In Dogs" in subject line. Thanks
Submitted by Lauren Short | February 25 2014 | Permalink
I gave my pit bull/ jack russell mix dog a bath the other night and hes still super itchy but his coat is soft and its a little flaky on the surface but if you look at his skin it doesnt look dry and its not tough. i feed him spots stew lamb formula dry food, he has a very sensitive tummy. what can i do to help relieve his itching, its only recent he started doing it so much. i hate for him to be uncomfortable so any suggestions would help. thank you
Submitted by David B | March 8 2014 | Permalink
Hello, I have a silver lab who has had an itchy body his whole life. Ever since we brought him home, he has always been obsessed with water. Every summer, he goes bald because he scratches and scratches until he has no hair. During the winter, he gets a light fluffy coat of hair but does not pull it out. He still scratches but it's not nearly as bad. Early on, he had a bark collar to try to ease off of his barking at strangers/neighbors, this did not help but where the collar was, he has never grown back hair. The skin cells look almost like honeycomb or enlarged compared to other parts. So we have tried different foods, no difference in condition. We have done multiple allergy tests with no allergies found. We have done skin scrapings but no mites and anything living in his skin. We have tried bathing with special shampoo multiple times a week and then using a conditioner, this seems to help a little bit but only for a few hours after. Steroid shots did nothing once so those are off the table. He gets really red and is always hot unless he just came in from outside(live in wisconsin) where he looks like a normal skin tone then. Benadryl does nothing as well.
Any ideas anyone?? PLEASE HELP. Thatcher is now 6 and would love for any relief for him.
Submitted by Patricia | April 3 2014 | Permalink
I have Aveeno calamine & pramoxine hcl anti itch cream. Does anyone happen to know if this could be used on my 10lb morkie for itch relief?
Submitted by Linda | April 8 2014 | Permalink
Hi, yes, you can use anti-itch cream, hydrocortisone, calamine lotion. Lots of things people use, dogs can use! That's why vets prescribe benedryl, etc or prednisone , stuff like that. Just remember ...topical creams, shampoos, and other external items are only temporary relief for your pet. You need to find the reason for the itching/ irritation. I just discovered dogs COULD have itchy skin because of a low thyroid hormone production. There is a grocery list of things that could be the reason for your itchy pet. Food allergies (like everybody already knows), flea allergies, grass allergy, yeast...which is in most every single commercial dog food, mites (external or under the skin), bacteria build up on plastic food or water dishes, on and on. I have 3 English bulldogs, all itchy! Food changes are first! And changing food/ water dishes to glass or stainless. My middle 3 yr old male is on a raw food diet.(he needed low/no purines due to bladder stones) Unfortunately, I started him on chicken, YEAH, now I know, chicken may be the problem. AND, FYI...raw uncooked chicken bones are fine. How many chicken coops were robbed by coyotes, and they never got bones stuck anywhere! His breakouts on his back got better at first, but then didn't go away like it should have. We started beef today. We'll see how that goes. No grain, just potato, raw eggs /crunched up shell about 2/3 times a week, and blended veggies , fruits and nuts for a treat. His fur is super soft now, was real stiff before. But still has skin eruptions :( The other 2 eat Natures Recipe, no grain, fish based. They may need a little time to adjust to that change. So no more rice, oats, barley and definitely no wheat or corn! Try adding ground flax seed, acidophilus , aloe Vera, and fish oil to your pets diet. I give those plus kelp, vitamin E and D and glucosamine /MSM, for their joints...all human grade supplements. I hope I helped. Oh, and don't bathe them too often, makes for dried out skin and coat.
Submitted by mike | April 14 2014 | Permalink
Hi. i saw my dog itching and shedding. it is summer today in our country. does shedding cause itchiness? I bring my dog to the vet and she said that it is due to mange. So my dog was given an injection for mange and it will last for a month. but my tita said that her dog was treated with mange for 6 months and her dog was given also liver treatment because the medicine can cause liver damage. why is it that my dog was not given that kind of treatment? Is my vet following the proper treatment procedure? or she is fooling me?
Submitted by Help me | April 28 2014 | Permalink
Help. My chihuahua scratches until she makes her self bleed on her back and her hair falls out. I've treated for fleas etc. Help. Poor thing is going crazy.
Submitted by michealle | May 10 2014 | Permalink
We tried Atopica and aside from being very expensive, it made our dog sick. Baking soda baths provide a lot of relief. We found Dermapaw salve on the internet and it relieved the itching completely
Submitted by michealle | May 10 2014 | Permalink
I don't mean to post this twice but I don't think it worked the first time. We tried Atopica and it made our dog sick and is very expensive. We do baking soda bath rinses and it helps a lot. We found DermaPaw on the internet and their salve and socks have basically eliminated our dog's problems completely. I also use baby shampoo because the expensive vet shampoos didn't help at all.
Submitted by Tracey Mason | May 15 2014 | Permalink
Hi. I have a 4 year old Staffordshire Bull terrier. She is itchy hrr fur in the same place all the time. She has 2 big patches at either side of her body where all her fur is thinned. And it is now startind at the base of her tail. What can I do? Im getting very worried as she will have no fur soon.
Submitted by berenice rios | May 18 2014 | Permalink
i have a chiwawa and he has scratched to the point where he no linger has fur around the eyes we took him to the vet and she gave us eye drops but they havnt had an efect on him.
Submitted by Chad Stone | May 23 2014 | Permalink
I have a aussie sheppard mix with extreme itching and a dry coat. We live in northern Arizona where it can be extremely dry. We have her on a natural balance diet grain free with high fish oil. This has not been working and she is obviously suffering as we are at night. We have given her Benadryl and it doesn't seem to help either? She is a gorgeous fun loving dog that is suffering? I need suggestion so as the vet gave her a steroid shot that helped a little but I can't keep giving her those expensive shots! Confused and sad for her......
Submitted by Jane | May 25 2014 | Permalink
I used to care for a German Shorthaired Pointer with "allergies" so bad that her nose had turned dry and scaly. She had red spots all over her belly. She came with strong medications and a commercial "anti-allergenic" dog food, both of which I threw out immediately. I put her on an elimination diet but eventually she ate everything my dog ate without any repeat of the allergy. This is my treatment:
1. Wash the histamines off the skin, using plain soap ("Sunlight Soap" or "Lux Flakes" in Australia) with no perfumes, additives etc. and definitely not detergents i.e. no shampoos. Soaps denature if they are accidentally left in the coat but shampoos don't and they can irritate the skin.
2. Apply aloe vera, which is soothing and cooling and the dog loved it. She used to sit on her haunches and stick her belly out for me to apply the gel, watching as I did it. Darling one! With each bout, at first I use soap to wash, but afterwards it's not necessary: just use warm water and nothing else.
3. Repeat 1 & 2 every time you see your dog licking the spots, when they itch. Initially this will happen very soon afterwards but the time between attacks of itching extends a lot every time. Eventually you will only need one treatment, but the first time you will need to monitor the situation continuously until there is no more itching. This might take a day or more.
4. Feed fresh natural food: liquidised vegetables and various bones including chicken wings, lamb ribs, leg marrow bones, anything you can get your hands on, and definitely no canned or packaged food of any kind. Add eggs and oils for skin health, and linseed oil if you have it. I use to also gave huge quantities of vitamin C but I don't know whether this is recognised as being effective for dogs.
That's it. She was healthy and so clever and strong for the 10 months I had her, but a couple of months after her owner was able to take her back he was on the phone asking what I had done to get rid of the itching, because it was back with a vengeance and the medications didn't help. He had been very much against my treatment and feeding style while I had her, but changed his attitude when the drugs and "scientific" packaged food just brought back the old problem.
Submitted by Cassandra Lopez | May 29 2014 | Permalink
I have a blue noise pit bull, she is about 2yrs old. She is forever scratching herself, on her right side next to her doggy pit. It looks like a light pink rash, she even scratches herself on the grass for her tummy.. please HELP!!!
Submitted by rosiejuno | May 31 2014 | Permalink
I have a French bulldog with allergies since she was 1year old. in and out of the vets for a few years. her scratching would cause infections she had red blotches all over that were infected. The vet provided steroids, antibiotics, and special shampoos. I started making my own food found it on YouTube 'Feed your Pet to avoid the Vet' place meat veggies liver gizzards some fish and rice or oatmeal in a crock pot and let it cook on low for about 16 hours, mash it remove big bones. no more infections no more visits to the vet, no more antibiotics. she is almost 4 and still has issues but greatly reduced. periodically I have to give her steroids. now I am trying additional supplements: fish oil and probiotics so we will see.
Submitted by Amy | June 1 2014 | Permalink
Hello! My dog Clide has had issues with scratching for several years now. The first vet told us that it was a flea allergy and the next told us that he had staph and a yeast infection on his back (it's always the tail and the very rear of his back that we have issues with). I spent $400 getting medication for him, a new dog food that was called HA (hypoallergenic) that costed a fortune. I find that the only time he doesn't dig himself into a bloody, bald mess is when he's on steroids, but I feel bad doing that to him all the time. He's an older dog. They put him on a thyroid pill and recently I've taken him off of the HA and started giving him moistened Rachel Ray's grain free dog food. I'm at my wits end, he's wearing a cone and in misery. Is there something you all think I can do?? He's my best friend and I'm scared this is going to end up killing him or making him just live in misery.
Submitted by Jason Sroka | June 2 2014 | Permalink
During the winter months when the air is more dry I've noticed dry,itchy,flaky skin on my dogs. A good home remedy for this is puting a teaspoon of 100% extea virgin olive oil on there food. The brand doesn't necessarily matter,I use the Great Value brand from Walmart. Be sure to use 100% extra virgin olive oil and not just olive oil.
Submitted by Jonathan | June 11 2014 | Permalink
I have a shitzu/Maltese who is 10 months old and she started scratching, licking and biting herself about a month ago and it's freaking me out! She also has a few little red bumps on the inside of her front leg and has shed more frequently. I don't know what to do. I made an appointment to see the vet tomorrow but just wanted some feedback on what the problem is. Thanks!
Submitted by Hetty | June 13 2014 | Permalink
Hi just wondering if the apple cider vinegar and water solution would work with just normal vinegar??? or white wine vinegar as this is all we seem to have!
Submitted by Chuck | June 14 2014 | Permalink
HELP!! I have a Jack Russell that lives in a cone. We live in Florida and he takes Trifexis for fleas and heart worm. I have tried borax water and peroxide mixture that seemed to help but I am afraid to try it again because his cone has rubbed his skin raw and am afraid it will burn his skin and make it worse on the poor thing. He is on a no grain dog food and I give him Benadryl. I heard Gold Bond powder could work but will it dry is skin more? I just saw where oatmeal might work but there is a chance of a yeast infection. I a going to try the apple cider and water treatment and hope it will help. I wil try almost anything to help my little buddy except steroids I have heard to many horrible stories about those and will not put him thru that. Any suggestions will be helpful
Submitted by erin | June 20 2014 | Permalink
I'm a dog groomer and most of us actually use cold air dryers. Also ask your groomer to use a hypoallergenic shampoo with a good conditioner that may soothe the skin. Don't shave your dog down all the way because it leaves him more vulnerable to airborne allergens.
Submitted by misty | June 25 2014 | Permalink
So is there anything over the counter we can use for our dog. She itches to the point of rubbing herself raw on the cement. What can we use for relief for her.
Submitted by jill | June 29 2014 | Permalink
Hi everyone I have a part border collie and Australian shepherd mix that has lost the hair on his back and stinks really bad. He scratches constantly and feels like he might have fever somtimes. What could this be? The vets in my town are soooo expensive. Please somebody help me get him back to normal .
Submitted by Jacqueline Clark | July 11 2014 | Permalink
Two of my three dogs have fleas. We put flea and tick repelant on all three and it worked for one but I think the other two got the wrong dose. I gave them a bath and a week later I put more of the right dose on the other two today. I also gave them both two doses of benedryl a few hours apart. I can't tell if it's helping and I saw where someone was told vinegar and water helps the itching and to keep the fleas off. I can't afford to do much at the moment but I desperately want my itchy babies to have relief. Please help ASAP!!! Is there anything I can do to help them in addition to these things?
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Why the EACH Act is bad for your health
You'd be hard-pressed to find many people who like to pay more taxes. That's what makes the "individual mandate" of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) so effective. The individual mandate requires anyone who doesn't maintain minimum essential health insurance to pay an additional fee when they file their taxes. The idea behind this tax is that people who opt out of buying health insurance place a burden on the healthcare system, since they aren't paying into it, but still risk getting sick or injured. In other words, those without health insurance increase the cost of health insurance for everyone else and the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate is meant to offset that cost.
While the individual mandate has already been upheld by the Supreme Court as a legitimate exercise of Congress's taxing power, that hasn't stopped religious fringe groups like Christian Scientists from trying to weasel out of paying their share of healthcare costs. On Tuesday, March 11, the House of Representatives passed the "Equitable Access to Care and Health Act" or the "EACH Act" (H.R. 1814), which unnecessarily creates an additional religious exemption to the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate. And by "additional religious exemption" I mean an exemption in addition to the two religious exemptions that already exist.
That's right, Congress already exempted certain religious groups and individuals from having to pay taxes for not maintaining health insurance. It created a religious conscience exemption to the individual mandate that applies to anyone who is "a member of a recognized religious sect or division thereof" if that sect "make[s] provision for their dependent members which [are] reasonable in view of their general level of living," and has been in existence since 1951. While this first religious conscience exemption is limited in scope (and may only apply to the Old Order Amish), the Affordable Care Act also included a second exemption for anyone participating in a "health care sharing ministry."
Health care sharing ministries are religious organizations designed to provide groups of like-minded Christians with a way to pool resources to pay for each other's medical expenses. They are not health insurers, which means that 1) they are horribly under-regulated, 2) often members are under no legal obligation to pay any money into the ministry, and 3) there is no guarantee the ministry will pay for a member's medical expenses. Presumably any Christian with a religious objection to buying insurance, or to receiving medical care, could join one of these ministries to avoid paying the individual mandate without taking on any additional obligations.
Instead of relying on either of the existing religious exemptions to the Affordable Care Act, the EACH Act adds yet another way for religious individuals to avoid paying their fair share into the healthcare system. By allowing certain religious individuals to opt out of maintaining minimum essential health insurance, the EACH Act will interfere with one of the fundamental purposes of the Affordable Care Act: to lower insurance premiums by maximizing the number of participants in the health insurance market. Taxpayers who do not claim this new religious exemption will pay higher health insurance premiums due to uninsured religious freeriders burdening the market.
The EACH Act would specifically allow religious individuals to game the system by swearing that they hold sincerely held religious beliefs against receiving healthcare. They would then be allowed to opt out of paying health insurance, possibly for many years, but nothing prevents them from subsequently receiving care when they do get sick or injured. Preventing sick/injured people from receiving care is out of the question, despite the potentially catastrophic costs for those in the health insurance marketplace. The only practical solution is to deny special treatment to religious objectors in the first place.
The EACH Act is also bad policy because it interferes with other major purposes behind the individual mandate, including protecting the financial security of U.S. families by guarding against the threat that unexpected medical expenses will force them into bankruptcy. While insured families are protected by their policies' out of pocket maximums, the same is not true of those who opt out of health insurance for religious reasons. The Affordable Care Act is also designed, first and foremost, to protect the health of U.S. families by ensuring that they have affordable access to healthcare when they need it. While adult Christian Scientists may be free to claim a religious objection to receiving care, the state still has a duty to ensure the health and safety of minors growing up in religious households. The EACH Act is an abrogation of that duty.
The EACH Act passed the House without ever being vetted in committee, which means that its potential impact on the health insurance marketplace, family financial security, and family health have not been considered. The Senate has now received the bill. Contact your state's senators now with your concerns over religious people receiving special exemptions from paying generally applicable taxes.
You can read Sam's full note Religious Exemptions to the PPACA's Health Insurance Mandate, published in the American Journal of Law and Medicine in 2011.
Also, see FFRF's March 6 action alert (emailed before the House suspended its rules on March 11 to take a voice vote, without substantive debate, on this controversial bill).
Police chief uses office to blatantly promote Christianity
The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter of complaint and records request March 11 to Birmingham, Ala., Police Chief A.C. Roper objecting to his organizing and endorsing a Christian ministry called Prayer Force United.
FFRF, a state-church watchdog based in Madison, Wis., has about 20,000 members nationwide and about 180 in Alabama, including a chapter, the Alabama Freethought Association. FFRF also addressed Roper's inclusion of Christian prayer at mandatory department staff meetings and events.
Roper, an ordained minster, leads monthly prayer walks in different Birmingham neighborhoods under the auspices of the Prayer Force United ministry. The prayers are supposed to lower crime. FFRF Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel's letter details Roper's stated belief in the power of prayer and the powerlessness of his police force: "[T]he police are not the answer, never have been, never will be. Jesus said that he's the answer," and "one of the biggest problems [Birmingham is] facing is a lack of godliness."
Seidel explained the law to Roper: "It is unconstitutional for government officials to use their government office and email to advance, promote or endorse one religion over another, or religion over nonreligion. You must keep your religion to yourself when acting in your official capacity as police chief."
Seidel noted that prayer as a crime-fighting technique is ineffectual: "The walks themselves may lower crime simply by having crowds on the streets escorted by police cars with flashing lights, but that is not because of the power of prayer — it is the power of people. Prayer cannot stop violence. Scientific studies show that societies with less prayer have less violence."
FFRF called on the chief to stop forcing prayer on city employees: "Federal courts have found that prayers at government employee meetings constitute illegal government endorsement of religion."
FFRF has created a video with clips from Ropers' sermons and Prayer Force United videos with commentary on their legality. "There was so much video footage, we thought citizens might like to see how the police are abusing their office 'in Jesus' name,' " said Seidel, who put the video together. "It's an opportunity to explain the law and provide compelling examples of exactly how the Constitution is being violated."
Prayer Force videos show Roper appearing while using his title and office to endorse the ministry and "claiming the city of Birmingham for God." Roper also explains that Prayer Force is part of the police department: [I]t's a prayer ministry, it's an intercessory ministry, that, in addition to our officers working every day to make the streets of Birmingham safe, we have a prayer force that's interceding."
FFRF also filed an open records request asking for all records relating to the department's official endorsement of the ministry.
FFRF protests Green Bay mayor's invite to pope
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is protesting an invitation to Pope Francis from Mayor Jim Schmitt to visit Green Bay, Wis., for the express non-secular purpose of making a Virgin Mary pilgrimage.
Schmitt's letter inviting the pope to "make a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help" was written in his official capacity as mayor on City of Green Bay letter. Schmitt signed his worshipful letter "Your servant in Christ."
"You were not elected bishop of Green Bay," noted FFRF Co-Presidents Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor in a March 10 letter to Schmitt. The pair told Schmitt his action is a "shocking breach of your civil and secular duties as mayor." They note a government official cannot constitutionally promote one religion over another, or religion over non-religion.
Schmitt's missive to the pope extols in excited tones "the events, apparitions and locutions" occurring in 1859 that "exhibit the substance of supernatural character," involving "the first and only Blessed Virgin Mary apparition approved by the Catholic Church in the United States."
While noting Schmitt is "welcome to personally believe" in the supernatural sighting of the Virgin Mary a century and a half ago, he is "not free to use your civic office to promote your personal (and highly embarrassing) religious beliefs." FFRF noted that most Green Bay citizens are either non-Catholic or non-believing, and would not "consider it the business of the mayor to promote a 'pilgrimage' to a Catholic shrine."
Schmitt compounded the violation, FFRF says, in starting a petition, "Pope to Green Bay," at a website registered under his name.
They warned that the invitation is "fiscally reckless, given the exorbitant costs of hosting a pope, costs which invariably end up being borne by taxpayers," citing riots and rallies against public funding of recent pope visits in U.K., Spain and Brazil.
"It's bad enough to put up with the Catholic church's harmful and antediluvian doctrines — against safe and legal abortion, contraception, gay rights, same sex marriage, the equal rights and ordination of women as priests — without U.S. citizens having to literally pay to put up the pope," FFRF added.
"The shameful and unremitting scandal of sexual abuse of minors within the ranks of the Catholic clergy and even more scandalous covers-up by its highest ranking officials have tarnished dioceses through the state of Wisconsin, and left a devastated trail of victims and their families."
FFRF prevailed, after filing a federal lawsuit, in forcing Mayor Schmitt and the City of Green Bay to stop placing a nativity scene atop the entrance to City Hall in 2008.
FFRF Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott also made an open records request asking for city documents and communications about the proposed visit.
Stop Christian Science health care exemption bill
Next Tuesday (March 11), Christian Scientists are holding a "national call-in" lobbying day in Congress to demand a special exemption for Christian Scientists from the Affordable Care Act's requirement that all U.S. citizens carry medical health insurance.
The so-called "Equitable Access to Care and Health (EACH) Act" (H.R. 1814 and S.862) would exempt people who claim "sincerely held religious beliefs" from insurance signup requirements. The bill is sponsored by 216 members of the House of Representatives and 30 senators — thanks to the power of the Christian Science lobby and politicians' cowardly pandering to religionists.
Please take a moment now or by March 11 to contact your U.S. representative and senators to oppose HR 1814 /S.862. More background follows the contact information and brief talking points below.
Please email or phone your member of Congress today! Find your congressperson. http://beta.congress.gov/members
Use any of the information in the background following these talking points. Or simply note that you are phoning or emailing to register opposition to H.R. 1814/S.862, "Equitable Access to Care and Health (EACH)." Or feel free to copy and paste this text in a message to your representative or senators:
I strongly oppose HR 1814/S.862, introduced on behalf of the Christian Science lobby, seeking special exemption from the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It would increase insurance costs for the rest of us and be a costly nightmare for states to track. Most significantly, every year children needlessly suffer and die because parents decide to rely only on prayer and fail to seek medical care.
The ACA will save children's lives. My costs as a taxpayer should not increase because Christian Scientists and others citing "sincerely held beliefs" want to be exempted from purchasing health insurance coverage designed to control costs and make universal coverage affordable. Christian Scientists shouldn't be exempt from this tax, any more than parents who send children to parochial schools are exempt from supporting our public schools. Many Christian Scientists routinely seek emergency or pregnancy health care, and if they are not covered by insurance, the rest of us will pay more. Most importantly, children's health should not be put at risk. Kill this bill!
What's wrong with this bill? As Rita Swan of Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty (CHILD) notes, the exemption bill has many serious consequences. Besides setting reckless legal precedent, it would increase insurance costs for the rest of us and endanger children.
More than 170 children are buried in the Followers of Christ Peaceful Valley Cemetery in Idaho, many of whom might have survived had their parents been required to obtain health insurance for them.
The U.S. Supreme Court, in upholding the Affordable Care Act, ruled that the universal mandate, enacted to control costs, is a form of taxation, which everyone needs to pay, just as all taxpayers must support our public schools.
Christian Scientists complain they shouldn't have to pay for care they won't use, yet Christian Scientists usually seek medical care for fractures, prenatal care, delivery of babies and going to the eye doctor for glasses.
Insurance works on the assumption that many in the pool of policyholders won't draw from it. For instance, most people with fire insurance will never need to make use of such coverage.
Equally unworkable would be tracking those who are exempt to ensure they haven't sought medical care. HR1814 is modeled on the Massachusetts religious exemption. CHILD notes that in 2007, about 9,700 Massachusetts residents claimed a religious exemption. A data match done that year showed that 745 of them had nevertheless received free medical care during the year.
Massachusetts has failed since to track exemptions or enforce its penalty for individuals who seek exemption from medical care but then obtain it. If a state relies on an honor system of self-reporting, there will be widespread abuses of the law. Many individuals will find it convenient to claim an exemption yet continue to get care at the public's expense. This is grossly unfair and will lower the public's respect for the law.
Swan notes, "Our organization has information on hundreds of American children who have died because of their family's religious objections to medical care. Many others get to the emergency room at the last minute, and their medical care is much more expensive than it would have been if the children had a medical home and routine basic care. HR 1814 increases the risk to children in faith-healing sects and the cost to the state if the children do get medical care."
FFRF: Mix ham-eggs, not state-church
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is challenging Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear's use of state resources to promote a prayer breakfast March 13 at the Frankfort Convention Center.
In a March 3 letter to the Democratic governor, FFRF Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert noted that a press release about the so-called "nondenominational" event "leads one to believe that the government is the sponsor of the breakfast and not a private individual or organization."
The release also includes a prayer breakfast link on the governor's portion of kentucky.gov. The governor's home page includes a tab at the top promoting the breakfast.
Markert added, "While elected officials may of course attend private functions on their own time in their personal capacity, it is a misuse of office for the governor or his staff to promote, organize or cosponsor activities such as prayer breakfasts or to lend the governor's name to a "Governor's Prayer Breakfast."
FFRF, a national state-church watchdog with about 20,000 members nationwide and 168 in Kentucky, last contacted Beshear in 2012 about his sponsorship of annual prayer breakfasts.
"By sponsoring or co-sponsoring a Prayer Breakfast, which calls Kentucky citizens to prayer, you abrogate your duty to remain neutral," Markert wrote. "The event sends a message that the governor of Kentucky prefers and endorses religion over nonreligion and more specifically, the Christian faith. Moreover, these actions exclude and offend a significant portion of the population, which is non-Christian or nonreligious."
Using recent polling data, FFRF estimates about 400,000 Kentuckians are nonreligious.
FFRF has good reason to believe that Beshear sent prayer breakfast invitations, which included the official state seal, to the bulk of state employees from his state email address, an apparent violation of the Internet and Electronic Mail Acceptable Use Policy, which states, "Internet and E-mail resources, services and accounts are the property of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. These resources are to be used for state business purposes in serving the interests of state government."
Markert added, "We urge you to cancel this event immediately and to remove anything indicating official government sponsorship from the website, reservation forms, media packets, décor, etc. . . . If you wish to be a part of this event you may do so only in your capacity as a citizen, not as governor. In addition, FFRF filed an open records request for financial records for prayer breakfasts from 2011-14, copies of any correspondence from state employees related to the four events and copies of invitations or other correspondence to and from breakfast speakers.
This year's scheduled keynoter is Jacob Tamme, tight end for the National Football League's Denver Broncos and University of Kentucky graduate. "Off the field, Jacob is outspoken about the important role his faith plays in his life," the governor's website says.
Marching forth to judicial fairness in Messiah case
The Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct's public censure March 3 of a former magistrate for changing a baby's first name from "Messiah" to "Martin" was set in motion by a formal complaint by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
FFRF is a national state/church watchdog based in Madison, Wis., with 20,000 nonreligious members, including nearly 300 in Tennessee. Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert formally requested in an Aug. 14 letter that the board investigate and properly sanction the magistrate.
Child Welfare Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew had presided over a hearing Aug. 8, 2013, in Cocke County Chancery Court in Newport. Although the boy's first name was not among the reasons for the hearing, Ballew decided to change it, saying, "Messiah is a title, and it's a title that has only been earned by one person and that one person is Jesus Christ." (WBIR-TV interview)
In her letter to Timothy Discenza, disciplinary counsel of the board, Markert pointed out that Ballew had violated Canons 1 and 2 of the state Code of Judicial Conduct by imposing her own religious beliefs on the parties, signaling "that she is incapable of offering justice to those who espouse a different point of view or who practice a different religion or no religion."
Discenza announced yesterday that a panel of the board voted unanimously for a public censure, described as the most serious sanction the board could take against Ballew, who was removed from her position last month.
Discenza agreed that Ballew had violated several sections of the code of conduct, including those that require judges to rule with impartiality and fairness and without bias or prejudice.
Read ABC Nashville's story about the development.
Statement: Brewer should veto 'religious wrongs' bill
Have you contacted Gov. Jan Brewer yet asking her to veto SB 1026? Phone her office now: (602) 542-4331
Statement by Dan Barker & Annie Laurie Gaylor
Freedom From Religion Foundation
The newest threat to religious liberty is the campaign to pass legislation permitting individuals or businesses to impose their religious beliefs on unwilling others.
The Arizona Legislature last Thursday passed SB 1062, to allow business owners to invoke personal religious beliefs as an excuse to deny gays service. This prompted one witty Tucson pizzeria owner to put up a sign giving tit for tat, saying: "We reserve the right to refuse service to Arizona legislators."
It's kind of a warped version of the Golden Rule, which, phrased in the positive, has always had a dangerous "escape clause." "Do unto others as you would have them do onto you" could be a license to preach at others (if you like being preached at), to hurt others (if you're a sadomasochist) or, in this case, to exhibit bigotry toward others (if you're a bigot). The superior rule far predating Christianity is expressed in the negative: "Do not do to others what you don't want done to you."
According to The New York Times, similar "religious protection legislation" has been introduced in Idaho, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Tennessee, with efforts stalled in Idaho, Kansas and Ohio.
The bill, while couched as antigay, is so broad it allows any person, business or church to cite religion as a defense if the government or an individual claims they're being discriminated against. Think about all those floral shops in Rhode Island that refused to take FFRF's order for a bouquet of roses to atheist student plaintiff Jessica Ahlquist. FFRF is pursuing redress under the Civil Rights Act, but if Gov. Jan Brewer signs the Arizona bill into law, such discrimination would be lawful — indeed, encouraged. The bill could permit individuals to break nearly any law and cite religious freedom as a defense, as Arizona Democrats pointed out.
The Civil Rights Act came into being to ensure that basic services (such as food, accommodations, medical care) couldn't be denied because of the customer's or patient's race, ethnic heritage, religion or gender. The Arizona bill and the religious bigotry fueling other such bills pose a serious threat to the Civil Rights Act, equal protection under the law and harmony and good will in our nation.
The chain store Hobby Lobby, which is suing Kathleen Sebelius, is likewise invoking "religious beliefs" to defy the guarantees of the Affordable Care Act, because its fundamentalist founder wants veto power over which forms of contraception his women employees may use.
Brewer vetoed a bill similar to SB1062 last session. It's encouraging that the outcry against this bigoted bill prompted three Arizona Republican senators, including the senate majority whip, came forward yesterday with a change of heart on their vote.
To protect true religious liberty it's crucial for these mischief-making pieces of legislation to be vetoed, voted down and ridiculed out of existence.


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