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Can Newcomers "Revive" Small Southern Jewish Communities? Maybe That's Not the Point…
At the ISJL, we're often asked about all things "Southern" and "Jewish" – so it was no surprise that we received several inquiries regarding a recent article posted on JTA, headlined "Jewish newcomers bring optimism, but can they revive small towns in the South?"
Several of our staff members were interviewed for or contributed to the piece, but the question in the headline is still being asked of all of us.
My take? I think newcomers to any small town – the South, or elsewhere – can bring excitement, fresh ideas, and hopefully full participation in the Jewish community. There is certainly hope that with newcomers comes a better chance of long-term survival; this belief even inspired one group to offer Jewish newcomers $50,000 to move to Dothan, Alabama. We welcome newcomers, we see the optimism new residents can bring, but in the end, can bringing in new folks revive a community in the long term? That remains to be seen.
We are a transient society; people move around the country for any number of reasons: a new job, retirement, to be near family. It is wonderful when newcomers come into any community, bringing new ideas to share and making their mark in the community. It's often hard to know, at first, if "newcomers" will become permanent members of the community for the long haul, especially in small towns. And if newcomers have children, will those children choose to stay in these small towns, or leave, as so many native-to-small-town-children have done over the years when they became adults?
In our daily work at the ISJL, we honor and work with Jewish communities large and small. If a community has one child in religious school or several hundred, whether they own a historic building or rent worship space in a church, no matter if their weekly Shabbat services draw 10 or 100 people, every Jew counts. No matter where they live. The ISJL helps connect these smaller population centers to the larger Jewish community, as well as to other small Jewish communities who are experiencing similar issues – diminishing population and resources.
Some of our staff are newcomers, but the organization is here to stay.
The truth is that some of these small towns in the South will no longer have a Jewish presence in the next 10 to 20 years. But the point is, however many Jews are in a community and however long they remain there, they deserve rich Jewish lives. So we will continue to provide support and resources to these communities as long as there is any Jewish presence at all – and when the last Jew in any given small Southern town is gone, we will continue to honor the memory of that community through the history collected on our Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities.
So the question remains: Can Jewish newcomers revive small towns in the South? In the short term, absolutely; in the long term, we don't know. But no matter what, we will support the efforts of those old and new, transient or settled.
What do you think?
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Race Matters: Reflections from a White Southern Jewish Mother
I've been thinking a lot about race lately. Many others have, too, in the aftermath of George Zimmerman's acquittal – but I've also heard plenty of people saying it's "not about race," suggesting that the death of Trayvon Martin, and Zimmerman's not guilty verdict, comes down to guns, laws, confusing jury instructions, prosecution not making their case, and so on.
But let's be honest – it's a lot about race.
I am a white woman, born in 1964 in Jackson, MS. I grew up in an all-white neighborhood, attended private schools for most of my education, and worshipped at the local synagogue where, at that time, all the members were white.
I didn't question my insular upbringing or privilege; my parents owned a restaurant, and worked long, hard hours to provide for us. But lately, I have considered this: if I had been born into an African American family, same year, same city – what would my childhood have been like? And framed by those experiences, what would my adult life look like now?
How can I possibly know? Do I even live in the same United States as Charles M. Blow, a columnist and parent of black sons, who wrote in the New York Times recently: "As a parent… I am left with the question 'Now, what do I tell my boys?' We used to say not to run in public because that might be seen as suspicious, like they'd stolen something. But according to Zimmerman, Martin drew his suspicion at least in part because he was walking too slowly. So what do I tell my boys now? At what precise pace should a black man walk to avoid suspicion?"
Reading that, I think I don't live in the same United States. I get to live in a society where I don't have to tell my kids how to walk home safely, because of how they look to others. I don't have to fear immediate judgments being made about me, or my children, based on the color of our skin. Because I am white. Yes, I am in the minority because I am Jewish, but unless I'm wearing a Star of David, no one sees my Jewishness when I walk down the street. So how can I relate?
I recalled a movie I had seen some twenty-odd years ago. I couldn't recall the title at first, but then I found it, and the lines I was trying to remember (thank you, Google). The movie's title is Soul Man. It came out in 1986, with C. Thomas Howell in the role of Mark, a white student who poses as an African American to receive a full scholarship to Harvard. James Earl Jones played the role of Mark's professor and when the deception finally was revealed, Mark and Professor Banks engaged in the following dialogue:
Professor Banks: You've learned something I can't teach them. You've learned what it feels like to be black.
Mark: No sir.
Professor Banks: Beg your pardon?
Mark: I don't really know what it feels like sir. If I didn't like it, I could always get out. It's not the same sir.
Professor Banks: You've learned a great deal more than I thought.
That awareness is key: it's not the same.
We need to acknowledge this, and we all need to learn more. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) issued the following statement after the Zimmerman verdict: "There are serious, unresolved issues of race in our country, and this trial underscored the need to explore these issues more fully. Hopefully, the debate concerning the justice of the verdict in the Zimmerman case will inspire a continued much-needed discussion about the lingering impact of racism in society."
There is hope – now, and in decades past. In a glimmer of light this week, NPR featured this story of photographer Joseph Crachiola and a photograph he took 40 years ago in Detroit, of two white children and three black children, clearly friends, in a neighborhood known then (and now) as "racially divided." The photo I'm sharing again here, in this blog. A photo of friendship. A reminder that we can find connections, and bridge the divide. We are not born divided.
But none of us can do it alone. We need to talk to each other.
Jackson 2000 is an organization here in Mississippi dedicated to bringing the community together in the Jackson metropolitan area by promoting racial harmony through dialogue and understanding, facilitates "Dialogue Circles"– groups of people who commit to a 6 week series of facilitated meetings to meaningfully engage on issues related to race and community. No one is naïve enough to think that 6 weeks of conversation will solve all the problems/issues/inequities that exist, but these conversations, and just as importantly, these connections, help us all move forward, together.
And maybe someday, we will all live in the same country, where all of our children are safe.
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The Choice We Made: Confirmation & Commitment to Community
As a parent of teenagers, there are times when you make decisions for your kids and there are times when you empower them to make their own decisions. A recent conversation around the dinner table at our house included discussion of the upcoming Confirmation service in which my 10th grader Jacob will participate.
My youngest son, Eric, asked Jacob: "Why do you have Confirmation?"
Jacob's immediate response, before explaining what Confirmation meant (which is probably what his younger brother was asking), was simply: "I'm doing it because mom and dad didn't give me a choice not to do it."
I didn't respond to that statement – at least, not first.
First, we discussed what Confirmation meant, perhaps not quite as eloquently as the explanation from MyJewishLearning.com: "The custom most commonly associated with Shavuot is the ceremony of Confirmation. The festival of Shavuot, because of its association with giving of Torah, has been linked with the study Torah. The ceremony of Confirmation was introduced by Reform Judaism in the early part of 19th century in Europe and was brought to the United States about mid-century. In this ceremony, the now-maturing student "confirms" a commitment to Judaism and to Jewish life. While boys and girls are considered to be spiritual adults by age 13, they are better prepared at age 16 or 17 to make the kind of emotional and intellectual commitment to Judaism that Confirmation implies."
Then, we "discussed" the other issue.
"I'm doing it because mom and dad didn't give me a choice not to do it."
That's right – there was no choice.
When it was time to sign up for religious school, we completed the paperwork for Jacob. It was not even a consideration that he wouldn't participate. My husband and I believe that it's our job as parents to give our children opportunities for learning. It's also a larger lesson in taking an active role in the community. I would like to think that Jacob would have come to the same decision. I mean, what's so terrible about having dinner once a week with your friends, and then spending some time with the rabbi discussing current events and learning more about Judaism and other religions?
Tonight, May 10, Jacob will join his six other classmates as they lead the service, share in the Torah reading, and discuss what they have learned this year. I am proud of him, proud that he understands that this is just one more step in his Jewish learning and his participation as a member of his Jewish community.
We don't take the commitment and participation in the Jewish community lightly. Our confirmation class has seven students – not because students that age opted out – that's the total number of Jewish kids in our community that are Jacob's age! Out of those seven students, two students live out of town – in fact, they live about two hours away. Although they have Skyped many weekly sessions, they (and their parents) have also driven 4 hours round trip in the middle of the week to participate whenever they could. This is truly a commitment to Judaism and the community.
As I listened to the confirmation students and the rabbi have one last practice of the Torah service on the bimah, I heard laughter, gentle teasing of each other, but also support of one another. They have created a wonderful community and they genuinely care about each other.
When I see the group in their white robes chant The Ten Commandments and discuss what they have learned this year, I know I will feel proud of Jacob and his classmates as they continue on their Jewish paths. I also feel confident that when he gets a little older, he's not going to mind at all that we "made" him do this. In fact, I'm pretty sure tonight, he'll be glad to be standing with the members of his community.
Mazel tov to all of you who have kids participating in Confirmation services this year!
Did you ever "make" your kids participate in Jewish communal life? Did your parents "make" you? How do you feel about it?
(Editor's Note: the photos included in this post come from the archives of the ISJL's museum department. From the top: Columbus, MS, Confirmation Class of 1937; Clarksdale, MS, Confirmation Class of 1963; Auburn, AL, Confirmation Class of 2008. Yasher koach to the Schipper family, and all of the students soon to be pictured in the Jackson, MS Confirmation Class of 2013, continuing the community tradition!)
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When National Substance Abuse Prevention Month arrives in October each year, Narconon centers in different parts of the U.S. add their efforts to boost awareness of the dangers of drugs. This year, Narconon drug rehabilitation centers in Southern California and Louisiana made sure to get out into the community to spread this message.
In Southern California, Narconon Fresh Start sent their drug prevention specialist to schools across the Southland and even to other states to deliver classes on drug education. By the third week of the month, the team was on target to reach more than 10,000 children. Their feedback surveys showed that not only were they listening, but also that the curriculum had a positive effect on the young listeners' thinking. Continue reading


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Research Article
Article first published online: 4 OCT 2012
DOI: 10.1002/sim.5651
Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Statistics in Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 12, pages 2070–2078, 30 May 2013
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Brinks, R., Landwehr, S., Icks, A., Koch, M. and Giani, G. (2013), Deriving age-specific incidence from prevalence with an ordinary differential equation. Statist. Med., 32: 2070–2078. doi: 10.1002/sim.5651
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- Issue published online: 7 MAY 2013
- Article first published online: 4 OCT 2012
- Manuscript Accepted: 17 SEP 2012
- Manuscript Received: 19 JUL 2011
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- renal replacement therapy
This article describes new relationships between the age-specific incidence of, the prevalence of and mortality from a chronic disease. We express these relationships in terms of an ordinary differential equation and form the methodological basis for a novel approach to estimating incidences from age-specific prevalence data. We examine practical aspects of the relationships and a comparison with a known stochastic method in a simulation study. Finally, we apply the novel method to a data set of renal replacement therapy recorded from patients with chronic kidney failure in a region of Germany with approximately 310,000 inhabitants from 2002 to 2010. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


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Yup happend with WotLK for even ToC when ICC was out. Shows that even for raids like ToC that mentality was there.
KJ used to be one of the top, the server has lost many of the raider population in WotLK. We still do well due to being a high population server and fairly even faction split.
Seriously people, stop using the word casual like a crutch. Casuals have been raiding current content. Now firelands is still to early to see, yet so far casuals are raiding.
How is that a failure, many raiders got their weekends back which made the game more casual.
What? That would have meant that you did t11 while it was current to be waiting around six months.
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So casuals will constantly be a tier behind for the rest of the life of this game? If that is what is actually coming out of your mouth I'll save myself the time and unsub now.
I don't know about you, my metal clad gnomish bretheren, but this casual is raiding current content.
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We specifically intend for the 4.0 raids to be puggable now that Firelands is out. Grabbing some tier 11 by way of Justice, quest rewards, plus across the board difficulty nerfs should really be enough to get them going.
I think once people realize the level of nerf-age, the PuGs will happen.
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Ah Ha, nowhere in my posts will you see me wanting "free epix" or "welfare purplez". Gear is exactly that, gear. I honestly could care if it's green, blue, purple, or hey, lets make a nice hot pink set. Doesn't matter to me. The ones who are intent on the gear are running t12 already.
Am I one of the few people who actually plays this game with the intentions of finding new people to run with? Thats how my old guild got started, an ICC 25 pug. It went horribly, but we had fun running with eachother, and bam, guild was formed. I had a blast wiping with those guys for hours in that place.
With the current mentality of the devs being carried over into game, it's get leet or gtfo, thats what I have an issue with. I really don't feel like my demographic actually matters this xpac.
He's not implying time wise, more skill wise. You can kill current content on a short play time. you can't if you're bad. If you're bad, you'll have to wait a bit. worse players see content, good players see it faster. Everyone wins.
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So then the issue really is basically the difficulty level of Firelands, the fact that the newest content isn't puggable?
In your eyes players who don't have static schedules are bad? Ok.
Again, I wasn't lucky enough to start cata in guild that blew through content. Blame it on me if you must, maybe I am a BAD. But without the previous tiers experience and the current tuning of t12 what chance do I, or many like me have at running firelands while its current? I guess I'm supposed to be happy that i can supposedly pug t11 and just shut up about it? Because thats the vibe I'm getting here
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What are people complaining about now? If you wanted to do the current tier, you could have done it before the patch. It was too hard you say? Well, that's the point. If the current tier was easily puggable before it got any nerfs and before it was easy to outgear it, then it would only last a couple of months and people would say they are bored of it. Most servers don't have much of the new raid down.. and a lot of guilds are still running the previous tier, so its not as old as the complainers are claiming.
It just amazes me that before the nerf, some non-raiders complain about it being too hard to pug, and post-nerf, they complain that its old and they want to be able to do the current content instead.
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I see more interest in running ZA/ZG for valor points than running T11 raids from most of the people that would pug raids. A lot of casuals (who would be pug raiding) can use up all their time each week reaching their valor point cap.
Why pug BWD, BoT, or TofW when you can run ZA/ZG for better gear through valor points?
Once people have their valor gear, I see trying to attempt Firelands as more popular than going back to BWD/BoT/TFW to fill in the missing pieces.
I think they messed up big time allowing you to get so many valor points without raiding and with how time consuming hitting your valor point cap through ZA/ZG is, it likely doesn't leave most casuals with time to pug.
I do see some PUGs happening now that people realize the level of ner%*@e just to see the content, but once people have seen the content I don't see the old gear being incentive with so much new shiny gear available to casuals.
Edited by Trelis on 6/30/2011 2:39 PM PDT
Almost every guild I know recruited out the whazoo before cata. So, I guess you didn't think it prudent to look for a raiding guild at that time. Second, you can apply to a raiding guild now. Your current gear is going to be of less importance than your achievement history. If you've cleared a lot of content in prior patches when it was current, you should fare well in the finding a guild.
Check my armoury, I was 10/12 Icc pugging, ntb in my books, and that opened the doors for alot more pugs for me. Does that mean I'm better then the next guy or that i know the fights?
Absolutely not, i got that far once. But that meaningless lil achievement in progress got me into groups that passed over much better players who hadn't gotten lucky enough to get that far.
And yes I was in a raiding guild precata, guess what? It imploded. Theres been alot of that going around lately. And quite frankly i don't get much enjoyment planning my life around a game and the needs of 9 or 24 other virtual people.
There's nothing stopping you from forming your own pug raid at any time.
we intend to follow the "New Raid is Hard, old Tier is Puggable" format from here on.
And it is a good format that should make everyone fairly happy, though of course that will never happen.
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Mulching containers with marble chips?
I have some bromeliads in containers that keep getting blown over. Already they are in terra cotta pots that are already probably too big for them. I have some marble chips and am considering using them as a mulch to further weight the pots down.
My concern is that bromeliads tend to like slightly acidic soil and I don't want to alter it too much. Just how much do marble chips alter the ph of the medium?
It's already acidic, I would think; it's pine bark, peat, and perlite mixed together at about a 3-1-1 ratio.
I also grow plants in windy conditions, which is one reason I substitute granite for perlite in my 5-1-1 mix. The granite adds considerable weight to the plastic containers I use and they don't blow over even in fairly strong winds.
I've never used marble chips in my containers so I cannot say what they might do. A quick Google search indicates that marble may increase soil pH. Exactly how much I cannot say but you can always do some research. Google is your friend.
You might want to consider adding a bit of pea gravel to the top of one container as a test. In my area, pea gravel is very cheap. How much it would change your soil pH and the water drainage, if at all, I don't know, but it might be a bit better than using marble chips. One of the gardening books I have suggests using a thin layer of pea gravel as a top dressing when growing plants from seeds in containers. Based on that I'm guessing pea gravel wouldn't radically change the soil chemistry.
Just a thought.
I appreciate the reply. I did try to research it, but mostly all I found was vague cautions. Where do you get pebble-sized granite? I think that would be great to mix in with the dirt instead of perlite.
I want to use marble chips because I happen to have several bags left over from a project, just sitting around. Obviously the cost is minimal no matter what I use, so I probably shouldn't bother with the marble. But the more I think about it, the less I think it's a big deal. Bromeliads typically only live 3-4 years and the other ingredients in the soil are so acidic -- I doubt it could hurt anything since marble lasts a long time in the landscape. How much could it leach out given how much lime it takes to sweeten soil?
I did make sure to wash the marble before putting it in, as out of the bag it's covered by marble powder, which I imagine would be distributed to the soil really quickly.
When I mentioned the possibility of using pea gravel, about 1/4" to1/2" in size, as a top dressing for your containers I was referring to regular pea stone that you can get at any landscape supply or big box store.
Usually granite typically can be found at a feed store.
I didnt have a chance to research marble use in soils but noticed the same thing you did, mostly warnings and cautions that marble will raise soil pH. If you have a lot of marble to use, and if you wish to experiment on a couple of your containers, then I say try it as a top dressing. That's the only way you will know if it works or not, or if it bothers your plants. Just don't try it on any valuable or important plants until you know whether it works or not.
Yes, the crushed granite can be found at any feed store for the most part. Gran-I-Grit is one of the more popular brands. I get mine from Agway... not sure of your location, so I don't know if there are any nearby you.
I use the "grower" size as opposed to the "starter".
I used white marble rocks to mulch most of my plants for several years now, and it hasn't effected any of them in the slightest. I originally did this because I have a cute little stray cat that adopted me and lives in my backyard. When I moved my plants outside after winter, he thought the large pots made perfect places to tinkle, HaHa. So I covered all of them in a layer of white marble rocks, which worked out great and looks nice, too. In fact, I was going to go buy another bag, to layer off the rest of my plants with them as well. Because it bugs me having most pots covered with them and a few that are not. Plus it'll sort of gives them all a similar look, since I use the same type of pot (of different sizes) for just about all of my plants. The marble rocks don't seem to have any adverse effects. Just rinse the marble dust off of them first.


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Stuart Scott died on January 4th, 2015. If you aren't into sports or have friends and family who watch Sports Center on ESPN, you may have no idea who he is. Stuart was a sportscaster and host on that show. He was a pioneer in sports broadcasting and was well loved by professional athletes, celebrities, co-workers and friends. He was also a cancer patient.
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The trio got together in 2007 in San Francisco to combine the artistic talents of David Satori (guitar, sax, viola, and percussion), Sidecar Tommy Cappel (keys, toy piano, drums, and percussion), and Zoë Jakes (belly dancer, composer, and arranger). All three are from a performance arts background and have a very visual approach to music.
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How did the video come about?
"Revival" started as a little dream. It was a basic story of an epic journey to restore life to a world in decay. It was a world made of snow and paper cutouts. It was abstract, beautiful and weird. I thought of Beats Antique and Leighton Kelly immediately. Zoe Jakes, David Satori and Tommy Cappel of Beats Antique are artists that I have watched for many years. I always admired their visual style and amazing live show. They are a band who put equal emphasis on the visual as well as the musical aspects of their performance. I approached them with the idea and they were immediately on board.
You talk about the project being a collaborative dream, were you familiar with Leighton Kelly's work before?
This really was a collaborative dream. Leighton Kelly is one of my favorite artists. He captures profound emotion with subtle strokes. I have known him for several years and, after perusing through his blog (http://dayone2012.tumblr.com/), I was totally inspired to collaborate with him. The initial dream I had actually had Leighton's illustrations in it. I was a little nervous that if Leighton couldn't do the drawings then the video couldn't happen. There was a lot trust between everyone making this video (namely Beats Antique, Leighton Kelly and Austin Rhodes, my cinematographer). Everyone contributed. It was a surprisingly smooth collaboration considering we were very rarely all in the same place. The band was on tour for most of the project and, with the exception of our initial brainstorming session, Leighton was in India and Bali with a sketchpad, a small scanner and sporadic internet access.
How long did Revival take to produce, concept to completion?
The entire production, from subconscious to completion probably took about four months. It's hard to gauge exactly how much time was spent in actual production and post because I was usually working on it after hours, weekends and while other jobs were rendering. At some point, for reasons beyond rationale, I decided I would just do all the post production myself. I had a pretty clear vision of what I wanted it to look like and when I started experimenting with the shots I just couldn't stop.
What was your favorite part, or particular sequence of the production?
My favorite parts of the video are the illustrated snowscapes and the dance sequence. The illustrated environments were rewarding for me because it was like recreating the dream I had, except better. Once Leighton started handing off his illustrations with these little details like spats and bow ties on the deer, I knew we were on to something. The final dance sequence was amazing to work on because it was a total experiment. Zoe designed the costumes and choreographed the sequence for the three main dancers (herself, Kami Liddle and Auberon Shull). We basically could just hit record and they would nail it on queue. I experimented with a lot of different looks for that sequence (macro photography and lazers!) and decided that stop-motion paper was the most appropriate. I wanted it to look a little rough and out of control, beautiful and tactile. Austin and I spent some long nights crumpling paper.
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How Safe Is ACE?
One of my bulldogs is terrified of most loud noises, especially thunder & fireworks. She also has issues with separation anxiety. She has to be by my side at all times.
Usually she can sense a storm 20-30 minutes before it hits, if we see her shaking, we know a storm is coming. Sometimes she'll pee, usually it's a lot of shaking, drooling, gas, and whimpering. She has broken her crate, cutting her eye in the process.
With the Fourth Of July coming, we saw the vet today to see about medication. He prescribed Ativan to be used as needed for thunderstorms, and ACE only to be used for things like the Fourth (when we know it'll be all day noise)
I explained to him that I did not want ACE because of all the warnings I've read about reactions, especially in dogs with short noses (Boxers, Bulldogs, etc) because of breathing issues. He denied that was true and insisted ACE is safe. The more I read, I don't want to give it to her. He was against Valium because he said it was short acting and not worth using.
Do any of you have experience with ACE or maybe another suggestion? (The Thundershirt was a waste. $50 to make her look cute while she shakes)
I had a collie/shepherd mix who was terrified of storms. I used ACE for a long time, until something I heard or read made me stop: She was likely just as scared, but now she was doped up and scared. Imagine yourself being terrified and drugged up. Being in a situation you wanted to escape but had poor motor control and diminished thought process. That is MY interpretation, and I am obviously not a vet. I personally think valium or xanax is a better choice. I take them sometimes when flying or going to the dentist. They work beautifully.
Here is an article that might be of interest. The one thing that stood out:
Again, if animals are like humans, the tranquilization acepromazine offers allows for continued awareness (perhaps even heightened awareness). In fact, thatâÂÂs technically the difference between a tranquilizer and a sedative. Tranquilizers, by definition, allow you to retain some awareness.
That is one vet's opinion (that I happen to agree with). I think some research on tranquilizers vs sedatives would be helpful to you.
And, I'm sorry for you and your dog. It is so hard seeing what they go through, and no matter what you do they can't be easily calmed. When I stopped using ACE with my dog, I didn't use anything else...just calmed her the best I could until the storm was over. By the time I figured out that valium or xanax might help, she was quite old and had lost her fear.
Do you have a basement? Taking him/her below ground might help.
First I think it's great that you'll do whatever is needed to help your dog with his anxiety issues. Many owners just let the pet suffer with the fear and get mad about the ramifications that can cause.
I don't know anything specifically about ACE so I can't advise but what I can say with out hesitation is that you need to trust your instincts and if you don't agree with your Vets plan of care, seek a second opinion or Vet to prescribe a different drug.
I know from personal experience though that Valium is short acting so you may want to looking to using something else entirely.
I have read that ACE sedates them while leaving them fully aware of what's going on around them. That's one of my concerns.
She does run to the basement sometimes, but we're not always at home when she hears thunder. If we're at camp she has nowhere to hide in a camper. I usually just wrap her in a blanket and hold her but it really doesn't help.
I keep seeing Rescue Remedy, which is a natural stress relief liquid for dogs. I may look into that more and try the Ativan for storms/fire works.
Ace is probably one of the most used drugs in veterinary medicine... or it was... used less nowadays that people realize it is NOT an anti-anxiety drug, but as discussed above, just a tranquilizer.. however, even a tranquilizer has its uses. From a safety standpoint, it is a pretty safe drug and overdoses rarely end up in death. But it can really knock a dog out for a day or more if overdosed. Some dogs are uniquely sensitive to it, and what may gently tranquilize one dog, may cause another one to pass out for many hours.
That said, It is probably still the number one drug used for fireworks and thunder situations, though it does tend to only tranquilize a dog, it does not make him or her less anxious. An anti anxiety medicine, such as Alprazolam (Xanax) is a lot more appropriate, and it works immediately (unlike ace which takes over half an hour to kick in)... but Xanax wears off quickly (so often has to be repeated several times per storm), too, and it does not wipe out anxiety... just decreases it... so the end result is often unsatisfactory- pet is till very anxious, but less so, and it still can tear a whole through your door trying to hide. Other anti anxiety drugs, such as Valium, tend to make dog's far too wobbly, which may actually increase their anxiety rather than decrease it. Clomipramine (Clomicalm) works on a percentage of dogs, but sometimes requires taking it for days to get a decent blood level.
My old Golden was great with thunder as a pup, but became so crazed as on old dog that he literally tore down doors and went through windows when in thundered. We did give him ace just to avoid those tragic situations, ALONG with some Xanax... combination worked well, but you need to talk to your vet about this since mixing drugs an be riskier. STill, both ace and xanax are pretty safe (the latter being really safe- saw a dog last week that ate 10x his maximum dose and did really well). Behavior modification tends to work well, and best in the long term, but it is not something you can do at a moment's notice. Drugs still can help.


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vented log set with outside air and sealed door - pipe dream?
I am building a new house and having a lot of problems with the fireplace selection for the dining room. The heat is not the primary objective but good looks and air quality - are.
The house is being built fairly airtight so vent-less is not an option at all. Vented gas log set within traditional wood burning firebox sort of work, but people suggested to me that turning on a 1000cfm range hood can pull the bad stuff into the house unless fireplace is sealed off.
Natural choice should be a direct-vent gas fireplace, however most of the units I found were pretty large and put out a lot of heat. I can't imagine sitting anywhere within 5' of those things. There are some smaller units (less then 30k btu) but they don't look good to me. Vented gas logs on the other hand look fantastic!
I have searched, in vain, for a firebox that can be used with a gas log set, vented outside and that either comes with or can be fitted with a gasket-type locking sealed door.
I found a nice wood burning fireplace - BIS Tradition (http://www.securitychimneys.com/residential/fireplaces/BISTradition/) which has everything except it does not work with gas logs. Other BIS types they offer work with logs but do not offer airtight combustion chamber. Its like a conspiracy or something.
Maybe one of the resident experts can suggest something before I go mad.
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As far as I know you can't put a gas log set in a sealed firebox, at least you can't in AZ. A good option that we do down here is to install a wood burning f/p with a gas log set. There are some nice wood fireboxes and some really nice log sets that look like the real thing. Most wood fireplaces bring in outside air to burn and you shouldn't have any kind of smell.