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Nina,

I actually found online a very reputable study done on 30 dogs that I gave to my vet. I found it again, but couldn't get it to paste right so you could have it.

After reading it, my vet changed Brenin's treatment. He's now on 4 doxy tabs 100 mg once a day, 50mg of deramaxx once a day, salmon oil capsules 1000 mg 2 x a day.

According to EVERYTHING I could read about this disease... and it's not much... the dog needs EPA (eicosapentaenoic) 180 mg per capsule to help drive this disease into remission. While I did read about vitamin E, I didn't see that it had the same benefits as the salmon oil with the 180mg's of EPA. What I also found out is that they can't have the omega 3 from flaxseed... it's not the same as what's in the fish oil and so it doesn't do as good a job

It seems that the fish oil will be a life long thing as according to the study from what my vet was explaining to me... once off the fish oil, there's a greater chance of reoccurance.

I have also found from much reading that when all is said and done... this disease is traced back to diet and allergies being the ultimate trigger. While none of this information is solid because there have been so few studies, everything points in the direction of diet and allergies playing a part in this.

I'm also supplementing Brenin with raw organic honey for allergies... according to the Sept 07 issue of whole dog journal... this may help ( and certainly can't hurt). I'm also supplementing with virgin coconut oil and that's in an Oct. 05 issue. I'm also looking into Willard Water and that's in a June 06 issue.

Lastly... I'm waiting for my bags of Cal Natural herring and sweet potato.

Kim