Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [INSANITY] I don't know what - Itchy Ears & spanking it.

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Granted this advise may not apply, but in 3 of our 4 shih-tzus, their 
ears get nasty and full of gook and so itchy that they rub their faces 
on the carpet/ground/snow and scratch themselves bloody around the ears 
if we feed them the more expensive, more digestible, better for you Lamb 
and Rice types of dogfood.  It was also a hell of a smell in their 
ears.  (we also have to pull their ear hair out *sigh*, which is 
absolutely no fun for them or for us).

However, when we switched them back to the normal beef, corn meal, and 
by-products, it cleared right up.

Very odd since most exclusion diets where you cut your entire diet to a 
couple of things (especially trying to have those be things you don't 
normally eat, like lamb), they have you do lamb and rice as your 
staples....  this often pinpoints food allergies for things like 
fibromyalgia, chronic hives, etc... and then you add things back in 
gradually until you find out what substance provokes a response.

I'm not suggesting that your ear hair needs pulling out and that you 
should try a different kibble, but allergies, especially food allergies 
can account for your issues.   Also, if your ears are habitually dry and 
itch for that reason, try a little Vaseline intensive care lotion on the 
tip of the q-tip to see if it helps.  If you have other issues, you 
might try an exclusion diet to isolate what might be giving you troubles.

Back to the nose-picking thing and you two 'fessing up.....  I work 
making software for ED & BD children.  Occasionally there will be a 
scenario in there in one of the examples for our behavior modification 
tools that touches on the sins of nose-picking.... It just makes me want 
to scream.  I'm no psychiatrist/ologist, but I know for a fact that this 
type of thing can do enormous damage for the kid to be raised to wonder 
if they are some sort of deviant, and just not be able to stop 
themselves when truth be told, and undefined but huge majority of the 
population does it and we're naturally built this way.

Kids have enough difficulties w/o this crap.  I hate all the body-shame 
that is taught to little girls that make their lives and their marriages 
less than the joy God established them to be.   I hate even more the 
religion of circumcision (for non religious reasons), which mutilates 
our children to discourage masturbation and other emotional evils and 
psychosis.   I have a rather unique viewpoint on this one such that I 
can testify and answer a lot of questions that people 'think' they know 
the answer to w/o really 'knowing'.   Boy the psychiatry/ology of the 
50s and 60s has a lot to atone for


Mike Miller wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Feb 2007, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>
> > Actually, my allergy doctor seriously told me to stop picking my 
> > nose. He said that it does contribute to the serious sinus problems I 
> > have. Unfortunately, try as hard as I can, I am totally unable to 
> > comply!
>
> Truth be told:  I couldn't do it either.  If you just keep your 
> fingers clean, how does it cause problems for your nose?  I would 
> think the nose would like to be cleaned out.
>
> I had a doctor tell me that the cure to making my ears stop itching 
> was to stop using q-tips to clean my ears.  He was wrong.  At least 
> the q-tips bring some relief from itching (which is occasional and not 
> persistent).
>
> Mike
>
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