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Ginger_H Fountain, FL(Zone 8a) Sep 20, 2002

I have changed meds for my dog who has degeneritave(SP?) joint disease. He is on a horse med cut down to his size...I'm sure that when I bought it the wonderful lady at the feed store computed it right,but I have no clue how she came to the proper dose. He started limping again after the change,but Hanna blew in at the same time...weather I know is a factor as well as a change in meds. Anyway, if a horse weighing 1100lbs. gets 1 ounce how much should a dog weighing 100lbs. get?? I've been giving 2.5cc as I was told. As I said..totally clueless as to how this amount was arrived at. I really hate to see him limping,although today has been better,but now we're possibly looking at Isidore. Oh for a magic wand to make it all better!!

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darius So.App.Mtns., United States(Zone 5b) Sep 20, 2002

Ginger: 1 pint (8 ounces) = 500cc's. The horse (1100 lbs) gets 1 ounce which is 1/8 of 500cc's or 62.5cc's. The dog (100 lbs) is 1/11th of the horses' weight, or 62.5cc's divided by 11= 5.68 cc's.

DO NOT take this as the correct dosage! I am NOT prescribing medicine, just doing the math.

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woodspirit1 Lake Toxaway, NC(Zone 7a) Sep 20, 2002

Gad darius! I'm just learning to wave bye-bye!

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darius So.App.Mtns., United States(Zone 5b) Sep 21, 2002

You are too funny, Betty!

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Ginger_H Fountain, FL(Zone 8a) Sep 21, 2002

hmmmmmmm............called a pharmacy this morning and they told me that 1oz.=30cc. and that 1ml. and 1cc are the same.

darius that's less then half of your calculations. So now I'm really lost. Upped Payne's dose to 3cc today..wait and see how he does I reckon. On the plus side he really loves the new stuff..just like doggie candy. LOL

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darius So.App.Mtns., United States(Zone 5b) Sep 21, 2002

Ginger... I'm so embarrassed. I mis-read the ml side of my glass measuring cup as 500ml when it is actually 250ml... lots of the print has been scrubbed off over time so it was an easy mistake to make. Glad you checked with a reliable source!

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Ginger_H Fountain, FL(Zone 8a) Sep 22, 2002

LOL darius!!! at least now I know the formula to figure it out. :-))) Thanks!

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