Cary, you are a sweet, smart, and caring person. Your advice to the lady with an incontinent dog was wonderful. I feel like some of the readers are way too harsh on her calling her selfish, etc. She is simply asking for advice. She didn't choose to kill the dog, she's wanting to know what the best thing is to do. If you guys were more gentle with her, I think she could hear you better. You have great arguments and have presented very good information to help her keep, love, and care for the dog. But I'm afraid she'll get defensive when she reads your angry letters.

I am appalled that people kill their dogs (calling it putting them down or putting them to sleep) when they become too much responsibility or have behavioral problems (that were caused by human behavior in the first place). Our dogs are loving creatures who are here to help us experience unconditional love so that we can begin to open our hearts. When more people get the message our pets are here to give us, we'll have a more peaceful loving existence.

The formula companies have successfully kept many mothers from breastfeeding their babies through their propaganda and marketing efforts. The attitude of the nursing staff at some hospitals, at least when I had my kids, was here's the formula, use it. It's easier, so you might as well not try to breastfeed them.

Formula is made with cow's milk, which is for calves, not human children. Plus all the chemicals and additives to formula are not healthy for human children. Breastfed children receive their mother's immunities to disease. Formula-fed babies often struggle with weight issues because cow's milk is meant to create a huge animal...and it does. Breastfeeding your babies gives a woman a greater chance to avoid breast cancer. There are so many reasons to breastfeed.

If mothers are not sent home with the free formula, then they will work to make breastfeeding the top priority. When I used to look at my babies after several months of breastfeeding, I would feel so good that I could provide them with the nourishment from my own body, to keep them growing and healthy. It was one of the few times I had a positive body experience and I had such an appreciation of the human body.

I am an avid believer in breastfeeding over formula feeding and I am so far from a religious right person, I have no idea where that other reader came up with such nonsense. I believe that the woman's body has everything the baby needs. And I haven't bought into the nonsense that the formula companies have fed the hospitals and unwitting mothers through their greed-filled marketing efforts. I believe that formula should be avoided at all costs and used ONLY when there is a medical problem that would prevent a mother from successfully breastfeeding her baby. Okay, there's my two cents!

My 5-week old puppy was a rescue. She was very sick with mange, fleas, parasites--you name it. I took her to an allopathic vet for the first 6 months and all he did was give her medicines and dip her into some flammable, toxic liquid to rid her of the mange. She'd seem better for a week or so, then the mange would return, then worms...as I returned to the vet over and over again, it was costing a fortune AND the treatment was ineffective beyond a week or so. Then I found out about Dr. Will Falconer (http://www.alt4animals.com/), a highly-sought after homeopathic Vet, who had an amazing track record of curing what my puppy was ailing with.

He said that her immune system was highly compromised by her multiple vaccinations and the antibiotics and other treatment she was receiving for fleas, heartworm, etc. He recommended the B+ diet, which is the highest quality kibble (we use Flint River Ranch), some raw food mixed in, and raw bones whenever possible. He also recommended Canine Complete powder to help her raise her immune response.

After a couple of weeks following his instructions, Juliette became extremely healthy with a very shiny coat, clear eyes, good smelling body, and clean breath. She thrives on this diet, which includes raw meat (chicken & buffalo), veggies, oats, cous cous, and chicken necks. I also mix in some organic plain yogurt, which she loves. We use natural methods of flea control (no medicines) and heartworm prevention (again no medicines). She is almost two years old now and in peak health!

Dr. Falconer has created a website (http://www.alt4animals.com/) that gives the reader the best education on how to take care of your animals. He saved Juliette and I'm a total fan.