Pawz4me wrote:
rockhillmanor wrote:
My Danes were all well above the weight of a 40 lb beagle.
Not to get off on another tangent, but a 40 pound beagle would be *very* overweight. In general healthy weight beagles run from about 15 to 30 pounds (depending on whether they're 13 or 15 inch beagles). When I was with beagle rescue it wasn't unusual for us to get females a little under 15 (at healthy weight). So some of the testing could be on smallish dogs.
My vet, who tends to be conservative, has always advised going for the lower dosage for dogs who are right above the cut off. My Brittany hovers around 47 pounds and the vet has always recommended using Frontline Plus in the 23-44 pound dosage rather than the 45-88 pound dose.
A little bit of poetic license I guess! :B
The 15 inch Beagle specials are always pushing the boundaries on accepted weight especially in the males, but they are always buffed up and look like fine tuned machines so they don't look fat!
That all said.......
The beagles used in testing are not all supplied from random shelters. For the most part they are bred for laboratory use. Standard not a part of it. And from what I have seen they are very uniform which is something I would prefer they be to get better consistent testing. I.E. for the agency doing the testing.
Everything you would want to know about the testing of a product or med you are going to give your dog, can be read right on the internet.
You can read each and every test and exactly how many dogs and what the results were per each lab dog in detail and often graphic to the layman. Just plug in the name of the product and all the testing info will be available.
I found reading every test gave me the information that I needed if the risk was high for increasing seizures. You won't find the in depth test results on the package. It appears on the inserts which they HAVE to have in the bottle, at the pharmacy or on line for most OTC.
