Newbie Here Any Advice?

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Marilyn's comments after -----

Good morning and happy holidays.

I haven't ordered any grains yet as just when Dad said go ahead and get

them ordered, Marilyn posted in her blog that she had stopped shipping

for the holidays.

----Not exactly. I am not shipping today to relieve the burden on the post

office. I am shipping this Friday and from then on.

No worries, I can hang in there. I have some store

bought kefir that will just have to do until I can start making my own.

-----You can extend that for a second generation by adding a cup of it to a

quart of your good milk and leaving at room temperature for a day or until

thick. Sometimes you can get it to set up like yogurt with this method.

I was curious if anyone had any advice for my 5 month old great dane

puppy. Max swallowed a spoon and it had to be surgically removed. It

was torture cutting his rations back while his stomach healed. He was

also on antibiotics. I asked the vet if I should give him some kefir or

yogurt and she said no and something about the antibiotics and good

bacteria. I didn't catch all she said but basically she didn't want me

to worry about it.

I've taken to letting him lick out my cup after my morning kefir. When

I start making my own kefir I might take to giving him some. Raw milk

at about $4 a gallon versus $4 or $5 a quart for store bought kefir

makes it a no brainer.

Yesterday I had some yogurt that was past it's expiry date. It's

smelled fine and I used it for tzatziki sauce, the rest I dumped in

Max's dish. He seemed to relish it. He was noticably gassy

afterwards when normally he's not.... HMMMMMM. Speaking of gas, I

notice I'm gassy on kefir.

OK - here's the thing. I know I have very slow digestion and have been

trying to work on this problem for about 4 years now. I believe there's

been improvements, but since introducing the kefir I have gas. Could

this just be a natural process of my intestinal tract cleaning itself

out? I have increased BM's from at least 2 a day to more like 4 times.

I have also been limiting my kefir to a cup in the morning. Well store

bought at the above mentioned prices is the reason. Would drinking more

kefir help?

----I always say drink to bowel tolerance. It sounds like you need to cut back a

little. Real kefir made from real kefir grains is more powerful than your store

" kefir " . I'm glad you are using less powerful stuff first.

-----Please sign your posts in the future.

Thanks,

Marilyn