Food that contains high levels of purines produces more uric acid, so start by avoiding those if you suffer from gout. She lists red meat, offal and sweetbreads, gravy, stock cubes and yeast extracts such as Vegemite on her no-go list.
If a bee stings your dog again, first look to see if the stinger is still in the skin. It resembles a small black sac. You can brush it off with a finger, scrape it out with a fingernail or grasp it with tweezers and pull it out.
Most bees or wasps only sting when provoked or threatened. Wasps and bees have venom sacs at the ends of their bodies, with a stinger that injects the venom into the victim. They can sting you even after they die. If you see a dead wasp or bee, do not pick it up: You can still get stung.