Breaks my heart to hear of so many people enslaved to a vet. We were fortunate in rural area to find a semi-holistic vet for our cats only 45 minutes away, but she was worth every drive. Truly engaged and compassionate, still an MD, available on phone as well.
But over the decades a few things seem clear.
1. Pet nutrition is vital. A raw meat diet for cats is also critical. They require meat. No dry food! Nowadays there are companies that sell the raw diet foods to your door, like VivaPet. Soon this will be the norm. Feline Instincts makes a powder supplement to mix into your own wet ingredients. Dogs are easier because you can do homemade cooked food on the stovetop for them, like lamb and rice.
2. TruthAboutPetFood.com is a helpful site to learn about all the disgusting corruption in the pet food industry. You would never give them commercial food if you knew what really is in that stuff, much less how it is made.
3. Vaccines/spay&neuter are separate issues and you do need a sympathetic good vet by your side.
4. There are better and best pet supplements now from small companies that truly are doing innovative work. VitalityScience.com is one of those. They truly have state of the art products Luxolite for diarrhea, probiotics, turmeric) and they do free phone consultations as well. I learned so much from them. Petwellbeing.com also has holistic products. Don’t give your pet any old thing you see at the store.
5. Our local county animal shelter does great work and is supported by many dedicated volunteers. Only adopt from there (not the Humane Society). They do all the work to make your future pet healthy and adoptable. And if you are not willing to be fully engaged with your pet, don’t adopt but support your worthy animal shelter first.
I just cured my 4 month old puppy from IMHA, ( immune mediated hemolytic anemia.
Standard treatment is a cocktail of cancer drugs. The diagnosis progressed to PIMA when it was shown through a bone marrow biopsy that his marrow was not producing red blood cells. He was started on prednisone. He was given 2 blood transfusions. When we took him in his PCV was at 7. This puppy had never received any vaccines which is a prime cause of this disease . I started him on a homeopathic/ herbal supplements and continued feeding a raw food diet. The 3 internists that treated him in the hospital refused to work side by side with me as they did not approve of my decision. One of them told me I was going to kill him. Through a dear friend I was able to see a homeopathic veterinarian who listened to me. My husband and I agreed 1 more transfusion if needed and then we would stop absolutely no chemo drugs. This wonderful doctor added Chinese herbs to his protocol and within 2 weeks he improved. He is now a 35 pound bundle or raw energy and is thriving . We will continue to do occasional bloodwork but as of right now he is completely out of the woods!
Consider that chloramphenicol poisoning from the residue in red meat could be the culprit, it happens in humans. I had a human case who was undiagnosed for fifteen years and she had every test at the Mayo Clinic. I figured it out and she made a full recovery, no further blood transfusions. She came close to dying several times. All she had to do was quit eating cheap red meat. One hamburger or steak per week was all it took to stop her red blood cell production.
I get the rabies shot for my dog only because state law requires it. The vet talked me into the Parvo shot only because it runs rampant here in TX. I’ll rethink about it next year.
Please try Dr. Will Falconer's substack. LOTS there on how to avoid rabies shots. If they aren't going door to door, how would anyone even know if your dog had the shot?
one thing you can do is find out what that year's tag looks like (shape & color) and order the closest match possible as an id tag so that at a glance it will look as if it's a guv'mint one!
Love it!!!!!!!!!!! When I woke up to the death shots I thought well, if they don't even test shots given to humans, of course they don't care a fig about my dogs!!!!!! No shots ever ever ever again. Peggy Hall Healthy American has a great video on the rabies vaccine and the history and the hoodwink. No, no, no!
just the same as with the hue-man medical complex there is a unique intersection with the insurance medical mal and professional liability required, and the AVMA has a large group policy to “allow” coverage affordability to vets and providers. Besides the education system this is a huge part of the industry capture.
"Holistic" vets do not get a pass on all treatments they deem appropriate. There must be scientific evidence to back any treatment. I have a holistic MD, and I am sympathetic to alternative treatments for both humans and animals. I use herbs and do research into botanical remedies, but still, one needs scientific evidence. I feed my dog mostly raw, organic food (Alaska wild salmon, organic beef, and wild venison) with a little vegetables plus dulse and sauerkraut. My vet thinks dogs don't have a biome, but I think they probably do. By the way, Dr. Thomas Seyfried (researcher and metabolic origin of human cancers theories, and developer of human cancer treatments) has stated that dog cancer can be cured by a raw food diet.
Ok, at 43:35 minutes into a very good podcast comes the vegan for pets push and I'm done listening. It reminds me of the female lion someone tried to raise on veggies. We can surmise the outcome.
Yes, I know she feeds 9% meat to her dogs, very credentialed etc. But man, I've never seen coyotes run for grass instead of the downed protein laying in that same field.
I'm not throwing the baby out with the bathwater here. Turning dogs into vegan eating machines is insane. Plus, from what I've read, growing "vegan " uses way more resources than cattle, way more land, way more water, way more depletion of the land.
Not buying this vegan dog nonsense.
Oh, and I forgot to add, when my chickens are given a choice between deer meat and fat or yummy green peas, can you guess what they all run to so fast their just a blur....yeah. Deer meat and fat. Gone in 5 minutes flat.
There's a bunch of wrongness in your comment. She's not pushing veganism for dogs. Veganism is no animal products whatsoever. Dogs are omnivores, so a lower percentage of meat is perfectly healthy for them. Animals of all kinds instinctually go for meat because it is a denser source of protein and nutrition, but coyotes will eat whatever they can get their jaws into. Lions, on the other hand, are carnivores, so they require meat. Totally different family of animals. Bad comparison.
So there is no vegan dog nonsense in this interview.
And growing vegan doesn't use way more resources than cattle. If you have any knowledge of farming at all, you'd know that doesn't make logical sense.
There are many holistic vets who have been speaking out about Big Pharma and Big Pet Food's corporate capture of veterinary practice for a long time: Drs. Karen Becker, Peter Dobias, Jean Dodds, Marty Goldstein, Richard Pitcairn, Greg Tilford, Susan Wynn; the long list goes on. Most are members of the American Holistic Veterinary Association. There are excellent publications such as Whole Dog Journal and Dogs Naturally and many other resources out there for pet parents. Dr. Dobias has a fabulous articles archive.
I don’t think I’ll ever have another furbaby. My last experience with lousy Vets during the stupid COVID madness, has cured me of the desire. Too expensive, to ineffective, and too much suffering…
Wayyy too many interruptions. I wanted to hear her speak. Ended up turning it off.
Breaks my heart to hear of so many people enslaved to a vet. We were fortunate in rural area to find a semi-holistic vet for our cats only 45 minutes away, but she was worth every drive. Truly engaged and compassionate, still an MD, available on phone as well.
But over the decades a few things seem clear.
1. Pet nutrition is vital. A raw meat diet for cats is also critical. They require meat. No dry food! Nowadays there are companies that sell the raw diet foods to your door, like VivaPet. Soon this will be the norm. Feline Instincts makes a powder supplement to mix into your own wet ingredients. Dogs are easier because you can do homemade cooked food on the stovetop for them, like lamb and rice.
2. TruthAboutPetFood.com is a helpful site to learn about all the disgusting corruption in the pet food industry. You would never give them commercial food if you knew what really is in that stuff, much less how it is made.
3. Vaccines/spay&neuter are separate issues and you do need a sympathetic good vet by your side.
4. There are better and best pet supplements now from small companies that truly are doing innovative work. VitalityScience.com is one of those. They truly have state of the art products Luxolite for diarrhea, probiotics, turmeric) and they do free phone consultations as well. I learned so much from them. Petwellbeing.com also has holistic products. Don’t give your pet any old thing you see at the store.
5. Our local county animal shelter does great work and is supported by many dedicated volunteers. Only adopt from there (not the Humane Society). They do all the work to make your future pet healthy and adoptable. And if you are not willing to be fully engaged with your pet, don’t adopt but support your worthy animal shelter first.
I just cured my 4 month old puppy from IMHA, ( immune mediated hemolytic anemia.
Standard treatment is a cocktail of cancer drugs. The diagnosis progressed to PIMA when it was shown through a bone marrow biopsy that his marrow was not producing red blood cells. He was started on prednisone. He was given 2 blood transfusions. When we took him in his PCV was at 7. This puppy had never received any vaccines which is a prime cause of this disease . I started him on a homeopathic/ herbal supplements and continued feeding a raw food diet. The 3 internists that treated him in the hospital refused to work side by side with me as they did not approve of my decision. One of them told me I was going to kill him. Through a dear friend I was able to see a homeopathic veterinarian who listened to me. My husband and I agreed 1 more transfusion if needed and then we would stop absolutely no chemo drugs. This wonderful doctor added Chinese herbs to his protocol and within 2 weeks he improved. He is now a 35 pound bundle or raw energy and is thriving . We will continue to do occasional bloodwork but as of right now he is completely out of the woods!
Thank you Dr. MacDonald!
Consider that chloramphenicol poisoning from the residue in red meat could be the culprit, it happens in humans. I had a human case who was undiagnosed for fifteen years and she had every test at the Mayo Clinic. I figured it out and she made a full recovery, no further blood transfusions. She came close to dying several times. All she had to do was quit eating cheap red meat. One hamburger or steak per week was all it took to stop her red blood cell production.
He was eating viva which is a high end raw food. He is now 8 months old, 40 pounds and living his best life.
I get the rabies shot for my dog only because state law requires it. The vet talked me into the Parvo shot only because it runs rampant here in TX. I’ll rethink about it next year.
Please try Dr. Will Falconer's substack. LOTS there on how to avoid rabies shots. If they aren't going door to door, how would anyone even know if your dog had the shot?
You can also get your vaccine and tag thru Amazon and then just toss the vial.
Wow.
Good point.
Ruth,
one thing you can do is find out what that year's tag looks like (shape & color) and order the closest match possible as an id tag so that at a glance it will look as if it's a guv'mint one!
Thank you. Very helpful show today.
Love it!!!!!!!!!!! When I woke up to the death shots I thought well, if they don't even test shots given to humans, of course they don't care a fig about my dogs!!!!!! No shots ever ever ever again. Peggy Hall Healthy American has a great video on the rabies vaccine and the history and the hoodwink. No, no, no!
Same here.
I taught my Jack Russell's, Fox Terriers, we have 3 of them, to eat fruits and veggies from babies, they love them.
Wow! I will keep this in mind.
just the same as with the hue-man medical complex there is a unique intersection with the insurance medical mal and professional liability required, and the AVMA has a large group policy to “allow” coverage affordability to vets and providers. Besides the education system this is a huge part of the industry capture.
we only give our dogs 1 rabies shot and we live rural, they're so healthy w/o all of the vaccines
"Holistic" vets do not get a pass on all treatments they deem appropriate. There must be scientific evidence to back any treatment. I have a holistic MD, and I am sympathetic to alternative treatments for both humans and animals. I use herbs and do research into botanical remedies, but still, one needs scientific evidence. I feed my dog mostly raw, organic food (Alaska wild salmon, organic beef, and wild venison) with a little vegetables plus dulse and sauerkraut. My vet thinks dogs don't have a biome, but I think they probably do. By the way, Dr. Thomas Seyfried (researcher and metabolic origin of human cancers theories, and developer of human cancer treatments) has stated that dog cancer can be cured by a raw food diet.
Ok, at 43:35 minutes into a very good podcast comes the vegan for pets push and I'm done listening. It reminds me of the female lion someone tried to raise on veggies. We can surmise the outcome.
Yes, I know she feeds 9% meat to her dogs, very credentialed etc. But man, I've never seen coyotes run for grass instead of the downed protein laying in that same field.
I'm not throwing the baby out with the bathwater here. Turning dogs into vegan eating machines is insane. Plus, from what I've read, growing "vegan " uses way more resources than cattle, way more land, way more water, way more depletion of the land.
Not buying this vegan dog nonsense.
Oh, and I forgot to add, when my chickens are given a choice between deer meat and fat or yummy green peas, can you guess what they all run to so fast their just a blur....yeah. Deer meat and fat. Gone in 5 minutes flat.
There's a bunch of wrongness in your comment. She's not pushing veganism for dogs. Veganism is no animal products whatsoever. Dogs are omnivores, so a lower percentage of meat is perfectly healthy for them. Animals of all kinds instinctually go for meat because it is a denser source of protein and nutrition, but coyotes will eat whatever they can get their jaws into. Lions, on the other hand, are carnivores, so they require meat. Totally different family of animals. Bad comparison.
So there is no vegan dog nonsense in this interview.
And growing vegan doesn't use way more resources than cattle. If you have any knowledge of farming at all, you'd know that doesn't make logical sense.
I am not able to listen to this now. Can anyone please tell me what probiotic she recommends?
Dunno if she recommended one in particular. We use Doggie Dailies Advanced Probiotics. Helped our dog get over skin and ear issues. Good stuff.
Cruel treatment of our pets by giving unnecessary shots, testing shows antibodies 10 years after last jab
There are many holistic vets who have been speaking out about Big Pharma and Big Pet Food's corporate capture of veterinary practice for a long time: Drs. Karen Becker, Peter Dobias, Jean Dodds, Marty Goldstein, Richard Pitcairn, Greg Tilford, Susan Wynn; the long list goes on. Most are members of the American Holistic Veterinary Association. There are excellent publications such as Whole Dog Journal and Dogs Naturally and many other resources out there for pet parents. Dr. Dobias has a fabulous articles archive.
I don’t think I’ll ever have another furbaby. My last experience with lousy Vets during the stupid COVID madness, has cured me of the desire. Too expensive, to ineffective, and too much suffering…
anyone who wants their pup to live longer and happier should pay attention to this.