I just got back home from taking Elle to her yearly vet visit for vaccinations and a check-up, and I'm all upset about it! (She's still there being groomed.) Right after the 5 (!) shots, she started salivating heavily and was very nervous. She does that every time I give her heartworm medicine once a month. I thought "what the heck am I doing to her?!!". The only reason she gets their flu shot is so that she can stay there at the kennel when she needs to. She's not even going there this summer, but coming with us on vacation. I don't even give my children or Craig and I flu shots! I'm against that. Every vaccination weakens the vital force or health of any living thing and I know that. Why introduce a small bit of exactly what you are trying to avoid in the first place?? There are much healthier, safe ways of protecting yourself from viruses. Then of course the vet asked what kind of food we feed her. We switched to a grain-free Natural Choice dog food and I give her a little egg or a little meat with it. She doesn't even eat much at all... she's pretty balanced like that. Of course that was "bad" because after I said we believed that dogs ate meat in the wild, she said, "no, they eat the intestines which has grains in it". After I left, I realized that they eat herbivores and therefore their intestines are mostly full of vegetation, not grains! Elle has gained weight over the winter but unlike the vet thinks, it was from a lack of walking due to the fields being closed off to us and we couldn't always drive to go walk. We're not worried... Elle is truly not overweight! Then the biggie-- Elle has tartar on her teeth and red gums (I unfortunately gave her a piece of dried chicken to chew on before the appointment which is the only reason her gums were red.) I am a bad pet owner for not brushing her teeth! So, now I will, I guess. But that wasn't what upset me... now the trend at vets is dental care. And that means anesthesia... which means the procedure costs $280.00! So I opened my big mouth and said that I don't believe anesthesia is safe to give anyone or anything unless it's an emergency situation because it weakens the health. I would never do an elective surgery under anesthesia again. Well, that sort of sealed the fact that my vet thinks I'm a nut and I have "my own views" on things. Of course I do! It's called health views lady! Seriously?!! I didn't even mention what I know about tooth decay, which is that most of it comes from the inside of the tooth being weakened and there are ways to strengthen and remineralize them (read Cure Tooth Decay by Ramiel Nagel). I have been doing it to myself with homeopathy and Cod Liver Oil! Not to mention the fact that many dogs have lived long lives without ever brushing their teeth. And dogs and people in past centuries never brushed their teeth and never had tooth decay... they had strong, straight healthy teeth from good traditional foods diets! Orthodontia was not even necessary at all in the past! So why do I have to brush my dog's teeth??? And maybe that's from the regular dog food...
Well, needless to say, I'm now searching for alternative veterinarians. I don't think there are any around me. What I really wish is that my kids would be interested in this and pick it as a field. We need WAY more homeopathic doctors and vets! So.... back to my anatomy/physiology book!
Thanks for letting me get this off of my chest :D
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!!!
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Hi Beth! I can't believe that they would want to give dogs anaesthetics unnecessarily! My friend Aileen has been doing a course in horse zoopharmacognosy which looks at how a horse would have in the past healed any ails by eating specific plants that it found growing wild and how you can leave out a range of things that a horse will eat through choice to make itself feel better. I am sure I am not explaining it will but I thought it would be something that you would be interested in . Here's a wikipedia link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoopharmacognosy
Oh dear! but I'm not really surprised...
And you are completely right in saying that dogs and people in past centuries had strong, straight healthy teeth from good traditional foods diets
Now they push everyone to orthodontia, there is so much money behind all of that...
Remember - it does not help to argue with some people.
I wasn't arguing at all, just explaining our choices when put on the spot. I never argue-- but I do always ask intelligent questions and I expect professional, intelligent answers. Every patient should always ask questions, especially "what are the side effects?". Mainstream medicinal doctors get more of their continuing education through information and studies done by companies selling a product to them. Otherwise, you would be hearing more about the studies which conclude that much of what is prescribed and eaten is unnecessary and worse, harmful to you or your pet. The whole fat and cholesterol theory started by Ancel Keys is the best example of that. The studies did not show a connection but the food oil companies jumped on his false conclusions to promote vegetable oils. Then the doctors followed suit and so did the pharmacies with dangerous statin drugs. You have to be wiser about health in this age of corporate greed or you'll be following the wrong piper!!!
I will keep all this in mind when we take Bud to the vet. Again, thanks for the perspective.
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