I
restored my dog's health and vitality with homeopathy and raw foods
part
1 of 2 - part 2
Shasta (left)
When the conventional veterinarian suggested to euthanize my 2 year
old German Shepherd dog because "nothing could be done to stop her suffering
and to cure her" I turned to holistic treatments. Shasta fully recovered
and lived 10 more years in excellent health. This is her story.
When Shasta joined our family at age 2, she was in extremely poor health:
severely emaciated and weak with chronic diarrhea; massive wax discharge
from her ears which were continually irritated and inflamed and she also
had an a ongoing eye and nasal discharge; skin disorder with carbuncles
and hotspots. The veterinarian thought she had been a neglected or
abused dog but his was not so. The breeder had done her best to take "good
care" of her champion dogs; she fed them the 'best commercial dog food'
for working dogs, dewormed them with drugs on a regular basis and routinely
vaccinated them since puppyhood against a number of common dog diseases.
After a few weeks in her new home, Shasta developed myositis of the
jaw bones (inflammation of the muscle of the jaw bone) an auto
immune disease which caused severe pain in her jaw and prevented her
from eating, barking, and yaning. The conventional veterinarian who
examined her gave a bleak prognosis. He warned me that Shasta's immune
system was failing and that the myositis symptoms were going to gradually
worsen and eventually become fatal. He said there was nothing veterinary
medicine could do to help her and suggested that euthanize her (put her
to sleep.)
I brought Shasta back home and began researching holistic treatments
for her. I was familiar with holistic medicine because it had saved my
life. I had been struggling with failing health for decades, despite the
best conventional treatments available. Homeopathic medicine and a transition
to a healthy diet restored my health and to this day I continue to
enjoy optimum health and vitality. (here
is my story)
Holistic treatment:
I gave her homeopathic remedies and
gradually
changed
her diet to raw foods. The homeopathic remedies worked very fast. Within
a couple of days her pain had decreased considerably. Gradually she continued
to improve and within a week she was able to eat comfortably again, all
the pain in her jaw completely gone! With her new RAW food diet her diarrhea
stopped and she began to gain weight progressively. Her ear, eye, and nasal
discharges continued for some months (such discharges are toxins built-ups
that the body is attempting to house-clean. These discharges are an important
healing process and must not be suppressed by drugs.) As her immune
system and health improved over the months, the discharges gradually decreased
and eventually stopped altogether. (shasta's sample
diet) NOTE:
a consultation with a homeopathic veterinarian is recommended to treat
myositis and other serious conditions. Click here
for the listing. Most veterinarians on that list offer phone consultation
Also, I immediately STOPPED all deworming and vaccination program which
are well known to cause toxin to build up and suppress the immune system
in the long run (Read
about the comments of vets who believe that vaccines are damaging our pets).
Shasta had no need to be dewormed as she had no worms to begin with. She
was emaciated, not because of worms, but because she was unable to digest
the commercial pet food. learn why commercial pet food
adversly affect your animal's health)
Flea
bites and Hot Spots
The first year that I had Shasta, she was plagued with flea bites and
hot spots. But after a couple of years, as her health improved with her
raw food diet, her immune system gradually began to protect better her
against flea bites. She seems to be much less affected by fleas. I don't
know if fleas are now repelled from her or if she simply has a less severe
allergic reaction to flea bites which causes most dogs to itch, scratch
and bite themselves. She has friends in the neighborhood who are miserably
plagued with flea bites. These dogs are on commercial pet food. If fleas
begin to bother her occasionally in the hot summer time, I give her homeopathic
remedies for a few days which effectively reduce the itching. click
to learn what I do to treat Shasta's flea bites, hotspots, and ear
inflammation.
![Dr. Dee Blanco, D.V.M - You take healthy animals and often very quickly after you vaccinate, you can see simple things like itching of the skin or excessive licking of the paws, sometimes even with no eruptions and licking of the air. We see a lot of epilepsy/seizure, often after a rabies vaccination. Or dogs or cats can become aggressive for several days. Frequently, you'll see urinary tract infections in cats, often within three months after their [annual] vaccination. If you step back, open your mind and heart, you'll start to see patterns of illness post-vaccination.](tailbiting.jpg)
Shasta,
had a similar looking tail. It was a direct result of adverse
reaction to vaccines. The inflammed area of the tail would swell up
with fluid. I could tell that was painful and very itchy. Poor Shasta would
constantly bite and lick the area. Correctly prescribed homeopathic remedies
can often undue the damage caused by vaccines. Homeopathy
is noted for its success to antidote or remove the toxic effects of vaccines
and to re-establish balance in the organism and restore health. Certain
homeopathic remedies taken after vaccination can minimize
vaccine damage. A professional homeopathic vet
should be consulted for more information. Dr. Falconer DVM also uses Transfer
Factor to modulate/boost animal's immune system and protect against
vaccination adverse reaction. Some people have found that marine
phytoplankton is also effective in improving their animals' overall
health. Dog's
tail - (photographs courtesy of Sherri Regalbuto)
Dr.
Blanco, D.V.M - "You take healthy animals and often very quickly after
you vaccinate, you can see simple things like itching
of the skin or excessive
licking of the paws, sometimes even
with no eruptions. We see a lot of epilepsy,
often after a rabies vaccination. Or dogs or cats can become aggressive
for several days. Frequently, you'll see urinary
tract infections in cats, often within three months after their
[annual] vaccination. If you step back, open your mind and heart, you'll
start to see patterns of illness post-vaccination." more
about vaccinosis
I have trained her for personal protection.
She
is now over 11 years old and she is a perfect picture of health most
of the time, with a gorgeous lustrous coat and terrific vitality. Daily
exercise is an important part of her health maintenance. She takes long
walks (1 to 2 hours) with me and my son everyday in the beautiful Hollywood
Hills or in the park where she gets to play with other dogs. When she occasionally
gets sick or injured, I take her to the vet only to get a diagnosis of
her condition but never give her drugs of any kind. I treat her with homeopathy
and herbs at home and she receives Reiki distance energy healing (a telepathic
transference of Divine Healing Energy) from a long time trusted
healer (I would NEVER consider leaving my injured or sick animal at
the vet clinic because the poor animal would feels "abandoned" just at
the time when it needs to feel secure at home among its love ones. The
stress of feeling "abandoned" would be an impediment to healing I have
no doubt.
Shasta has recovered from a stroke/paralysis
Even though Shasta is on a healthy diet of raw food, she still gets
sick occasionally. I believe that the routine vaccination she received
from her previous guardian during the first 2 years of her life have severely
affected her constitution and immune system. She is the offspring of generations
of vaccinated/poor-diet animals. However, I believe that her raw food diet
is enabling her to recover quickly from these illnesses. Since she turned
10 years old (December 2000), Shasta has experienced
a series of illnesses: abscess, VKS syndrome/toxoplasmosis, and just recently
a stroke/paralysis. I treated her at home with homeopathic and herbal remedies
and she fully recovered without drugs or surgery..Read
my testimonial of these amazing and miraculous cures...(note:
these illnesses have left her with a lower vitality. Since I started giving
her Transfer Factor, her energy
and vitality has improved remarkably and she is more frisky and playful..)
Juliette
de Bairacli Levy says that the two most important aspects of natural
animal rearing are:fasting and
raw
diet
"The object in creating optimal health and nutrition is to study each
animal 's habitat and food sources, then custom make diets that most closely
resemble their own natural (original) diet." Jeff
Brisco, Senior Animal Nutritionist, Los Angeles Zoo.
Dr. Donald Ogden DVM writes that commercial pet
food (even the best known and most expensive brands) have had their nutrients
altered, adulterated, devitalized and destroyed by heat, processing, coloring,
preservatives and other chemicals. Feeding your animal such food on a regular
basis causes waste-toxins to accumulate in the blood, lymphs and tissue
which contributes to a weak immune system and renders our pet susceptible
to chronic diseases.
RAW food recipe: SHASTA'S RAW FOOD DIET: This
is what I feed Shasta everyday: First of all, I feed her only raw food.
I choose to feed her organically grown fresh vegetables whenever possible.
Over 400 pesticides are currently licensed for use on America's foods and
over 2.5 billion pounds are dumped on crop lands, forests, lawns, and fields
annually. There can be anywhere from four to 25 different pesticides used
on conventionally grown produce with tolerances set for only individual
pesticides, without consideration of the combined effect of multiple pesticides
in the conventionally grown foods we consume.
1. In their natural, RAW form, I
puree a variety of organically grown vegetables in the food processor:
(Definition of raw: uncooked, unheated, unprocessed, unadulterated
- why raw? ). I have fed Shasta all sorts of raw
vegetables: carrots, eggplants, tomatoes, avocados, lettuce, cabbage, beets,
broccoli, cauliflower, etc.I also feed her the veggie's fiber/pulp that
I save when I make vegetable juice and wheatgrass juice for my family.
Raw vegetables are a very important source of vitamins and minerals as
well as fiber. Merchants at our local weekly farmer's market know that
I feed Shasta fresh produce and they often give me slightly damaged or
overripe avocados, lettuce and other veggies which they would normally
discard.
Update May 2007 -
I discovered a new way of feeding my dog veggies. Instead of storing
my the pulpe of my green
juice in the refrigerator or freezer until I am ready to prepare
a batch of raw dog food, I store the pulp in an airtight container at room
temperature. A month or two later, the pulpe is completely decomposed or
pre-digested by naturally occuring friendly bacterias. This is "yogurt"
for my dog, shock-full of nutrients and pro-biotics. It smells like poop,
and the dog loves it! Why
Do Dogs Eat Poop? Some people warn against feeding dogs broccoli,
cabbage or cauliflower (cruciferous plants) because they claim that it
can produce gas, which may at some point cause a portion of their belly
to invert, requiring euthanasia or surgery. Other people say that broccoli
and cauliflower should be lightly blanched (lightly steamed) in order to
rid them of the harmful toxins. Shasta and Kuuma
have never had gas from their food, let alone an inverted
belly. I've also heard that an overuse of cruciferous plants can interfere
with thyroid functioning in people and animals. I give Shasta small amount
of cruciferous plants. They have never suffered any adverse effects from
these vegetables. I feed her mostly grounded or pureed raw carrots and
greens (the pulp from my green juice)
2. To flavor the veggies and make
them palatable, I thoroughly mix in the following:
Plenty of raw eggs (I pulverize the eggs with their shells in the
blender. The shells are an excellent source of calcium and other minerals.)
I wouldn't think to feed Shasta corporate-industrial-farmed-produced eggs
where a million beakless chicken are cramped into dark cages and soaked
with antibiotics and hormones. I feed her only fresh eggs, produces by
free-ranged, antibiotics and hormones free chickens. These eggs are available
at health food stores and outdoors farmer's markets. (Some
people only give eggs to their dogs once or twice a week. Wild animals
do not eat eggs everyday. Maybe they eat eggs only during the egg-laying
season. Perhaps it is not wise for me to give eggs to my dog everyday but
whipped eggs are very convenient to flavor her veggies and her kelp
and make these palatable.)
Raw meat: Any type of meat: ground beef or pork, beef stew meat,
organ meat like heart, beef tripes, etc. I do NOT feed her lean meats.
Fat plays an important role in the digestion process and in maintaining
an animal's health - as long as it is RAW fat. Raw beef liver is good,
but Dr. Chambreau recommends that liver
must be organic or do not feed it (or eat it yourself) because it is
the detoxifier of the body, therefore loaded with toxins. I tried to give
her other organ meats such as kidney and spleen but she didn't like it.
It is important not not give your pet only muscle meat. Organ meats are
important. I use ground beef ONLY to flavor her vegetables. Dr. Chambreau
writes that "ground meat is passable for most animals, occasionally, but
Juliette de Bairacli Levy said that "minced meat is lethal to animals"
and we find in practice that some animals just do not seem to be healthy
until on chunks of raw meat.". Note:
unfortunately, I can’t give her freshly killed, wholesome wild game which
would be free from synthetic growth hormones, antibiotics and pesticide
residue which contaminates our supermarket meat.
Raw fish. I used to give Shasta a whole raw fish (with
bones). She loved it and ate the head, tail, bones and all. She liked especially
the mackarel. Unfortunately, I've had to stop giving her fish due to mercury
contamination. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued advise
on the hazard posed by mercury in fish bought from stores and restaurants,
which includes ocean and coastal fish as well as other types of commercial
fish. My entire family has stopped eating fish.
Occasionally I mix grounded raw nuts, raw cottage cheese
or raw yogurt to flavor her vegetables.
Bison paunch manure - In the wild, we know predators
first seek the stomach contents and organ meat of a ruminant. Paunch
manure (partially digested, fermented grass) is what dumps
from the stomach and intestines. It is the food that the animal (deer,
bison, buffalo etc) had eaten that day and not yet passed out as manure.
It is full of all types of beneficial microbes and enzymes as well as omega
3 from the grass. Is
Your Pet Deficient In A Key Nutrient? Farrm
dogs, coyotes, foxes, and wolves all feast on it. learn
more... Frozen
paunch manure from 100% grass-fed bison is available from Lindner
Bison company (No drugs, hormones, chemicals of any kind
are used on the bison or on the grounds that grow the grass and hay that
they eat.)
I do NOT feed cooked grains to Shasta. (why
grains are harmful to carnivores)
.
I do NOT feed Shasta with irradiated meat (irradiated
= processed by gamma ray radiation). I make sure that all meats I purchase
for her at the market is NON-IRRADIATED. If I'm not sure about the meat
I'm about to purchase, I ask the manager in the meat department about it.
Oils, Minerals and Vitamin Supplements
Our soil, plants, and especially commercial foods are woefully deficient
in key nutrients. Scientists theorize that mineral deficiency subjects
us, and our animals, to more diseases, aging, sickness and destruction
of our physical well-being than any other factor in personal health. I
add the following supplements to Shasta's diet to maintain her optimum
health. (some of the ingredients
are recommended in Juliette de Bairacli Levy's book The
Complete Herbal Handbook for the Dog and Cat )
To her meals, I add:
About 1/2 to 1 tablespoon of dry kelp meal (marine
plants) mixed in her meal. Marine phytoplankton
also provide important trace minerals and vital nutrients.
About 1/2 cup of soaked chia seeds, a rich source
of essential omega-3 oil, antioxidants and natural vitamins.
About 1/2 to 1 tablespoon of fulvic
acid minerals ( Fulvic
neutralizes
toxins and can eliminate food poisoning within minutes. Fulvic
are naturally occuring absorbable plant derived minerals )
About a teaspoon of ancient mineral magnesium
oil to my dog's food or drinking water. (a quart bowl)
About 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of dry clay powder mixed
in her meal (and I add a teaspoon of pascalite in her energized,
alkaline microwater. (I
never use fluoridated, chlorinated toxic tap
water).
About a tablespoon of
flax oil, a
rich source of omega 3 oils. (The manufacturer of flaxseed oil, Barleans,
recommends one to two tablespoons of flaxoil per 100 lb of body weight.
Flaxoil is a wonderful safe vital nutrient, but the seeds contains antinutritional
factors A
Word of Caution about Eating Flax Seed) I also
add a couple of tablespoons of olive oil (extra virgin, cold pressed),
and a couple of tablespoons of coconut oil and/or
grapeseed
oil. (Veterinarians recommend
that dogs raised on commercial diet get some raw
food or enzymes, or take
digestive
enzymes to help breakdown the fat in flaxoil (and cottage cheese or
other fat foods) to prevent risk to develop pancreatitis)
Bee pollen granules (rich in naturally occuring vitamins
and minerals) to her food. These contain natural source of B complex, vitamins
and minerals. It is very good for any animals, but especially for the sick,
young or old pets.
Organic
Himalayan Crystal Salt, Solar Dried, 100% Natural, - (a very small
amount - too much salt is detrimental)
Dr. Miller's Holy Tea also helps
improve digestion and assists the body in eliminating waste, compacted
fecal matter from the colon, foreign matter and toxins in a simple, yet
effective, easy-to-use but low cost method.
(more information on healing tea)
Marine phytoplankton
(Dr. Jerry Tennant, M.D. says that marine phytoplankton contains
almost everything one needs to sustain life and to restore health by providing
the raw materials to make new cells that function normally. Marine phytoplankton
has been called "the most nutritionally dense foods on the planet". Containing
a wide range of trace elements, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, chlorophyll,
enzymes and cellular materials, marine phytoplankton promotes and maintains
optimum health by boosting and supporting all systems within the body.
Its antioxidants and unique polysaccharides can halt the genetic mutations
that can lead to cancer. Both high levels of saccharides and adaptogens
increase energy and stamina by improving our ability to consume and use
oxygen. Adaptogens also improve cardiovascular health by strengthening
the heart and circulation.)
.
Occasionally I may also add a couple of tablespoons of raw carob powder
and unsulfured blackstrap molasse. (rich source of vitamins and minerals).
Shasta weights approximately between 70 and 80 pounds. Until she was
8 years old I used to feed her everyday about 1 to 2 pounds of the above
food mixture. In addition she also gets about 1/2 to 1 pound of meaty beef
or pork bones which she devours completely in a few
minutes. Shasta's stools are always firm, shapely and the odor is never
offensive. When she was eating kibble or canned food her stools were soft,
runny or watery and extremely malodorous. Shasta's
water
drinking
Chia
seeds have done wonders for my dog's health (and for my own health
too!). I mix a good amount of chia seeds with raw eggs or raw meat
and keep it refrigerated for 48 hours before feeding it to my dog to increase
its nutritional content. When Chia seeds, rich in Omega-3 fatty acids are
included in your dog's diet, your can expect to see your dog's overall
health to improve with the energy of a puppy and its coat to become shiny
and healthy. Soaking raw chia seeds in water,
broth, or juice for 24 to 48 hours greatly increase its nutritional content.
Omega-3
oils are essential nutrients, deficient in most dogs' diets. Omega-3
fatty acids are fundamental molecules in the structure and activity of
the membranes of all cells throughout your dog's body. They also have highly-
specialized functions in neurological tissues, especially the brain and
retina and play an important role in cell membranes and the formation of
new tissue, therefore important for development and growth. You will love
the ease of using Chia seeds and dogs love the nutty taste! I also
enjoy eating chia seeds soaked in natural raw fruit juice or mixed
with a fruit salad. -- learn more
about the healing power of chia seeds and where to buy
Shasta eats RAW bones everyday.
Only cooked bones are dangerous. Raw bones are safe to eat and are
an important source of calcium and other minerals. In the wild animal do
not debone their prey (birds, rats, squirrels, etc) before eating them,
or do they?
I give Shasta 1/2 to 1 pound of RAW beef or pork bones everyday, which
she devours completely. I do NOT give her the hard marrow bones
which can't be cracked or eaten. She gets the ribs, and other small and
soft meaty bones which she can completely swallow after a good 10 minute
chewing work-out.
For Shasta, raw pig feet are even better than
soup bones because they have tough, thick skins and tendons, which makes
wonderful chewies. It takes Shasta about 45 minutes to completely eat a
whole small pig foot and she absolutely adores them (pig feet cut in half
lengthwise may be easier to eat for some dogs). Meaty bones strengthen
her jaw bones, massage her gums while stimulating her salivary and digestive
glands, help reduce plaques and calculus accumulation on the tooth surfaces,
clean teeth and reduce occurrence of gingivitis (dental
hygiene) and provides her with a good source of calcium and other important
minerals. (Some people are reluctant to give raw pork to their animals
because of fear of certain worms. Shasta has been eating raw pork for years
without problems. Perhaps it is advisable to check with a holistic vet
before giving raw pork to your animal. I would appreciate if you could
keep me informed of information that you would learn about this matter.
She also eats raw chicken legs, thigh, necks and backs which
are inexpensive. And yes, she eats the chicken bones too. (I once
saw an animal documentary demonstrating little foxes hunting doves. They
would swallow their catches whole, feather, beak, claws, bones, and all!)
Shasta has been on this diet ever since for the past 8 years. At 10
years of age, she is in vibrant health with the energy level of a dog 1/2
her age. She NEVER has to see a vet because she is never sick. She eats
the same food with no variation. She loves her food. (Some dogs love raw
fruits too, but I do not like to mix fruits with the veggies.) To protect
the carpet or the floor I lay her food or bones on a 4'x 6' tarp paper
(or heavy plastic sheet). She eats her meals at once, licking the sheet
completely clean.
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Once a day
Feeding
Some German Shepherd breeders
and trainers prefer to feed their dog twice a day to avoid stressing their
digestive system. I have been feeding Shasta only once a day to give her
digestive track a chance to rest which keeps her healthier and never overweight.
No two dogs are alike or have the same feeding requirement. It is entirely
to the dog's owner to decide what is best for their dog.
I have been feeding Shasta
strickly raw food once a day to give her digestive track a chance to rest
which kept her healthy and never overweight. No two dogs are alike or have
the same feeding requirement. It is entirely to the dog's owner to decide
what is best for their dog. Some people claim that is is best to fee raw
food, first and wait 6 hours before feeding kibbles to prevent fermentation
in the stomach which may cause some dogs to have gas. They claim that it
takes 18 hours for a dog to digest kibbles and only 6 hours to digest raw
food. My friend, Pat Hartman,
who is a German Shepherd expert recommends to never feed dry kibbles to
German Shepherd dogs but to soak the kibbles first. Personally, I have
not found this to be true. My new dog, Kuuma, eats dry kibbles (healthy
kibbles) and raw meat at the same time without any bad effects.
Raw food does not cause pets
to become overweight, especially if you feed them just once every 24 hours.
Grains and starchy food are responsible for causing animals to become overweight
because they are NOT part of the natural diet carnivores and they are undigestible
to them. (more about grains in pet's diet)
In nature, carnivore rarely eat 2 or 3 meals a day. They don't manage to
catch their prey at every hunt and may end up fasting for a day or two
until the next successful hunt. When they catch a large pray they pig out,
devouring a lot of meat and then rest for a day or two.
Fasting
As Shasta became older,
I began to fast her on water once a week or once every other week to help
maintain her health. By age 6 or 7, as her metabolism slowed down, I began
fasting her every other day but I have increased the size of her portions
of food. By age 8, she would eat only once every other day. She seems to
appreciate fasting and never ask or look for food during fasting days.
If I had a sick animal, the first thing I do is stop feeding it for a few
days. That is the first step toward helping the healing process. William
Pollak D.V.M. says that occasional fasting by cats and dogs is a normal,
natural phenomenon, especially when natural raw, fresh foods are fed.
Occasional fasting by cats
and dogs is a normal, natural phenomenon, especially when natural raw,
fresh foods are fed. As long as your pet appears strong with good energy
and clear responsiveness, self imposed fasting oftentimes ends by itself
with a renewed gusto for life. The system requires periodic rest and purification
and so it is taken naturally. Occasional fasting is natural in the cat
and dog; it is the behavior of rest and purification. Cleaning the bowl
of all the commercial food every day, day in and day out is unnatural and
is the harbinger of most chronic disease seen in our pet population. When
nutritional depletions have been satiated on the natural raw food diet,
overeating does not take place. Overeating is a behavior encouraged by
feeding commercial food, overeating does not occur in the natural setting.
Overeating deprives the system of rest and purification, for in a nutritionally
deficient state the body continues to crave; making the mind confused.
The mind then can only satiate itself through the dullness of further overeating.
This is not living; it is survival mode.
Learn more: Fasting
for health in veterinary medicine and Fasting
your Cat for Health Fasting is especially good for older animals. It
helps detoxify, maintain optimum weight and excellent energy and vitality
Learn more about the health
benefit of fasting your animal:
Too
Frequent Feedings Can Weaken the Balance of Life by Dr. William
Pollak D.V.M.
William Winter DVM on fasting:
"To this day I do not believe that I have ever discovered a healing technique
quite as powerful. I have recommended fasting for 10,000 to 20,000
animals and have seen true miracles over these years of practice. Juliette
de Bairacli Levy says that the two most important aspects of natural
animal rearing are: fasting and raw diet."
William Winter DVM
Quality
Water For Animal's Optimum Health
Shasta does not drink tap
water. I give her only ......... water which is free from toxic chlorine
and fluoride. Our pets cannot achieve the maximum benefit
from any health program without drinking the right kind of water, free
from toxic chemicals
Learn
how our animals' health can be severely affected by hidden toxins
in tap water).
Domesticated
animals need the right kind of salt
I add one teaspoon of edible
clay and a little bit of real salt (abolutely
no
common table salt) in my animal's food and drinking water. Farmers
place salt-blocks on their pasture so that their livestock and all other
animals can lick the salt to their heart's content.
An abundance of the ingredients
in unrefined,
unheated real salt are as synonymous with life today as they were a
billion years ago before single cells appeared here. Lack of them is synonymous
with birth defects, organ failure, decay, diseases, premature aging and
death at a young age.
Alert:
don't supplement your animal's diet with sodium chloride (common table
salt); all of the other beneficial elements have been removed. Animals
need unrefined, unprocessed real salt which is available
at this
website. Major producing companies dry their salt in huge kilns with
temperatures reaching 1200 degrees F, changing
he salt's chemical structure, which in turn adversely affects the human
body. Avoid the common refined table salt. Domesticated
animals need the right kind of salt
The
best way to provide salt to your pets is to provide two separate
water bowls. One
bowl with real-unrefined-unheated-natural-sea-salt
and one bowl without salt, so that the animals can consume as much salt
as they require. They will drink from the bowl that contains salted water,
however once they have had enough salt, they will drink from the bowl that
has plain water. Learn more about real salt for human
and animal health
SAMPLES
of RAW FOOD DIET RECIPES
List of breeders, kennels and trainers
who use rawfood diet. (great ideas and recipes)
Introduce raw food gradually
People tell me "I can't
give my dog raw food, it gives him diarrhea" That is because they didn't
start to introduce raw food gradually. Improving your animal's
diet with raw food may trigger a detoxification process with symptoms such
as diarrhea that may last for a few days or even a few weeks. That is why
its important to start introducing raw food gradually as to not shock their
system, therefore avoiding the diarrhea. Keep feeding your animal commercial
processed food as you have been doing and gradually decrease the amount,
while increasing the raw food. As I mentioned earlier, when Shasta came
to our home at age two, she had a chronic extremely malodorous diarrhea
brought on by the toxins from the commercial food she had been raised on
and which she was unable to digest. Within weeks of being on raw food the
diarrhea stopped. Since she's been on the raw food diet her her stools
have remained firm and practically odorless.The
Transition to home-made food by Dr. William Pollak D.V.M.
Note: To
ease the diarrhea, I mix a little therapeutic clay into her food. Dr.
Cohen - "In addition to the role it plays as a potent detoxifier,
Calcium
Montmorillonite Clay has also been used extensively in the treatment
of pain, open wounds, colitis, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, stomach ulcers, intestinal
problems, acne, anemia, and a variety of other health issues. Clay not
only cures minor problems, such as diarrhea and constipation through local
application; it acts on all the organs—on the whole organism. Everything
unhealthy, that emits negative radiations is irresistibly attracted to
clay and becomes subject to immediate elimination."
Salmonella
Some folks also worry about
salmonella in raw meat. Jesse Dallas, from the Vigilante
Guardian writes that dogs and cats don't get salmonella poisoning because
their digestive system is so acidic (or at least it should be) that it
kills everything. This is why a dog can bury a bone and dig it up two weeks
later and eat the rotting meat. Shasta has never been sick from eating
raw meat. For more information:
Will
Eating Raw Meat Give My Pet Parasites? by Dr. William Pollak D.V.M.
I add Fulvic
acids to Shasta's raw food diet. Fulvic
neutralizes toxins and
can
eliminate food poisoning within minutes. When it encounters free radicals
with unpaired positive or negative electrons, it supplies an equal and
opposite charge to neutralize the free radical. fulvic acid acts as a refiner
and transporter of organic materials and cell nutrients. According to A.
Szalay, fulvic acid has the ability to dramatically detoxify herbicides,
pesticides, and other poisonsthat it interacts with – this includes many
radioactive elements. This detoxification process may extend to animals
and humans. (With my new dog, Kuuma, I also add marine
phytoplankton)
When I first introduced raw
meats to Shasta, I didn't know what she liked or disliked. I'd present
her with small pieces of raw beef or chicken liver, beef tripes, kidney,
smelts, chicken, pork, etc. She loved the liver and the beef and
chicken but wanted nothing to do with the kidneys or the smelts.
I like to prepare her food
in large batches of about 30 to 50 pounds or more which keeps well in the
freezer for 4 to 6 weeks. (I would much prefer NOT to freeze her
food, because freezing can destroys up to 72% of nutrients. Unfortunately,
I don't have the time or inclination to prepare her food every other day)
I use about 15 to 20 pounds
of veggies, 3 to 5 pounds of soaked chia seeds,
2 to 3 dozens of raw eggs, several cups of dry kelp
powder,
pascalite
clay (to promote healing and to detoxify),
liquid fulvic minerals consist of an immense arsenal and array
of naturally occuring powerful phytochemicals, biochemicals, supercharged
antioxidants, free-radical scavengers, super oxide dismutases, nutrients,
enzymes, hormones, amino acids, antibiotics, antivirals, and antifungals),
a few tablespoons of bee pollen (rich
in naturally occuring vitamins) and about 10 to 20 pounds of a combination
of raw ground beef (which mixes well into the veggies), beef liver (remember
that Dr. Chambreau recommends that
liver
must be organic), organ meat like tripe, and/or chicken pieces or other
meats. I also add about a cup
flax oil,
a couple of tablespoons of olive oil (extra virgin, cold pressed), and
a cup or two of coconut oil and/or grapeseed
oil. (With my new dog, Kuuma, I also add marine
phytoplankton)
TIP:
Never
thaw your pet's food in the macrowave oven.
It causes molecular damage to foods which in turn causes abnormal changes
in the blood and immune systems. Hidden Hazards
of Microwave Cooking Remember, the dog in the wild eats everything
when it kills its prey, including the intestinal contents which is rich
with partially digested grass, leaves, seeds, nuts etc. In a rabbit the
intestinal contents amount to about 40 percent of the body weight. The
dog in the wild also eats the bones, a source of calcium for its body.
Note:
unfortunately, I can’t give my dog freshly killed wholesome wild
game which would be free from synthetic growth hormones, antibiotics and
pesticide residue which contaminates our supermarket meat.
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Why
Do Dogs Eat Poop?(Coproghagy)
According to Donald R. Collins
DVM author of The Collins Guide to Dog Nutrition, dogs will eat anything
they can get their paws on if they are lacking in the nutrition to supply
them with adequate energy. Dr. Collins states in his writing, "If there
are insufficient amounts of nutrients in the food to furnish all of the
calories a dog needs, then the dog will not gain weight and will remain
hungry all of the time. It will eat almost anything, including dead animals,
feces, carrion or garbage to fill the hollow feeling within its belly."
"Your dog is a scavenger.
You only have to leave your dog alone with an open garbage can to find
that out. Dogs will eat and derive food value from practically anything.
To a wild dog, soil eating is an important source of minerals. Bark from
trees is an important source of fiber. Dogs receive valuable nutrients
from material that we humans find totally repugnant. Things like vomit,
feces, and decaying flesh.
This habit of eating feces
(called "Coproghagy") is common with many dogs that eat commercial dog
food. Why? To try to stay healthy! Feces are a highly valuable food, consisting
of the dead and living bodies of millions of bacteria. They are an excellent
source of essential fatty acids, fat soluble vitamins (particularly vitamin
K and the whole range of B vitamins), many different minerals because of
the soil in it, and a host of other nutritional factors including anti-oxidants,
enzymes
and fiber.
The feces they eat is of
far greater benefit to them than the product peddled by the dog food companies!
If you don’t want your dog to eat feces (and most of us don’t) then you
must provide in the diet all those nutrients which are currently missing
from your dog’s diet, and which feces supplies. This requires a team of
ingredients like yogurt, eggs, polyunsaturated oils, an enzyme supplement,
crushed raw vegetables as a source of fiber, etc." Shalako
Schipperkes "
Cindy Engles, Ph.D., writes
in Wild Health: How Animals Keep Themselves
Well and What We Can Learn From Them "Eating feces (coprophagy)
is one way animals such as gorillas, elephants, rabbits, and hares add
to their supply of essential bacteria through adult life. It is therefore
an important aspect of their health care."
Learn
about health enhancing digestive nutrients, and supplements for your pets
SICK
OF DRUGGING YOUR PET?
Dr
Charles E Loops DVM - "After 10 years of traditional veterinary
practice I became tired of having no treatment for chronic disease, incurable
conditions, and a plethora of allergic maladies which seem to plague all
veterinary practices. I was frustrated with giving animals cortisone
because I had no other solutions, or using antibiotics
for infections which I knew were of viral origin. There is so much that
can be done for an animal, bird, or reptile that is ailing by utilizing
homeopathic medicine."
For years dog health supplies
have included toxic materials to artificially
maintain dog health as a temporary measure. The time has come to change
to a more natural approach toward animal health. Natural remedies have
been shown to achieve more immediate, more complete and longer lasting
health, vitality, quality and longevity of animal lives.
Learn
about herbal remedies and other safe alternatives to drugs, chemo, radiation
and surgery
Michael Dym, VMD - "Over
the past 40 years and 17 generations of dogs and, cats we are seeing tremendous
increases in chronic ill health in our pets that was rare back in the early
1960's. Most of these illnesses revolve around breakdown in our pets' immune
systems, and include chronic skin/ear allergies, digestive upset, thyroid/adrenal/pancreatic
disorders, seizures, gum/ teeth problems, degenerative arthritis, kidney/liver
failure, and cancer across all ages and breeds. We are also seeing a record
number of behavioral and emotional disorders including alarming and unexplained
fears/aggression., as well as difficulty focusing/training and paying attention.
The analogy of these compared with escalating immune/behavioral diseases
in children is quite disturbing. The two biggest factors in our pets' population
health decline over these generations has been the severe overuse
of multiple vaccines and nutrient poor and toxin
filled commercial pet foods. We have also failed to address the underlying
cause of disease by only sup pressing symptoms with antibiotics,
cortisone
and related drugs, so the disease progresses and goes deeper. Homeopathy
offers a viable alternative in truly curing pets and making their bodies
healthier."
Dr. Pat Bradley, DVM,
Conway, USA - "The most common problems I see that are directly related
to vaccines on a day to day basis are ear
or skin conditions, such as chronic discharges
and
itching. I also see behaviour problems
such as fearfulness or aggression.
Often guardians will report that these begin shortly after vaccination,
and are exacerbated with every vaccine. In a more general and frightening
context, I see the overall health and longevity of animals deteriorating.
The bodies of most animals have a tremendous capacity to detoxify poisons,
but they do have a limit. I think we often exceed that limit and over-whelm
the body's immune system function with toxins from vaccines, poor
quality foods,
insecticides, environmental toxins,
etc. This is why we've seen such a dramatic increase in allergies,
organ failures, and behaviour problems." (NOTE:
a growing number of holistic veterinarians use
Transfer Factor before and after vaccination to minimize the side effects
and help the animal recover)
Dr.
Blanco, D.V.M - "You take healthy animals and often very quickly after
you vaccinate, you can see simple things like itching
of the skin or
excessive
licking of the paws, sometimes even with no
eruptions. We see a lot of epilepsy,
often after a rabies vaccination. Or dogs or cats can become aggressive
for several days. Frequently, you'll see urinary
tract infections in cats, often within three months after their
[annual] vaccination. If you step back, open your mind and heart, you'll
start to see patterns of illness post-vaccination." more
about vaccinosis
Will Falconer, DVM
- "Most of the chronic diseases we commonly see in animals (and humans)
have an immune basis, e.g. diabetes, allergies, asthma, thyroid disease,
inflammatory bowel diseases, repeated ear infections, cancer, etc. While
they can be cured through the careful use of homeopathy, the road to cure
can be a long one -- often years if the animal has had years of disease.
Transfer factors can significantly shorten the course, by giving a much
needed balancing effect to the immune system. If the immune system is overactive
as in allergies, ear infections, asthma, diabetes, or hypothyroidism, Transfer
Factor can balance this overactivity so the system is not attacking its
own organs, overreacting to things that shouldn’t be perceived as a threat.
If, conversely, the immune system is under-active as in mange, parasites,
viral infections, or cancer, Transfer
Factor Plus can clearly stimulate it to better meet the challenges
it needs to be alert to." Prevaccination
Protection Dr. Falconer D.V.M. explains how to protect your animal
from vaccines damage
Sam Jones, DVM - "Two
cats, both about 8 years old, had severe diabetes. It was impossible to
get the insulin requirements adjusted. They had lost weight to a point
that they were skin and bones. Both cats had no quality of life left. After
one week of being on transfer
factors; we were able to get their insulin requirements adjusted. It
is now 6 months and they have regained their weight and have a great quality
of life and health."
Our
pets are prone to suffer from minerals and trace mineral deficiency. For
optimum health, I supplement my animal's diet (and my diet too) with the
following: fulvic minerals , marine
phytoplankton (consist of an immense arsenal and array of naturally
occuring powerful phytochemicals, biochemicals, supercharged antioxidants,
free-radical scavengers, super oxide dismutases, nutrients, enzymes, hormones,
amino acids, antibiotics, antivirals, and antifungals), bee
pollen (rich in naturally occuring vitamins),
kelp
(marine plants),
the right kind of salt
(not
common table salt); magnesium oil,(a miracle
mineral in its healing effect on a wide range of diseases as well as in
its ability to rejuvenate the aging body). and therapeutic
clay (to promote healing and to detoxify) and with omega
3 oils. Shasta does not drink
tap water. I give her only
energized,
alkaline microwater which is free from toxic chlorine and fluoride.
I support my animals' immune system with Transfer Factor.
I never cook or warm up food in a microwave
oven. Please read about the Hidden Hazards of
Microwave Cooking. Shirley
Just like humans, domesticated
animals like dogs and cats are affected by the health hazards of modern
living. Pollution, poor nutrition, stress and unhealthy lifestyles can
lead to a variety of illnesses and conditions that are very similar to
those experienced by humans. These days, emotional and psychological problems
like depression, anxiety, ADHD and behavioral problems are just as prevalent
in pets as they are in their owners. Similarly, physical ailments such
as diabetes,
arthritis, chronic fatigue, digestive disorders, cystitis, kidney and liver
disease, skin disorders, obesity, thyroid dysfunction and other problems
are becoming more and more common in domesticated animals. Many, if not
most of these conditions can be prevented by helping your pets to live
a healthier lifestyle. For pets already suffering from existing conditions,
a
combination of lifestyle changes and natural medicine can work wonders!
Dr. Jerry Tennant, M.D.
says
that marine phytoplankton contains almost everything one needs to sustain
life and to restore health by providing the raw materials to make new cells
that function normally. Learn how phytoplankton
saved a dog's Life
CHLORINATED
and FLUORIDATED WATER.... A BIG NO-NO !!! There is a perception
among many people that bottled water is somehow more healthy or pure than
water from their tap. This is simply an illusion of marketing. A four-year
study by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), released in 1999,
found that one-fifth of the sampled bottled waters contained known neurotoxins
and carcinogens such as styrene, toluene and xylene. Another NRDC study
found that, out of 103 brands of bottled water, one-third contained traces
of arsenic and E. coli. This means that out of a sample of 1,000 bottles
sold in the U.S., at least 300 would have some level of chemical contamination.
It is well known that the average city water today contains over 500 chemicals
that do not belong in it. Part of this is due to the fact that most delivery
systems in the U.S. include cement, asbestos pipes, cast iron, PVC (porous
to certain solvents, herbicides and pesticides) and that lead, cadmium
and other toxic metals leach out of valves and couplings of pipes between
a water treatment plant and a faucet in the home. Why
Purified and Distilled Bottled Water are Bad For You and Your Animals
Safe, toxin-free,
Ionized,
Energized, Drinking Water helps to naturally flush toxins and acidic
waste from the body and is a powerful antioxidant. Ionized Water makes
more oxygen available to our cells than distilled, reverse osmosis, filtered
only, bottled or tap water and is the best possible drinking water. "Disease
and early death is more likely to be seen with the long term drinking of
purified water. Avoid it except in special circumstances." Zoltan P.
Rona M.D
Complementary
and Alternative Therapies in Veterinary Medicine
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Meet
my new boy
I adopted a splendid 18 month
old GSD from the German
Shepherd rescue of Los Angeles. I named him Kuuma, an African male
name that means "love". This magnificent healthy boy is very cudly and
affectionate, fearless, sensitive and smart as can be. He actually looks
like he could be Shasta's pup. (the lady with Kuuma in the last picture
in not me)
The only health problem Kuuma
had was a hotspot
on his left thigh, right were he was vaccinated. Clearly this is a reaction
to the toxins injected under his skin in that area. As soon as he came
home I gave him a dose of homeopathic remedy LYSSIN 200c (homeopathic
remedy) to antidote the bad
effects of rabbie vaccine. (available from Dr.
Loops' office) and I immediately began to transition him to
raw food diet. I also rubbed a mixture of golden
seal extract with flaxoil
and evening
primrose oil on his hotspot several times a day to promote healing.
Within 2 weeks that hotspot
was healed. On June 8 I gave him a single doze of the homeopathic remedy
THUJA 200c to anditote the bad effects of the other vaccines. A new hotspot/eczema
spot had developped in his right thigh and just above his tail. It was
a strong healing-crisis on the skin level
with inflammation, heat, redness, oozing, bleeding and eventually scaling.
Vaccine toxins were coming out of his body through his skin and I didn't
use suppressive medicine to suppress that discharge. I robbed a litte of
the oil/goldenseal mixture on the area to soothe the inflammation. Within
2 - 3 weeks that hotspot was healed and hair growing back in that area.
Thuja, Lyssin and other homeopathic remedies are available on the internet)
The very first day I introduced
a little bit of raw meat to Kuuma (a little chicken leg and a small beef
soup bone) which he ate in a heartbeat. A few hours later I gave him a
regular portion of kibble food. I do not mix kibble with raw because it
only take 6 hours to digest raw meat and it takes 18 hours to digest kibbles.
The two don't mix and will cause fermentation.
Each day I increased his
portion of raw meat gradually to make sure that it didn't give him diarrhea.
Dr. William Pollack, DVM, says diarrhea can be a normal part of transitioning
to a healthier diet. Upon switching to a more nutritious diet, physical
and behavioral improvements can be dramatic or gradual depending on the
state of the animal’s health. With slow transitioning on to the new diet,
the pet’s digestive system can acclimate to the higher flow of nourishment.
The body will sometimes expel these accumulated poisons during periods
of diarrhea, hair loss, scaling of skin. These periods are known as Healing
Episodes/Healing Crisis. Though these situations are not necessary
, they are not uncommon. The body will cleanse itself of these toxic agents
before it can assimilate more healthful nutrients to regain a higher state
of balanced health.
Within a week, Kuuma was
eating 50% raw. Unlike Shasta who ate her veggies with gusto, Kuuma is
a very finicky eater and I've been having a very hard time getting him
to eat my concoction of raw vegetables mixed with kelp
seaweed,
Chia seeds,
flaxoil, eggs, and fulvic
minerals. He only cares for his raw chicken, raw pig feet, raw
soup bones, etc.
The solution was to fast
him for 48 hours on water only to work out an appetite. (fasting
is very healing too). I freeze his veggies (mixed with raw eggs,
chia
seeds flaxoil and ground raw meat).
He's now eating these frozen raw veggie "buritos" as if they were bones.
I don't like feeding frozen food to my dog...it is not natural, but many
dogs loves eating frozen food as it gives him a good chewing workout.
Kuuma does not tolerate 100
% raw food. It gives him the run. I had no choice at this point but to
supplement his raw meat and raw bone diet with healthy
kibble pet food.. (Note: 3 years later, September 07 -
Kuuma no longer wants to eat veggies. Now just mix a couple of raw eggs
(yolk and white from free-range chickens) with a 1/4 cup of buttermilk
(home-made from raw milk) 1/4 cup of Chia seeds,
and a tablespoon of flaxoil. He enjoys gulping
this concoction every other day.) He gets a rotation of raw chicken leg
quarter, chicken gizzards and turkey tails one day and beef heart/tripes
and pork neck
bones
the next day. He also enjoys eating nori sheets (the seaweed sushi
wrap) with a little fish oil or butter spread on it. He weights about
85 lbs and needs about 2 lbs of meat a day. (see
raw food calculator). I feed him once every 24 hours. His stools
are perfect now and non-smelling and he is doing absolutely wonderful.
Some people like to also supplement their animal's raw diet with Transfer
Factor, a nutritional immune booster.
I have begun the obedience
training and Kuuma is a wonder to work with. I find Leerburg's
videos invaluable tools in learning the art of obedience training.
I also want to thank my friend, Pat Hartman, a professional trainer in
Pensylvania, for the time she spent on the phone with me to help
me and guide me in the training process.
Kuuma
sustained a severe bite wound to his leg. I never took him to the vet.
He healed in two weeks with natural remedies. Learn
how
Why
I won't use the Elizabethan collar on my animals. The Elizabethan collar
is a type of plastic collar that is effective in preventing pets from licking
or biting themselves. The only time I will use such collar is to prevent
my animal from tearing up surgical sutures, until healing is complete.
I will never use such collar to prevent my dog or cat from licking
skin eruptions, hot spots, or inflammed and infected area on their
bodies. The built in germicide found in the saliva of a dog or a cat amazingly
heals wounds in record time. Any injuries are carefully licked and coated
with antiseptic saliva from the tongue. This aids in preventing infection
entering into a wound. Learn more
Saving
my dog's life: the holistic approach - part 1 of 2 -
part
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who believe that vaccines are damaging our pets. This information will
make you cry and aware of the scam that is the mainstay of the veterinary
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owners and what can be done to protect your animals from the drug companies
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toxins, pharmaceuticals and stress all play a part in the health of companion
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