Thank you for the update Dr Falconer. I have been following this page after reading one of your other posts regarding food and purchased the best foods list. We switched shortly after seeing this info and our dog quit eating his food. It was not on the list at that time although it is now. We pitched the food we had open and the store took the other bag back with a refund. Our dogs are not on raw but on human grade freeze dried from the list of recommended foods and he loves it! He is losing weight, his hair is getting softer, and he had a little bald spot on his tummy when we adopted him 3 years ago that hair is coming back. Thank you for accidentally posting on Steve Kirsch’s page. We would have never known! Ziggy Piggy thanks you too!
Good catch on the food that "wasn't but now is" on the poisoned list. A bit challenging to keep up, but I'm glad to hear the progress on the new food. Coats tell us a lot. As does food refusal!
We had some friends who bought good quality dog food but there was a bad batch anyway. Their dogs were ill especially the older one. They were frustrated because they spent good money on the dog food. So now they make their own dog food. They researched what the dogs need and buy the big boxes of meat from the Costco business center. It's actually cheaper to feed them now. (Their dogs did recover.)
Dogs don’t need to eat grains...which seems to be in every dog food on the shelf. They don’t need legumes either. My rescue pup had Giardia and I’ll tell you, he did not have a solid stool from the time we brought him home. Supposedly he was given a good bill of health from a vet, in order to be adopted. Now I’m not coming down on the shelter, but it took us a couple months to get him diagnosed and cleared up. We have transitioned him to a diet of part kibble and part fresh human grade food, which I make. It’s best for him. He is thriving and has great stools now. I’m a believer in KISS ( keep it simple stupid) and back to basics. Thank you. 🐾
We adopted a kitty from a chain pet store adoption event (and supposedly given a clean bill oh health) that unbeknownst to us had FIV. We were devastated a few months later when she died...
It was really hard at first, but I take comfort in knowing her last few months were in a loving home instead of a tiny pet store cage. That said, I don’t think I’ll ever adopt from a pet store adoption event again.
I’m pretty sure my dog’s pet food killed him prematurely at the age of 8. It’s been a tough lesson and after a lot of research it’s a mistake I will never make again. I miss him dearly every day. 😥 Thanks for sharing! X
I thank you Dr for this article. I believe it saved my sweet Springer Spaniel’s life. I had been feeding him a combination of what I thought was a quality kibble (Initials A.J.) with a topper of beef and vegetable stew for many years. The last three months, we began to see drips of bloody urine here and there around the house. I’ve cared for him without a veterinarian with homeopathy and your courses under my belt for years. The last thing I’d never been able to do was raw feed. After your list, I immediately d/c his kibble and began feeding him freshly harvested elk, which my husband got in Wyoming. Now after three weeks, there has been no more bloody urine and his old energy has fully returned. He’s lost a few pounds of “kibble fat” and looks healthy again. He’ll be 10 yrs old next month. The local veterinarian, a very caring man, did not know this. We spent 1k on diagnostics, antibiotics and Desaquin, and we’re headed for very expensive imaging and more in SLC. THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION. I will be sharing it with the veterinarian as well.❤️
Excellent! Just make sure you're mixing bone and organs in with the muscle, just like every wolf would. I've only seen huge, happy "graduations" in my patients when they made the jump to balanced raw. Many never needed my homeopathic prescribing after that (and, of course, they stopped unnecessary vaccination, pesticides for HW, fleas, etc).
I just joined your newsletter. My 8yo cat was just diagnosed with diabetes. Can you point me in the direction of good resources to read? I'm controlling with food and 1IU insulin right now but I'd like to find alternatives to hills diabetic wet and transition to raw; and learn about how to try and aim for remission. Thanks!
LOL Lynn, am not a VET however if your loving animal refuses, has been active, happy and normal according to their personality... and refuses...there is usually an underlying issue..
Dr. Falconer when you say to get homeopathic remedies "down the throat" you confuse me as my homeopathic vets (for decades now) have always recommended placing the remedy (whatever form) simply on the gums or beneath the tongue. Can you expand on your 'down the throat' please?
How's that worked for you? Doesn't your dog immediately spit the remedy out, or are you using liquid remedies?
Bottom line: any remedy, in any form, needs to make contact with the mucus membranes to take effect. Doesn't matter where those are, could be oral, vaginal, etc. I've yet to meet an animal who'd allow a round pellet to stay in the mouth, unless it's so tiny they absolutely can't spit it out.
Ah, I do convert solid remedy forms to liquids as my vets have for so long. Not having a dog, I administer to my hens, geese, ducks and rabbits, all pets. So far so good on the deliveries, and the responses :-)
Saw this pet food thingy w one cat. Now on ziwi from nz human quality and open farm also human quality organic. Switched to lamb and beef no additives etc and my cat is fingers xd recovering
Where might I go to find an alternative to the black leg vaccine we give to cattle as calves? We did not dose our cattle in the past ( being opposed to giving vaccines) and had several
calves die from black leg - cattle are our business but we’d like to be as healthful as possible for all our livestock. Thank you.
Great question, as this is a deadly disease. We didn’t have it in Wisconsin when I did my large animal work, and I’m just going to guess there may be a Clostridia nosode you could use. Try searching and also search livestock + homeopathy, as there’s a couple modern day authors who’ve got books out there.
I don’t normally read this Substack. Like you, in popped up in my recommended feed. However, when I read it, I didn’t interpret as 21 companies trying to poison our pets. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the suspected brands sourced ingredients from the same suppliers, who could have experienced a contamination problem.
Contamination issues are a possibility, in 2023 there was a supplier issue with Vitamin D mineral mix that got into Purina foods. However, this was caught by the company itself and the FDA, and they promptly issued recalls and moved fast to address it. I find it highly implausible that dozens of companies are all having a similar problem and nobody other than random people on social media has noticed anything
Guess you're too young to remember melamine in many many pet foods, killing thousands before it was finally figured out. If you're trusting the pet food companies to clean up their own act, you haven't been following their stance very carefully.
And that changes anything I said *how* ??? He is a DVM who takes an oath that reads in part: "I solemnly swear to use my scientific knowledge and skills for the benefit of society through the protection of animal health and welfare, the prevention and relief of animal suffering, the conservation of animal resources, the promotion of public health, and the advancement of medical knowledge" yet is pushing proven pseudoscientific nonsense for personal profit that is potentially harmful at best and a ripoff at worst. Him being a homeopath is an indictment, not an exoneration
Ah, pseudoscience. If you're short on work, Wikipedia would love you. You could aid their ongoing censorship of anything outside the damaging system of medicine that is allopathy. Maybe there's even some money in it.
My Vet sent me to a homeopathic Vet since he admitted he was unfamiliar as human grade medicines would have been expensive...
Dog had some form of IBS/ crones' disease/ celiac...
The homeopath saved us hundreds... and our pooch lived to ripe old age of 20.
There are good and bad in all practices...
It takes confidence research and wisdom...
As my Vet had... to make this suggestion as it saved the dog, emotional pain for humans and confidence in that Vet now that we are with our second dog, knowing BOTH avenues have benefits, we will lean however into the natural as what was good for the dog... we realized would be good for us...
Love it. I, too, have had clients who've seen such transformations with their pets under homeopathic prescribing that they sought out homeopathic MD's and changed their own health dramatically for the better.
Nobody is paying me other than universities for teaching and per diem contract biopsy diagnostic work. I do have a small handful of paying subscribers on Substack who look to me for posts about medical misinformation and explaining scientific research.
It's not "crashing in" when Substack promoted this post as one of FOUR "top" posts in health wellness yesterday. If anything, this content "crashed into" MY feed and those of people who don't have the education to see through this woo.
And it is not slander to say true things, which includes the history of homeopathy and that studies show it doesn't work, or pointing out that the author holds themselves up as a veterinarian (literally giving medical advice including dosing instructions) but has not been licensed to practice in half a decade. I try very hard to avoid ad hominem attacks when I debunk posts, but I won't sugar coat the scientific and medical facts when they are clear. Sorry if the cognitive dissonance of someone breaking the confirmation bias groupthink here is uncomfortable for you 🤷🏻♂️
Dr. PLEASE remind readers if a healthy happy dog refuses to eat something...
THERE IS A REASON....do NOT force the animal the food, THINK, test and THROW THE STUFF OUT...
Our dogs/cats have better noses to detect junk...
Thank you.
P.S. My dog refused fresh Hills Kibble...we LISTENED....
Thank you for the update Dr Falconer. I have been following this page after reading one of your other posts regarding food and purchased the best foods list. We switched shortly after seeing this info and our dog quit eating his food. It was not on the list at that time although it is now. We pitched the food we had open and the store took the other bag back with a refund. Our dogs are not on raw but on human grade freeze dried from the list of recommended foods and he loves it! He is losing weight, his hair is getting softer, and he had a little bald spot on his tummy when we adopted him 3 years ago that hair is coming back. Thank you for accidentally posting on Steve Kirsch’s page. We would have never known! Ziggy Piggy thanks you too!
Good catch on the food that "wasn't but now is" on the poisoned list. A bit challenging to keep up, but I'm glad to hear the progress on the new food. Coats tell us a lot. As does food refusal!
We had some friends who bought good quality dog food but there was a bad batch anyway. Their dogs were ill especially the older one. They were frustrated because they spent good money on the dog food. So now they make their own dog food. They researched what the dogs need and buy the big boxes of meat from the Costco business center. It's actually cheaper to feed them now. (Their dogs did recover.)
I second this.
If my pets have sickness or diarrhoea I always break out the Arsenicum. Usually I give them 200C.
If people are in the UK like me, I highly recommend ordering from Helios.
Dogs don’t need to eat grains...which seems to be in every dog food on the shelf. They don’t need legumes either. My rescue pup had Giardia and I’ll tell you, he did not have a solid stool from the time we brought him home. Supposedly he was given a good bill of health from a vet, in order to be adopted. Now I’m not coming down on the shelter, but it took us a couple months to get him diagnosed and cleared up. We have transitioned him to a diet of part kibble and part fresh human grade food, which I make. It’s best for him. He is thriving and has great stools now. I’m a believer in KISS ( keep it simple stupid) and back to basics. Thank you. 🐾
We adopted a kitty from a chain pet store adoption event (and supposedly given a clean bill oh health) that unbeknownst to us had FIV. We were devastated a few months later when she died...
😢so sorry to hear that.
It was really hard at first, but I take comfort in knowing her last few months were in a loving home instead of a tiny pet store cage. That said, I don’t think I’ll ever adopt from a pet store adoption event again.
I’m pretty sure my dog’s pet food killed him prematurely at the age of 8. It’s been a tough lesson and after a lot of research it’s a mistake I will never make again. I miss him dearly every day. 😥 Thanks for sharing! X
I thank you Dr for this article. I believe it saved my sweet Springer Spaniel’s life. I had been feeding him a combination of what I thought was a quality kibble (Initials A.J.) with a topper of beef and vegetable stew for many years. The last three months, we began to see drips of bloody urine here and there around the house. I’ve cared for him without a veterinarian with homeopathy and your courses under my belt for years. The last thing I’d never been able to do was raw feed. After your list, I immediately d/c his kibble and began feeding him freshly harvested elk, which my husband got in Wyoming. Now after three weeks, there has been no more bloody urine and his old energy has fully returned. He’s lost a few pounds of “kibble fat” and looks healthy again. He’ll be 10 yrs old next month. The local veterinarian, a very caring man, did not know this. We spent 1k on diagnostics, antibiotics and Desaquin, and we’re headed for very expensive imaging and more in SLC. THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION. I will be sharing it with the veterinarian as well.❤️
Excellent! Just make sure you're mixing bone and organs in with the muscle, just like every wolf would. I've only seen huge, happy "graduations" in my patients when they made the jump to balanced raw. Many never needed my homeopathic prescribing after that (and, of course, they stopped unnecessary vaccination, pesticides for HW, fleas, etc).
Thanks for the info! Does this apply to cats too?
If symptoms fit, it does yes
I just joined your newsletter. My 8yo cat was just diagnosed with diabetes. Can you point me in the direction of good resources to read? I'm controlling with food and 1IU insulin right now but I'd like to find alternatives to hills diabetic wet and transition to raw; and learn about how to try and aim for remission. Thanks!
Thanks Will your a fountain of knowledge for the good
Does that work for cats to.
It's all in the symptoms, V. If they match, the remedy will work, regardless of species. One of homeopathy's many cool features. 😉
Yes, homeopathy works for all species.
LOL Lynn, am not a VET however if your loving animal refuses, has been active, happy and normal according to their personality... and refuses...there is usually an underlying issue..
I check the food first ...
Thank you! Agree completely!
This time it WAS questionable kibble...
Its now in the trash...
Dr. Falconer when you say to get homeopathic remedies "down the throat" you confuse me as my homeopathic vets (for decades now) have always recommended placing the remedy (whatever form) simply on the gums or beneath the tongue. Can you expand on your 'down the throat' please?
How's that worked for you? Doesn't your dog immediately spit the remedy out, or are you using liquid remedies?
Bottom line: any remedy, in any form, needs to make contact with the mucus membranes to take effect. Doesn't matter where those are, could be oral, vaginal, etc. I've yet to meet an animal who'd allow a round pellet to stay in the mouth, unless it's so tiny they absolutely can't spit it out.
Ah, I do convert solid remedy forms to liquids as my vets have for so long. Not having a dog, I administer to my hens, geese, ducks and rabbits, all pets. So far so good on the deliveries, and the responses :-)
Saw this pet food thingy w one cat. Now on ziwi from nz human quality and open farm also human quality organic. Switched to lamb and beef no additives etc and my cat is fingers xd recovering
Doctor
Where might I go to find an alternative to the black leg vaccine we give to cattle as calves? We did not dose our cattle in the past ( being opposed to giving vaccines) and had several
calves die from black leg - cattle are our business but we’d like to be as healthful as possible for all our livestock. Thank you.
Great question, as this is a deadly disease. We didn’t have it in Wisconsin when I did my large animal work, and I’m just going to guess there may be a Clostridia nosode you could use. Try searching and also search livestock + homeopathy, as there’s a couple modern day authors who’ve got books out there.
Also, keep me posted, Nancy. I'm curious what's available to you and may be able to call in other colleagues if you don't find answers.
I don’t normally read this Substack. Like you, in popped up in my recommended feed. However, when I read it, I didn’t interpret as 21 companies trying to poison our pets. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the suspected brands sourced ingredients from the same suppliers, who could have experienced a contamination problem.
Bingo. Such a lot of anger, easily explained and simply. Stay tuned, the truth will come out.
Contamination issues are a possibility, in 2023 there was a supplier issue with Vitamin D mineral mix that got into Purina foods. However, this was caught by the company itself and the FDA, and they promptly issued recalls and moved fast to address it. I find it highly implausible that dozens of companies are all having a similar problem and nobody other than random people on social media has noticed anything
Guess you're too young to remember melamine in many many pet foods, killing thousands before it was finally figured out. If you're trusting the pet food companies to clean up their own act, you haven't been following their stance very carefully.
Will is a homeopath. Of course he is recommending homeopathy to his 21k subscribers.
Did you not realise that he's actually a homeopath before crashing in here and writing that weird comment?
And that changes anything I said *how* ??? He is a DVM who takes an oath that reads in part: "I solemnly swear to use my scientific knowledge and skills for the benefit of society through the protection of animal health and welfare, the prevention and relief of animal suffering, the conservation of animal resources, the promotion of public health, and the advancement of medical knowledge" yet is pushing proven pseudoscientific nonsense for personal profit that is potentially harmful at best and a ripoff at worst. Him being a homeopath is an indictment, not an exoneration
Ah, pseudoscience. If you're short on work, Wikipedia would love you. You could aid their ongoing censorship of anything outside the damaging system of medicine that is allopathy. Maybe there's even some money in it.
Yawn: FYI
traditional 'Vet' medicine was killing my dog...
My Vet sent me to a homeopathic Vet since he admitted he was unfamiliar as human grade medicines would have been expensive...
Dog had some form of IBS/ crones' disease/ celiac...
The homeopath saved us hundreds... and our pooch lived to ripe old age of 20.
There are good and bad in all practices...
It takes confidence research and wisdom...
As my Vet had... to make this suggestion as it saved the dog, emotional pain for humans and confidence in that Vet now that we are with our second dog, knowing BOTH avenues have benefits, we will lean however into the natural as what was good for the dog... we realized would be good for us...
We changed our diet as well!
( and overall health improved)!
Love it. I, too, have had clients who've seen such transformations with their pets under homeopathic prescribing that they sought out homeopathic MD's and changed their own health dramatically for the better.
Much thanks and respect to you Dr. Falconer.
A "science communicator"
Which pharma company is paying you to seek out and trash homeopaths?
Somebody is paying you.
Crashing onto somebody's substack and slandering them is not normal behaviour.
Nobody is paying me other than universities for teaching and per diem contract biopsy diagnostic work. I do have a small handful of paying subscribers on Substack who look to me for posts about medical misinformation and explaining scientific research.
It's not "crashing in" when Substack promoted this post as one of FOUR "top" posts in health wellness yesterday. If anything, this content "crashed into" MY feed and those of people who don't have the education to see through this woo.
And it is not slander to say true things, which includes the history of homeopathy and that studies show it doesn't work, or pointing out that the author holds themselves up as a veterinarian (literally giving medical advice including dosing instructions) but has not been licensed to practice in half a decade. I try very hard to avoid ad hominem attacks when I debunk posts, but I won't sugar coat the scientific and medical facts when they are clear. Sorry if the cognitive dissonance of someone breaking the confirmation bias groupthink here is uncomfortable for you 🤷🏻♂️