I took in a feral cat recently and my niece expressed interest in taking him. I was thrilled and let her know all about him - including the fact that he is from a colony that has a lot of FIV+ cats (technically one but... I haven't tested them all ; ). So, I told her it'd be best to avoid the vet, including all vaccines, unless it's absolutely necessary. Guess what? He's still with me. She's 28 and completely indoctrinated by all things society has to sell. Ah well, Phil is a good addition to my home.
Those cats were pretty easy to cure IME. Raw diet, a homeopathic or two, and they usually went negative. They were pos only because their lives were challenging. Might be interesting to retest and see if that’s true with him, after your care.
Seems to me the real takeaway from the pessimistic dog study is don't do math in front of your dog.
Here's my two cents on raw diets: they're great for most cats and dogs but not all. I have a cat who is absolutely thriving on a raw homemade diet. On the flip side, I have a now very senior dog who has never been able to handle raw meat, even as a kibble topper. In trying to help him eat a fresh diet and not sh!t his brains out, I've appreciated the comparatively nuanced guidance from Judy Morgan, Pitcairn's books, and especially the information about food energetics in Cheryl Schwartz's book Four Paws, Five Directions. Kibble is a "hot" food, and cooked meat is warm compared to its uncooked analogue. For a weakened animal without a lot of "fire", it is sometimes all they can handle.
Is this a symptom of underlying chronic disease? Almost certainly. He came to me as a very sick young adult and I can only imagine what happened before I knew him. I've thrown good money after bad trying to get to the bottom of it with a variety of conventional, "holistic" and "homeopathic" vets all to no avail. At this point in his life, my attitude is he does not have enough time on the clock to reverse whatever the underlying problem is, and can eat whatever he wants.
One final thought: Dogs are domesticated wolves just as much as humans are domesticated apes. Just as our diet has drifted toward the carnivorous, so has theirs drifted toward the vegetarian. One can argue that this hasn't been so great for either species, but it is, nonetheless, the reality of our collective and respective situations.
You are spot on about avoiding unnecessary pharmaceuticals and especially vaccines and "preventatives". I think this is the single most important thing we can do.
this was a great article! Humor and information all in one. I feed my dogs a raw breakfast, and supplement with a small serving of freeze dried kibble in the evening. Working on transitioning newly adopted cats over to raw as well. I wish my holistic vet could also do surgeries, as I had to give two unneutered cats rabies shots to get them neutered at a year old at a conventional vet. (If they'd not been opposite genders I'd have left them intact.) Sigh.
I have found that nutritional yeast takes care of hot spots and many other problems. The powers that be have started “fortifying “ nutritional yeast with assorted b vitamins which essentially destroys its value. The bcomplex is very sensitive to balance and nutritional yeast has it right. You can get unfortified but it is not common anymore here in bc cañada. It is also more expensive. Kind of like how coke is cheaper than water. I also am a firm believer in salt and hydration as Jane 333.
You may be interested in my articles as a seeker of truth in medicine.
I’ve tipped over a few sacred cows, so you may need to ponder and scrutinise what you think you know.
We breathe air not oxygen
A link to a brilliant demonstration of oxygen becoming nitrogen using a home oxygen concentrator.
How does salt restriction lead to heart dis-ease and fear based reactionary thinking?
Are the titles.
Oxygen is a man-made product of air not a constituent of air. Oxygen is made by stripping air of moisture to the parts per million of water contamination. Oxygen is extremely dry and causes damage via dehydration.
Our physiology is underpinned by hydration not oxygenation. I’ve logically dismissed the gaseous exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide as a fraud. We are not MACHINE MEN using gases of combustion and exhaust.
The lungs are rehydrating the red blood cells as they pass through the alveoli capillaries with salt water. Just as an IV saline infusion will rehydrate red blood cells as they pass through the fluid.
Salt restriction is the cause of the massive increase in chronic dis-ease.
Low salt/hyponatremia/dehydration are the same condition.
The adrenals manage dehydration. Chronic dehydration leads to adrenal fatigue that is called chronic fatigue.
All the adrenal hormones are deployed in an emergency.
Cortisol rises - diabetes
Adrenaline rises - no cause anxiety/panic attacks
Infertility rises - emergency is not time for reproduction
Aldosterone rises - chronic kidney failure from reversing the normal kidney function
Gandhi’s salt march was a protest against salt restriction by the cabal. It’s a strategy to control the masses, as chronic dehydration creates stress intolerance and compliance.
So, I've been Dx'd with kidney disease, 2nd to a blow out high BP a couple years back, and I've not limited my salt. What do you think about kidney failure and salt and/or potassium limiting?
Did you have a chance to read my article: How does salt restriction lead to heart dis-ease and fear based reactionary thinking? I explain my take on the link between the adrenals and kidneys.
I think sodium has a bigger impact on the kidneys than the other minerals simply because the difference in quantities, if you look at a blood test and the ‘normal’ amounts (ranges).
I say, Hydration is the key to healing. Dehydration is what our body defends against. Dehydration equals dis-ease in any area subjected to dryness or salt deficiency.
I use a magnesium rich salt from lake Deborah in Western Australia to put in the water I drink. I’ve run out a few times and used other salts. I feel better when I use it.
I’ve not researched potassium or magnesium. I look at the symptoms for ‘lack of either’ and to my mind they are the same symptoms of dehydration/hyponatremia.
Hello sir — was just told my 9.5 year old Siberian Husky has end stage anal gland cancer. Calcium has skyrocketed, telling me she may end up with kidney disease, if she already doesn’t. In addition to this cancer “spreading to her lungs”. Not sure if I will receive a reply, just wanted to reach out to see if there was anything I can do for her. Didn’t eat for 3 days, then finally ate, and has eaten regularly since Monday afternoon. Slow moving and has trouble getting up, but is alert and going on walks with me. Don’t trust any conventional vet and somehow came across you on here today. Would appreciate any help.
I took in a feral cat recently and my niece expressed interest in taking him. I was thrilled and let her know all about him - including the fact that he is from a colony that has a lot of FIV+ cats (technically one but... I haven't tested them all ; ). So, I told her it'd be best to avoid the vet, including all vaccines, unless it's absolutely necessary. Guess what? He's still with me. She's 28 and completely indoctrinated by all things society has to sell. Ah well, Phil is a good addition to my home.
Those cats were pretty easy to cure IME. Raw diet, a homeopathic or two, and they usually went negative. They were pos only because their lives were challenging. Might be interesting to retest and see if that’s true with him, after your care.
Seems to me the real takeaway from the pessimistic dog study is don't do math in front of your dog.
Here's my two cents on raw diets: they're great for most cats and dogs but not all. I have a cat who is absolutely thriving on a raw homemade diet. On the flip side, I have a now very senior dog who has never been able to handle raw meat, even as a kibble topper. In trying to help him eat a fresh diet and not sh!t his brains out, I've appreciated the comparatively nuanced guidance from Judy Morgan, Pitcairn's books, and especially the information about food energetics in Cheryl Schwartz's book Four Paws, Five Directions. Kibble is a "hot" food, and cooked meat is warm compared to its uncooked analogue. For a weakened animal without a lot of "fire", it is sometimes all they can handle.
Is this a symptom of underlying chronic disease? Almost certainly. He came to me as a very sick young adult and I can only imagine what happened before I knew him. I've thrown good money after bad trying to get to the bottom of it with a variety of conventional, "holistic" and "homeopathic" vets all to no avail. At this point in his life, my attitude is he does not have enough time on the clock to reverse whatever the underlying problem is, and can eat whatever he wants.
One final thought: Dogs are domesticated wolves just as much as humans are domesticated apes. Just as our diet has drifted toward the carnivorous, so has theirs drifted toward the vegetarian. One can argue that this hasn't been so great for either species, but it is, nonetheless, the reality of our collective and respective situations.
You are spot on about avoiding unnecessary pharmaceuticals and especially vaccines and "preventatives". I think this is the single most important thing we can do.
this was a great article! Humor and information all in one. I feed my dogs a raw breakfast, and supplement with a small serving of freeze dried kibble in the evening. Working on transitioning newly adopted cats over to raw as well. I wish my holistic vet could also do surgeries, as I had to give two unneutered cats rabies shots to get them neutered at a year old at a conventional vet. (If they'd not been opposite genders I'd have left them intact.) Sigh.
I have found that nutritional yeast takes care of hot spots and many other problems. The powers that be have started “fortifying “ nutritional yeast with assorted b vitamins which essentially destroys its value. The bcomplex is very sensitive to balance and nutritional yeast has it right. You can get unfortified but it is not common anymore here in bc cañada. It is also more expensive. Kind of like how coke is cheaper than water. I also am a firm believer in salt and hydration as Jane 333.
So, you’re feeding nutritional yeast and seeing hot spots resolve? What kind of dose range?
Unfortified maybe four tablespoons
In a Chihuahua or a Great Dane? What's your N =?
It is an overweight castrated mini dachshund with only the puppy shots no rabies and I don’t know what n= stands for
Sorry, n = the number of test subjects, some of whom will have responded.
The first couple of days and then maybe one a day since to hopefully keep it at bay
Hi Will
You may be interested in my articles as a seeker of truth in medicine.
I’ve tipped over a few sacred cows, so you may need to ponder and scrutinise what you think you know.
We breathe air not oxygen
A link to a brilliant demonstration of oxygen becoming nitrogen using a home oxygen concentrator.
How does salt restriction lead to heart dis-ease and fear based reactionary thinking?
Are the titles.
Oxygen is a man-made product of air not a constituent of air. Oxygen is made by stripping air of moisture to the parts per million of water contamination. Oxygen is extremely dry and causes damage via dehydration.
Our physiology is underpinned by hydration not oxygenation. I’ve logically dismissed the gaseous exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide as a fraud. We are not MACHINE MEN using gases of combustion and exhaust.
The lungs are rehydrating the red blood cells as they pass through the alveoli capillaries with salt water. Just as an IV saline infusion will rehydrate red blood cells as they pass through the fluid.
Salt restriction is the cause of the massive increase in chronic dis-ease.
Low salt/hyponatremia/dehydration are the same condition.
The adrenals manage dehydration. Chronic dehydration leads to adrenal fatigue that is called chronic fatigue.
All the adrenal hormones are deployed in an emergency.
Cortisol rises - diabetes
Adrenaline rises - no cause anxiety/panic attacks
Infertility rises - emergency is not time for reproduction
Aldosterone rises - chronic kidney failure from reversing the normal kidney function
Gandhi’s salt march was a protest against salt restriction by the cabal. It’s a strategy to control the masses, as chronic dehydration creates stress intolerance and compliance.
Click on my blue icon to read my articles.
So, I've been Dx'd with kidney disease, 2nd to a blow out high BP a couple years back, and I've not limited my salt. What do you think about kidney failure and salt and/or potassium limiting?
Did you have a chance to read my article: How does salt restriction lead to heart dis-ease and fear based reactionary thinking? I explain my take on the link between the adrenals and kidneys.
I think sodium has a bigger impact on the kidneys than the other minerals simply because the difference in quantities, if you look at a blood test and the ‘normal’ amounts (ranges).
I say, Hydration is the key to healing. Dehydration is what our body defends against. Dehydration equals dis-ease in any area subjected to dryness or salt deficiency.
I use a magnesium rich salt from lake Deborah in Western Australia to put in the water I drink. I’ve run out a few times and used other salts. I feel better when I use it.
I’ve not researched potassium or magnesium. I look at the symptoms for ‘lack of either’ and to my mind they are the same symptoms of dehydration/hyponatremia.
What have you found in your research?
Hello sir — was just told my 9.5 year old Siberian Husky has end stage anal gland cancer. Calcium has skyrocketed, telling me she may end up with kidney disease, if she already doesn’t. In addition to this cancer “spreading to her lungs”. Not sure if I will receive a reply, just wanted to reach out to see if there was anything I can do for her. Didn’t eat for 3 days, then finally ate, and has eaten regularly since Monday afternoon. Slow moving and has trouble getting up, but is alert and going on walks with me. Don’t trust any conventional vet and somehow came across you on here today. Would appreciate any help.
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