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Donna's avatar

Thank you so much for including the text of Joel's short speech! I never fail to learn something new when hearing or reading something from him.

I'm forwarding the portion about cats and cancer to my partner who feels like we're abusing our cats whenever their food bowl is empty. Every meow is a pitiful cry for sustenance to him, instead of a request for some attention, which is much more likely 🙄. He is a junk food addict himself, so he projects his desperation for "food" onto our critters, sadly. Hopefully seeing someone else explain the way carnivores are supposed to eat will allow it to sink in finally...

Denise Duncan's avatar

Thank you so much for your newsletters! So much valuable information all the time! You mentioned in your next couple issues you will be covering bringing an unvaccinated puppy home, about it being with/around its vaccinated littermates etc. The problem is I am picking up a puppy in a week and a half. I am doing your course right now on nosodes, tautodes, and titers. I also have the Hahnemann laboratories Vital Animal NT Kit that I purchased from you previously. I am worried that IF I can talk the breeder out of vaccinating my puppy will it be too much for her immune system to be with all those vaccinated puppies for 4 full days before I can pick her up? Because I read in your literature that exposure is supposed to be for like 5 minutes in a high traffic area only once a week. Any and all information you can give me in this whole area would be so appreciated! Thank you in advance!

Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

No worries, Denise. Please do ask that your pup NOT be vac’d. You can assure the breeder you’ll take full responsibility for any outcome of that request (which will only be good outcomes, but you don’t have to reveal that part).

Short answer: exposure to a modified live virus by nose or mouth won’t cause your pup to get sick. It’s entirely different than be injected. And odds are, Mom’s immunity is still very present in your pup (in fact, most of those vac’d next to your pup will fail to develop immunity from the vax bc of this very reason). Carry on, your pup will be fine, and grateful for the chance to start out life healthier than her littermates!

Denise Duncan's avatar

Thank you so much for your fast reply! Should I still let her take the puppy in for a check up and deworming like she said she was going to do or see if she will just leave it at home altogether? She will be 8 weeks old. Thanks again, so grateful for the chance to know a better way!

Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

I’d ask her to pass on that, deworming is not needed (though routinely done) and you’ll avoid the chances of some other vaccine push that might take place at the vet’s. Worms from Mom leave very quickly when you start a pup out with a good raw diet. Here’s a resource with some ideas on food: http://vitalanimal.com/feed-for-vitality/

Denise Duncan's avatar

Sorry one more thing, any suggestions as to how I can ask her that would make her more accepting to do it?

Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

I’d like to take her to my vet after she’s home instead of this visit you’ve proposed. I don’t want her getting any treatments without being able to research them and run them by my vet.

Something on that order should work.

Denise Duncan's avatar

Thank you so much!

Denise Duncan's avatar

Awesome! Thank you so much!! Hopefully I can talk her into it…

I will complete your course and hopefully it will answer the rest of my questions😊 I appreciate your time!

Sue Thompson's avatar

Did you know that the FLCCC changed its name a while back to the Independent Medical Alliance? Here is their Substack: https://substack.com/@imahealth?utm_source=global-search

Vera Smith's avatar

Thank you for the valuable information!

The AnnoyedGenXer's avatar

There's an old, but very gross joke in oncology circles. It goes, do you know why they nail the coffin closed on cancer patients? It's so the onc can't bill Medicare for another round of chemo. It's a literal cash cow for them as well as other infusions.

Cara C.'s avatar

I deduced that, but it's such a revolting solecism that I had to comment.

Donna's avatar

Thanks for my new word of the day: solecism! 😁

Paula Mitchell's avatar

I will decide on a subscription based on what I read in future posts. I liked what I read today but, I've found it takes following for a while is a better way to decide what to do. Thank you for this post !

Cara C.'s avatar

What the heck is " prolly"?????

Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

Sloppy English for probably. Thought you would know that. 😎