OT: Naturally Raised Dogs - Rabies Vaccinations

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Yo Paula,

 

I would have to argue this : " The other main thing I DON'T do is

> vaccinate "

> Don't know where you live but here not vaccinating against rabies is

> against the law and not only will you get fined, animal control (the dog

> catchers) can and will take your dog.

>

 

On her web site .. at http://www.kuhlmanhaus.com/Raw%20Diet.htm .. she

writes:

 

" Our dogs and puppies are given no vaccines other than rabies (as required

by law). Research has shown that vaccinations can damage the dogs immune

system and contribute to many other diseases and illnesses down the road.

It is also believed that vaccines often do little or nothing to actually

prevent the disease for which they are given. Please research this topic

thoroughly before deciding to vaccinate your dog. See the websites listed

below. Ask for *and read* the package inserts for any vaccine before

allowing any vet to vaccinate your animals - they are very telling. "

 

I think she is onto a good thing .. this raw meat and bones diet. I say

this because of two reasons.. one reason is speculative and the other is

based on information from a professional vet friend who I totally respect ..

and for me that's saying much because I am not impressed by many medical

types.

 

In my youth .. and still today around my home neck of the woods .. farm dogs

fended for themselves. Pigs got all the table scraps and dogs ate what they

could find in the hills, fields and forests. Buying dog food was and still

is not a norm. The dogs owned by my grandparents and uncles and others in

those times were generally quite healthy .. always lean .. and lived pretty

long lives .. some as much as 15 years or so. The foraged and hunted and

were slick enough to catch enough critters to fill their bellies .. might be

squirrels, rabbits, possums, coons, sometimes skunks ;-) , foxes, fish,

crawdads, and even rats, mice and some insects .. most loved to chase and

eat grasshoppers.

 

The second reason I believe this is because of what I was told by an Air

Force Vet in Incirlik,Turkey. This man was highly respected by all .. he

would come into his clinic in the middle of the night to treat animals ..

and it was not his primary mission. Military vets are on the job to take

care of Military Working Dogs .. and the pets of people who live on the

military base .. those who live off base can get appointments on a space

available basis .. but this fellow would never refuse to come in for an

emergency. I had two cats .. one rescued from under a boat near a fish

restaurant in Mersin and the other from a street flood in Ankara.

 

Late one evening, I returned from a one week trip and found that my Mersin

Tabby (Hobbes) had a urinary tract infection .. death it is for male cats in

just hours if not properly treated. My maid had been feeding and watering

and such my two cats while I was gone but she had no idea what was bothering

Hobbes .. I had been warned to look out for this problem long before it

happened. I called the Vet around midnight and he told me to come in

IMMEDIATELY .. I did and he treated Hobbes and I continued to treat him and

he got well. The Vet told me that the problem was not unusual and the best

prevention was a difficult one .. because cats had become domesticated and

no longer ate healthy diets .. like bird bones and feathers and entrails

and beaks and bugs and whatever felines ate before mankind started treating

them like members of the family. After that, I started sprucing up the

diets of Hobbes and Shadow (who was a sweet, evil, jet black bitch from

Hell) with a few sparrows and wild pigeons and other non game birds I

would shoot in the hills and fields. Hobbes and Shadow are American

citizens now. When I planned to return to the US and attend law school ..

in 1995 .. I gave them to a neighbor who loved them .. a young Airman and

his wife, who were being reassigned to Arizona. They too knew the Vet and

I told them what he said and what I had been doing .. recommended they

continue to do it. I changed my mind at the last minute and stayed in

Turkey but over the next two years or so I often communicated with them via

email and they had continued this diet .. Hobbes and Shadow were very

healthy cats. Hobbes was as sweet and aloof as he had ever been .. and

Shadow was as much of an evil, devious, sweet bitch as she had ever been.

;-)

 

Paula ..... in Michigan

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Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch

 

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