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Friday, April 20th, 2012
Holistic look at the Heartworm prevention
A few days ago, one of my friends living in Vermont called me. She was wondering what I thought about heartworm prevention and if I could help her determine, if the monthly administration of heartworm preventive medication is really necessary.
The question threw me back in the 90’s, when the manufacturers of heartworm preventive drugs decided to take North America by storm. I remembered he drug reps visiting vet clinics on a regular basis telling us that it was only a matter of time and heartworm would widely spread in Canada. These visits were also accompanied by a subtle suggestion that selling the heartworm tests and preventive drugs could be a significant source of income for the practice.
As time progressed, the heartworm doom and gloom case scenario didn’t happen and that the risks of heartworm infection in my areas were clearly exaggerated. (more…)
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
I have just come across the response of a Victoria veterinarian, Dr. Chris Collis in regard to the article “This raw deal is a good one from Dec. 10 of Times Colonist ,(posted at the end of this blog) and feel obligated to respond.
I too am a veterinarian licensed and practicing in British Columbia, with 24 years of clinical experience. In the early days, I also believed what I was taught by processed pet food companies that their food was the best.
However, as years progressed, I observed an alarming trend where feeding processed food and even special diets was not (more…)
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Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Before you start reading the following lines, I invite you to do a little test. Open your hands with your thumbs touching each other. Place the thumbs at the base of the throat and with the fingers pointing back and surrounding the neck. Now, take a deep breath, squeeze and pull back with all your force keeping your thumbs connected.
This is how many dogs feel when they are on the leash and they are pulling.
If you are still keen to continue with this experiment, put a choke chain around your neck and attach it to a leash. Ask a friend to grab the end of the leash and pull and jerk on it periodically. Welcome to the dog world! No, I will not make you go on with this experiment and ask you to test a prong collar or electric shock collar. I just want you to become more aware of what is happening dogs and that collars have caused more injuries then you can imagine.
One day,
Skai and I were on one of our favorite walks in Capilano Canyon near our home in North Vancouver. The wild river has carved the rock into breathtaking scenery with moss-covered cliffs, white water rapids and old growth rainforest.
Just a few minutes after starting our walk, I noticed a man with a young German shepherd on a leash. The poor little pup was struggling to say hi however his owner had a different idea. He was determined to prevent his dog from coming closer to us by yanking and jerking harshly on the (more…)
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Monday, June 13th, 2011
If you share your life with a dog, or a cat, you may have found the world of nutritional supplements to be a confusing impenetrable jungle. In fact, most people are so confused that they often resort to the extremes. They either use no supplements at all or fill their kitchen cabinets and counters with dozens of bottles. Almost everyday I am asked by clients for an opinion about supplements and my curiosity has led me to explore the supplement world which often reminds me of sailing uncharted ocean waters.
Many people believe that if they feed good quality food or the best natural food that their dogs or cats diet will be complete. This is not true.
Intensive agriculture has caused a severe degree of soil mineral and nutrient depletion which has caused deficiencies in the whole food chain including plants, herbivores and finally carnivores. We have seen sailors dying of scurvy, iodine deficiency causing goiter, vitamin B deficiency causing beri-beri, a neurologic disease and death. It is a paradox that most people and even medical practitioners do not ask the (more…)
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Saturday, May 21st, 2011
Recently I conducted a survey on the incidence of GDV in dogs. What I have learned is that dogs that are fed processed food are about five times as likely to suffer from a bloat than dogs that are fed raw or cooked food.
Most veterinary textbooks state that gastric dilation volvulus is a serious life threatening condition which is caused by general breed predilection, fermentation and gas formation in the stomach and is often caused by (more…)
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Friday, April 22nd, 2011
Recently I was asked to write an article for The Pet Connections magazine. First, I was thrilled because it was a great opportunity to reach a large number of like-minded people you and hopefully make a difference in the lives of the animals you live with.
Then I began to feel nervous because there is so much to talk about and only a few pages available. I asked myself, what (more…)
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Sunday, April 17th, 2011
NATURAL APPROACH TO TREATMENT OF EYE DISCHARGES
Eye discharges are one of the most common problems in dogs. Whenever I see my clients with concerns about their dogs eyes, the first question I ask is what they’re concerned about the most. Most people reply that they’re concerned about infection and that their dog would loose eyesight which is very unlikely in most cases. This is why I decided to write a blog to clarify some of these misconceptions.
I’m not planning to rediscover the universe here, neither am I eager to make things more complex. What I would like to do today is to bring more clarity into what you may call conjunctivitis, eye discharges, redness or an eye infection.
The anatomy of an eye
Most of the problem conditions that are seen in daily practice relate to the conjunctiva, eyelids and the cornea. A conjunctiva is the layer of tissue on the inside of the eyelids that connects directly to the cornea, the clear layer covering the eye itself.
The inner structures of the eye are a little more complex. The sequence of the parts of the eye are as follows: cornea, anterior chamber (the space in front of the lens), the iris ( the coloured and constricting part) , the lens that is attached to the eye by a very sophisticated focusing system, called a irido-corneal muscle, then there is the posterior chamber filled with the clear translucent mass called vitreous body and beyond is the retina, the canvas of the eye that is connected to the optic nerve conducting the visual images to the brain’s visual center and the cortex.
The functions of the eye
Most people see the eye as an organ of vision but there is another important function – cleansing. In fact many openings of the body including the eye serve as cleansing and detoxification areas. If the body needs to get rid of impurities it does it really well through the eyes, ears, feces, urine, lungs and the saliva.
This cleansing process is usually manifested by increased local inflammation and redness that is often misperceived as an infection. In fact most of the cases that my clients consider an eye infection would in fact be cleansing reactions of the body and nothing to do with bacteria and infections.
This fact is often ignored and the most common conventional prescription for eye redness are, yes, you guessed right, antibiotics and steroids. It may also surprise you that for majority of cases this medication is unnecessary or even contraindicated. (more…)
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Monday, April 4th, 2011
One of my friends recently called me asking for help. Their dog wasn’t eating for three days, was vomiting and his tummy was sensitive and a little firmer than normal. As I was asking for more details to help the husband and wife they confessed that years back they lost another dog to pancreatitis and they feared the worst again.
It didn’t take me long to make a decision to write a blog on pancreatitis as I realize it’s one of the most commonly misunderstood conditions. Out of curiosity I decided to do a little survey on Facebook to see what your opinion was and it confirmed that after the topic of general puppy care, pancreatitis is the second most questioned topic.
From my point of view, pancreatitis in other words, the inflammation of the pancreas, is a result of multiple (more…)
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Saturday, March 26th, 2011
Today, I have decided to write on the topic of the big C word – Cancer. If you have ever attended a cancer fundraiser, the common suggestion is that we have to “fight cancer” or “wipe out cancer.” I wonder if you too find it strange that the words of warfare are used in healing and medicine.
Can we fight cancer?
In my opinion the results of “fighting cancer” are similar to the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan. The more we fight it, the more damage is done, in other words the higher the cancer rates are.
After years of treating cancer in my practice and also witnessing it when my brother and father died of cancer under conventional medical care, I have reached the conclusion that *cancer cannot be fought but it has to be understood*. (more…)
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Saturday, March 19th, 2011
You may already know that the commonly followed ration of meat, raw bones and veggie ratio is 50/25/25. While I agree that this ratio works well for most dogs, many of you ask me about what veggies and fruit to feed and which ones to avoid.
What do I recommend? Follow nature’s recipe!
Lets start with fruit
I recommend you giving Fido only small amounts of fruit , less than 5 % as dogs usually eat only small amounts of fruit in nature..
- Feed fruit at least 1 hour before feeding meat or other proteins and a minimum of 3 hours after a protein meal.
- Feed local and pesticide free fruit whenever possible.
Why the time restrictions?
Because protein takes longer to digest and if you feed fruit and protein together, fruit may start to ferment, creating alcohol. The next thing you know, your dog is “under the influence” staggering around the house.
On a more serious note, the most important reason is that fruit simply doesn’t digest as well with protein. On its own, fruit exits the stomach quickly. When you feed fruit with protein, it sits in the stomach much longer which may create undesirable fermentation which can even create a small amount of alcohol.
If you see your dog stumbling and wobbling around the house, you may fed him too much food. Actually I am just joking.
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