When I was a veterinary student,  I didn’t  even question the possibility that vaccines  could cause harm. I was taught that they are the cornerstone of health and must be given. However, as I went on to practice, I  realized that vaccines are not that safe.

In the first few years of practice, I not only saw severe acute vaccine  reactions, but also clear onset of a variety of health problems soon after vaccination.  I  also saw several cats with feline fibro sarcoma, a type of tumor that has been confirmed to appear in the vaccination site of  1 out of 1000 cats.

I naturally started to ask the question “if you and I would be willing to get vaccinated if there was a 1: 1000 chance of getting cancer,  why were vets not  obligated to tell their clients that this risk was there?”

From my perspective, injection of any artificial substance, especially mercury and formaldehyde containing substance cannot create a greater state of health.

Under the natural conditions, pathogens mainly affect the individuals who’s immune system is weakened.  Most bacteria or viruses enter through the mouth, respiratory tract  with the exception of rabies.

The immune system has time to prepare for the unwelcome visitors and in most cases respond by eradicating the pathogen before it gets a chance to grow and spread.  It would also be rare to have more then one serious pathogen  attacking the body at the same time.

In contrast, vaccines introduce multiplex pathogens by an injection that bypasses natural gateways.  This  situation can be compared to someone entering your bedroom window in the middle of the night instead of ringing the bell. How would you feel?

Over  the years, I have heard both sides. The one of the drug and vaccine  companies telling me that ‘vaccines are safe’ and the one of anti-vaccine proponents  saying  that ‘they are damaging to health.’

First, I was unsure about who to trust.  However, after more than 20 years in practice, I can see that the pets with  fewer or  no vaccines  do much better than those who get  vaccinated. 

Here is some important information:

1. Vaccines contain dangerous carcinogens and disease causing chemicals such as mercury and formaldehyde.
2. Vaccines are sometimes made by infecting healthy laboratory animals, including dogs, cats and horses, which causes endless unnecessary suffering. To me it doesn’t make sense to kill an animal to save another.  When I was a student, I  saw these poor souls locked in isolation for a lifetime, most  often loosing their lives under torturous conditions.
3. I have observed time and again that early vaccination can neutralize natural maternal antibodies and leave your puppy unprotected.
 In reality, puppies and kittens vaccinated at 8 – 12 weeks end up more vulnerable to the diseases.
4. Vaccines have the ability to cause symptoms similar to the disease they are trying to prevent.
5. Combination vaccines often overwhelm the body and cause immune system problems.
6. Repeated exposure to vaccines can create toxic build up and serious chronic disease or even cancer.

 What  can you do to keep your dog disease free?

1. Maternal antibodies protect puppies fully until around the age of 10 – 16 weeks.
2. When your puppy is 12 weeks old get an “antibody titer test” done that is available in most veterinary clinics.
3. The most concerning diseases are distemper, parvovirus and leptospirosis. Most clinics run just the first two tests.
4. If any antibody level is present, retest at the age of 5 months and socialize your puppy on a moderate basis with other dogs.
 Your puppy will learn to communicate and interact with other dogs by being in their presence and contact with other dogs will stimulate the  production of antibodies by being exposed while being protected by maternal antibodies. This is in fact natures “way of vaccination.”
5. From my perspective,  any antibody presence is sufficient despite some labs claiming that  there is a low (insufficient) antibody levels. I have not  seen any dogs with antibody presence getting sick.
6. While no method can provide you with 100% guarantee, I have not seen any dogs who have got parvo or distemper since starting to use this protocol in the late 90’s.

What to do if your dog has been tested for no antibodies

1. Early vaccination before 12 weeks of age often neutralizes or blocks the maternal immunity. Vaccines simply destroy maternal antibodies by binding to them.
2. If a titer test confirms presence of no antibodies, you may consider vaccination with one antigen of parvovirus ( not a combination ) at 12  weeks
 and distemper 4 weeks later
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3. Avoid boosters and unnecessary vaccine exposure by getting a “titer test “done 1 month after the last vaccine and then 2 – 3 months later
4. Do not use vaccines for Kennel Cough, Lyme disease and Giardia – they have the highest side-effect causing properties. I have seen many dogs vaccinated for Lyme disease having symptoms of arthritis at the age of 2 – 3 years old. This vaccine has not been approved for people because of safety issues. 
Kennel cough is a self-limiting disease similar to a cold. Vaccine causes very frequent side effects – kennel cough itself.
5. If you live in an area with rabies, the vaccine may need to be given, however, give it at least 4 – 8 weeks from other vaccination.
6. Never give more than 1 antigen at a time.

How to reduce the chance of vaccination  side effects

1. Never vaccinate your dog before 12 weeks of age if you have the choice
2. If your puppy has been vaccinated early, any medical condition may or may not be a vaccine side effect.
  Some of these side effects may persist for a year or a life time.
3. Consult an open minded holistic practitioner who knows how to recognize vaccine related issues.
4. If you see problems appearing within 1 – 2 months after vaccination, it is safe to administer 2 doses of homeopathic remedy Thuja 200 C 2 weeks apart

Conclusion

Based on my experience, healthy puppies may not need any vaccination and maintain their antibodies (protection) for a life time. This is the safest way.

It is evident that none or minimal vaccine protocol is safer that regular vaccination.

Vaccines can cause serious side-effects that are often not noticed or recognized by conventional medicine.

No one can give you 100% guarantee that your puppy will not get infected with or without vaccines.

Healthy food, fresh water, the right amount of exercise and low stress level is the best disease prevention.

Dr. Peter Dobias, DVM

NOTE: If you currently work with a practitioner, day care or boarding facility that demands vaccines, remember that it is you who makes the final decision. Be polite, state your request clearly and notice how much you can stand your ground. If you find them not respecting your wishes, choose another service care provider.

Today,  I decided to share something that I have shared only with a handful of my closest friends.

I am sitting on board a Westjet Boeing  737 on route to Maui – Hawaii with my dog Skai snoozing at  my feet. Tomorrow morning, Skai and I will get up and go  for  our run on  a beautiful and wild beach on the North Shore of the island.

I  imagine that you  are  about to ask the much  asked  question.  How did you get your dog to fly on board with you?

I am sharing the following story with you in hopes that   it will inspire you to follow  your dreams.

Back in the 70’s

When I was growing up, times were different. As soon as we knew our way to school in the first grade, we walked  to school on our own. No baby sitters, no  mom’s driving us to school.When  we hit  our teenage years, our  parents  registered  us  in the local government run riding club; convinced that it was the best way to keep us out of trouble. We started  our lessons on Shetland  ponies. Small but smart little horses,  that  learned to shed us off  quickly by running  under the fence of the riding ring. Usually   they left us hanging on the railing like a pair of dirty socks, which definitely was not much fun.

As  we got older, we transitioned to riding the “real horses”;  big and strong yet sensitive, careful and considerate. We all had our favorite horse that  each of us looked  after and  I  fell in  love with Alfa a gentle chestnut mare with white socks, a wide white blaze and beautiful, sparkly eyes. She also suffered from a chronic tendinitis, a common injury in  horses.

I grew tall  very fast and  it was decided that Alfa  should be ridden only by smaller kids.  I didn’t  care much for that decision but I  continued to look after Alfa;  washing her, brushing her and  taking her for walks in the  nearby  fields.

I also watched helplessly, when careless trainers made her go on in the riding ring despite her lameness. She was obviously in pain and I grew more angry inside  because the trainers ignored my request to allow her to rest. I was just a kid…

It was then, that I  decided to become a vet.

With 4 kids in the family, we didn’t  have the money to purchase Alfa. One day, I made a wish for her to be sold to someone  who  could give her a better life.  My wish was heard  only a few weeks later and soon Alfa was sold to a wonderful family in a nearby village.

I was heartbroken but knew that it was the best thing  that  could  happen to her.   My beloved Alfa  spent  the rest of her life in a pasture with a beautiful pond and a stable with a wooden floor and  a thick layer of daily fresh straw bedding.  This was my first experience with the power of intention.

I visited her whenever I could and even after I moved to Canada,  I found my way back a few times.  In the end,  I lost  touch with Alfa’s family and I  am not  certain when she passed away.  She was born on March 8, 1973 so it is likely that she passed away sometime around the year 2000.

Becoming a vet and a healer

I truly do believe that  if it  were not for Alfa, I  may have become an architect as per my father’s wishes.

He and I often clashed mainly because we were so alike. I also inherited  his tendency to nightmares and sleepwalking that  he suffered from. However,  my father, also veterinarian, gave me the gift of   deeper understanding and appreciation of animals. I was lucky twice because my grandfather,  a  herbalist , taught me about  herbs and natural remedies.

My nightmares  started when I was about 5 years old. The  dreams were vivid and often terrifying.  I saw faces standing in my bedroom that looked so real that I  often screamed from my sleep,  jumping  up and  trying to escape the imaginary danger.

Sleepwalking and nightmares brought me a lot of challenges as a child and adult. Whenever I  went to a  summer  camp or  shared the dorm or a hotel  room with anyone, I was mortified about  having a nightmare and screaming from my sleep.

When I  was  24,  I came back home for the summer holidays after going through a series of very  challenging  exams. Stress always aggravated my condition.  I had a nightmare, ran through a glass  door of my bedroom and  lost more than ½ of my blood supply.  A  piece of glass cut one of the branches of my femoral artery and the doctors told me I was very  lucky to be alive.

I graduated from vet school in 1988 and 3 years later,  I moved to Canada with my wife Iveta.

Fast forward to year 2001

Skai came to my life at a challenging time. Going through a divorce, I needed to reset and find a new rhythm in life. Through a friend,  I learned about  a  litter  of border collie puppies at a nearby farm and one of them was Skai, then called Nickel.

Skai became not  only my best  friend,  he has also become a medical alert  dog  and was trained to  wake me  up in case I sleep-walked.

He especially loves running in the forest and I  taught  him to run a little obstacle  course over logs in a nearby  forest. Once I  joked that he was  like a horse and suddenly the thought  crossed my mind. What if Skai was the  reincarnated soul of Alfa – my horse?

They were so similar!  They had the same color, the same  white “ blaze “ and white feet!  The same personality and zest  for life, the will to please and take challenges  quietly with stride.

Then  my friend, Iveta, came for a visit and we  went for a walk. Skai was so eager to show her his new obstacle course that he ran it with perfection.

Without  me  mentioning to Iveta what I thought of Skai, she  suddenly exclaimed   “Oh my God, he is like your horse!  He is exactly like your horse!  What  if he is Alfa who came back to you?”

From that  day  on,  I simply  could not  prevent  myself from thinking about this seeming coincidence. What  if   Skai is  truly Alfa? What if her spirit came back to me through Skai, my beloved dog?  This time, I can give him the best care, protect him and I would not  allow anyone to make him go on, if injured.

I simply stopped caring if this  was true or not.  After all, not  one single person in this world  can  truly confirm or deny reincarnation. Just  the  idea,  just  the thought  that  the soul of  Alfa came back to me to “relive” our lives  together gave me an immense sense of joy and healed my childhood  wound.

Today, I don’t see  my  sleepwalking  as an annoyance anymore. Thanks to  it,  Skai can  travel  with  me on commercial flights  and  I  am very grateful for that.

What  seemed like a misfortune became a blessing.

I am sitting here on a Maui bound airplane with Skai under  my  feet and just  looking at him brings tears  of joy to my eyes.

Remember, If  you have ever gone through a painful loss of  a loved  one,  a friend, family member or a four legged friend, keep your eyes and your senses open.  You never know; they may be closer than you think.  They may come again to heal you, teach  you and fill your heart with unconditional love the same way my dear Skai has.

With gratitude,

Your Captain

PS :   You don’t  need to be sleep walking  to make your dream of flying with your dog  come true. I hope that as  our  membership grows  bigger, Flying Dog Club will  be able to organize  chartered flights  with  you and your best friend on board.

To do this,  we need to  tell others  and get our membership numbers up. I kindly ask you  to  forward this invitation to  all people who may be interested.

Register or tell your friends now! Read more about Flying Dog Club

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