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Aug 21

Smelly, Itchy and Painful…

By Dr Andrew | August 21, 2008

From: Dr Andrew Jones
Author: Veterinary Secrets Revealed
Website: http://www.veterinarysecretsrevealed.com/

Re: Smelly, Itchy and Painful…What is it?

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Hey everyone… Welcome a Thursday edition of my newsletter, and ALMOST the end of the Olympics.

You can’t help but watch… and get surprised by those who were supposed to win… and don’t, then those who were written off as NO CHANCE to win anything, then pull through with a medal.

I do like the underdog….

Kind of like Canada… Were ONLY 77 medals behind the U.S. - but catching up fast

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But CAN I really use it?
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Great question - and YES I believe that anyone can utilize my Simple Step by Step program to begin to Naturally heal their own pet AT HOME.

Let’s use an example of a dog that had a ‘mysterious’ condition - that was easily treated with a natural home remedy. Jack is the dog - he was a Chocolate Lab camping next to me last weekend. (The weekend of my vehicle vanishing.)

Jack was itchier than normal, and with an ‘unpleasant’ smell… his guardian used words like “he STINKS… Can you help?”

1. I did a brief On the beach exam..

Dry Skin.
Excessive dandruff.
Purulent, oozing skin lesion below his right ear.
Painful to touch.
Increased scratching.

2. Diagnosis..You can search these symptoms in Veterinary Secrets - The diagnosis that you will come up with is:

Hot Spot - Acute Moist Dermatitis.

The skin may have been scratched, he was wetter than normal being in the water all weekend, then bacteria grew turning the area into a Hot Spot.

This is often secondary to an Allergy - Jack was on a poor quality food (Alpo)..I also advised getting him on a Premium quality one such as Origen, and supplementing with Ground Flax.

3. Treatment.

Well you can see my EXACT steps in my Course - but this is what we did.

- A pain releiver to make him easier to work with. I gave him 650mg of Aspirin from my First Aid Kit.

Clip and Clean. I clipped the area as best I could with blunt scissors. The MOST important thing is to do this and get the skin to dry out and heal.

**Wonder remedy** This worked great and you all will have this at home.

I diluted an Aspirin in a Cup of Strong black tea, and we wiped this on the area with a cloth.

I had his guardian do this every 3 hours - and keep him out of the water as much as possible.

4. Prevention.

The LONG term goal was to NOT have these come back.

In my Course you can see exactly what I advise.

Premium Diet.
Essential Fatty Acids.
Closely watching that ANY itching, does not develop into a hot spot.

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and WHAT happened?
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He responded fabulously. By the time we left on Sunday, he was not scratching, and the Hot Spot had almost healed.

NO Vet Visit.

NO serious drugs.

That Visit alone could have EASILY cost more than $500 if a Vet had chosen to give anesthesia to treat the Hot Spot. And this may have happened if the Hot Spot was left untreated.

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P.S. NO, you aren’t likely to find me camping with you to help you treat any illness or emergency that may happen with your dog or cat.

BUT the good news is that you can be able to do EXACTLY what I did with Jack by following my easy STEP by STEP instructions in my Course.

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It’s Your Pet. Heal Them At Home!

Best Wishes,

Dr Andrew Jones, DVM

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Aug 15

Your Pet’s Health Is At Risk

By Dr Andrew | August 15, 2008

From: Dr Andrew Jones
Author: Veterinary Secrets Revealed
Website: http://www.veterinarysecretsrevealed.com

Re: Your pet’s health is at RISK

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Good morning and a cheery Friday to you.

What’s with the cryptic subject line you ask?

In my years of practicing Veterinary medicine and teaching dog and cat guardians EXACTLY how to utilize my at-home remedies, I am finding something SHOCKING.

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Drum Roll Please…WHAT is SHOCKING Dr J?
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That even though many of you are given DETAILED step by step plans as to what to do, many of you are STILL NOT following the steps, and NOT taking ACTION.

Many want re-assurance from a ‘professional’… you are still NOT SURE if this will work with your own pet.

You want someone else to decide for you.

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This is a BAD IDEA
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You should be making the ultimate health care decisions for your dog or cat.

Here’s why…

MOST Veterinarians are STILL giving multivalent vaccines EVERY year - in spite of research documenting the HARMFUL effects of these vaccines.

They are doing this even though it is now advised by MOST major Veterinary Schools to NOT give the vaccines so frequently.

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And what does it all come down to?
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PROFIT.

The more often dogs and cats come to a Veterinary practice, the more money the practice makes.

Many Veterinarians are on a commission system. They get paid a percentage of the revenue that they generate in a practice.

More vaccines - more chances to do additional treatments - mean MORE revenue and more dollars in that Veterinarians’ pocket.

Are all Veterinarians profit driven?

NO.

But are many?

YES.

Can you tell the difference?

NO, not necessarily.

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So here is what you should do:
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Go here and get my book if you haven’t yet:

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Then follow these SIMPLE STEPS:

STEP 1: Introductory Chapters

These present the basis for the book, and show you how to provide at-home pet care. Read these first:

1. Healing the Natural Way
2. Why Pets Get Sick
3. How to Care for a Sick Pet

STEP 2: The At-Home Exam

My at-home pet health exam is simple to use, yet is one of the most important parts of my program.

You must systematically examine your pet from her nose to her toes. You must isolate the specific areas of her body that are affected. From there, you then formulate a list of possible diseases.

STEP 3: The At-home Exam Report

RECORD your findings in an orderly way!

This is a summary of your findings from the exam, and it will get you thinking about some of the past history. This gives a big clue to many diseases. I encourage you to use it every time that your pet is ill.

After systematically examining your pet, you may decide that your pet is in need of veterinary care - the well thought out history, along with your observations, are of critical importance.

STEP 4: Form a List

After recording your observations and clinical findings, form a list of disease possibilities. Use the Table of Contents and the Index at the back of the book to read about the specific diseases.

In reading about the treatments, decide which is most appropriate for your pet. At that point, read the section that pertains to that type of treatment.

If it is Herbal, refer to the section about Herbal Healing for your Pet. If it is Homeopathic, refer to the section about Homeopathic Healing for your Pet.

STEP 5: The Treatment

Once you decide upon a course of action, go to a reputable supplier, such as a local Health Co-op, and purchase the specific homeopathic or herbal remedies.

While treating your pet, record the daily changes in your pet, including response to treatment, with the Progress Sheets.

If your pet responds well to the treatment, great.

If they don’t respond, re-consider your diagnosis, or SEE YOUR VETERINARIAN.

As I mentioned in the introduction, if you have any concerns about at-home health care for your pet, see your local veterinarian FIRST. They may also back up your tentative diagnosis and offer conventional treatment options.

But with your new knowledge you can offer the alternate options and often Heal Your Pet At Home naturally, safely and effectively.

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Best Wishes,

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Aug 12

Kids are misbeaving… So Relinquish them to a Shelter?

By Dr Andrew | August 12, 2008

From: Dr Andrew Jones
Author: Veterinary Secrets Revealed
Website: http://www.veterinarysecretsrevealed.com

Re: Kids are misbehaving….so relinquish them at a shelter?

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Good morning and a cheery Tuesday to you and and your pets!

Lately The Second Chance Animal Shelter has been SWAMPED with calls from people wanting to relinquish their pets.

Currently we have pretty unsocialized Border Collie crosses, who are having a hard time getting adopted, as well as not making me sooo popular in the neighborhood by barking A LOT..

BUT..the increased pressure on the Animal Shelter is happening ALL over North America.

Animal Shelters are being SWAMPED with calls and those no longer able to care for their dogs and cats.

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P.S. I get MOST frustrated with supposed ‘owners’ who use Shelters to dump animals with problems… If they had taken the time to do some basic behavioural training and socializing, then these dogs wouldn’t be in the shelter in the First place.

Then of course there is the Bob Barker mantra:

Spay and Neuter your pets…

P.P.S. In the midst of summer I have an upcoming surprise happening soon… Stay posted

It’s Your Pet. Heal Them At Home!

Best Wishes,

Dr Andrew Jones, DVM

Here is the story:

Shelters swamped as hard times hit family pets

by The Republican Newsroom

Monday August 11, 2008, 7:09 AM

Photo by Bob Stern / The Republican

Allison L. Strong of Agawam, a volunteer for Cat Pack Adoptions and Rescue of Ludlow, holds Hazel on her lap as Jan looks through the bars of her cage at the organization’s booth at the Pioneer Valley Cat Fanciers’ Assoc. Cat Show, Sunday afternoon at the Greek Cultural Center in Springfield. Both cats are available for adoption.

By DIANE LEDERMAN

Baxter had it all.

The 8½-year-old mixed breed canine boasted a house in Enfield, two cats and three children to play with and owners who let him sleep in their bedroom at night.

But then he lost it all.

His owners lost their home to foreclosure, and he ended up at the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Western New England Animal Care and Adoption Center in Springfield.

Family pets - like Baxter - have become the latest casualties of the economic decline that is altering the way thousands in Western Massachusetts live. More than 1,000 residents lost their homes to foreclosure in Hampden County alone this past year, and thousands more are coping with the inflationary costs of basic necessities like keeping their gas tanks and their pantry shelves filled.

That means many dogs and cats are going from homes to shelter cages, taxing the resources of organizations which care for them as they await new owners.

At the Second Chance Animal Shelter in East Brookfield, the “surrender calls are like tripled. We are triple over capacity for cats,” said executive director Sheryl A. Brackley. “We can’t find homes fast enough.”

Second Chance serves Central Massachusetts, including the Palmer, Ware and the Belchertown areas.

Most of the animals which have been surrendered since the spring at Second Chance have been due to home foreclosures and hikes in other costs of daily living, said Brackley.

She also thinks, however, that the economy might also have contributed in another way to the upswing in animals being placed up for adoption. “People didn’t spay or neuter their pets. We’ve got kittens galore.” It can cost an average of $190 to $200 for dogs and $145 for cats, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; some shelters offer low-cost spay events from time to time.

At the MSPCA adoption center, Candice H. Lash, the director for community and media relations, said the region’s escalating rates of foreclosures is affecting the fate of dogs, in particular. Pets like Baxter would have stayed with his family, even in a tough economy, but when a family can’t keep their home, they face moving to circumstances in which dogs aren’t allowed.

If people are forced to move, “it’s harder to relocate with dogs. Some places will take cats,” Lash said.

As people are losing their homes, some people aren’t even bringing their pets into shelters to be put up for adoption, according to Barbara L. Hays, executive director of the Thomas J. O’Connor Animal Control and Adoption Center, also in Springfield. Some people are simply leaving their pets behind, Hays said.

People “are setting them loose when they move away, letting them fend for themselves (or hoping) somebody else will find them roaming (and take them in.) That’s not at all realistic,” she said.

The O’Connor center has seen a particular spike in the number of abandoned cats. Hays said the center saw a 38 percent rise in the numbers of cats in July from June and, as of July 31, had close to 200 available for adoption. With so many animals “the pet care per animal gets stretched,” she said, noting there is no correlation with an increase in staff.

The rise in the number of animals up for adoption has also resulted in times when the center has had to euthanize cats because they run out of space to house them.

While the Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society in Leverett isn’t seeing an increase in numbers yet, they are seeing animals that are being surrendered when families have been unable to provide the necessary medical care, according to Leslie A. Harris, executive director. She referred to it as cases in which animals “have been neglected medically.”

A family with an older cocker spaniel recently surrendered her “because they could no longer afford to care for her. When we get (ailing) animals, it puts an increased burden on animal care. It’s blowing our medical budget out of the water.”

Lash, too, said the MSPCA is seeing more pets coming in with health problems because their owners couldn’t afford the care.

The shelter was used to seeing thin dogs or pets with fleas, said Pamela L. Peebles, manager of the animal care and adoption center. But now the animals are coming in with much more grave ailments, and, that, she said, “is a burden for our vet.

“We’re worried about the short term and the long term.” In the long-term, the concern is “how do we make vet care affordable,” Lash said. “Preventative care is much cheaper.”

While pet food expenses have stayed about the same over recent years, the costs of veterinary care have risen, said Stephen L. Zawistowski, executive vice president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal programs and science adviser.

Costs are up in part because more medical care is available. He recommends that owners consider health insurance for their pets at an estimated cost of about $225 per year. Such insurance, he said, can ease the financial burden when it comes time to make decisions about care.

In the face of increased demands for their services, shelters are facing financial challenges of their own with donations in some places on the decrease.

Second Chance has been trying to expand its shelter for a year in hopes of offering more pet clinics. But, said Brackley, “You can’t get blood from a stone.” They are finding that donors who might have given $100 in the past are now only able to donate $50.

Peebles said donors to their center continue to be generous. “The community has shown more support. They want to know how can they help. It’s priceless.”

If there is a bright spot in all this, said Hays, more people are coming forward to adopt dogs. Individuals who might have previously gone to a breeder or a pet store may now be coming to a shelter to find a canine companion, she said.

Dog adoptions at the O’Connor center, according to Hays, cost $175.

And, the other good news - Baxter found a new home.

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Aug 11

Breathing Heavy, Enlarged Lymph Nodes

By Dr Andrew | August 11, 2008

From: Dr Andrew Jones
Author: Veterinary Secrets Revealed
Website: http://www.theveterinarycode.com

Re: Breathing heavy and Enlarged Lymph Nodes

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A good morning to you.

I had an extremely busy weekend with emergencies, but one in particular stood out… a dog younger than Lewis was suddenly weak, and short of breath.

On examination he had a fever, and ALL of his lymph nodes were enlarged.

His gums were pale.

He was breathing faster.

I did a needle biopsy of a lymph node…

Diagnosis: Lymphoma or Cancer.

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WHY is this happening?
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In my 15 years of practice, I’ve noticed 2 new trends that are frankly downright disturbing, and very sad…

1. It seems that every single year I’m asked to treat more and more dogs and cats for cancer.

2. It seems that on average, the pets that are being brought to me for cancer treatment are much, much younger than ever before.

10 years ago it was rare for me to see a dog or cat that was under 10 years old come down with cancer. But now it seems like that is no longer the case.

There have been plenty of recent studies to confirm my findings, and it’s a fact - more and more pets are coming down with cancers … and at much younger ages than ever before.

We are also seeing a lot more allergies, a lot more skin and gum disease, arthritis, kidney problems… and especially auto-immune diseases - diseases in which a dog’s own immune system turns on them and begins attacking their healthy blood and skin.

And here’s something else that’s shocking:

10-20 years ago, many of these deadly and painful diseases were almost non-existent.

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When I first began practicing 15 years ago, I never saw this stuff.
So why now?
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With the advances in veterinary medicine, shouldn’t cancer and other diseases be occurring LESS?

There are 3 MAJOR CAUSES… and some very important things that you can do to decrease the likelihood of Cancer affecting your dog or cat.

1. OVER-VACCINATION. Vaccinate with as little and as infrequent as possible.

2. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS. Avoid what you can, and Supplement your dog or cat.

3. POOR QUALITY FOOD. ONLY feed quality food… and NOT only Kibble.

SO what should you do now?

I you have yet to get my report on Cancer Prevention I suggest this:

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P.S. I will be using a combination of alternative and conventional treatments for my newest cancer patient. You can get a Complete Step by Step guide for EXACTLY what to give by going here:

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Best Wishes,

Dr Andrew Jones, DVM

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Aug 07

The neighbor wants to ring my neck…

By Dr Andrew | August 7, 2008

From: Dr Andrew Jones
Author: Veterinary Secrets Revealed
Website: http://www.theveterinarycode.com

Re: Neighbor wants to ring my neck…

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Good morning fellow readers..it’s Thursday.

Some days I feel like my work and life is kind of like a soap opera…

Somethings happen which are a little hard to believe.

Like, for instance my irate neighbor next to the clinic.

He purchased a house which backs onto the clinic. But they have had issues about dogs barking, dogs urinating through the fence, and the occasional odour…

BUT…he has gotten extremely irate and unreasonable.

The Animal Shelter has 3 very unsocialized dogs in at the moment, who bark when they see anything.

We have a large fenced area, and that is the only spot we can have these dogs to get some fresh air - they are not yet leash trained.

BUT..they bark.

My unfriendly neighbor has DEMANDED that ALL barking STOP.

He has written threatening emails to the Shelter director.

He has threatened to sue the shelter.

He has verbally yelled and abused my staff.

He has installed a video camera in the back of his property to ‘monitor’

He has called the SPCA.

The yesterday he stopped me in the back alley, and went on a big threatening rant…..using words like “I am ready to get out of this car and do something..”.

Then the big rant ended with ..”you STOP all the barking or else..”

Lovely….and you have a good day too, mr ##%%%% neighbor.

As it sits now, he now has a police file, and there will be some sort of mediation.

But if you do NOT want to hear barking dogs, don’t live next door to a Veterinary Hospital!

Thanks for hearing me rant

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P.S. Your thoughts and suggestions are more than appreciated on my blog here.

It’s Your Pet…Heal Them At Home!

Best Wishes,

Dr Andrew Jones, DVM

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