E-Vet Clinic - Dog Health Care

Here is the link to the FDA’s Dog and Cat Food Recall list.

www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/petfoodrecall/

Be sure if you have any of these foods to not feed it to your dog, but I know the majority of you reading this feed raw or a holistic brand of dog food.

and interestingly SmartPak has voluntarily recalled one of their new dog foods because they used rice protein from the same company that is the source of the toxins in the recalled dog food list. Check out the story here… www.emaxhealth.com/75/11397.html

With the food recall going on the push for raw feeding and holistic dog foods is on the rise. In fact at one of the canine food stores I frequent, they are having problems getting some of the foods, not because they have been recalled but rather those foods have seen dramatic increases in sales since the dog food recall.

Here is an article and podcast from Animal Talk Naturally featuring Dr. Tom Lonsdale of Raw Meaty Bones. It is definitely worth a listen check it out here - The Silent Spring of Dog and Cat Health

I should have gotten this up earlier on the dog food recall, but since you all are feeding Raw or a good quality holistic dog food you should not have to worry.

Here is a link to the list of dog foods that have been affected by the recall.

Dog Explorer

One of the veterinarians that has really been at the forefront of overvaccination in pets is Dr. Ron Schultz of University of Wisconsin School of Vet Med.

His research is the foundation for the reason that the AAHA and the AVMA have decided that we should only vaccinate for Distemper, Parvo, and Adenovirus (Hepatitis) every three years instead of every year. In fact his research suggests even every three years is too much. Anyway now he is conducting a research program sponsored by Hemopet. There is a need for $177,000 to conduct this research for the first year, they have only collected $65,000 and they need every animal owner, who cares for their pet’s health, help to get to $177,000 just for the first year. Obviously pharmaceutical companies are not going to contribute large sums of money to this research project because if Dr. Schultz’ preliminary research is correct we would only have to vaccinate for rabies every five to seven years - the drug companies will lose money.

To learn more about this project and make a contribution if you so desire visit - Rabies Challenge Fund

I went to a seminar this past weekend and found out that the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) the elite of elite in small animal organiztions, released their guidelines for Canine Vaccination.

Heres the link for their recommendations - AAHA Guidelines

Still the same - with 3 year booster recommendation for the core vaccines - Distemper, Parvo, Hepatitis and Rabies. It is up to your veterinarian to determine if other vaccines are necessary for your pet and it is very dependent on where you live and/or where your dog spends a lot of time.

Also for those of you that are vaccinating your own dogs it came to my attention at this seminar that many of you are not using high quality vaccine. Even though I am a proponent of less vaccination and I feel that at times I am not in agreement with the major drug companies there is one thing that is guaranteed by using their products - high quality. This is vitality important when vaccinating your pet. We are influencing the immune system and you want a product that has gone through safety measures and quality measures. It just makes sense, why would you trust your pet to some fly by night company that is making vaccine in their basement? You have gone through the study and research to realize that vaccinations are important but that we need to give them less frequently if at all after puppy vaccines why would you accept a company that you know nothing about or that you only read about on the internet. The major drug companies have protocols and procedures and safety guidelines - there is a reason that veterinarians use them and it is not because we are in bed with them but rather they are a proven reliable safe source.

One last thing - there is a vaccine company out there that has on their website a vaccination guideline for puppies that is totally incorrect and could actually cause your puppy to be not immunized because one vaccine will counteract the other. I am going to do my own research to find out if this company still has this on their website and if it does I will post it here to show you what not to do and why. But let me give you a little hint - there is no reason and it can be detrimental to vaccinate puppies every week!!!