Just received a call from Top Vet that Rustys surgery went very well and his condition has now been stabilized. He had an intestinal blockage that seems to be a piece of rubber he must have swallowed. But Rusty almost died because of vets industry-wide misinformation about healthy feeding. Frustratingly for us and dangerously for our dogs and cats, all too often, vets will make a wrong diagnosis as soon as they learn that we feed a raw diet. Once we mention raw meaty bones, they usually conclude incorrectly that our dogs or cats condition is caused by feeding fresh, real food instead of processed, grain-based convenience pellets—the diet that the pet-food companies convince vets to market on their behalf, even when all evidence indicates this to be bad for the animals we love. Unfortunately, there is much profit to be made from getting vets and humane societies to propagate the message that a six-month-old bag of enzymeless, highly processed rice and corn with added meat by-products is what we should be feeding our beloved animal companions instead of the fresh food that they have been thriving on for 30,000 years. Very often, we have to make the diagnosis instead of the vet, or take the vet through the logical steps that indicate the problem is not caused by raw bones or meat but must have a completely different root cause. This simply should not be happening. In Rustys case, the first vet sent him home with diarrhea meds and instructions to feed convenience pellets instead of fresh food. The second vet correctly diagnosed an intestinal blockage but attributed it to the raw diet, saying that the x-rays and ultrasound show a foreign body that looks like chicken bone. We had to draw attention to the fact that never in 12 years of feeding healthy raw food have any of the 1,000+ animals we have cared for got an intestinal blockage caused by raw bones. We also had to help the vet understand that, because Rusty has never had bones in his stool before, there must be an underlying reason why suddenly they werent being properly digested before passing into the intestines. Our concern was that Rusty must have developed a condition that caused the intestinal blockage rather than the blockage causing the condition. Interestingly, the vet did agree that, even if Rusty did have a blockage caused by bones, the odds are thousands-to-one compared with the dangers of feeding pellets and canned food, which pet food companies own research shows WILL lead to life-threatening gum disease (yes, gum disease kills, by polluting the blood stream with extremely harmful bacteria that wreak havoc on the organs—in dogs and cats, its usually the already overworked kidneys that succumb first; in humans, its the heart). 100 percent of dogs forced to survive on a commercial diet will develop very serious gum disease, indicated by bad breath, which owners of processed-fed dogs dangerously accept as normal. Animals fed raw meaty bones rarely get gum disease, as the bones massage the gums and clean the teeth and because, unlike dry pellets and canned products, fresh meat leaves no lasting residue anyway. None of the animals at The Sanctuary suffer from bad breath—come smell for yourself. You might get a whiff of garlic though—another incredibly healthy addition to the diet that vets incorrectly label as toxic. Sometimes Ill ask experienced vets to guess my own dogs ages. They examine the teeth and general condition and usually deduce that Cookie and Chocolate, for example, are about 4 to 5 years and 2 to 3 years respectively. They are shocked to hear that Chocolate is actually 11 years old and Cookie, 14. They cant believe it, as they are used to deducing age by looking at unhealthily fed animals. One vet angrily dismissed me as lying about my dogs age, believing it impossible for old dogs to be in such good condition. Thankfully, on this occasion, the animals life was saved because of the vets surgical skills and great care. I very much look forward to the day when all vets bring their knowledge of healthy eating up to those same impressive standards so that people who love their dogs can learn how to feed them more healthily and enjoy seeing them live longer and stay far more active into old age. Rustys vet bill is going to be huge, as we had to transfer him to our emergency 24-hour vet, where he underwent surgery in the middle of the night. Contributions are needed and greatly appreciated: Donation info 捐款方式： 莊育蘅 Yu-Heng Chuang (Vivian Chuang) Bank code: 822 (中國信託商業銀行 CTBC Bank Co., Ltd.) 東湖分行 Acct. No:587540139721 Swift code: CTCBTWTP Or you can make a cash donation direct towards our medical bills at YangMing Veterinary Hospital in Tienmu (1-6 Tienmu East Rd). Heres to a greater understanding of proper animal nutrition by all, so that sick animals can receive appropriate treatment for their condition, and far more quickly, before its too late. Cheers!
Posted on: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:58:27 +0000
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