Heart Like a Dog

The Good, the Bad, and the Oh My God of living with dogs!

Our Appointment with the Holistic Vet

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Ever since Sampson injured his paw last fall, he’s been on and off with the licking.  About six weeks ago I noticed he had licked so much it was almost bleeding.

I cleaned it, and put some Vetericyn on it and wrapped it with vet tape.  It kept him from making it bleed.

Whoo Hoo, we can stop him from licking it, but I still wanted to know why he was licking, so we scheduled an appointment with the holistic vet.

The holistic vet we use is based out of Massachusetts, about an hour away but he makes house calls.  Our friend has him see her dogs every three months, so Friday he came to our house.

I put the dogs on the porch so we could chat first. Once he had a clear idea of what was going on, I let them in.  He was thrilled to see Delilah and was ecstatic at the weight that both dogs had lost.

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IMG_4656 Then he got down to the business of examining Sampson.

IMG_4660 The treatment performed on Friday, acupuncture.  One in the head.

Paw One in the paw and one in the chest (no picture.)

IMG_4657 The big cheese ball ate it up.

Since Dr..Landau does not carry a full supply of herbs, he’ll be sending the recommended supplements in the mail.  The official diagnosis is a toxin build up in the liver and some seasonal allergies.  If memory serves me right, the liver is not helping with the seasonal allergies.  The supplements should help the liver detox and help Sampson’s system deal with the allergies so his skin doesn’t get as irritated.

Dr. Landau will be back in the area in July and I may schedule a follow-up, just to be certain Sampson is healing the way he is supposed to.

Dr. Landau also does phone consults and can manage your pets health by mailing herbs and supplements so if you’re interested in giving holistic a try, why not check out his website?  All the information you need is right there, and if you start ready testimonies, you’ll see my friend’s dog, Lily right on the front page.

What do you think? Would you consider a holistic vet for your pet’s health needs or do you go with traditional medicine? Do you like the idea of your pet being treated in your own home?

Dead Dog Walking

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For the dogs of  Cartwright Street, there’s only one way out.

If it’s not an illness or injury that kills them, chances are they’ll wind up in a plastic bag tied to a machine that gases them to death.

This is what happens in a city, over-populated with dogs.   Animal control works 24 hours per day trying to round up strays.  Shelters are over-flowing and the Humane Society is filled to capacity. Local vets have helped as much as they can, but there’s only so much they can do.

There are laws on the books regarding spaying, neutering and breeding,  but they are seldom enforced. When they are the fines and punishments are minimal, and so the dog population in Dallas, Texas continues to rage out of control. 

Dogs that do get rounded up, have 72 hours before someone claims them. When the 72 hours are up, they are euthanized to make way for the next dead dog walking.

With the shelters full and nowhere to take the dog, a conscious choice is made to drop the unwanted animal somewhere.  So they choose a remote place, like Cartwright Street. It leads into an industrial park, and the odds of the dog finding its way back to the main street are slim. If it does manage more than likely it will get hit by a car or picked up by animal control.

Some of the animals dropped there are not altered, they will continue to breed and bring more and more unwanted dogs into the area.

For some of the lucky ones, workers in the area will pitch in to help buy food.  But some of the dogs aren’t so lucky.  Companies in the area are frustrated with the dogs, and the mess, so they take matters into their own hands.  They capture the dogs and tie them into plastic bags and gas them to death.

Not a pretty picture is it?

Pup-4 Dogs like this little guy.

What’s the reason for the dog over population in Dallas?  Truthfully, it’s greed.  Greedy back yard breeders and puppy millers trying to make a buck.

Let’s just spell it out, there are responsible breeders.   You know them and I know them.  They will make sure every puppy has a home.  They will take the puppy back if for any reason you cannot keep the puppy.  They will retire a bitch or sire with health issues,  they will help you with unexpected health expenses with your dogs. 

They are responsible breeders.

The people responsible for the dog over population in Dallas, are not responsible breeders.  They are puppy mills, they are people who care only about one thing, and that is making money, they care nothing about the animal itself.  They use a dog up and then toss it aside like it was a candy wrapper.

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I’ve been reaching out to people I know that do animal rescue in hopes that one of them will know someone who can help. 

Will you help?  Will you share this on your social media sites?   Will you share it with people you know that do animal rescue?

Pup-2 Will you be the change for these animals?

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Please join us.  Please be the change.

 

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