Andy - chelation question for dog/no kidding..

[Guest guest]

Andy,

Just wondering if anyone has ever brought up or tried doing something

like ALA chelation on their pet?

The reason I ask is I have a min. schnauzer (6 years old) that has

over the past 2 1/2 years had various strange health issues that have

required lots of medical attention. I stopped allowing them to

vaccinate him in 2002 (it turns out pets don't need vaccines but

every 3 years if even then and most vets. will tell you to do it

every year to make $$). Anyway a year ago he was diagnosed with

cushings disease. The treatment (toxin that kills part of the

adrenal gland) made him worse and he almost died and went into

addisonian crisis. He now has 's because his addrenals were

completely wiped out. It's actually better now because it's easier

to manage (but very expensive for the steriods). I'm wondering if

being exposed to mulch in our backyard (maybe arsenic in it) and

mercury in all of his vaccines have caused much of his problems. The

vet that use to see him thought he had some autoimmune disease

(because he had uveitis one time and then had a really bazaar

ulceration in his mouth another).

We're having positive results with ALA on our son (we've done 9

rounds so far your protocol).

Any comments are welcome and I hope those of you who have pets that

are part of the family will understand where I'm coming from.

Sharon

[Guest guest]

> Andy,

> Just wondering if anyone has ever brought up or tried doing

something

> like ALA chelation on their pet?

I'm not Andy and I generally do not answer posts addressed

to him (which this is). But, since you are asking something

that I have personal answer to (I know the answer is " yes "

because *I* brought it up!), I'll answer.

I seriously considered chelating

a cat, and also looked into getting a hair test done on

him. Did not end up doing either of these but did get

some info on the hair testing. To do a hair test through

DDI, you need a vet's signature. DLS does NOT have a

vet on staff or available to do this. I found a local

animal acupuncturist who said they would sign if I wanted

this done. If I recall correctly, however, DDI has no

reference ranges for animals, so the results might not

be very useful.

good wishes,

Moria

[Guest guest]

> > Andy,

> > Just wondering if anyone has ever brought up or tried doing

> something like ALA chelation on their pet?

I personally haven't, but that may be a viable idea (my family is

owned by a dog with GI/suspected pancreas problems and food

intolerance possibly caused by an overvaccination at the AC

shelter).

Here are some places where you can find answers to your questions and

possibly some holistic vets:

http://ahvma.org/ - American Holistic Veterinary Med.Association

(there are listings of their members)

http://www.altvetmed.com/pages/organizations.html - list of other

associations of complementary/alternative/holistic vets;

BeyondVaccination/ - group

dedicated to alternative/holistic veterinary

Dog_Nutrition/ - a group on alternative

dog nutritions

helpfuldogclub/

Hope this helps. Good luck.