Bailey is a three-year-old Bull Terrier, and she is the love of Maruchy Pérez’s life.
Maruchy is a singer, and the summer Bailey was born she was working for one of the Disney ships sailing out of Port Canaveral (half her luck, sounds like a great lifestyle!).
Maruchy had researched the breed for two years before meeting the breeder who lived about five hours from where Maruchy lived.
Bailey was born in Brooksville forty miles north of Tampa on the 4th of July. The breeder sent Maruchy photos of the litter after they were born, and Maruchy chose Bailey from the many photos she received while she was on the Disney ship.
Bailey went home with Maruchy about nine weeks later, and she was everything Marchy had hoped for. She was a full hand but a lot of fun.
But it wasn’t long before the challenges began. Maruchy noticed that Bailey was getting sick a lot, be it hives, vomiting, diarrhea, or all three. Maruchy repeatedly took Bailey to the vet, who usually gave her cortisone for hives and pills to prevent dehydration.
When she was four months old, Bailey received a rabies shot.
Over the next four months, Bailey went from a loving puppy to a very unpleasant and aggressive dog with BIG teeth.
Maruchy talked to the vet, the breeder, the animal trainers, and anyone she thought could help. Bailey had gotten so aggressive that at one point it seemed like everyone was saying “put her down.”
Maruchy couldn’t bear it. She was desperate to find a better solution. After another month of living in fear, Maruchy contacted an “animal communicator,” Diane Samsel, who told Maruchy to take Bailey off the commercial dog food she was taking immediately and for her to find a holistic doctor. . The animal communicator also advised Maruchy to let the holistic doctor know that Bailey had “autoimmune vacunosis.”
Maruchy did exactly as the animal communicator suggested. She gave up commercial dog food and scheduled a consultation with a holistic doctor, knowing that Bailey was a very sick little dog and determined to save Bailey from a terrible fate.
Bailey showed signs of improvement within two days of going completely off commercial dog food! Maruchy started her on a raw food only diet and went to see a wonderful doctor who agreed to consult with Maruchy and treat Bailey. With the guidance of the Animal Communicator, Maruchy instructed and assisted the doctor in giving Bailey the holistic medications she needed to get back on track.
For more information on the effects of vaccines on pets, visit: http://www.HealthyHappyDogs.com/RemoveToxinsNaturally
Maruchy’s understanding of Autoimmune Vaccinosis is that it is a condition that can arise when the body has received so much poison through vaccinations that the body begins to reject one of its own organs. In Bailey’s case, her body was rejecting her liver. Bailey couldn’t control herself and was in a lot of pain, and she reverted to a behavior that she remembered from times past when she actively encouraged aggression in the bull terriers to fight them off. The liver is also said to be the receptacle for feelings, from a holistic point of view, including anger.
Who is a candidate for Auto Immune Vaccinosis? Basically anything that lives and has organs that can be poisoned by injecting the body with a so-called “anti-virus”. In other words, pets are at very high risk due to the sheer number and frequency of so-called essential vaccines. And because vaccines aren’t necessarily given in doses that take into account the size of the animal, small dogs are likely to be at greater risk than large ones. But any dog can be susceptible.
Now that Maruchy has cleared the vaccines and pet food toxins from Bailey’s system, she is very careful not to expose Bailey to other poisons, including household chemicals.
For information on how to remove toxins from your dog’s life and thereby significantly improve his health, click here.
Maruchy sent me some nice photos of Bailey and her playmate, Halle, Maruchy’s other dog. You can see the photos here: http://www.HealthyHappyDogs.com/BaileyPics
Wow, what a story! I know that these shots (not to mention cortisone too) can do harm and can build up in the dog’s system. I’m surprised it happened so soon with Bailey. With only 8 months! That’s really scary, isn’t it? Think of the potential harm that can be done to an older dog when given these medications regularly throughout his life.
When I started my “journey” with my Healthy Happy Dogs site and newsletter, I really wasn’t aware of how important a holistic approach is for dogs. In fact, I had always vaccinated my dogs. But not anymore. The last time I got the reminder letter from the vet that my dogs had to get their annual shots, I took them in for an exam, but this time I did NOT give them shots. And NO more cortisone for my Rottweiler’s skin irritations (which have improved radically since I’ve been supplementing with vitamins).
In fact, I was expecting an argument from the vet when I said I would not accept any more vaccinations. But guess that? She said it was OK, the important thing is to get the dogs in for a checkup, vaccinations are certainly NOT essential. She couldn’t believe it! Why continuously vaccinate a dog when it is not necessary? He was dumbfounded. I did a lot of research and I know this is the case but my vet who has always injected poisonous vaccines into my dogs every year admitted it was totally unnecessary, I was dumbfounded.
Bailey’s story (and my experience with my vet) is a very important lesson for you. Now please don’t get me wrong-I am NOT advocating abandoning your vet’s advice-PLEASE ALWAYS discuss your concerns and his intentions with your vet. There may be valid reasons why your particular dog needs a particular vaccine (especially puppies). And some jurisdictions have legal requirements for certain vaccines.
But whatever you decide, MAKE SURE you take your dog in for a general health checkup at least once a year.
© Brigitte Smith, 2005