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One Disease Or Many Cancer January - February 2021 THE END ... CANARY THE RABIES IN THE CONNECTION COALMINE CANCER: SUPPRESSION ONE DISEASE OR MANY FREE WILL THE PURDUE STUDY 2 January - February 2021 dogsnaturallymagazine.com 3 content Volume 12 Issue 1 (Final Issue) CANCER: ONE DISEASE OR MANY? THE PURDUE STUDY 14 26 ALLOWING YOUR DOG FREE WILL CANARY IN THE COALMINE THE RABIES CONNECTION 38 34 54 14 Cancer: One Disease Or Many? 38 Allowing Your Dog Free Will The answer to this question provides the solution to Why giving your dog the freedom to make her defeating cancer, in animals and humans. own choices is so important to a happy life. By Ian Billinghurst BV Sc Hons BSc Agr Dip Ed By Isla Fishburn BSc MBioSci PhD 26 The Purdue Study 50 Suppression How researchers ignored the fact that vaccines How suppressive treatment prevents were creating autoantibodies in dogs. your dog from fully healing. By Catherine O’Driscoll By Richard Pitcairn DVM PhD 34 Canary In The Coalmine 54 The Rabies Connection How your dog is your true preventative medicine. Why rabies vaccine laws pose a problem By Tamara Hebbler CiHom DVM for dog owners who want healthy pets. By Todd Cooney DVM MS CVH 4 January - February 2021 contact us Address: PO Box 2061 Thornton, ON L0L 2N0 Email: [email protected] Web: dogsnaturallymagazine.com Phone: 877-665-1290 22 42 22 Bones For Behavior Why diet may be the reason you’re having difficulty training your dog. columns By Julia Langlands ACFBA 6 Editor’s Message 10 Tributes 30 Drawbacks Of TPLO 7 Founder’s Message 33 Apothecary Why TPLO surgery might not be the best option for your dog’s cruciate tear. 8 Magazine Memories 45 Secret Garden By. Deb Gross DPT, MSPT, Diplomat ABPTS, CCRP 9 Feedback 58 Marketplace 42 Do You Live With A Bad Dog? How to have a well-behaved dog without investing in professional obedience classes. By Lonnie Olson 46 The AVMA Doesn’t Represent Me How vaccine and pet manufacturers pressure veterinarians to do the wrong things. By Patricia Jordan DVM cover It's been a thrilling ten years ... and Dana MISSING OR DAMAGED? Scott's family of home- Contact us if your copy is damaged and bred, naturally-reaxred, we’ll send a replacement out immediately. Specialty-winning Labrador CONTACT US 877-665-1290 Retrievers were always a big part of the adventure! dogsnaturallymagazine.com 5 editor’s message Well, this is it! The last print issue of DNM. As I think about where we started ten years ago, I’m so proud of what we’ve achieved. I’ll admit I do feel some relief! I’m freeing up three weeks of my time every other month to focus on new DNM projects. And I definitely won’t miss having dozens of boxes of magazines cluttering up my hall and basement. Before DNM, I had a 35-year international banking career. In those days my bank account was richer … but my heart was so much poorer. So I leapt at the opportunity in the fall of 2010 when Dana invited me to join her on this glorious escapade. And off we went. What a difference, to finally be doing herbalists and other practitioners with pride and pleasure, knowing we've a job where I had customers I cared contributing their wisdom to our pages. made a difference in a dog's life Their knowledge has helped countless passionately about … yes, I mean dogs! If we feel like we know a lot of you dogs live healthier, longer lives. They So in this final message I want to thank personally … we do! Some of you might tackled some big, important topics. And some of the people who helped us get remember when “customer service” was they courageously shared their honest where we are today. Dana and Julia. Because the two of us did advice, opinions and knowledge. every job in the company. We got to know First, our advertisers. Because we Because it does take courage to speak many of you by phone and email in those couldn’t have published the magazine out against the “establishment.” To tell early days … and over time, we met lots at all without them. I quickly found out the truth about the risks of conventional of you in person too. it’s not easy to sell ads when you have practices like over-vaccination, toxic drugs It’s been a thrilling journey … that will no circulation and no track record – and that don’t cure disease, or harmful diets. continue. We may be saying goodbye maybe even no future! But we got lucky. And all the while, their less-enlightened to the print publication that got us A few companies believed in what we colleagues still promote products from the launched on this grand adventure. But were doing and supported our very first huge companies that don’t have our dogs’ in truth, we’re just getting started. You’ll magazine. PetzLife, Nate’s Naturals, best interests at heart. My Pet Carnivore, Potty Park, Canine still get the same expert help for your We also owe our gratitude to the Massage Chicago, and The Honest dog through our blog articles, social hundreds of specialty pet stores who Kitchen all trusted us enough to commit media, DNM Elite, Pro, University and supported us by sharing DNM with their to that very first March 2011 issue. Market. Nowadays we have many more customers. I like to think we helped ways to reach dog owners. And that In this final issue, you’ll see a few them a bit too. These boutique stores means we get to save many more dogs exceptional companies who’ve stuck are deeply committed to educating from harmful healthcare practices. with DNM for years. Companies like their customers. Many of them told Our vision today is A Joyful and healthy Steve’s Real Food, Carna4, BioStar, us it boosted their credibility to give Colorado Hemp Honey, Sustenance Herbs, customers a vet-written article that world for dogs and their people, that’s free 4-Legger, The Blissful Dog, Amberstone confirmed what they were saying. of greed, ignorance and fear. A million Pets, Well Animal Institute … thanks to the entire DNM community for And of course, we owe the world to our helping us make this vision a reality. Next … of course we’d be nowhere loyal and passionate readers. You and without our writers. The list is too long to your dogs are the reason we do what we We’ll see you online! With much love to name them all. But we’ve been privileged do. You’re what makes it all worthwhile. you and your dog. to have many of the world’s very best Every time we learn we’ve helped a dog holistic veterinarians, homeopaths, with information we published, we glow Julia 6 January - February 2021 founder’s message Well, let's just say it's going to be a very different next ten years! But as DNM has grown from just two people to a team of over twenty, we realize we can dream bigger dreams. So the end of the magazine isn't the end for DNM ... it's the start of something much bigger. It's a celebration of a tiny idea that grew into a company that's now positioned to make major changes in the world we share with our dogs. But before we move forward, I would like to take a short moment to reflect back and thank all of the people who helped DNM grow. We've made so many friends over the years, especially with our contributing writers. Many have given generously of their time and while I can't name them all, we are deeply indebted to Drs Patricia Jordan, Meg Smart, Richard Patton, Deva Khalsa, Dee Blanco and also Rita Hogan and Lonnie Olson. They have been a big part of the last decade and they are all extraordinary people. We also recognize that much our success was due to the support of our advertisers. Many have been there for the entire decade, including Steve's Real Food, Carna4, Sustenance Herbs, Biostar, 4-Legger, The Blissful Dog, Amberstone Pets and Well Animal This magazine is the 60th print issue of DNM ... and it's the last. Institute. We humbly thank you for your continued support. After ten complete years of publishing, we're putting our final There are also hundreds of independent pet retailers, breeders issue to bed. and groomers who generously purchased and distributed DNM to You might be wondering why we would call it quits on a their customers. There are just too many to mention, but we have successful magazine that stood the test of time while others something special planned to help them grow. In today's world, failed. Well, there are a few reasons: the small independent stores and purebred dog breeders need One, we've become a paperless office here at DNM. We've grown support and they are a key part of our mission and community. more and more ecologically aware and it's time to stop putting Of course, DNM would also not be here without my business information on paper. partner, Julia Henriques. While I dreamed of going to print, Julia Two, information is much more accessible and consumable got us there with hustle and grit. She's the best partner anyone digitally. Unless you live in a cave, you have the world at your could ask for but, more than anything, I've valued the friendship fingertips, literally.
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