Natural Healing for Cats, Dogs, Horses, and Other Animals by Lisa Preston

Author:Lisa Preston [Preston, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626366046
Publisher: Skyhorse
Published: 2012-01-04T16:00:00+00:00

LEFT: Sampling fur from the neck for hair mineral analysis.

“Cut fur from the lower neck or breast, where she can’t lick herself.”

Maxine, the borrowed dog whose fur I submitted for analysis to this alternative practitioner is a fourteen-year-old female mixed breed. She’s fed a premium diet and has been with the same loving family almost all of her life. Because she is aged, she gets Wellness checks at her veterinarian, but she has no medical problems. She enjoys long daily walks. People would guess she’s in her middle years, but they wouldn’t guess she’s fourteen—she acts half her age.

In completing the questionnaire on the animal’s history and health complaints, I was tempted to report that Maxine suffered numerous symptoms, to see if the lab report might arrive adjusted to fit possible explanations. If I said she was lethargic, would they report her low in iron? If I said she had an assortment of nonspecific illnesses, might they claim various heavy metals were in her fur?

To be fair, a good health care provider evaluating an animal will inquire about the animal’s history, its living situation, diet and symptoms. It would be unfair of me to claim the dog had symptoms she did not in fact exhibit.

I did, however, claim I had just found her, so her diet and past exposures were completely unknown.

The HMA service I patronized claims they can analyze the presence or absence of more than half of the periodic table of elements. When I called to arrange the basic test of about two dozen minerals, the consultant immediately suggested I purchase the more expensive test of over fifty minerals.

“It’s in parts per billion, whereas the basic test is only in parts per million,” he said. “And of course, it tests for a lot more things, like palladium.”

Palladium? Maxine, my loaner dog, could have a problem with palladium in her system?

I thought about the previous reports in JAMA sending samples to multiple labs. Nobody had bothered sending identical samples to the same lab. I sent two samples from Maxine to the same service, but I claimed the samples were from two different dogs. I named the second fur sample Beethoven.

A month later, I was still waiting for results. The service again suggested I pay for the expanded testing at a higher fee. I agreed and sent the additional funds.

Two more weeks on, the first report arrived. Beethoven was reported to be low in vanadium and high in both bismuth and iodine. Palladium was high too, although not quite in the range to place red stars on the pages of results. The measurement value of the results was listed as parts per million (ppm) equal to milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) equal to micrograms per gram (mcg/g).

In order to detoxify Beethoven, I should change the dog’s diet, including add supplements. Recommendations included avoiding iodine-rich foods like fish and kelp, adding oil to the diet, having the drinking water tested (to look for sources of contamination), increasing intake of high-protein protein or

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