Sal, this is great news. Give the pooch a hug for me.

Congratulations Sal.

You got a blessing for being a blessing.

We want stats (name, rank, serial number)
We want pix (now).

Bring it!

Congrats Sal! I always like to hear news like that!

Hug delivered, Steve. And a smooch on his little nose (knowing how you are, of course).

Jodi - Gordon - Pat
Pics will be taken this weekend.
Stats and Story.
My sister used to walk her dog out at this slew and a couple of days saw this little guy peeking out of bushes at her. The third day she took food just in case - for a few weeks she took food out with her, not sure if he was a stray or what. Finally, she took him home and cleaned him up. The vet said he was at least 4 or 5 years old. That was 6 years ago. We're not sure how old he is. He's around 50 - 60 lbs, and has coloration of a rottie, but ears like a chow and a wiry undercoat - I think he's chow and rot mix.

All in all, he's an old boy even healthy so he won't be around more than 4 years at the max we presume and maybe only one or two -- but he won't be dying of cancer. I made him that promise the first day I saw him and everyone here was upset that I was wrongfully getting my hopes up. Well, this is one time that I am just freaking ecstatic to say "told you so".

The experience is giving my sister some solid testimony that you never have to give up on life because of what a doctor tells you, too. You'd think she'd understand after the struggles I had with my own health - but she doesn't remember much about the asthma and wasn't around for anything else.

Anyhow - I'll get pics soon. You guys are going to love this little character. His name is Ricky.

Heysal great news. I love taking in recycled or abandoned pets.

Get the pics up.

Mind asking what the vet did to bring him back to good health?

Turmeric is a great herb. Cucurium, the active ingredient, also fixes damaged DNA and collagen. I use it for my skin, especially since I believe in LOTS of sunshine, not just a small dose for the VD3. Cucurium is really hard to absorb so you have to take it with black pepper. Can't remember the name of the substance in the pepper off the top of my head, but it increases absorption of that and a lot of other elements, too. For Ellagic acid I use raspberry seed flour which is the most concentrated form and I always make sure he gets a pepper-corn with that, too. And a spoon or two of yogurt or cottage cheese with ground flax. Some stuff won't absorb without fat either.

Vets are tied to the pharm rule just like regular doctors are. If you are close enough friends with one they might tell you not to feed your dog fluoridated water - but you will likely not hear one say so on their own. If you ask a pointed enough question, sometimes, if they even know, they will answer it.
There are naturopathic Vets cropping up here and there now though - yay. I used to get Munchie tested for immunity before I'd give him shots by one. If he was immune, no shot - if not he'd get the shot. The yearly thing is way over doing it and can kill your dog real young. Nobody needs a yearly dose of mercury and antifreeze. I had a paper signed by the vet that stated immunity so I could get him tagged without the shot. Probably why my dogs outlive their life-spans.

It's interesting stuff alright. It's taken me 35 years to get the understanding level I'm at now, though. LOL. Nothing better to do I guess.

We have yearly vac laws, too, Jodi. Licensing, too - and I had to go to court once over it because they refused to give me tags without the vaccine, yet I showed them proof of immunity. I won but it was a complete hassle.

There's a 3 year vaccine in the US, Jodi - and I believe you can get dog tags for 3 now too because of it. After about 2 or 3 of them though, the dog should just be immune. The requirement of anything more is just money. I would never advocate anything other than vaccinating to immunity for something as dangerous as rabies - but think that once there is the immunity the shots need to stop. Here in the US, our whole medical industry (yep, it's an industry) is owned by the pharms - has been since the 1800's sometime. It's one of the biggest deceits ever pulled on this earth. With the technology we have now, an independent health field could really be working wonders beyond wonders. There are so many cures that are just bought out, hushed up, and "disappeared", that it is staggering. If you stay on top of the medical patents for awhile and see some of what is going on that you never see spoken of anywhere - other than that the patent was bought, it would frighten you pretty badly. Our pets are subjected to the same industry. Reason 101 to learn to do it yourself.