11/12/04
Paws for Progress Newsletter(C)
#8

 

"Knowledge is Power"
~unknown~
Have a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!

New FDA ADE numbers are in and posted!

UPDATED!! Mosquito Season may be over in most parts but Heartworm Concerns aren't!
AARP Bulletin: "Fighting Back" Three insiders speak out on how the drug industry really works. Peter Rost, M.D., (currently a VP at Pfizer, previously at Wyeth) read Marcia Angell's book "The Truth about the Drug Companies" and wrote a review "I'm not supposed to like this book" he wrote "But the truth is I thought it was fantastic." (this is human drugs what about animal?)

New Stories since 10/21/04

Moxidectin: *Fighters*: "Abbi" - "Fred" - "Maggie" - "Omar" (just a few)

Two more not affected by moxidectin: "Buster" and "Nitra" (playmates of "Maggie")

NSAIDs: "Joy" - "Oasis and Romeo"

"The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? ........but Can they suffer?"
~Jeremy Bentham ~
Thanks to some of the NSAID people we have a new informative page called "Nutraceuticals" which lists other possible alternatives for NSAIDs.
Added to the Vaccinations under Classes 101 you'll find new information from the World Small Animal Veterinary Association regarding 'Avoiding Vaccine Reactions' and also 'Canine Leptospirosis A Re-Emerging Disease"

The Gifts We Give Our Dogs: "Times have changed since dogs slept outside, ate table scraps, and worked for a living. Read about dogs today are pampered in luxury. "

According toVetPracticeNews the AKC took a poll . "A "responsible" dog owner should expect to spend nearly $2,500.00 each year on a pet’s food, veterinary care, grooming & other needs."
Golden Heros - Stories of Golden Dogs

They use to believe that dogs didn't have strokes Times change though: "Pets & Vets: Strokes also a health risk for dogs."

A MUST read from CBS New York:"Safe For You, Poison For Your Pet"
'Cooper' a Golden Retriever... best trick is telling Katie to 'sit' and 'stay' 15 - 30 minutes before she has a seizure. "Paws to protect"
Dr. Lucy L. Pinkston, D.V.M:. "Assessing your own dog's health" Changes to watch for on a daily basis

Ever wonder what you dog may have inherited? New Database with that kind of information "Canine Inherited Disorders Database."

Message from Stephanie: "I wanted to ask anyone who has encountered a bad veterinarian to go to http://www.thebadveterinarianlist.com/
and share your story. We need honest to goodness posts to make this site a reality! Thank you."
"This is the sum of duty: do naught to others which if done to thee, would cause thee pain."
~Mahabharata~
A special story: "Cheyenne"
"Most dog owners are at length able to teach themselves to obey their dog." ~Robert Morley~
HERO: "Faith, a Washington State Rottweiler, Phones 911 After Owner Falls Out of Wheelchair"
"I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it."
~Abraham Lincoln~

Animal shelters will become the home of hundreds of dogs & cats who turned out to be 'Surprise Gifts' people did not want for Christmas.

It will most likely be the last Christmas for most of these animals. www.Amimatch.ca

Do you know what it means?

Ask...

Have you stacked the statistics in the manufacturers favor?
Don't depend on your vet's office.

(Thanks for the F.A.C.T idea Laurie!) .

 

What's New?

AVMA: The human-animal bond: A legal liability for veterinarians? "As a society's values change, so do its laws. The bond between humans and animals continues to intensify, which has led to a trend to afford these valued creatures greater legal protections. "

Progress! Owners or guardians?
Cities change identity of pet owners, hoping to promote welfare

ADVOCACY CENTER - Who does what? Thanks Demi!
Did you know? In 2002: "Pharmaceutical profits make us sick" While the overall profits of Fortune 500 companies declined by 53 percent — the second steepest dive in profits the Fortune 500 has listed in its 47 years — the top ten US drug makers increased profits by 33 percent.
"Water therapy also works for dogs"
Treadmill helps extend aging pets' lives
DVM Magazine: (Some vets agree with us) "Thoroughness matters when it comes to case documentation"
Happy Tails – Hilarious Helpful Hints for Dog Owners "A new dog training book unlike any other that takes the reader through the viewpoint of a dog."
Business Week: Old Drugs, New Impact
NY Times: "F.D.A.'s Drug Safety System Will Get Outside Review"
Buffalo News: 'Dogs' deaths stun owners'
"Rat infestations, rains linked to increase in little-known disease"
Did you know? In Oct 2002: Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Enters Into Consent Decree With U.S. Food and Drug Administration (Pays $30 Million for FDA Violations)
DVM Magazine: "DVMs share compliance strategies" "Treat them like family"
HOT NEWS: Open Letter to USDA, Congressman Wadlington, and all Legislative Representatives

TOP TEN REASONS TO ADOPT AN OLDER DOG!! Thanks Teri at Sr. Dogs.com!

Did you Know? An investigator with the Pennsylvania Office of the Inspector General was removed from his post and sent home after he talked to the press about his discovery of a black bank account fed by pharma companies Janssen and Pfizer and apparently used to pay off FDA officials in charge of approving drugs.
Investigator Exposes Pharma Corruption - Loses Job
DVM Magazine: "Fort Dodge calls for 'expeditious review' following recall" Dr. Cobb "ones that will suffer the most are the dogs."
"Meet Vinny, a famous Pug who loves rock climbing and raising funds for animal rescues. "

Request from Ginger Sanchez: "7 MONTHS after losing "Romi", Phoenix Central Lab still refuse to confirm or deny the status of ROMI's remains and/or to release her 'bits and pieces/frozen carcass' for a 2nd necropsy and DNA Identification. Please click onto this website or copy and paste: http://www.thesqueakywheel.com/complaints///complaint5611.cfm and take a look at the short complaint I filed, as each time someone clicks on it, an e-mail is sent to Phoenix Central Lab informing them. And if you would be so kind, please forward this e-mail to as many people as you know. You might also be interested in checking out the Squeaky Wheel homepage for information for your self - for just $5.00 they'll provide this service for a full year."

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Also the US Consumer Product Safety Commission has an online form to file a complaint about an unsafe product

Please remember....... if you do NOT want to be notified of the current newletter, to let us know! Laurryn, Janice, Jean & Demi

Also... If you receive notice of newsletter from me twice, please let me know as I must have you on two different lists.

JUST IN!! Dallas SPCA needs help.... 110 dogs from puppymills in TX. (Thanks for heads up Kim!)

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First it is Ridiculed.
Second, it is Violently Opposed.
Third, it is Accepted as being Self-Evident."
~Arthur Schopenhauer (1778-1860)

 

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Six Month Injection Recall Comments:

From Debbie Markwardt:   Nothing will replace the pain and suffering that many dogs & owners have endured because of Proheart 6.   We now know that "NO" more dogs will be affected from Proheart 6.   Thank you FDA for listening to the people and not the drug manufactures.

  I would like to congratulate everyone involved with website.   All the long hours & years that everyone has but in has finally saved many dogs from an adverse reaction or death from the Proheart 6 shot.   If it would not have been for this site I would have lost my dog Rusty and Proheart 6 would still be out there on the market. Maybe this will show the drug manufactures that they better think twice before putting a dangerous drug out on the market without adequate testing and using our dogs for their experimental testing. Thank you all, again

From: Laurie and Jim Rentas - Murphy's Guardians:

This is truly "the fruits of our labor". All of us played a part in the recall of ProHeart6. It's the first time that we've felt any justice regarding what so violently killed Murphy.

Whether one of us simply filled out a complaint form or created a website or made a phone call to the FDA or alerted another victim's guardian or handed out a flyer or told a friend or just simply said a prayer, we ALL did this.

I remember people telling us to "keep up the fight" and we did. And for this, we've been rewarded.

And it's okay that the vet who injected Murphy still doesn't believe it caused her death (as he so stated to me a couple months ago). Today when I visited him he, ooops, let it slip that he won't GIVE IT TO HIS OWN DOG!

All about money? You tell me.

We did it, people! Congratulations to us all!

From Stacy Strickland in Jacksonville, FL:
I am so!! so !! HAPPY. Here we are in Florida bracing for a wicked storm "Frances", and the year long!  storm of Proheart has flashed us a light!  I dont need any electricity!.....we have the power!!!
My "Precious" girl, (and all the other special angels with you...) THANK YOU! , for giving me and all the other dog-guardians here,  the strength to hang in there, and SHOW the FDA that this deadly Injection is what took you away. We still have a long road, but now we know....we can do it. Thanks to everyone, especially Laurryn and Janice. :).... Mommy loves you, Precious Girl.

 

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