Anesthesia Toxicity in Pets
By Shadrach on Jun 17, 2006 in Dental Care & Grooming, Natural Dog & Cat Health
Arrrooo fellow pets and people! Our good friend and Animal Talk, Naturally! co-host, Jeannie Thomason wrote this about anesthesia toxicity in us pets. It’s very serious so it’s far better to do things preventively rather than wait until we’re sick or need a dental cleaning or something like that. Sometimes surgery is necessary but it can be avoided much more than it is today. Anesthesia is dangerous and you should know the dangers. Oh and PREVENTION is NOT early detection. PREVENTION is never allowing any illness or sickness to take hold in the body by proper feeding and nutrition, WOOF!
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Anesthesia Toxicity, Just Thought You Should Know
by Jeannie Thomason
Something that most dog owners/guardians don’t know or even think about is that a pet that is undergoing surgery or teeth cleaning is being administered serious toxins. In addition, the body is being subjected to severe trauma that we don’t think about either.
Now don’t misunderstand me here, when an animal needs to “be put under” for repairing a traumatic injury, modern veterinary medicine is usually at its very best with the latest technology. Thank God for conventional vet medicine with its tremendous diagnostic and trauma procedure skills! What I would like you to think about is the risk involved in elective surgery as in teeth cleaning.
I have had people call after the fact with all kinds of horror stories to this day. I guess I just still have a problem with people wanting to have the vet clean their pet’s teeth when good clean food and dental exercise will do it naturally for the dogs (and cats).
My philosophy is if an animal is getting all the necessary nutritional requirements its bones, hair, teeth, etc. require, then the pet will not need teeth cleaning no matter what anyone says.
Frankly I have had old cats and old dogs and none of them ever had their teeth cleaned and they died with all their teeth in relatively good repair. Granted, some of the very old ones teeth were not “sparkly white”, but they never acquired gum diseases nor any other mouth diseases eigher!
Nutrition–the right calcium, phosphorous, magnesium and other minerals for strong teeth and gums is what an animal needs, not $200 for a teeth cleaning. Think about how much good wholesome food you could buy for your pet or even the natural nutritional supplements you could buy for $200 and how long they would last.
One of the more grim side effects of anesthesia toxicity is the accumulation of the toxins in the liver and how this ultimately affects other organs in the body as well as the nutritional uptake in the digestive system. Plus a little known side effect is the possible change in the pet’s personality. I have heard about this a lot in recent years. Why does the pet’s behavior change? Because the pet’s polarity of positive energy was changed to negative. It is pretty
difficult getting the pet back to where it was without all the drugs. Yes, drugs have an extreme negative effect on your dogs and cats too.
Yes, you can get the toxic effects of anesthesia out of your dog’s body by doing a de-toxing (purifying the blood) procedure. But that’s not the issue. The issue is why traumatize your pet and your pocketbook in the first place.
Food for thought about the true best interest of your canine companion’s health.
I just thought you should know.
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About the Author:
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Jeannie Thomason is a former licensed veterinarian techician and worked in the veterinary field for many years. She is now a natural pet care educator and continues to study animal nutrition and holistic animal husbandry. Jeannie has been breeding and showing dogs for over 20 years and practices what she preaches in maintaining her beloved dogs’ health. Her love for animals and passion for natural health led her to create her website, The Whole Dog Store . She has also has a blog where she shares her passion for natural dog health and the issues surrounding the industry at Whole Dog News. She is also the co-host of the online radio show (podcast) Animal Talk, Naturally!
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Rwwwow, thank you Jeannie! You rock! Have a pawsitively tail waggin’, surgery-free, healthy day, WOOF!
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8 Comment(s)
By Lucas Blue on Jun 21, 2006 | Reply
As a veterinary surgeon from the UK, I was very interested to read some of the articles on your website.
I would be very interested to see ANY evidence you have for some of the bizarre facts you state eg: how raw diets are substantially better than manufactured diets. As regards your quote on why dogs these days ’seem to be iller’, dogs these days in fact live considerably longer than they used to. Conditions such as cancer become more apparent because diseases such as parvo,lepto, adenovirus and other killers have been so well controlled with vaccinations.
They may also appear sicker because diagnosis of conditions is so much more advanced, so conditions can be diagnosed much earlier.
I will continue to monitor your site and laugh at most of it.
Regards
By Shadrach on Jun 21, 2006 | Reply
Great Lucas,
Hope you stick around as you obviously have a lot to learn and could really take an anatomy lesson in the make up of a CARNIVORE which is what a dog is. Oh and where is YOUR proof that dogs need to eat overcooked packaged kibbles loaded with grains and preservatives not to mention diseased, dead animals rendered in? Have you ever seen wild dogs hard baking their freshly caught prey while sitting around a campfire??? If so, it must be in the comic strip of your life. Dogs DNA and a wolf\\\’s DNA are almost indiscernible in nature so that means that both wolves AND dogs need to eat meat and bones to thrive. I bet you\\\’re not even a veterinarian but another of the jokers from the pet food industry.
I\\\’ll continue to laugh at your ignorant posts hehe. Oh and where have you been where vaccinations are concerned? Gee Dr. Jean Dodds, DVM, Dr. Ronald Schultz, DVM, Dr. Roger Burns, DVM, and the list goes on are fighting to END overvaccination. So hmmm, you should brush up on current veterinary medicine. Or maybe instead just go to school period because you do not strike me as a veterinarian at all because your \\\’argument\\\’ is completely idiotic.
Hehe have a pawsitively tail waggin, raw meat and bones day!
By Shadrach on Jun 21, 2006 | Reply
Oh and one more thing you SAY you are a veterinary SURGEON. Meaning you want to mutilate rather than prevent illness. What we talk about here is preventing those illnesses you mentioned through PROPER nutrition, PROPER feeding so you won\\\’t need to cut on them. You are rather goofy because your aim is to wait for the cure and again that is just the dumbest thing because any intelligent person knows that the ounce is far better than the pound when it come to cure. I seriously doubt you\\\’re a surgeon and if so, I reallly feel sorry for the animals in your care.
Have a pawsitively tail waggin\\\’, natural health day, WOOF!
By Leigh Foster on Jun 23, 2006 | Reply
Dear Lucas,
Frankly, I feel that you have absolutely no knowledge of the veterinary profession at all. I feel that you are just one of those people who have nothing better to do than to stir up trouble over something you know absolutely nothing about! You claim to be a surgeon, yet you provide no proof. You claim to enjoy the articles on this site, yet you state that you will laugh at “most of them”.
If you truly are a surgeon, then you will know that the information in this article is 100% accurate, as I was once a Veterinary Surgical Assistant at South Shore Animal Hospital in Houghton Lake. You will then also be aware of the severe problem with MRSA, a surgically based diseased contracted from surgeons who do not use proper asepsis in the surgical room. You are also aware that the problem is stemming mostly from the veterinarians from the UK….so how do you defend that!?!?!?!?
As far as proof that PROPER feeding of an animal prevents disease, all you have to do is find a person who is feeding their dog a NATURAL DIET OF RAW MEAT AND BONES and do diagnostics on that animal, you will see all the proof you will need! You will see that every system in that animal is working in the normal ranges of the tests no matter how old that patient is. You can also look to the veterinarian associations for further information and PROOF!
As for the vaccinations, there is far more proof out there that vaccines are actually KILLING animals and that they DO NOT provide adequate protection against ANY disease that there is no need to go further into that subject. Obviously you are in a bubble or out in the sticks-I’m surprised that you can even get the internet! Especially if you don’t know that vaccines are not 100% effective against anything but can practically guarantee that the animal will end up with cancer from the injection site.
As far as the statement that dogs today live longer due to veterinary care provided, I would say that they are living longer IN SPITE of veterinarians such as yourself and those as narrow-minded! It is also NOT a true statement at all! Where is YOUR proof? Animals are dying of cancer caused by kibble low grade pet food and vaccines at a much younger age than that of 10 or even 20 years ago. DO YOUR RESEARCH!!!
Oh, but you are probably not even a veterinarian in the first place and simply just want to stir up trouble for the lack of anything better to do! So you go right on ahead and keep posting. I’ll be sure to get a great laugh out of your ill-informed information and meaningless babble!
You have yourself a great day, Lucas. Jeannie, you keep up the great work!
Purrs -n- blessings,
Leigh Foster, D.D., LVT
By Kelli Danielsen, C.P.D.T. on Jun 29, 2006 | Reply
Hello All~
I can only speak from my personal experience, as I am not a vet not did I attend vet school, however, I am a person with common sense and a vast background in training and veterinary technology. My common sense tells me that if a dog (or any creature, for that matter) eats a diet of fresh, whole, unprocessed foods, they will only be better for it. I would certainly not think I was eating healthy if all I ate came from a box or bag, so I certainly would not feed some of my most treasured family members that way.That said, I have spoken to and am even friends with vets who take the position Lucas has, and, my OPINION is that the “old school” methods are very comforting for many and have “worked” for decades, and so many vets have seen such terrible illnesses, fear and “what if” can play a huge role in philosophy.I think as raw diets become more mainstream, some may relax a bit about it. and, I also fully recognize a raw diet is not suitable for every dog or realistice for every person, I only hope that vets can continue to educate themselves about nutrition and work with a client to find the best solution, even home cooked diets are better than so many kibbles (depending on ingredients of course). Vets who are so adversarial only isolate themselves from great people and dogs who have so much to offer.
This is a great debate!
Best Regards
Kelli Danielsen, C.P.D.T.
By Jeannie Thomason on Jun 30, 2006 | Reply
Dr Lucus,
I am the author of this article and am disapointed you feel so resistant to change.
“The reality is that your knowledge of medicine and your healthcare system will continue to evolve and change. You must be open to challenging your thinking and perceptions so that you can see the choices available, in order to progress to a better way of helping your patients. If you are to achieve an improved outcome for your patients, you have to acquire the information needed, go forward, and occasionally step out of your comfort zone. You not only have the choice, you have the responsibility, an obligation to your patients to provide the most up to date medicine you humanly can.” Bob Rogers DVM Please read his entire article here:
http://critteradvocacy.org/Finding%20The%20Courage%20To%20Change.htm
There is a lot of information and scientific proof out there that dogs are carnivores and that they have far fewer diseases when fed a raw diet compared to kibble fed dogs. I put together an article for a veterinarian recenty that has some references if you would like to read it. You can find it here:
http://dogtorj.tripod.com/id51.html
My hope and prayer is that Veterinarians and pet owners alike, get the facts and make an informed and open-minded decisions about thier pets (and their own) health care.
Have A Pawsitively Grrrreat Day!
Jeannie
Natural Dog Care Educator, Nutrition Consultant, Pet Aromatherapy Practitioner
“The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action”
Herbert Spencer
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By Nancy Boyd on Jul 1, 2006 | Reply
RE: UK vet response. Seems to me that mainstream allopathic medicine shows contempt prior to investigation, ignoring sound data. Shame shame
By Gem on May 3, 2007 | Reply
There are Veterinarians, then there are McVets who have the time and staff to sell crap such as Science Diet.
The BEST veterinarians are too busy just DIAGNOSING and TREATING to be worried about selling and up-selling. And their facilities/appointment availability are not set up for “high volume” because they’re already overwhelmed with too much “business” merely due to their reputations and word of mouth.
RUN from salespeople pushing Science Diet and find the BEST veterinarian — even if you have to travel further.
And talk about a CONFLICT of INTEREST if your dog has an ailment related to a food a vet sells you@!!! (Allergies to corn, anyone??)
Thank you for a wonderful site, Kim & Shadrach!!