Shannon
Hi Rebecca,
We are currently in month 6 with Apple Pie and Dr. Lindsay in North Andover, MA. She was a "regular" vet for 20 years before one of her clients opened her eyes to homeopathy. She's been doing it for about 12 years now I believe. We were spending $1000s with our regular vets on Apple. I have to say, that in the 6 months we've been seeing Dr. L, it's actually been cheaper than the money we were spending on drugs, the "newest and best" food, "grain free" food, etc.
At one point Apple had lost almost ALL Of her fur. She had yeast overload and was so stinky! I mean really bad! We couldn't stand to be around the poor thing. About 2 months ago she started getting peach fuzz on her head :) We were thrilled. She also no longer smells. I believe we are over the yeast hump!
It is a LONG process. Dr. L said 1.5-2 years turn-around time for Apple since it took her almost 4 years to get to this point. Dr L said most people just give up. We were not going to do that, and we haven't. It's been a huge adjustment and Apple's health has definitely been a strain in more ways than one. We just recently started the homeopathic "medicine" phase of homeopathy and in doing so, I had to do a timeline of every medication Apple was on since coming to us in June 2014 as a foster. I was completely appalled by the crap the vets threw at her and had her on. Med after med after med... It's no wonder her immune system is zilch and she can't fight anything off! And every time we'd bring her in, it was "let's see what drug we can put her on now", instead of getting to the root of her issues or taking a look at what could have caused the condition she was in.
We are no longer vac'ing her either. We will do titers. In fact, she was supposed to get her 3 year rabies this June. We were able to get an exemption letter from Dr. L and also got one for our 12 year dog from his oncologist because he was diagnosed with cancer in February.
Apple was never supposed to be our dog. She was only a foster. She's ours now and after months and months of research, we will never ever put her on any of the crap that's out there, again, both med-wise, commercial food-wise and vaccination-wise. I've learned too much about the damage we are doing to our "best friends" to go back to that point.
My grandfather grew up on a farm in OK. They had dogs on the farm that would live to 15+ years old. He just recently passed this year at age 95, but I still remember the stories he would tell me. I truly believe it's because they didn't vac and fed table scraps (not commercial dog food). I think there was something to be said for the way they lived then. I'm NOT saying "oh my god, I'm never taking my animals to the vet again!" There are definitely times you need a vet for care. But, what I am saying is that I'm going to be much more cautious in what goes on and in them.