Emma's Mom
WOW; love this article and all the great comments! Your blog is one of the best sources of natural rearing information, and our family is so grateful for it!
Some suggestions for how to deal with the proof of vaccines. Using Photoshop is one that's already mentioned. Another is to get a copy of a certificate from someone else who owns the same breed of dog if you don't have your own document to work with. Or use old papers from a previous dog. Some jurisdictions accept a stamp instead of the vet's signature on the paperwork.
We've flown with 2 of our dogs and had no problems. Our dogs are small and fly inside the cabin with us. They were vaccinated once only for rabies and that was many years ago. We were never questioned about the paperwork or the date. Seems the authorities just want to see the rabies certificate; date was irrelevant. If anyone had questioned us, I was prepared to state the facts on immunity and that both dogs had vaccine damage and were never to be vaccinated again. Our state does have vaccine exemption. We now have exemptions for them but didn't at the time. To get an exemption, contact Dr. Falconer or another homeopathic vet (HP) to become a client, get help for your dog and get a vaccine exemption. You won't be sorry. If there's not one in your area, another HP may be able to find a vet who is in your state and who will work with them to get you the vaccine exemption. In the past, we didn't have success with 2 "holistic" vets in our area so we never use or recommend that type of vet. Both turned out to be fauxlistic.
This is some advise we got from an attorney we know who also loves and owns dogs. It's worked for us to keep animal control away, and in our area, they come door to door every few yrs. It's a source of $ for the government and they're about to give that up. Post a sign in your front yard that says "no trespassing, soliciting, etc - private property." In our state, this is legal notice and anyone violating it can be arrested for trespassing. A search warrant is required where these signs are posted. I doubt a judge would issue one just for animal control to check for dog licenses. Never answer your door if you don't know who it is. If you're caught by the animal nazis, don't say anything, go back inside your home and shut the door. There's no law forcing you to speak with them or any other government person. If they come onto your property, they violate the law and can be arrested. Since posting the sign, no government person has come here. FYI, this attorney also says the rabies law is unconstitutional.
Stay away from public places like dog parks, dog gatherings. Learn to groom your dogs yourself or use a mobile groomer; they don't require any vaccine proof. If family or friends can't pet sit for you, find other natural rearing dog people in your area and work out a trade with them. You watch their dog and they watch yours. Since they raise their dog naturally, they understand it. Yahoo groups and homeopathic vets are excellent sources to check with as they may be able to connect you with other natural rearing owners in their area. Other natural rearing owners are another good source. More animal business owners are becoming natural rearing and you might find one that doesn't require vaccines to groom or board. Search online using different browsers.
Dr. Whitecoat reports all rabies vaccination to animal control; it's one way they find out you have a dog. Almost all animal rescues report the new owner of their adopted animals to local animal control. I've heard that pet insurance may be another source for the animal nazis but I've no experience with this; we've never used pet insurance. Breeders do not report new owners to animal control, even the conventional ones who continue to harm their animals with vaccines, pet food and the rest of the toxic mess. Hats off to Mary for being such an awesome breeder!
Got a question on the DNA thing, Dr Falconer. I'm no expert or scientist but I've seen lots of genetic damage in conventionally bred dogs and I'm talking pups who haven't been vaccinated yet. The conventional breeders use hormone injections since their females can't conceive naturally anymore (Pottenger's cats and vaccination damage comes to mind) so that could also be a cause. I agree with the experts who say vaccines alter and damage the DNA. Common sense that injecting cells and/or blood from other species would absolutely cause all kinds of major problems - to say nothing of the toxins, chemicals and preservatives vaccines also contain. What's your thought on this, Doctor? TY!