Why Dogs
Itch:
Isolate the Causes
First, consider this pertinent quote from "The
New American Medicine Show" by Dr. Irving Oyle,
M.D.:
"Suppose
that I, a family doctor, make a house call
to see a patient with a pain in the gluteus
maximus -- the buttock. In the course of my
physical examination I find that the patient
is sitting on a tack.
Were I to honor the implicit contract which
postulates symptom suppression as the
primary objective of my visit, I might
administer a quarter grain of morphine,
write a prescription for codeine pills, and
leave instructions to call me in the morning
. The morning report might be something
like, "As long as I take the pills, it
doesn't hurt, Doc."
In a few days, the pain medicine loses its
effectiveness. Time and increasing dosage
bring two new developments. The symptom
suppression stops and side effects begin to
appear. Symptoms may now include nausea and
vomiting along with pain in the buttock.
Faced with apparent failure of the drug
approach, I might recommend surgery.
There are varying surgical solutions to the
problem. I could sever the nerve which
carries pain sensations from the buttock to
the spinal cord, or I could perform a dorsal
root rhizotomy. That's a highly specialized
neurological operation where we cut the
sensory nerve as it enters the spine.
Alternatively, we could freeze the thalamus
in the brain, which is thought to be the
body's pain center. I might send him to a
pain control center where a group of
specialists would give instruction on how to
live with pain. As a last resort, I might
suggest a prefrontal lobotomy, after which
there be would be pain, but the victim
wouldn't notice it.
If I suggested getting up off the tack, the
response would likely be, "But Doc, I make
my living sitting on tacks."
Did you get the point?
If you
thoroughly read the two articles recommended
in the previous section, you have likely
already identified some, if not all, of the
causes of your dog's problems. Question now
is, are you going to do what you need to do
to get your dog's gluteus maximus off
the tack?
If you do, there are
many suggestions in the articles about how
to proceed. Even if you do not, the "Remove
..." and "Recover ..." sections will have
great value for you---it is just that you
will need soooooo much more in an attempt to
compensate for the continuing poisoning of
your dog.
Next,
"Remove"
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