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Love Is A Political Issue

by Catherine O’Driscoll

author of  “What Vets Don't Tell You About Vaccines”

 

From the earliest days of Canine Health Concern, I have believed that our

dogs are teaching us about Personal Responsibility and Personal Power.  I

believe that our animals are concerned with our growth as human beings.  I

also believe that the animals are fighting for us, for the life of the

planet: they are holding the love vibration until we 'get it'. I no longer

believe I am working for the animals.  I now believe that I am working with

them.

 

When they get ill, they force us to ask 'why?' When they suffer, they prompt

us to find ways to alleviate that suffering.  They are leading us towards

becoming healers.

 

But how can you be a healer if politicians have taken away the herbs and

vitamins you want to use?

 

Many people on this list have arrived here because their dogs were ill or

died young.  Many have realised that the pet food their dogs were given did

not support life.  They also realised that their dogs became ill shortly

after they were vaccinated.

 

They looked at the evidence.  They maybe spoke to their vets.  They read

articles and books.  They joined discussion groups.  And then they made a

decision.

 

At this point, they jumped clear of their vet's safety net, and took

Personal Responsibility.  They stepped into their Power.

 

Not only did this change their dogs' health for the better, but it had a

deeper impact on the person who had made hard choices on their dogs' behalf.

 

I for one stopped following anyone blindly when I discovered that the advice

I was given by my vet had more to do with politics than science.  It

mattered to me that I could understand why a vet would give such advice.  It

meant that rather than blame the vet, I could 'blame' the system.

 

It also helped me to have courage in my decision.

 

Governments legislate on behalf of me, you and our animals.  Let me give you

a simple example: when Margaret Thatcher was prime minister of the UK, she

commissioned scientists to discover the nation's eating habits.  The

scientists found that our children were eating little other than crisps,

chips and chocolate.  They were horrified and warned that our hospitals

would be filled with cancer patients.  But rather than do anything about it,

the government suppressed the report.  Why?  Because economically it's

better to have a thriving manufacturing base, churning out processed foods.

(See The Politics of Food by Geoffrey Cannon) So if children are sacrificed

for the sake of the economy, what hope your dogs?

 

Last week I received a letter from a CHC member.  His young GSD had died

after a booster shot.  The vet advised the booster, despite the fact that

the dog had irritable bowel disease and reacted to the last shot.  Trouble

is, despite his misgivings, the CHC member assumed the vet knew his stuff.

But the vet didn't know his stuff because, rather than fund veterinary

teaching establishments sufficiently, the government allows veterinary

teaching establishments to take money from big business.  And big business

takes its funding away if it doesn't like the curriculum.  This man will

probably blame himself until the day he dies.  He will feel personally

responsible for his young dog's death.  I think perhaps it might help him to

know that his vet was only doing what he was taught, and that politics

dictated what he was taught.

 

Maybe this man is now free of the influence of politics.  Maybe his dogs of

the future won't have to suffer because of the way the system works.  Maybe

he is now in a place where he takes Personal Responsibility for the

healthcare he allows his dogs to receive.  Maybe the effect will ripple

outwards and make him question the drugs his doctor gives him, and the food

he puts in his mouth.  Maybe he will care about pesticides on his food, and

fluoride in his water supply.

 

He may even question his government when they want to send his grandson to

war. He might seek to find the truth behind the war.  And then he has a

choice - to support his government, or to disagree with it.

 

And this is what our dogs have wanted for us all along: to be masters of our

own destiny, rather than follow blindly. And this is why we discuss politics

on this list.

 

I don't know about you, but my dogs are always on my side.  They always want

the best for me.  Love is a political issue - it's about having the courage

to look at what is, so that we can take care of those who trust us.

 

Love

Catherine

 

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