Rutland Manor On Canine Health and Disease
by Beverley Rutland-Manners
In this Section: Can Canine Diet Affect The Immune System? Is Current Legislation Killing our Dogs? Rutland Manor on Animal Liberation and Puppy Mills and The Incidence of Evolutionary Disease
 Beverley and DUSTY in 1954 | When I was a girl, it was a rare occurrence for a dog to be taken to the vet for anything other than treatment after an accident, or for vaccination. Dogs just didn't often get sick!
It was almost unheard of, for a dog to have cancer, kidney dysfunction, diabetes, vaccinosis or allergies - all of which have reached pandemic status in the millenium. One of the advantages of getting old is that one has had the opportunity to witness various cycles that come and go, and trends that have taken many years to develop. I first began to notice a decline in the health of dogs, a few years after the introduction of dry dog food. I didn't immediately make the connection, until I examined the extensive notes I'd been keeping. |
Interestingly, it was a few years after the explosion of 'convenience' foods and highly processed packaged foods that human health began its steep decline. I remember a headline in a major newspaper years ago which announced "RECENT RESEARCH LINKS DIET TO HEALTH" something that we know all too well today, although many of us do not adhere to the principles of eating for good health, or at least not until our bodies have finally given up fighting against the injustices we load onto them and we succumb to serious illness that gives us a wake up call.
Health and the Australian Labradoodle
This important topic deserves its own section on the website because there is so much ground breaking work being done into the health of dogs and so much new information becoming available. In an ideal world, if breeders and owners work synergistically with a like goal, breeders will keep themselves updated on new veterinary research findings and owners will familarize themselves with the role they play themselves, in maintaining their dogs' health into old age. There is something about illness and disease which our culture can tend to view as inevitable, accepting it as either hereditary and therefore unavoidable, or unpreventable in other ways. Unfortunately some veterinarians also hold the same view and can be more interested in treating disease than in preventing it from occurring in the first place.
I fully realize that my views may be controversial, and I freely admit that I am not a trained medical professional nor am I a scientist. However I have spent many years researching the findings of others more qualified than myself, and alongside my research, I have anecdotally observed and documented my findings, while becoming aware of the need to be able to step outside the box and to think laterally, rather than blindly cling to traditional values which may have become outdated in our modern world. Change is a necessary part of evolutionary thinking, yet it can be one of the most challenging and difficult of concepts for the human mind to accept.
I fully realize that my views may be controversial, and I freely admit that I am not a trained medical professional nor am I a scientist. However I have spent many years researching the findings of others more qualified than myself, and alongside my research, I have anecdotally observed and documented my findings, while becoming aware of the need to be able to step outside the box and to think laterally, rather than blindly cling to traditional values which may have become outdated in our modern world. Change is a necessary part of evolutionary thinking, yet it can be one of the most challenging and difficult of concepts for the human mind to accept.
Can Diet Affect the Immune System?
Excerpt from Article : Nutrition Health Review Article date: June 22, 1990
"The past few years have brought to the surface a realization that food might have considerable effect upon fortifying the body against disease. Once relegated to "pipe dreams" of food faddists, the scientific community is beginning to embrace such concepts of nutrition with fervor.
Severe deficiencies of protein can inhibit functioning of the antibody and T-cell coordination in fighting invading germs. Most patients suffering from pneumonia, bacteremia, and wound and urinary infections also show evidence of malnutrition."
The most common disease in Animals is AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE.
Anemia, seizures , arthritis are all autoimmune diseases
Ref: CIDP International organization
"The past few years have brought to the surface a realization that food might have considerable effect upon fortifying the body against disease. Once relegated to "pipe dreams" of food faddists, the scientific community is beginning to embrace such concepts of nutrition with fervor.
Severe deficiencies of protein can inhibit functioning of the antibody and T-cell coordination in fighting invading germs. Most patients suffering from pneumonia, bacteremia, and wound and urinary infections also show evidence of malnutrition."
The most common disease in Animals is AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE.
Anemia, seizures , arthritis are all autoimmune diseases
Ref: CIDP International organization
Evolution
Broadly speaking, and in its simplest terms, evolution is merely 'change over time' (not to be confused with the 'therory of evolution' in respect to the 'therory of Evolution' v Creation. It is the more specific biological evolution that we are concerned with here and also Adaptation evolution. Biological evolution refers to the changes over time that occur in living organisms. Biological evolution is defined as 'descent with modification' and Adaptation evolution as the name suggests, refers to the way living organisms (or creatures) adapt over time to the changes in their own environment. These adaptations can of course be either positive or negative, in line with other universal laws of nature.
All dogs are descended from the Wolf
An illustration of Biological evolution is the overall changes in the appearance of the canis species by way of the hundreds of man - made dog breeds in the world today. Although humanly engineered, the process of evolution has been clearly demonstrated b y the way in which each breed - over time - now has its own specific and consistent appearance. It would be naive to suggest that these mofifications would be confined to physical appearance. Genetic traits of temperament, nature, and physiological traits have also been modified - over time - in parallel with the accompanying external or phoenetic features.
We already know
We already know that what I have described above is called 'inheritance' and that dogs have a predisposition to pass on to their offspring specific traits when combined with the genes of their breeding partners. I am calling this 'biological inheritance'. What this article sets out to do, is to widen the concept of inheritance to include the effects of the external environment around our dogs and to consider the possibility that - again over time - externally induced disease may well become fixed in the genes and transmit themselves to biological inheritance. I call this phenomonyn 'Genetic Acclimatization'.
Example
This has already been done with crops, to create strains which are resistant to disease such as rust. Although I am not a prononent of genetic engineering, I use this example as an illustration only.
Example
This has already been done with crops, to create strains which are resistant to disease such as rust. Although I am not a prononent of genetic engineering, I use this example as an illustration only.
Something to Think About
My theory is that illness, caused either by direct hereditary influences, OR by other external environmental factors, may become a generational thing with the appropriate circumstances. Could it be that when several generations have passed, during which disease has been caused by external factors, these diseases may become part of the genetic make up? If the answer is 'yes', then we have the power to exert an influence for good on future dog generations, by removing as many negative environmental influences as possible from around our breeding dogs.
SOME INTERESTING QUESTIONS
WHO is Making Our Dog Laws? WHO is Driving Public Opinion and Where is it Leading? WHO stands to benefit from over vaccinating our pets?
Harmful annual vaccinations are killing our dogs!
Why are we mindlessly over - vaccinating our dogs year after year, generation after generation, when there is so much scientific evidence to show how dangerous it is and how many dogs it is making ill or even killing?
Read about the Killer Vaccinosis Here You will find many more informed and authoritative information on the internet, including articles by Dr Jean Dodds accepted world authority on conditions of the Auto Immune System.
Vaccine Manufacturers Admit at least 36 Months' Efficacy. Read About it Here!
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Dr Jean Dodds, respected world leader, on Vaccination Protocols
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Vaccination Laws Need to be Changed!
Insist on titer tests before over vaccinating your pets!
Insist on titer tests before over vaccinating your pets!
Laws Regulating frequency of breeding are harming our dogs!
QUESTION: WHO decided and WHY that it's harmful to breed a bitch on successive cycles? Or that it's cruel for female animals to have babies?
ANSWER: Animal Liberation Groups. By focusing on bad or immoral breeders, emotional responses are stirred in the general public domain, which gains support for the relentless agendas of the Liberation activists.
We should not confuse Animal Welfare and Animal Rights with Animal Liberation. Did you know that Animal LIBERATION groups have an agenda to terminate human beings right to own pets?
QUESTION: WHO Decided to Promote Public Opinion that Breeding a Female Animal is Cruel?
ANSWER: Animall Liberationists who by their own admission, have the ultimate goal of pushing legislation which prohibits the keeping or breeding of any domestic or companion animal as a pet.
Female dogs are unique from other animal species in that their bodies do not recognize whether they have been mated or not. Therefore, the onset of a heat cycle signals to the bitch to release the oestrogen that courses through the body to prepare it for conception and parturition. When the oestrogen is not used by the growing puppies, it provides the perfect environment for killer cancers and pyometras of the womb to develop.
QUESTION: WHO decided and WHY that it's harmful to breed a bitch on successive cycles? Or that it's cruel for female animals to have babies?
ANSWER: Animal Liberation Groups. By focusing on bad or immoral breeders, emotional responses are stirred in the general public domain, which gains support for the relentless agendas of the Liberation activists.
We should not confuse Animal Welfare and Animal Rights with Animal Liberation. Did you know that Animal LIBERATION groups have an agenda to terminate human beings right to own pets?
QUESTION: WHO Decided to Promote Public Opinion that Breeding a Female Animal is Cruel?
ANSWER: Animall Liberationists who by their own admission, have the ultimate goal of pushing legislation which prohibits the keeping or breeding of any domestic or companion animal as a pet.
Female dogs are unique from other animal species in that their bodies do not recognize whether they have been mated or not. Therefore, the onset of a heat cycle signals to the bitch to release the oestrogen that courses through the body to prepare it for conception and parturition. When the oestrogen is not used by the growing puppies, it provides the perfect environment for killer cancers and pyometras of the womb to develop.
Read this informative article by Dr Kate Schoeffel from The Australian Journal of Professional Dog Breeders on Breeding Fallacies. Is Skipping Breeding Cycles Really "Resting" the Bitch?
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Joanne Kimball "Railing Against Idiocacy Since 2004"
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It is my view that each individual breeding bitch should determine if and when she is fit to be bred. Her physical and emotional condition is the indicator of whether there is any good reason to not breed her. I understand that bitches need to be protected from irresponsible owners, so perhaps a compulsory veterinary examination prior to each mating would be a more sensible approach?
It is an expensive process, to breed, properly raise and health test a breeding dog, and her first litter comes nowhere near to repaying the breeder for money spent. Negative impact caused by current laws, is that many breeders continue to breed their bitches into old age, to 'make up for' the litters they are not permitted to breed while their bitches are in their prime. I believe that it is kinder and safer to breed a bitch back to back and to retire her and spay her while she is still young enough to have many years of her life ahead of her as a desexed beloved pet.
BREEDERS NEED TO UNITE, WHETHER THEY BREED PURE BRED OR CROSS BRED DOGS, AND LOBBY FOR CHANGES IN BREEDING LAWS BEFORE THE ANIMAL LIBERATION/RIGHTS MOVEMENT SUCCEEDS IN GETTING LEGISLATION PASSED THAT PROHIBITS THE RIGHTS OF A HUMAN BEING TO OWN A COMPANION ANIMAL..
Every dog lover is rightly appalled at the existence of puppy mills. But the Animal LIBERATION Activists would have you believe that any high profile dog breeder is automatically a puppy 'factory' or 'puppy farm' regardless of the care they take of their dogs.
And what about BACK YARD Breeders? 90% of pure breed dog breeders live in suburban areas where they breed from their own homes. Often their small handful of valuable dogs live lives of luxury in their owners' homes, yet these breeders are labeled by the activists as something 'dirty' and to be despised............because they are 'back yard' breeders.
IT MAKES NO SENSE. READ BETWEEN THE LINES. If a dog breeder takes great care of their dogs, health tests their breeding parents, raises their puppies with love and the very best of everything, and takes great care in selecting the best possible homes for their puppies, is it just that they be 'labeled' with a name that resonates with something despicable?
The problem of bad breeders, and REAL puppy mills is a problem that is ridiculously simple to solve. But the activists don't want to solve the problem, they want to put an end to all breeding of companion animals by stirring emotional responses to the relatively few puppy mills out there. Please read my Paper on the simple ways that will put an end fo REAL puppy factories quickly and easily and ask yourself WHY the activists and others are not persuing this solution? We are being brainwashed with emotional social engineering. If dog breeders everywhere do not act soon, there will be no pet dogs for our grandchildren to enjoy.
It is an expensive process, to breed, properly raise and health test a breeding dog, and her first litter comes nowhere near to repaying the breeder for money spent. Negative impact caused by current laws, is that many breeders continue to breed their bitches into old age, to 'make up for' the litters they are not permitted to breed while their bitches are in their prime. I believe that it is kinder and safer to breed a bitch back to back and to retire her and spay her while she is still young enough to have many years of her life ahead of her as a desexed beloved pet.
BREEDERS NEED TO UNITE, WHETHER THEY BREED PURE BRED OR CROSS BRED DOGS, AND LOBBY FOR CHANGES IN BREEDING LAWS BEFORE THE ANIMAL LIBERATION/RIGHTS MOVEMENT SUCCEEDS IN GETTING LEGISLATION PASSED THAT PROHIBITS THE RIGHTS OF A HUMAN BEING TO OWN A COMPANION ANIMAL..
Every dog lover is rightly appalled at the existence of puppy mills. But the Animal LIBERATION Activists would have you believe that any high profile dog breeder is automatically a puppy 'factory' or 'puppy farm' regardless of the care they take of their dogs.
And what about BACK YARD Breeders? 90% of pure breed dog breeders live in suburban areas where they breed from their own homes. Often their small handful of valuable dogs live lives of luxury in their owners' homes, yet these breeders are labeled by the activists as something 'dirty' and to be despised............because they are 'back yard' breeders.
IT MAKES NO SENSE. READ BETWEEN THE LINES. If a dog breeder takes great care of their dogs, health tests their breeding parents, raises their puppies with love and the very best of everything, and takes great care in selecting the best possible homes for their puppies, is it just that they be 'labeled' with a name that resonates with something despicable?
The problem of bad breeders, and REAL puppy mills is a problem that is ridiculously simple to solve. But the activists don't want to solve the problem, they want to put an end to all breeding of companion animals by stirring emotional responses to the relatively few puppy mills out there. Please read my Paper on the simple ways that will put an end fo REAL puppy factories quickly and easily and ask yourself WHY the activists and others are not persuing this solution? We are being brainwashed with emotional social engineering. If dog breeders everywhere do not act soon, there will be no pet dogs for our grandchildren to enjoy.
| paper_on_companion_animal_reform_in_australia.pdf |
MERLE
Some serious health problems have been associated with the Merle gene by genetists far superior and more qualified than myself.
Reference:
Clark, Leigh Anne; Jacquelyn M. Wahl, Christine A. Rees, and Keith E. Murphy (2005-11-26). "Retrotransposon insertion in SILV is responsible for merle patterning of the domestic dog" (PDF). PNAS Early Edition. Louisiana State University. http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/ClarkPNASMerle.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
Some serious health problems have been associated with the Merle gene by genetists far superior and more qualified than myself.
Reference:
Clark, Leigh Anne; Jacquelyn M. Wahl, Christine A. Rees, and Keith E. Murphy (2005-11-26). "Retrotransposon insertion in SILV is responsible for merle patterning of the domestic dog" (PDF). PNAS Early Edition. Louisiana State University. http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/ClarkPNASMerle.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
Description:
The merle coat colour is a mutation in the dog SILV gene characterized by patches of dilute pigment in combination with areas of full pigmentation. If the basic colour of the dog is black, the effect of the merle gene is a soft gray, often referred to as “blue”.
If the basic colour of the dog is red, the effect of the merle gene is a pale red. The merle coat pattern is characteristic of a number of breeds.
Both heterozygous merle (Mm) and homozygous double merle (MM) dogs may exhibit auditory and ophthalmic Abnormalities including:
Mild to Severe deafness
Increased intraocular pressure
Ametropia
Microphthalmia
colobomas.
The double merle genotype may also be associated with abnormalities of skeletal, cardiac and reproductive systems.
The merle coat colour is a mutation in the dog SILV gene characterized by patches of dilute pigment in combination with areas of full pigmentation. If the basic colour of the dog is black, the effect of the merle gene is a soft gray, often referred to as “blue”.
If the basic colour of the dog is red, the effect of the merle gene is a pale red. The merle coat pattern is characteristic of a number of breeds.
Both heterozygous merle (Mm) and homozygous double merle (MM) dogs may exhibit auditory and ophthalmic Abnormalities including:
Mild to Severe deafness
Increased intraocular pressure
Ametropia
Microphthalmia
colobomas.
The double merle genotype may also be associated with abnormalities of skeletal, cardiac and reproductive systems.
Hereditary Category: Ophthalmic and Auditory Mode of Inheritance: Autosomal Recessive
Breeds Affected:
Shetland Sheepdog,
Collie
Great Dane
Cardigan Welsh Corgi
Australian Shepherd
Border Collie
Chihuahua
Cocker Spaniel
Dachshund
Catahoula Leopard Dog
Norwegian Hound
Pyrenean Shepherd
Pomeranian
Various other Breeds
Beverley's Note:
I have been approached by some Merle Labradoodle breeders asking that I remove this information from my website. Trying to be fair, I considered removing it, but there are two reasons I believe it is important to leave it here. One, is that breeding for Merles is a dangerous breeding practice in non knowledable hands, and the other is that I believe Cocker Spaniels, Shelties, and Border Collies and who knows what else, were used to introduce this colour to the Labradoodle. It is my opinion as the co founder of the breed, that the time for introducing new infusions into the Australian Labradoodle is well and truly over and the overall temperament and structure of the breed can only be altered by adding more infusions at this stage of the breed's development.
Breeds Affected:
Shetland Sheepdog,
Collie
Great Dane
Cardigan Welsh Corgi
Australian Shepherd
Border Collie
Chihuahua
Cocker Spaniel
Dachshund
Catahoula Leopard Dog
Norwegian Hound
Pyrenean Shepherd
Pomeranian
Various other Breeds
Beverley's Note:
I have been approached by some Merle Labradoodle breeders asking that I remove this information from my website. Trying to be fair, I considered removing it, but there are two reasons I believe it is important to leave it here. One, is that breeding for Merles is a dangerous breeding practice in non knowledable hands, and the other is that I believe Cocker Spaniels, Shelties, and Border Collies and who knows what else, were used to introduce this colour to the Labradoodle. It is my opinion as the co founder of the breed, that the time for introducing new infusions into the Australian Labradoodle is well and truly over and the overall temperament and structure of the breed can only be altered by adding more infusions at this stage of the breed's development.
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