Rebellion Labradors

Rebellion Labradors Thanks for visiting! We are a small hobby kennel, with occasional Labrador Retriever puppies available. Our focus is health, temperament, and quality
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Love these photos of Gimli from Lucky Dog Photography, of his first 2 Junior Hunter passes. This red dog has taught me a...
07/25/2025

Love these photos of Gimli from Lucky Dog Photography, of his first 2 Junior Hunter passes. This red dog has taught me a few things. Looking forward to seeing where we end up!

My pretty Rana (Helix x Wraith) winning the puppy Sporting Group 3 of 4 days at the Regatta Classic (and a Group 3 too!)...
07/19/2025

My pretty Rana (Helix x Wraith) winning the puppy Sporting Group 3 of 4 days at the Regatta Classic (and a Group 3 too!) This was Rana's first show weekend at 4.5mo old, and she is only 1 point away from her AKC Puppy of Achievement award. Thanks so much to everyone who complimented us all weekend.
She is also SUPER excited about field work, and was very determined that she was going to retrieve birds at a hunt test a couple weekends ago. A true all around girl and I can't wait to watch her grow!

Gimli went for "smug mug" with Junior Hunter pass  #2 today at Buckeye Retriever Club
06/29/2025

Gimli went for "smug mug" with Junior Hunter pass #2 today at Buckeye Retriever Club

Gimli's first Junior Hunter pass at Buckeye Retriever Club in Chardon, OH
06/28/2025

Gimli's first Junior Hunter pass at Buckeye Retriever Club in Chardon, OH

It's AKC official- Helix is nowBronze Grand Champion Valhalla's Downward Spiral to Rebellion JH, at just 2 years and 1 m...
06/23/2025

It's AKC official-
Helix is now
Bronze Grand Champion Valhalla's Downward Spiral to Rebellion JH, at just 2 years and 1 month old! He finished his Bronze by going Best of Breed at the GPLRC Supported Entry show.
I'm so proud of this dog. He's a dream to live with, gorgeous, smart, loves to work, and has produced such beautiful puppies.
Thank you Joseph Vasalani and Debbie Vasalani for letting us bring him home almost 2 years ago. Shout out to Wyatt for letting me "borrow" his dog for all those show weekends. Wyatt has committed himself to learning all about Senior level hunt tests with the goal of Helix being Rebellion Labradors second Bronze GCH/Senior Hunter.
Helix is also currently ranked #8 in the AKC National Owner Handler Series! Maybe he wants to go to Florida in December (I know I do!)
Here's to our next chapter Helix!

Rána plucking lilies out of the pond! Sure love this keeper girl from Helix x Wraith
06/15/2025

Rána plucking lilies out of the pond! Sure love this keeper girl from Helix x Wraith

It was "Opposite Day" for us today at the Greater Pittsburgh Labrador Retriever Club Specialty show. "Gimli"- Rebellion'...
05/24/2025

It was "Opposite Day" for us today at the Greater Pittsburgh Labrador Retriever Club Specialty show.
"Gimli"- Rebellion's Lockbearer from Hazelnut Farms was Best of Opposite S*x in Sweeps- thank you judge Jen Harmon!
"Helix"- GCH Valhalla's Downward Spiral to Rebellion JH was Best of Opposite S*x in Specialty Show- thank you judge Doug Johnson!
Congrats to all the winners today, and see you tomorrow!

Look at my Red Dog! Do you know how long I have been waiting for a Red Dog? Over 20 years, since i knew Brick and his so...
05/19/2025

Look at my Red Dog! Do you know how long I have been waiting for a Red Dog? Over 20 years, since i knew Brick and his son Badger. Keepsake's Brickhouse was my OG Red Dog. I think Gimli is doing him a little bit of justice.
Gimli- Rebellion's Lockbearer from Hazenut Farms is "on the board" with his first point, going Best of Winners at the Western PA Kennel Club show in New Castle today under judge Claire Wisch Abraham, who was very complimentary of him. I absolutely LOVE this dog and am looking forward to (hopefully) many more trips to this podium! Shout out to his friend Token (Valhalla's Lucky Charm from Rebellion) for going Winners Bitch for her last single point- onto majors now girlfriend!
Look for Gimli this summer in the Junior Hunter field- this boy really loves his birds!

Please always do your own research before taking a vet recommendation. Just because something is FDA approved does not g...
05/11/2025

Please always do your own research before taking a vet recommendation. Just because something is FDA approved does not guarantee it is safe.
This drug was in testing for human use and clinical trials were halted due to instances of rapid onset progressive arthritis in people being treated.
(Yes this article briefly references COVID shots. I'm not going there, to each their own)

LIBRELA TRAGEDY
Can't stop thinking about the results of that Librela study by Farrell et al. (2025), published yesterday.

Ligament/tendon injury, polyarthritis, fracture, musculoskeletal neoplasia (new bone growth) and septic arthritis were reported NINE TIMES more frequently in Librela-treated dogs than the combined total of dogs treated with the comparator drugs for osteoarthritis.

Again, 9 times more than all the other drugs combined.

The 18-member expert panel unanimously concluded a strong suspicion of a causal association between Librela and accelerated joint destruction.

Many, like vet Josie Beug, have been warning us for a year to pay heed to the fact Librela managed to accumulate many times more adverse event reports since its release in the US in Oct 2023 (12,234 serious adverse event reports in just 18mths in America alone) than its nearest competitor, Rimadyl has EVER.

Bedinvetmab (Librela) was unleashed on the US pet market in October 2023 with an enormous budget from Zoetis and two small (highly questionable) studies (conducted by them). And that's all it took for, it seems, the worlds vets to start recommending it.

Because that's how it works, isn't it? A brand new, patented drug, shat out by the industry, accompanied by two little studies (run by them) and off we go to the races.

The first study, a safety and tolerance study, looked at varying doses of Librela (1mg/kg, 5mg/kg, 10mg/kg) in young, healthy, intact dogs aged 11-12 months. There was just 8 dogs in each group. After 6mths they did neurological tests, checked their vitals and that was that.

See, the manufacturers tested their drugs on young, robust dogs with no joint issues.

Farrell et al. (2025) were looking at side effects in older dogs with joint disease.

And they can do that little trial as often as they like AND they don't have to publish all the negative ones.

This was followed by, if you can believe it, a 6-month in-field study of 89 client-owned dogs WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY DEMONSTRATED A POSITIVE RESPONSE TO LIBRELA. After 6mths, the few adverse events noted were within predicted norms.

Veterinary Evidence took a look at these couple of studies prior to Librela's launch and concluded the supporting evidence was "weak", that any decision to use bedinvetmab "remains dependent on the judgement and experience of the clinician".
https://veterinaryevidence. org/index.php/ve/article/download/598/903?

See that? The onus is shifted to the clinician.

Do you know why? Because time and time again, once enough money is paid to the right people, dangerous drugs WILL get to market in the full knowledge that our doctors appear completely unable to notice / track side effects from the medications they are recommending.

Much like the absolute explosion in adverse events reported to VAERS following the introduction of mRNA gene therapies into the population five years ago, it's literally incredible how clinicians today will consistently ignore any and all adverse event reporting systems that we have put in place to FLAG ISSUES (since the Thalidomide scandal) until someone else tells them to stop.

Why is that?

In 2021, there was 717,577 adverse event reports submitted to VAERS for all COVID-19 vaccines combiines (nearly 300 million were administered to Americans that year), when typically VAERS receives between 30,000 and 50,000 adverse event reports annually for all other vaccines combined (150 million administered in the US in a given year).

And remember, studies show the figures that are reported to adverse event reporting systems are approximately 1-5% of the ACTUAL events that are going on.

So, for context, that 12,000 adverse events for librela in just 18mths in the US would become 240,000.

Folk say, but 25 million doses were given!! Yes, GLOBALLY. If we guess that maybe half those were sold in the US, it means potential ruin for a dog every 1 in 50 doses. Dogs are taking it monthly.

But worse, it was very predictable that this was going to happen. The drug couldn't pass human trials due to side effects.

Bedinvetmab, marketed as Librela, is a monoclonal antibody designed to alleviate osteoarthritis pain in dogs by targeting nerve growth factor (NGF).

While bedinvetmab itself was not developed for human use, its mechanism of action is similar-bordering-identical to other anti-NGF monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that have been investigated in human clinical trials, namely tanezumab, fasinumab, and fulranumab.

Exactly like mRNA gene therapies before they were forced through in 2021, ALL trials for NGF monoclonal antibodies revealed major safety concerns that blocked their prior release, mostly concerning patients developing rapidly progressive osteoarthritis and accelerated joint degeneration. Even when adjusting the dose down and placing restrictions on concurrent NSAID use, the risks persisted. The US FDA had no other choice but to halt all trials of all anti-NGF monoclonal antibody treatments in 2012.

As folk will inevitably point out, there's no doubt Librela works for some, yes, the same way the mRNA gene therapies MAY have been useful in the initial stages for older, at-risk folk, maybe (although, side effects aside, studies show the more you took the more likely you were to get Covid...) but when you look at the data overall, its clear there is gong to be a lot of dogs very negatively impacted for life by this one.

At a minimum, please ask your vet for any other options in the osteo-arthritic pain relief department.

There are a plethora of things you can do to help osteoarthritis, the first is by reducing inflammation in the body. This means no more kibble as, studies show, it's inflammatory. Raw dog food is full of fresh calcium, glucosamine, chondroitin, hyaluronic acid, etc, all of which joints NEED. Moreover, the higher protein diets will reduce obesity, shown to greatly aggravate OA. You can jack up the omega 3, add some muscles. And this is all before you consider antiinflammatory, pain-relieving herbs like boswelia, devils claw. There is nutraceuticals. There is red light therapy. There is acupuncture. Massage. Hydro.

Has your vet done all of this with you before reaching for the NSAIDs and pain meds?

I doubt it. It's not vindictive. They know little about all those "alternative" (cheap, effective) treatments.

If you want some more options for osteoarthritis pain, askbradi .com.

If you feel you have been harmed, you can fill in the adverse event report yourself, doesn't need a vet.

UK folk here www. gov. uk/report-veterinary-medicine-problem

US folk here www. fda. gov/animal-veterinary/report-problem/how-report-animal-drug-side-effects-and-product-problems

REF
www.frontiersin. org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2025.1581490/full

Yep, couldn't have said it better!
05/08/2025

Yep, couldn't have said it better!

05/07/2025

Here's our keeper puppy from Helix x Wraith- meet Ràna! She's already finding her Retriever genes and loving it.
These beautiful kids are 11 weeks old today- what are your Rebellion kids up to lately?

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