Obsidian Puppies

16/07/2024

Congratulations Winnie 🥳
Our star of the month winner for June!

29/04/2024

Royal Canin is incredibly popular and often prescribed by vets. We have had Royal Canin on the site for a long time but got so many requests to add more of their range - we just added 10 (see comments).

We would love to report that their rating improved considerably on www.allaboutdogfood.co.uk but unfortunately the highest rating is 41% down to 20%.

Are you currently feeding your dog Royal Canin? Is it because of the breed kibble they have or another reason?

New Listings in comments.

14/02/2024

Happy Valentines Day! Love from Mabel and all the Obsidian family ❤️🐾❤️

08/02/2024

When they have their first big girl groom🥹

07/02/2024

Beautiful Millie💖 Groom by https://www.facebook.com/remismuckypups

14/01/2024

18/09/2023

Brain: "just nod and smile"

17/08/2023

05/08/2023

Oh my ❤️🥹

01/08/2023

Baby Ozzy🥰🥰🥰

26/07/2023

Baby Milo 😍😍😍

25/07/2023

Baby Winifred 😍😍😍

18/07/2023

Clover 🍀 13 months old

18/07/2023

Fern🌿 13 months old

03/07/2023

There is absolutely no need to repeatedly titer your dog! Once you learn about the key immune system component called the memory cell, you will understand that repeated titering does nothing but waste your money and create confusion in the cases of many older dogs. Read about it here: https://healthydogworkshop.com/the-trouble-with-titers/

25/05/2023

8 years they've been saying this. Immunology 101. Studies show vaccines for viruses don't wear off quick....at all (challenge studies core vaccines last for 7-9yrs). It was only ever a ruse of Big Pharma to get the vets to give them yearly. They simply wrote "studies show good for a year" on the back. And that was true, sort of. They simply tested them after a year! And with no adults apparently asking to see the supporting data, that was good enough to make these chemicals part of their annual health check. Now, if you want to keep that insurance or put them in kennels etc, buddy, you better play ball. Sure, where's the harm?!!!
SIDE EFFECTS
Pet vaccines linked to hypothyroidism
http://avmajournals.avma.org/doi/abs/10.2460/javma.2002.221.515

Pet vaccines also linked to behaivoural changes, increased susceptibility to infections, cancer, neurologic disorders and encephalitis, jaundice, organ failure and collapse with auto-agglutinated red blood cells.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1255540/
http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/9890057
http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US9036886
http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/9890056
http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/9890057
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378113506001362
TIMELINE
Moore et al. (2005) found that reactions can occur within three days of dog’s injections. These range from the more violent (but thankfully rare) anaphylactic reactions and seizures to the more common welts (inflammation) at the injection points.
http://avmajournals.avma.org/doi/abs/10.2460/javma.2005.227.1102

Vaccinosis on the other hand (disease resulting from vaccinations) is more chronic, taking time to develop. Delayed-type immunologic response takes 10–28 days to set in. The onset of any autoimmune disease is expected to occur 30 to 45 days post-vaccination. But who's looking then?!
https://europepmc.org/article/med/9890056

Vets are proving extremely reluctant to link vaccines to illness. This post was inspired by a client yesterday. 3 days after the jab the dog comes down with an autoimmune condition called immune-mediated hemolytic anemia which studies show is one of the more common side effects. Good luck if your dog gets ill 30-45 days later.

Still today the ONLY large survey of pet owners post vaccination reveals a significant percentage (42%, this figure rose to 49% with extra data) of canine diseases arise in the first three months following vaccination. This is over five times the expected percentage.

"In respect of the illnesses occurring seven days after vaccination, the case against vaccination is even more dramatic. The first interim survey results showed that 25% of illness occurred within seven days, when statistically it should only be 1.92%. This rose to 29% when more dogs were added to the survey. That is to say, the risk of illness is 12.8 times greater than would be expected if vaccines had nothing to do with the illness."
https://caninehealthconcern.wordpress.com/2017/03/08/canine-health-concern-vaccine-survey-how-vaccines-harm-our-dogs/
MOST AFFECTED
Small dogs and toys are the most prone, to side effects as still, incredibly, the same COMPLETELY SAFE dose is given to a Chihuahua as a Great Dane, an animal 60 times larger than it. Honestly.

Also white breeds (as we see with food sensitivity) or with coat colour dilution such as blue and fawn Doberman pinschers, the merle collie, Australian shepherd, Shetland sheepdog, and harlequin Great Danes. These breeds are more susceptible to high fevers, post-vaccinal seizures, high fevers, and painful episodes of hypertrophic osteodystrophy or HOD
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/003452889290090O
http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/9890056
IF YOU SUSPECT A SIDE EFFECT, REPORT IT
For the UK
https://www.gov.uk/report-veterinary-medicine-problem/animal-reacts-medicine?fbclid=IwAR0w0ITs_tvgtXQ9Tu5Z66z1g4JBv0hnAHrvN1ddydUagRh2NCIp4H-U_jw

For Europe
https://www.ema.europa.eu/.../pharmacovigilance-guidance

For the USA
https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/report-problem/how-report-animal-drug-and-device-side-effects-and-product-problems

For Canada
https://www.canada.ca/.../adverse-drug-reactions-adrs.html #

For Australia
https://apvma.gov.au/node/86336
BEST ADVICE
Here's what the people in the know say to do - don't start too young (as material antibodies are present). This way you only have to use a single shot of DHP (the 3 core vaccines in Ireland/UK, may be different where you are...) then titre a few weeks later to see if it took.
https://dogsfirst.ie/health-issues/dog-vaccinations-part-3-puppy-vaccinations-best-practice/

Blood titres thereafter are best. Ring around vet clinics in your area. Ask if they stock blood titre tests for canine vaccinations (Vaccicheck is a common brand). Somone will. Make sure to compare prices as, while it should be cheap, the prices are still pretty high in some places.
WHAT HAPPENS IF MY BLOOD TITRE REVEALS "LOW" ANTIBODIES AND THE VET WANTS TO "TOP THEM UP"...
Taken from the WSAVA guidelines “...the presence of antibody (no matter what the titre) indicates protective immunity and immunological memory is present in that animal. Giving more frequent vaccines to animals in an attempt to increase antibody titre is a pointless exercise. It is impossible to create ‘greater immunity’ by attempting to increase an antibody titre.”
TOP TIP:
MOST IMPORTANT, INSIST YOUR BREEDER DOES NOT PUT A VACCINE INTO AN 8WK OLD PUP. THERE IS SO FAR NO BENEFIT, ONLY POTENTIAL FOR HARM. MATERNAL ANTIBODIES ENSURE IT'S NOT NECESSARY AND YOUR LOCAL VET WILL NOT CONSIDER IT IN THEIR MULTI-VAX SCHEDULE.

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Vaccines are of course, important but perhaps the current vaccine load is not.

As this mentions vaccines and side effects together, Facebook will kill the reach of it and likely kill the reach of my account for a bit. You're not allowed talk about side effects as that might mean people will become aware and want to learn more about....well, vaccine side effects. And we can't have that.

So if you find this post, please share.

07/04/2023

Happy Easter from Mabel 🐣🐾💗

04/04/2023

02/04/2023

Family Walkies❤️🐾

26/03/2023

It’s been a bit of a crazy week here but these little cuties turned 2 this week❤️💖💙💜💚
Happiest of Birthdays to Cooper, Star, Rolo, Dora and Milo🥰

12/03/2023

Fern🌿 9 months old 🥰

23/02/2023

Beautiful Dora 💜 nearly 2🥰

18/02/2023

Smilie girls 🥰😊 8 months and 23months❤️

06/02/2023

Groom day for this little princess too.

05/02/2023

Uncle Teddy not impressed after his groom😂🥰

04/02/2023

Winnie the Cavapoo/meerkat❤️

28/01/2023

Before the fluffy piranha stage and they just melt your ❤️😍

23/01/2023

So excited for the F1 Cavapoo beauties these two will produce. Ivy is a small KC reg miniature poodle with 8 champions in her lines, Blue, Ivy’s intended, is a KC reg Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with 13 champions in his lines. Both have been extensively health tested. We’ll hopefully have the pitter patter of tiny paws in May/June and I’m just finalising my waiting list for these much anticipated babies. If you would like any more information, please feel free to drop me a message, we are in Kent x

07/11/2022

Last pic of puppy fluff before little Mabel has her full big girl groom today 🥹🥹🥹