Have you noticed the revelations coming to light in the press ?? please see previous blog on ' Vaccines'. When are the dog owning public going to wake up to the manipulations of the drug companies!!! Someone somewhere is making a fat profit out of us and it's not you and I!!

 As if this was not bad enough...we are obliged to subject our best friends to  Vaccinations when we take them to other countries.....Is this really necessary? one vaccination against rabies in a lifetime should be enough!!! 

      ELECTRIC COLLARS!! ABOUT TIME TOO!!!

Electric collars that shock wayward cats and dogs into submission have been banned for the first time in Britain.

Wales has become the first part of the UK to outlaw the use of collars, which deliver a shock of electricity to the animal's neck.

Some are activated by the owner, who simply pushes a button on a remote control when their pet misbehaves.

Owners who break the ban face a fine of up to £20,000 or six months in prison.

Pet welfare groups, including the RSPCA and the Kennel Club, say the £100-plus electronic devices cause unnecessary pain and suffering and want the ban extended across Britain.

But some experts say the technique can improve the behaviour of dogs that would otherwise be put down, train excitable pets to stop running into traffic and stop them from worrying sheep.

They fear that the ban will lead to  shelters being inundated with unmanageable pets.

Around 500,000 electric collars are in use in the UK, including some 20,000 in Wales.

The RSPCA says there is no place for the collars modern Britain and that rather than using pain and punishment to train dogs, owners should use favour rewards such as treats and balls.

The charity's Sian Edwards said: 'There are far more effective ways of training dogs using reward-based methods.'

The Kennel Club has long campaigned for remote-controlled electric collars to be outlawed and described the Welsh Assembly's decision as 'a historic day for animal welfare'.

Kennel Club Secretary Caroline Kisko said: 'Wales has proven it is truly leading the way and we hope the rest of the UK will follow by example to outlaw these cruel and unnecessary devices.'

Of course vaccines are sometimes necessary but.......

Vaccines 'are making our dogs sick as vets cash in'

By ALISON SMITH SQUIRE
Last updated at 1:20 AM on 06th March 2010

Vaccines given to dogs are making them ill, a pet charity claimed yesterday. 

Profit-hungry drug companies and vets are 'frightening' dog owners into inoculating their pets more often than necessary, according to Canine Health Concern. 

Some puppies have developed conditions including autism and epilepsy after a raft of injections, it warns. 

Catherine O'Driscoll, from the charity, said: 'We are not anti-vaccination. What we are saying is that currently our pets are receiving far too many. 

'The latest scientific research shows that after the first course of injections as a puppy most dogs are immune against these diseases for at least seven years, if not for life. 

'Every year pet vaccination companies hold National Vaccination Month, a national campaign when pet owners whose boosters have lapsed by 18 months or more are terrified into having their pet jabbed. 

'While the vast majority of vets might simply not be aware of the latest scientific research, we are concerned that for a few undoubtedly doing multiple jabs is a way of making more money from worried pet owners.' 

Puppies are vaccinated against distemper, hepatitis, parvovirus, leptospirosis and parainfluenza up to three times by the age of four months. 

They may also be immunised against coronavirus, rabies, Lyme disease and bordetella or kennel cough. Booster shots are given every year or every three or four years. 

But some have suffered dramatic changes in behaviour or been diagnosed with cancer within months of the injections, Canine Health Concern says. 

In a letter backed by 17 vets and other pet experts, the charity has called on the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, which monitors animal vaccines, to issue new advice on their use. 

Mrs O'Driscoll, who believes cats and rabbits could also be at risk, added that a simple blood test would determine whether an animal needed a booster shot. 

Richard Allport, a Hertfordshire vet who has signed the letter to the VMD, said he was 'constantly' seeing animals that had developed 'worrying symptoms' after vaccination. 

But other animal charities said vaccination was vital. The Dogs Trust said all jabs were thoroughly tested for safety and warned that blood tests were not completely reliable. Its veterinary director, Chris Laurence, said a study looking for a connection between jabs and sudden ill-health failed to find a link. 

Professor Steve Dean, chief executive of the VMD, said: 'Many veterinary surgeons can remember the devastating effects these once common-diseases had on our pets, their owners and families, and the huge benefit vaccines have had on improving the health and welfare of the canine population should be recognised.' 

A spokesman added that the 80million-plus doses of vaccine since 1985 had generated fewer than 7,000 reports of side effects. 

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