Re: beyondhom Lyssinum and Stramonium

On Mar 11, 2013, at 12:47 AM, Vicki Satta wrote:

>> 
>> MIND - BULIMIA - alternating with - refusal to eat - insanity; with
>> EXTREMITIES - AWKWARDNESS - Lower limbs - descending stairs; missing steps when
>> EXTREMITIES - HIP; complaints of
>> EXTREMITIES - HIP; complaints of - Joints
>> EXTREMITIES - HIP JOINT disease
>> EXTREMITIES - HIP JOINT disease - left
>> EXTREMITIES - MOTION - agility, great
>> GENERALS - MOBILITY; excessive
>> 
>> Namaste,
>>   Irene
> 
> 
> Irene, what about ACL tears?  Is that part of what you've seen?

So far, not really. One case may have had:
German shepherd (old and unsteady physically but very mentally alert) was super-extending rear legs when sitting, (case of severe hip joint disease) and one vet thought ACL was involved and another thought luxating patella was involved. Neither was proved (or disproved). 
I suggested curved-movement physiotherapy alone then with resistance, to strengthen the small muscles around the joints - to help hold the joints together better when they took weight. That enabled standing, then walking. Then followed with walking exercise with support in a doggy cart (without which front ankles collapsed).  

ACL issues are a potential "consequential" injury though for the physical configuration of Stram, and I've not had that many cases. It may be common enough and also may vary by breed and species and forms of exercise/activity used.  

>  And what about a dog with leash aggression who is wagging his tail and the rest of his body is moving like he's a killer pit bull?  Walter's issues don't even make sense.

Sounds "so stramish" - illogical simultaneous opposites.  Goes with "big noisy front" and "small gentle/weak rear" concept.

>  Oh, and he has the big front and thin back.  It is an exact description of Walter! 

Nice to get another confirmation of it. Thanks!

> If you have any kind of a comprehensive list of symptoms I'd like to compare it with what I have that fits Walter and then see if there is anything that may not be in my paperwork.  

Each individual is different, but the best "list" of potential stram features would be the rubrics list for Stram in a repertory such as Radar.

> Walter did have an ACL tear.  Surgeon recommended surgery (of course), and I opted for homeopathy and monitored him from jumping up and down for a long time.  It healed, and I hope it won't cause problems as he ages.

Hope not.
Is he small or big or?

> And what do you say about species appropriate raw diets (not the commercial version)?  Does nutrition play a part?  

Anything fed raw, that is not fresh-killed, asks the individual to handle the toxins on the surface of the raw meat, put there y bacteria. Those toxins deplete the antioxidants of the animal. This means essentially that processed raw meat ( as  opposed to eaten prey-kill) is better with some cooking - at least enough to kill the inappropriate surface bacteria. Dogs have more liver function options than cats, in this regard, but not by much. SO they can handle the toxins a little (hence will eat carrion if they have to, unlike cats) but it is *not* beneficial to provide it raw, as opposed to cooked.
"Raw diets" do well only in comparison to junk food. Cooked meat is better than raw meat, and may be a lot better depending what bacteria or toxins are on it that day. It's a chance YOU probably do not take - why should your dog take it? Your dog has LESS liver enzymes to detoxify it than yoU have!
(Bacteria on meat double in 20 minutes, and again the next 20 minutes. Commercial raw meat is  NOT like fresh-killed prey eaten on the spot.)

Meat is not a balanced diet by itself either. Compared to fresh prey:
There are all the minerals and nutrients of blood and bone - plus the gut contents of prey - missing from such a diet, as well as the antioxidant depletion due to toxins on commercial raw meat.
But certainly meat is the basis of a good carnivore diet.
It just needs some added stuff to fulfill specific carnivore needs.
It's a complex subject which needs constant updating. I see why you home-make food; most peple can not spend the time. With commercial, one needs to constantly overcome consequences of commercial greed: 
Crazy ideas like GMO foods that wreck the gut and poison body systems; or processing equipment that is zinc-galvanized to be cheaper than steel causing overdose zinc; or lack of salmonella control; or artificial vitamin K which is toxic, or leftovers of oil industry turned into supposed protein; or hype about "grainfree" which poisons with potato and pea instead, or worse, fruit antioxidants. etc etc). 

 I have details on cat nutrition at my Catwell group site; dogs are very similar, and you are welcome there. (I do not know of a dog site that uses proper research as opposed to internet hype for their recommendations.) 

Namaste,
    Irene
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