Re: About the Mold Detection K9

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In a message dated 7/9/2007 7:26:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

jason@... writes:

I received a lot of replies today about the Mold K9. I will elaborate

here for all interested.

What an amazing story!! Three cheers for Trixie and , thanks for all

you do.

Keep up the good work and stay safe.

Sue

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I am still having a hard time with this. I have a dog, and we have to watch

her constantly for signs of illness from the molds. To me it doesn't matter

about the olfactory, the molds are gonna get the dog after a time with the

numerous amount of exposure, then what, too late for the dog. Her being deaf

has nothing to do with the mold exposure. Age of the dog does not matter when

it comes to mold exposure, and other illnesses, the immune system can crash at

any given time. Exercise, that is great, but once again, a healthy dog can get

sick from the exposure also. I don't know, maybe it is just me having a hard

time with this. Darlene

jrbilotta <jason@...> wrote: I

received a lot of replies today about the Mold K9. I will elaborate

here for all interested.

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I have to say I agree with Darlene on many levels. I think its also

important to understand that being 'pound dogs' the dogs you rescue probably

would have been killed because they had no humans and that your training is

their ticket to continued existence. But as a person who is in a sense a

'pound dog' myself, who had to work his way up via a school of hard knocks,

I would ask you to consider some things.

You need to be more pro-active about protecting Trixie and all of your dogs

health. And especially their sense of smell. I am a mold survivor who has

lost most of my sense of smell from living in an apartment that had a

serious stachybotrys problem and it literally burned out my sense of smell.

That will happen to your dogs too. A few months ago I saw a post here by a

distraught mold consultant like yourself who had a mold dog who had lost his

sense of smell. A number of us here tried to help, but we never heard what

had happened to that poor dog. Since then I have often thought about that

dog and wondered what had happened to him or her. Were they simply brought

back to the pound, their 'usefulness' having ended? I wouldn't be surprised.

What I would suggest is that you look into some kind of IMMEDIATE post-work

treatment to remove the mold particles from your dogs nose, something like

those facial mist masks. And you may also want to do some serious poling

through Medline for strategies to protect your dogs olfactory neurons from

apoptosis from the mold toxins. Go to

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez > as your search terms use

" olfactory apoptosis " (without quotes)

I know that NAC (n-acetylcysteine) and a number of other antioxidants

protect the EARS and other sensory neurons from many different kinds of

damage. They might protect the nose as well. I DON'T KNOW. )

So, you might want to find out what does the same thing for the sense of

smell and start doing it.

You may see moldy buildings as a source of money, but for us, we see them as

threats to our lives. They are. And they are especially a threat to a dogs

life who depends on his or her sense of smell to stay out of the gas

chamber.

Think about it.

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Darlene,

I appreciate your feedback and I can certainly understand your concern.

This is a topic that we researched long and hard before committing to

this.

I don't think I can clearly illustrate the limited scope of how the dogs

are used on this forum, but safety is always a factor. But the key

points I was trying to make before are this:

* Trixie was SCHEDULED to be put to sleep due to her disability

(translated: non-adoptable) and would have been if not specifically

inquired about.

* She is only alive today because of the job she was trained to do.

* She is a dog with a job and a purpose, and as a working breed this

is critical to fulfilling her needs.

* Her exercise routine cannot be understated. She has the

cardiovascular fitness of an adult human athlete.

* Between her fitness, diet and quality of life, our vet believes

Trixie is physiologically a 15 month old dog at most. She just turned

2. In dog years that is huge. All the markers for age are slowing down

for her. This is a topic that may not be understood by all that read it

but is well documented (Google 120 Year Diet).

* Trixie sees her vet monthly, and I see my doctor monthly as well.

We go specifically to address any concerns related to fungal exposure.

We are both doing fine.

If you would like to discuss this further, I would be more than happy

to. I love dogs and dog lovers! Email me directly with a way to

contact you and we can discuss.

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received a lot of replies today about the Mold K9. I will elaborate

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Thank You for the advice and the links. I will look at them. As I

said before, Trixie is our PET and she is LOVED. She will always be

in our family.

I didn't just get into this as a source of money: my home was

destroyed by mold. I had to learn the hard way how little I was

insured for this. I had to move my family out of our home for months,

get medical care for my daughter, and strip my home down to the studs.

I also learned the hard way how easy it is to spend thousands of

dollars on over-testing and poor advice in an industry so vastly

unregulated, only to then spend those thousands all over again for

good advice.

I left a very lucrative career to do this because I saw an opportunity

to something meaningful and sleep good at night, knowing I was helping

others like me.

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> I have to say I agree with Darlene on many levels. I think its also

> important to understand that being 'pound dogs' the dogs you rescue

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I had several guinea pigs that I loved dearly and died during my mold

nightmore in three places. I love dogs but sometimes animals have to

be used just like guinea pigs are for research. I am sure is not

out to hurt his dog. I don't want to start anything but the dogs are

helping people get help in a serious situation. Dogs have been used for

several years for mold. They did a show a few years ago on the Today

show with a place in Florida and the cost was quite cheap. Save the

children and people suffering if need be. It is a horrible illness and

if there is a way to help, God bless this doggie.

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> Thank You for the advice and the links. I will look at them. As I

> said before, Trixie is our PET and she is LOVED. She will always be