This Weekend

THIS WEEKEND-

Saturday, December 8 from 12 - 4 PM - 15th Annual Open House at Smiley Dog's Warehouse. It is located at 23303 Highway 99, Suite H (lower level), Edmonds, WA. Smiley Dog is a neighborhood business providing FREE HOME DELIVERY of the best quality pet foods, toys, kitty litter and supplies at reasonable prices. To learn more about Smiley Dog and their event, please visit www.smileydog.com

Stop by to browse the deals, see new products and chat with the reps including: Evergreen Pet Supply, Artistic Impressions, Lucky Palate Vegetarian Meal Service, PAWS, Pooper Trooper, The Whole Pup, Pawsitive Steps Dog Training, City Dog Magazine and Joy Turner, Animal Communicator. Contact Smiley Dog at (206) 903-9631 to schedule a private mini session with Joy during the Open House - space is limited, first come first served (reserve now!) 5 minutes $15, 10 minutes $30.

Sunday, December 9 from 1 - 4 PM - Sisters of the Air, Magical Gifts is a spiritual and metaphysical gift shop located at 2105-A Meridian Ave East Edgewood, WA. Joy will be talking about animal communication and then taking questions from the participants regarding their animal kids. You can bring your animal kid into the store. The cost is $30. Please call 253-927-3788 to register for the class. For more information about what Sisters of the Air, Magical Gifts has to offer, please visit www.sistersoftheair.com.

CANINE RABIES CHALLENGE STUDIES BEGIN !One of the most important vaccine research studies in veterinary medicine is underway at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine in Madison. Dr. Ronald Schultz, a leading authority on veterinary vaccines and Chair of the Department of Pathobiological Sciences, has begun concurrent 5 and 7 year challenge studies to determine the long-term duration of immunity of the canine rabies vaccine, with the goal of extending the state-mandated interval for boosters. These will be the first long-term challenge studies on the canine rabies vaccine to be published in the United States.

Dr. Schultz comments that: "We are all very excited to start this study that will hopefully demonstrate that rabies vaccines can provide a minimum of 7 years of immunity."

This research is being financed by The Rabies Challenge Fund, a charitable trust founded by pet vaccine disclosure advocate Kris L. Christine of Maine, who serves as Co-Trustee with world-renowned veterinary research scientist and practicing clinician, Dr. W. Jean Dodds of Hemopet in California. The Rabies Challenge Fund recently met its goal of $177,000 to fund the studies’ first year budget with contributions from dog owners, canine groups, trainers, veterinarians, and small businesses. Annual budget goals of $150,000 for the studies must be met in the future.

Scientific data published in 1992 by Michel Aubert and his research team demonstrated that dogs were immune to a rabies challenge 5 years after vaccination, while Dr. Schultz’s serological studies documented antibody titer counts at levels known to confer immunity to rabies 7 years post-vaccination. This data strongly suggests that state laws requiring annual or triennial rabies boosters for dogs are redundant. Because the rabies vaccine is the most potent of the veterinary vaccines and associated with significant adverse reactions, it should not be given more often than is necessary to maintain immunity.

Adverse reactions such autoimmune diseases affecting the thyroid, joints, blood, eyes, skin, kidney, liver, bowel and central nervous system; anaphylactic shock; aggression; seizures; epilepsy; and fibrosarcomas at injection sites are linked to rabies vaccinations.

Study co-trustee Kris Christine adds: "Because the USDA does not require vaccine manufacturers to provide long-term duration of immunity studies documenting maximum effectiveness when licensing their products, concerned dog owners have contributed the money to fund this research themselves. We want to ensure that rabies immunization laws are based upon independent, long-term scientific data."

More information and regular updates on The Rabies Challenge Fund and the concurrent 5 and 7 year challenge studies it is financing can be found at the fund’s website designed by volunteer Andrea Brin at: www.RabiesChallengeFund.org.

GIFT CERTIFICATES!

Looking for a gift for your friend who wants to talk with his/her animal kid(s) or is in need of talking with someone or a pet who has passed over or with Spiritual Guides! How about a gift certificate for a session with Joy? Sessions are in 30 minute increments. The cost for each 30 minute increment is $75. To purchase a gift certificate, you can call Joy at 425-867-1779 or order through the website, www.talkwithyouranimals.com.

NEWSLETTERS

To access the current as well as the past informative newsletters, click on the links for
Optimum Choices - www.optimumchoices.com/newsletters.htm
Animal Radio - www.animalradio.com/discus/messages/27/27.html?1066836212

Remember if you would like a private session with Joy to either talk with your animals or your spiritual guides/guardian angels or soul or those(human or animal)who have passed, you can call her at 425-867-1779 or e-mail her at Joy@talkwithyouranimals.com to set up an appointment. She does the majority of her sessions over the phone so you don't have to live in the Seattle area to have a session. Nor do you have to wait for the radio show or an event to be able to talk with your animals, soul or spiritual guides/guardian angels or those(human or animal)who have passed. Also, in case you did not know, Joy works with missing animals.