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We received these videos in January 2011 of Puik in Istanbul, Turkey. Here are some excerpts from e-mails we received about her case from her owner, Gulcin Goker:

Jan. 1, 2011:

“We are living in a forest side of İstanbul and unfortunately there are a lot of ownerless dog in İstanbul, and they are not living in a very good conditions, especially in winter time they need help.

“I owned a dog from the forest when she was nearly 6 months old. She was very underweight, slim and since she is living in our garden she is like anorexia , not eating very well.

“She has lived with us nearly 1 month. At the beginning she had only appetite problem, after 2 weeks when the cold arrived as it’s winter time she had very deep, chronic and [full] cough …”

” … After 10 days of continuously coughing … the right back leg very small notable tick and balance problem, the veterinarian said she has canine distemper …[later] … she started to cough continuously the same day she turned back home, and within 2 days she lost all body balance , she has a tremble also in the chest and head area but she is OK with appetite even if she is really incredibly thin.

“So now what shall we do?”

We responded with information about the NDV treatments and the name of a vet in Istanbul who had performed the NDV spinal tap before. It would take a few days to arranged the treatment, which happened Jan. 7, 2011. The day before the treatment, we received the first video and the picture.

Jan. 8, 2011

“She is ok after treatment , had only the fever  1 degree more than the normal  but unfortunately today Sinem noticed that she still has a tremor on the same leg.”

My response: “The idea is that the distemper virus should have been stopped by the NDV, unfortunately a lot of the damage done to the nervous system remains. It takes time for the nervous system to repair itself. Let us hope that the symptoms will subside. We have a discussion forum where others who have gone through the NDV spinal tap can share their experience:
http://www.edbond.com/distemper/discussionboard/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=2&sid=46cddee8bb5104bf75173332759e00d0″

I also put Gulcin in touch with another dog owner in Turkey, whose dog had been successfully treated with the NDV spinal tap: “I talked to Bezen today , thanks for the information , she shared me their story  and gave me a lot of support. Today we took Puik back to home , she is strangely good , has no pain , no fever and even after the treatment she had no pain at all , the only sign that she is sick is that she has that tremor on the leg and it’s stronger than before. She has a very good appetite , she is eating very well.”

Jan. 19, 2011

“She had a seizure in complete body plus tremor on the legs during last week. 3 days ago Sinem started with some brain boost medicines with antibiotic, which is very strong on brain inflammation too. She is really very well since yesterday. She started walking, wagging its tail, eating third time a day a full plate. She still has a balance problem when she wakes up for a first step, but then she straightens up. I will send you its video.”

Jan. 20, 2011

This note came with the video: “She is going better day by day and eating really great , hope she will put on weight soon. Thanks and very best regards.” Gulcin

Aug. 4, 2011

We received new video with this note:

Hi Ed,
Do you remember Puik from İstanbul / Turkey?
I am sending you her video and some photos, and you can never imagine how she became a self confident, lovely and very brave dog.
She lives with her right front foot tremor but she used to live with it and it is not something that you can notice when she is in action, only you notice very clearly when she is sleeping but this is absolutely does not
have any effect on her life.This tremor remained the same because I found you 3 days later after the first sign of diagnosis when she had already started with this tremor so we were not able to improve it but thanks to God it is not repeated in the other feet.
On those days I was counting every single lbs she was putting on to keep her healthy and she was approximately 25 lbs but today after 6 months of NDV spinal tap treatment she is 38 lbs.
If you remember I was put her far away point in the garden then my other 2 dogs at home but after 2 months of the spinal tap with very notable improvements on her health conditions we let her come in to our home with the other 2 dogs and since that moment they are living all together very safety since 6 months and for sure they will live all together for many years.
Thanks a lot to you and our lovely veterinerian Sinem in İstanbul that Puik is alive and very healty and happy dog today.
Best regards,
Gulcin Goker

UPDATE

November 22, 2015

Hello Ed,
Do you remember Puik?
She was going to die in 2011 when she was not even 1 year old.
We have spent 5 more years together.
Here is our lovely Puik. She is the guardian of my heart and soul. She is really a guardian dog by instinct . It is also incredible that over the years she has quit with the leg tremor as well.
She has no symptoms, and I hope even no memories of those difficult days for her…
Once more thank you for what you have done for her and helped us.

Gulcin Goker

– Ed Bond

Read about Dexter, the first dog in Istanbul, to be saved with the NDV spinal tap

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Hello Mr. Bond,

I’ve sent you a video of Dena, she is the youngest (female) spinal tap treated dog. She is much better. She still has tremor, but she is happy, eats well and runs!

You can check the video. You have her previous video in the kennel.

The other two spinal tap treated dogs are also better. I will make videos of them, too.

Szilvia Fiáth
Szekszárd Shelter
Hungary
Jan. 17. 2011

And here are the additional videos:

Five other dogs in Hungary were saved with the NDV-induced serum

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Alson W. Sears DVM

(para mas información, entre a  Distemper donor dog blog)

Nota: la ley federal prohíbe el envío de suero. De cualquier manera, un veterinario puede hacer el suero en su clínica, almacenarlo ahí y tratar perros que le sean llevados. Este no es un suero de anticuerpos. Creemos que causa una respuesta inmune, que crea un material, o grupo de materiales previamente desconocidos, posiblemente a nivel del ARNi. No estamos seguros como funciona, pero funciona muy rápido cuando un perro enfermo es tratado con este material en las etapas tempranas de la enfermedad.

• el siguiente protocolo es para la producción de suero anti-moquillo
• el suero es usado de manera subcutánea para la eliminación del virus del moquillo en perros infectados.
• el tratamiento temprano es recomendado. Menos de 4 días de la enfermedad.
• tratarlos para neumonía bacteriana por al menos siete días
• la recuperación de moquillo agudo, sucede usualmente entre las 12 y 48 horas.
• Esto puede ser específico de la especie, pero, puede ser inducido y usado in otras especies, que son susceptibles al moquillo u otras enfermedades relacionadas.

Aquí está una traducción de cómo hacer el suero de NDV-INDUJO. Si tiene aún más preguntas, comprende por favor que yo no hablo español, así que utilizo generalmente a un traductor en línea para ayudarme. Sin embargo, el Dr. Sears lee español, y él puede ser alcanzado en antidistemper@aol.com.

Here is a translation of how to make the NDV-induced serum. If you have further questions, please understand I do not speak Spanish, so I usually use an online translator to help me. However, Dr. Sears does read Spanish, and he can be reached at antidistemper@aol.com.

– Ed Bond

Cómo hacer suero de NDV

Metodología para hacer el suero inducido por NDV (sueron anti-morvilidad viral)

1. PERRO: Usar un perro de 10 a 12 meses de edad, que no sea de raza pura sino mestizo, de 27.27 a 40.91 Kg., que no esté castrado, joven y saludable.
2. Hacer un examen completo de laboratorio para descartar todos los posibles problemas de salud, especialmente las enfermedades de transmisión sanguínea.
3. El perro debe estar vacunado previamente contra todas las enfermedades locales, eliminar todos los parásitos especialmente ascáridos. Si un perro ha sido recientemente desparasitado, espere un par de semanas después de la desparacitación, así los moduladores inmunes de los parásitos, tienen oportunidad de desaparecer.
4. No usar razas o individuos que posean problemas o deficiencias del sistema inmune ( los ácaros Demodex de los Shar pei)
5. mezclar una ampolleta de 1000 dosis de la Vacuna contra la enfermedad de Newcastle (usar únicamente los 6cc del diluyente que viene con la NDV o solución salina si el diluyente no esta disponible). Inyectar 6.0cc de diluyente o solución salina dentro de la ampolleta de NDV. Deseche la ampolleta restante diluyente. Use la cepa La Sota. Otras cepas del virus deberían funcionar también, pero no hay que usar vacunas de virus muerto NDV. Usar NDV vivo modificado. Este virus es tu inductor de la inmunidad celular
6. Pon un catéter IV en el perro
7. inyecta de manera intravenosa (I.V.) 2.0 o 3.0cc de virus Newcastle de tu ampolleta dependiendo del peso oficial del perro (tratar al perro con fluidos I.V como corresponda.(NO usar corticosteroides, o antihistamínicos)
8. La inducción del virus de la enfermedad de Newcastle para suero inmune celular puede ser hecha solo una vez en cualquier perro. La segunda vez, los anticuerpos de la enfermedad de Newcastle, son producidos y bloquean la respuesta inmune. La substancia inmune producida es desconocida y no tiene nombre por el momento.
9. El tiempo es absolutamente esencial para lograr el suero contra el distemper. Toma a la sangre 11 a 12 horas post inyección (11-12 horas post inyección=factores anti virales=Muy efectivos contra el Virus Distemper in vivo). El tiempo es importante (Interferón, antiviral, regulatorios, anti-inflamatorios citoquinas todas tienen tiempos de producción diferentes)
10. Todo procedimiento debe ser estéril. Justo antes de las 11-12hs post inyección anestesiar al perro donador (5-10 minutos antes)
11. Colocar un catéter yugular
12. comienza los fluidos I.V
13. extraer la sangre entre las 11 y 12 hs y colectarlos en 10cc recipientes para sangre (estériles y sin aditivos) y permite a la sangre coagular. Todos los veterinarios extraen la mayor cantidad del perro donador. Sacar sangre antes de que el perro entre en shock. Esto       puede ser determinado por el color de las encías y la frecuencia respiratoria. Es asombrosa la velocidad con que un perro saludable se recupera. Los fluidos obviamente ayudan. Nosotros podemos obtener cerca de 250cc de sangre total de un perro de 90lbs y obtener cerca de 100cc de suero para usar
14. centrifugar inmediatamente luego que de coagulación para limpiar el suero. No permitas que llegue a suceder la hemólisis
15. retire el suero y póngalo en botellas estériles, esto retira todos los elementos celulares, células T, células B, glóbulos rojos.
16. poner los recipientes desuero en dentro de bolsas y guardar en el refrigerador. Botellas de suero pueden ser guardadas mas de 5 años en el refrigerador, mas si son congeladas
17. se pueden formar crío-precipitados luego de congelarlos. Mezclarlos causa opacidad. Esto no es peligroso
18. podrían ser filtrados con un filtro de 0.2micrones, mantener estéril
19. todos mis perros donadores han sobrevivido. No he perdido ninguno. Ninguno de mi personal ha sido dañado por este virus y procedimiento en los últimos 40 años.

Las actualizaciones pueden ser hechas con los datos nuevos que se dispongan. Si tiene alguna pregunta, por favor contacte al Dr. Alson W. Sears DVM para más aclaraciones a  AntiDistemper@aol.com.

Del Dr. Sears:

La dosis del suero depende de la edad del perro. Para herpes, una simple aplicación de 1cc a cada cachorro al nacer. Para distemper a cualquier edad, la dosis es 1cc por perro mas 1cc por 10 lbs. Repetir 3 veces con intervalos de 12 hs. (Así, perro de 20 lbs serían 3 dosis de 3 CC cada 12 horas). Para un perro de 30 libras seria 1 CC mas 3 CC para un total de 4 CC dado cada 12 horas las tres dosis. Actualización: dar la inyección subcutánea en las patas traseras anterior al gran músculo, NO entre los hombros o en el área del cuello.

Debe leer las notas del Dr. Sears sobre Neumonía y Moquillo

Estas son notas del Dr. Sears para la modificación de tratamientos, después de haber asistido a unas conferencias en San Luis:

Tratamiento al presentarse la enfermedad respiratoria aguda.

Suero- suero NVD inducido a 1 CC por cada 10 libra además 1 CC por perro, 3 tratamientos administrados cada 12 horas (NVD como algunos perros no puede o no responde a hacer citoquinas apropiadas) así que para un perro de 30 libras seria 1 CC además 3CC para un total de 4 CC dados 3 veces.

Tamiflu-resulta que funciona muy bien en para el PARVOVIRUS , y tiene efecto limitado en otros virus. Yo recomendaría 1 mg/lb. Dos veces al día por al menos 7 días.

Antibióticos- todos estos virus causan inflamación en los pulmones (resfrío causa neumonía hemorrágica) todos dejan una NEUMONIA BACTERIAL SECUNDARIA l. Mi recomendación es penicilina –G y baytril inyectado 3 veces al día en perros mayores de 9 meses por al menos 10 días.

Penicilina-G y Chloromycetin 25 mg/lb.) Tres veces al día, por 10 días en perros más jóvenes. (Baytrill causa problems de articulaciones en perros jóvenes)

Fluidos de apoyo y alimentación según sea necesario.

Hay un examen para estos virus, desarrollado y disponible a través de ANTECH. Este es una muestra de la garganta que distingue los virus del tracto respiratorio superior y da un buen diagnostico. También para el moquillo hay aun examen de transición de las células de la vejiga. Funciona muy bien para diagnosticar el moquillo agudo rápidamente.

Hay un examen para el antígeno del moquillo con una muestra intranasal que es hecho a nivel clínico. El problema con este examen es que puede dar positivo al virus al haber usado la vacuna para el distender. Así que puede daros un falso positivo de moquillo y provocar un diagnostico erróneo.

Bordetella es la tos de las perreras, esta es tratada con antibióticos de cefalosporina, ésta regularmente no causa neumonía, puede ser confundida con enfermedades virales NO ME GUSTA ESTA CLASE DE ANTIBIOTICOS PARA NEUMONIA EN ENFERMEDADES VIRALES.

Lista de enfermedades respiratorias superiores que pueden y son confundidas con moquillo

• parainfluenza
• adenovirus
• influenza canina H3N8
• influenza H1N1
• microplasma
• coronavirus
• virus del herpes
• muchas neumonías bacterianas.

El tratamiento para los problemas neurológicos secundarios en perros debe seguir siendo el mismo para este momento. El problema es solo visto en aquellos perros tratados tardíamente en la enfermedad, o en aquellos que tuvieron una recuperación espontánea.

Si tiene algún comentario o alguna recomendación, por favor escríbame y lo podemos discutir. Me di cuenta que muchas neumonías que son reportadas NO son distemper, aun así necesitan ser tratadas.

Doc Sears

Tipos de moquillo

1. perros jóvenes no vacunados, usualmente de perreras. Perros con todos los síntomas reconocibles. Neumonía, catarro, fiebre, colapso, inclusiones en la vejiga, elevados niveles de anticuerpos IPGH y IBM.
2. enfermedades menores sin importancia, muestran signos transitorios a menudo no reconocibles en las etapas temprana. La rápida recuperación, puede ser confundida con tos de las perreras. Los síntomas secundarios aparecen después. Como Correa, desmielinización, almohadillas duras, síntomas nasales, neumonía, síntomas oculares y encefalitis de perro viejo.
3. forma nueva de moquillo. Relativamente rara- perros adultos completamente vacunados múltiples veces, aparecen con algunos síntomas de distemper, el factor de exposición es desconocido- posiblemente exposición a especies salvajes. Tal vez alguna cepa nueva de moquillo.
4. tipo inducido de vacuna- no hay neumonía, no hay inclusiones en el cuerpo, convulsiones e inclusiones en el cerebro. No hay otra patología encontrada en la autopsia. El test Elisa para anticuerpos de moquillo o CSF (+), no inclusiones en la vejiga, no inclusiones en las conjuntivas, no usar vacunas combinadas de Moquillo/Parvovirus. Algunos perros sufren de encefalitis debido a la inclusión del viru. No hay tratamiento disponible que yo sepa. Tratamiento para los tipos 1,2 y 3 dar 1 CC por animal mas 1 CC por 10 libras. 3 tratamientos cada 12 horas. Dar antibióticos por una semana para controlar los síntomas secundarios de neumonía. He tenido mejores resultados con 2 diferentes antibióticos simultáneamente. Dar fluidos para controlar el shock inicial. En circunstancias desesperadas, en la ausencia de suero disponible, la NVD puede ser inyectada VI, directamente al perro enfermo. Si aun no esta severamente comprometido por el virus del moquillo, pueden responder y recuperarse del moquillo. Resultado completo, cese de todos los síntomas del distemper de 12 a 48 horas. Excepto por la bacteria de neumonía secundaria, la cual debe ser tratada por al menos 7 días.

Opinión

Ha sido mi observación, que animales tratados tempranamente, no tienen síntomas neurológicos secundarios. Recomendaría que todos los perros que se sospeche estén infectados, se les haga un examen completo de conteo de células blancas. Hacer un examen de anticuerpos IPGH, IBM para confirmar el moquillo. Un examen adicional para confirmarlo haciendo el examen del epitelio transicional de la vejiga. Teñirlo con Drif-Quick. Cerca del 90% de las células de la vejiga saldrán positivas para inclusiones en etapas tempranas de moquillo. Raramente las inclusiones pueden ser vistas en los glóbulos rojos. Nunca he visto inclusiones en la conjuntiva. Un test IFA de la conjuntiva para inclusiones esta disponible, pero no tengo experiencia con el. Es mejor iniciar todos los exámenes y después dar el suero, esperar por el resultado de los exámenes después del tratamiento, si nos equivocamos y no es moquillo, no existen reacciones adversas, pero si estamos en lo correcto, entonces nos encontramos “adelante del juego” para parar el virus. Los perros pueden ser tratados después en la enfermedad, después de 4 a 6 días, pero el suero no reparar el daño viral que ya haya tomado lugar. Por lo tanto, lo mejor es tratar en etapas tempranas, o con los primeros síntomas agudos.

Pelear contra el virus del moquillo es solo la mitad de la batalla.

Dr. Sears interview with Pet’s Magazine, a Spanish language magazine in the Dominican Republic.

El Dr. Sears entrevista con la Pet’s Magazine, una revista española del idioma en la República Dominicana.

Related links

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Received Dec. 16, 2010

Dear Mr. Ed Bond,

Thank you for contacting me. I have found Dr. Sears with the help of your homepage. … I cannot believe that Doc. Sear’s serum is not an official animal medicine. … We have about 8 dog with these symptoms, all of them got distemper. We plan to start spinal tap treatment this week. … I believe in this treatment. … We are a poor dog shelter. We do not have much money, but we can perform our aims if we want them very much.

You can read about us here and below:
http://www.allatvedok.szekszardon.hu/angol.php
http://www.kutyamenhely.info/bemutatkozas.html
our homepage: www.kutyamenhely.info

With best regards,

Szilvia Fiáth
Shelter of Szekszárd
Hungary

Their report on the treatment of five distemper dogs with NDV-induced serum:

Making of NDV serum

1.    Giving NDV La Sota vaccine to 5 dogs (age: under two year, mixed and healthy dogs with 2 fresh combined vaccines – Phizer Vanguard Plus 7)           09.18.2010. 22.00 p.m.
2.    Blood drawn      09.19. 2010. between 10 and 11.00 a.m.
3.    Making of NDV serum  09.19.2010., final quantity:  85 ml

Treatment with NDV SERUM

Betty

Large sized, white, mixed dog, female, she has been treated for three weeks, partial paralysis of back legs, without fever, small discharge in eyes.
•    Got 3 serums –after 12 hours, 30 kg 3 x 7 ml (cc) 09.19-20.2010.
•    After the first 24 hours: better appetite, felt better
•    After 48 hours – back legs got stronger, less weak
•    After 72 hours-  could stand on back legs which still trembled
•    Got antibiotics for 7 days synulox (amoxicillin-klavulanic acid) – enroxil 5 % (baytril)
•    2 weeks after serum: almost without symptoms, sometimes tired, back legs a little weak
•    1 month after serum: healthy, good appetite, runs, plays with ball, has new home

Dia

Rough-coated dachshund, female, she has been treated for two weeks, crappy eyes, trembling, fever.
•    Got 3 serums –after 12 hours, 8 kg 3 x 3 ml (cc) 09.19-20.2010.
•    After the first 24 hours: good appetite, felt better, eyes better
•    After 48 hours – eyes are clean, good appetite
•    After 72 hours-  no trembling, good appetite, felt better
•    Got antibiotics for 7 days synulox (amoxicillin-klavulanic acid) – enroxil 5 % (baytril)
•    10 days after serum: healthy, strong, good appetite, got new home

Bandi

Terrier mix, middle sized, brown, male, he has been treated for one week, he got the virus second time (or was not healthy, only got better, sick: February 2010 and then September 2010.) worst condition, close to death, very crappy eyes and nose, very weak, very thin, no strength, hair missing and wound on forelegs, strong diarrhea, but ate and drank.
•    Got 3 serums –after 12 hours, 8 kg 3 x 3 ml (cc) 09.19-20.2010.
•    After the first 24 hours: felt little better, diarrhea
•    After 48 hours – eyes cleaner, better appetite, diarrhea
•    After 72 hours-  eyes cleaner, better appetite, diarrhea, little stronger
•    Got antibiotics for 14 days synulox (amoxicillin-klavulanic acid) – enroxil 5 % (baytril), Bolus Adstringens, Vitamines
•    Ate twice-three times a day, still diarrhea, got stronger
•    30 days after serum: healthy, strong, good appetite.

Zsömi

Small sized, light brown, terrier mix, female, got 2 Vanguard Plus7 vaccines, 5 weeks !! after the second vaccine she got distemper : crappy eyes , no fever, paralysis of back legs, trembling, chorea.
•    Got 3 serums –after 12 hours, 8 kg 3 x 3 ml (cc) 10.25-26.2010.
•    After the first 24 hours: felt little better, ate, chorea, trembling
•    After 48 hours – good appetite, felt better, chorea, trembling
•    After 72 hours – – good appetite, felt better, less chorea, less trembling
•    Got antibiotics for 7 days synulox (amoxicillin-klavulanic acid) – enroxil 5 % (baytril)
•    Eats good, happy, but has trembling and chorea which is getting better

Update: Jan. 26, 2011:

Here is Zsömi, post treatment:

Nyakigláb

Big-sized black and brown, Doberman-German shepherd mix, was very thin ,when he came to the shelter, he had diarrhea, he got enroxil and bolus a. When he was ok, he got two combined vaccines. 4 weeks after the 2nd vaccine he got sick:  lost weight, did not eat, had very crappy eyes, diarrhea, no fever.
•    Got 3 serums –after 12 hours, 30 kg 3 x 7 ml (cc) 11.05-06.2010.
•    After the first 24 hours: felt little better
•    After 48 hours – eyes were clean, good appetite, felt better
•    After 72 hours-  good appetite, got stronger, felt good, better walking, running
•    Got antibiotics for 7 days synulox(amoxicillin-klavulanic acid) – enroxil 5 % (baytril)
•    After 4 days: healthy.

NOTE: Three of their dogs have been treated with the NDV spinal tap. We are waiting to hear the outcome of those.

UPDATE — JAN. 17, 2011:

The three dogs with neurologic symptoms were treated with NDV spinal taps on Dec. 16, 2010.

Szilvia Fiáth
Shelter of Szekszárd
Hungary

UPDATE: January 26, 2011

I wrote you we tried to treat two spaniels who got distemper.

The spaniel who had fever, discharges of eyes and nose  – he has recovered. He is very healthy, he is better than ever, happy, moving, eats well.

We have problems with the other. He had tremor, total weakness of back legs and nervous symptoms, he got the serum three times, after the NDV serum treatment he got well for two days, but then he got worse and worse.
Now he cannot stand on his back legs at all, he has tremors. He eats and drinks, but cannot stand up. [NDV spinal tap is the next step, if possible. E.B.]

Szilvia Fiáth
Shelter of Szekszárd
Hungary

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I am not a veterinarian or a scientist.  I’m a former journalist, a former journalism professor and now a game designer, inventor and illustrator. So, I often get asked about who I am and why I’m involved in canine distemper.  Simply put, Dr. Sears saved my dog Galen in 1997. So, I am doing what I can to help him.

But it’s fair to ask to know more about me because you have to decide whether to trust the information on these websites, which runs counter to the established doctrine of veterinary science. So, on some level you have to decide whether to trust me. In a way, we ask everyone who uses this information to make a leap of faith until the day we get the chance to prove these treatments work through scientific trials.

I try respond to e-mails and pleas for help as quickly and completely as possible. I aim for transparency and accountability. We also will do everything we can to document with pictures, videos and owner testimonials about the outcome of these cases. Most of the time, when I post info about a case, I will try to do as little editing as possible, and just let the owner’s words speak for themselves.

There are competing websites out there, and there are competing treatments. I won’t comment on the other websites and the other treatments. But when I say that Dr. Sears’ treatments really work, I say that as skeptic who reluctantly became an activist because of the people from all over the world who have reached out to let me know the NDV treatments and Dr. Sears’ protocols saved their dogs’ lives. 

For a very long time, I had believed it was somebody else’s job to prove that Dr. Sears’ treatments worked. But eventually I realized the first website I put up in May 2000 was more than just sharing a story, it started a cause. I sat on this for 11 years after Galen was treated and saved before I finally  jumped in and become an activist for Dr. Sears at the end of 2008. I support him because I know he is the real deal. He is not after money, influence or fame. He just wants to save dogs, and he would like it if the veterinary community could listen to his ideas fairly.

You should be careful when someone claims to have a cure for canine distemper. You should be skeptical. You should ask questions. Look for red flags. If someone says they are an expert, check it out. By the way, I do not claim to be a veterinary expert. Those are called vets, and I am not one. I can answer questions about the NDV treatments as they have been explained to me by Dr. Sears, but when the questions get too technical I will refer you to him or to another vet.

I have maintained original Web pages about Dr. Sears for more than 20 years. The information, pictures and videos on my sites are either written and created by me, provided to me by Dr. Sears or sent to me from people whose dogs have been helped by Dr. Sears’ treatments. Dr. Sears has reviewed these Web pages for accuracy.

I have recently completed a book about all I have learned about canine distemper. “Save Dogs From Canine Distemper: The Impossible Cure of Dr. Alson Sears” will be available through Amazon Print on Demand and Kindle Direct Publishing very soon.

— Ed Bond

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Pets Magazine, a Spanish-language publication in the Dominican Republic, Sept. 30, 2010

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Received Sept. 25, 2010

Bailey and I want to send out a very sincere thanks to Ed Bond, Dr. Al Sears and Dr. Daniel S. for their participation in Bailey’s fight with distemper. Without you guys I don’t think Bailey would be here today. I had her for almost 5 weeks and watched her go through all the phases of distemper. She started with coughing pretty constantly. We started treating her for kennel cough. Then she started

vomiting about every 4th meal and her eyes and nose became crusty. When she started with the green discharge from her nose ,the vet said she could be 50/50 distemper. We changed her antibiotic and started her on an eye ointment. He said when she started twitching we should probably put her down. I researched the disease and started her on some echinacea and golden seal and vitamins from various websites. I was cooking her chicken and scrambled eggs with hidden veggies.

She never really lost her appetite, so that helped stay a little stronger. By the time I found the website about the spinal tap treatment by Dr. Sears she had just started her twitching. But I emailed Ed Bond, who got right back to me within 20 minutes with the names of 2 Dr.’s  in Ventura County who have done this procedure, after neuro distemper had set in. Dr. Sears also emailed me to let me know it wasn’t 100%, but without it, it was 100% fatal. He wished us luck.  We drove 4 hours to see Dr. S. who thought she was a pretty good candidate. Her lungs sounded good and he thought she could handle the procedure. Well almost 2 weeks later it’s like a miracle. She still has some twitching on her head and the Doc says she may always have that or it may go away. We decided to keep her on the phenobarbitol another month. The pics and videos tell the rest. As you can see it hasn’t slowed her down at all. She’s turned into a spoiled little princess (being the only girl out of 4) I plan to purchase some of the dvd’s that just came out from Dr. Sears and pass them out to some of the vets in the area. The word needs to get out. They at least need to know that it’s an option that’s out there instead of “there’s nothing we can do.” As soon as this little episode is paid for I will be donating to the cause and spreading the word to friends and family and whoever we can get to listen.  Thank you so much again and I will keep in touch and let me know how I can help.

Debbie and Bailey

P.S. Just wanted to add a couple pics and tips. We’ve had her on Clavamox antibiotic and 2 eye ointments,vertropolycin and optimmune as well as the penobarbitol. I’m still cooking for her and I’m adding vit C,A and E to her food (liquid). I ordered a product called Snout Soother for her nose and paws. They say bag balm also does the trick. It all seems to be coming together. Hope this info can help others and give encouragement.

Received Aug. 6, 2011

Hi Ed,
It’s been a while but I wanted to update you on Bailey. We just went back to see Dr. S. for her annual visit and vaccines. He was so happy to see her doing so well. He is 2.5 hours away, but I will be going to see him yearly because unfortunately the local vets in the area still don’t understand what we’ve done. I’ve tried to share the dvds and educate but so many are old school. … Meanwhile Dr. S. was showing her off like a trophy. We’re all very proud of his accomplishments. He’s had some tough cases lately ( because they find out too late) and needed this boost and reminder of why you all do what you do. He said unfortunately even the ” Happy endings” don’t keep him updated, and I apologize to everyone for waiting so long myself. We’ve been very wrapped up in the gift of life that everyone gave my Bailey. So here’s your update. She’s doing GREAT! She still has a minor twitch on her head/jaw. We just see it as an adorable personality trait. It certainly doesn’t affect her or slow her down. We’ll continue to spread the news and donate when we can. Keep up the great work and your spirits high!
I may update again soon when I get video together.
Thanks again,
Debbie

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The puppy, Adrian, is an approximately 10 week old Catahoula female found in the street and picked up by the dog pound on 6/30. She was vaccinated that day upon arrival to the dog pound and weighed 10 pounds at that time. I found her on Petfinders on 7/7 and I got her on 7/8. I noticed on the way home she was coughing. She was playful and otherwise normal – eating and drinking.