Dynamite Testimonial— Rattlesnake Bite Recovery

I always keep a Dynamite Topical Aid Kit on hand. One of my girlfriends who lived half a country away had bought one from me and on the day of this event, I was never more grateful that she did!

I got a message at work to call my friend Cat ASAP. Since she would never normally contact me at work this way I knew something was wrong and I called her. She'd been up in the mountains with her dogs on a hike and one of them found a big rattlesnake. These dogs are working dogs and aren't known for backing down, especially if there's a threat to their handler. Her dog Hannah got bit by the snake, and from her description I'd say the snake didn't pull any punches with the venom (not a dry bite). The others dispatched the snake. She was a couple of hours from the nearest emergency vet clinic.

Thankfully Cat isn't one to panic. She's a thinker. So she went to work keeping her dog calm and getting her to the car. She'd already cleaned the bite site with peroxide. She knew I had pulled my old German Shepherd out of a hole (vets wrote her off as being too old to survive) after she'd been bitten near the eye by an unidentified poisonous snake. My old dog made it and Cat needed to know what I'd done.

I had her clean with Solace, give it a few minutes, and then put the Miracle Clay on it. I told her, "Don't just dab it on the bite site, coat a large area around the bite site." I know this woman and her dogs very well and know they are on a natural diet and are extremely healthy and fit. In the beginning I told her to use her best judgment and to watch what was coming to surface on the clay. If it was getting dirty, clean it all off and go through the whole thing again. When my dog Dutch was bitten near the eye, I coated her whole head. For Hannah, I had her go 8 inches all the way around the bite site. I had her give Miracle Clay internally in broth made from green tripe. Cleaning the bite site and re-coating with Clay was done every half hour to an hour. When the swelling stopped as the clay drew deeper she changed it every 2 hours round the clock. In doing so, she also found, the next day, a 2nd bite site in the chest in a brindle streak of her fur. The swelling wasn't as bad. She'd read online that Benadryl could help with breathing issues so she used that as well.

This was continued until what she was seeing was this awful greenish color and finally black substance drawn out of her wound. I knew we were in the money once we saw that. Hannah is very well trained but for dogs who aren't, keep in mind that they're going to want to scratch as the drawing of the Clay must be itchy. Cat reported that Hannah acted like she had a bad headache for a few days. She was fed broth from green tripe which had been frozen and thawed. Later she boiled an organic chicken and fed her the broth from that. She continued with the clay until there was no swelling or heat at either bite sight and there were no longer odd colors being drawn from the tissue.

Surprisingly, within a couple of days, Cat was grousing that she was having a hard time getting Hannah to understand that she was not allowed to run around just yet. I was delighted. More over I'm forever grateful that Dynamite products were on hand to help Hannah survive two rattlesnake bites.

I would never advise someone not to seek treatment from a doctor or a vet but even in modern day America, some of us still go places that take hours to come back to civilization. I never go anywhere without my Dynamite Topical Aid Kit. It's small, it fits under the seat of any car and it could save a life.

Robin Kathleen Green 

Distributor, Arizona

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The statements made on this page were given freely and are the sole opinions of the author. We always caution that one person’s experience is not a guarantee of results. The statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, prevent or mitigate any disease. Dynamite Specialty Products takes a firm stance that our products always be used in accordance with the opinions and expertise of your trusted health care professional, doctor and/or veterinarian.

Dynamite Testimonial—Sophie's Christmas Dinner

Sophie’s Christmas Dinner

It was the perfect Norman Rockwell Christmas when the phone rings. The call you never want to get. It was Andy, our house sitter, calling because Sophie, a 15-pound Pug, had a Christmas dinner of who knows how many 1000-2000 mg chewable Rimadyl. She was throwing up and did not feel good. I told Andy I needed a minute to breathe but would call right back. Here is the recipe I came up with: I called the emergency vet to see what they recommended. In Sophie’s case it was IV fluids and observation. I elected to have Andy give 12-15 ml of Miracle Clay. If no further vomiting for 20 minutes induce vomiting with hydrogen peroxide until Sophie was vomiting bile. Re-administer 12-15 ml of Miracle Clay. All went well. Sophie calmed down and stopped vomiting. I arrived the next day and went to the vet for fluids and blood work. The blood work came back normal! To be on the safe side I gave 100 ml of fluids and a tablespoon of Miracle Clay for a week. Then we retested the blood work after two weeks - all was well.


I firmly believe the Miracle Clay and a little luck saved Sophie from a disaster. I wanted the clay to coat her esophagus and absorb the Rimadyl in her stomach. I thought that by having her vomit again until it was bile was really cleaning out her stomach. Then more clay to sooth the system. I do use the Rimadyl for my Lab but we have switched to the non-chewable.—Virginia Jones Director, WA

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Dynamite Testimonial - Arabian Show Horses

I have used Dynamite products in our training operation, Pine Ridge Arabians, for over 25 years. The products have helped us win over 200 National Championships and Top Ten Awards, so we totally trust the Dynamite teachings. Miracle Clay has been invaluable to us in getting horses “right” that were having behavior and training problems due to ulcers. We give it to every horse during shows, especially if we see yawning or reluctance to eat, and it works great.
—Gary Dearth Distributor, New Mexico




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*The statements made on this page were given freely and are the sole opinions of the author. We always caution that one person’s experience is not a guarantee of results. The statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, prevent or mitigate any disease. Dynamite Specialty Products takes a firm stance that our products always be used in accordance with the opinions and expertise of your trusted health care professional, doctor and/or veterinarian.

Dynamite Testimonial—Vogue, A Message of Hope

Following is a letter we received a few years ago. We wanted to post it here to share with all horse lovers. 

Dear Dynamite, 

I fell in love with a wonderful grey mare at a very reputable breeding operation after months of searching and consideration. When I returned to the barn to purchase that mare, an elegant four-year-old chestnut filly chose me–I kid you not. Sensing she knew better than me, Rob and I coughed up the additional monies and proceeded to load her for her maiden trailer voyage. We arrived home, settled in and the first five weeks were divine. I was “Dancin’ on the Ceiling;” the world was mine. 

Almost to the day after five beautiful weeks, Vogue began a descent into hell. There is no other fitting metaphor. Weight loss due to diarrhea and anorexia, severe edema, hives, light and sound sensitivity, blisters, head shaking and on and on. The insects were attempting to eat her alive, and doing a fine job of doing so. Her pasture friend, my beloved mare Blondie wore a bell so Vogue could locate her when her eyes were swollen completely closed. When she could see she had to be let out of the barn only at dusk or on overcast days and then with a mask so that light and/or reflection off of the snow would not further irritate her. She lost over 350 pounds and had oozing sores everywhere; under the eyelids, her udder, on the tail bone, the vulva, inside her ears, the nasal cavity, the mouth. The thousands of sores would ooze serum that could literally be heard as they ‘plopped’ to the ground. Three times my vets said to let her go. And then the seizures began. She would convulse, then heavy full body tremors and then go crashing to the ground–always to her right. Terrifying, as one can imagine. This would happen daily at the least, and during any stress or very cold weather, multiple times to even hourly. She was exhausted. The sores had to be sponge bathed two to three times a day, the wind chill often below zero. A hot water heater and a warm area were installed so that she would not freeze, literally, during the process before we could get the blow dryers on her. 

Rob and I never left her, checking her numerous times throughout the nights. On the rare occasions I had to leave to gather groceries, supplies and run to the feed store, my husband would sit outside with her, both all bundled up. I was terrified he might miss the signs of a severe seizure and she would die in her stall. This was our life for 25 months and 11 days. Every test imaginable had been done. I heard “allergies to an unknown source” so many times I dreaded picking up the phone when the vets called with lab results. Buckets of money spent and the consensus was she did not have another winter in her. She was six years old and I needed to put her down. In September of 2007, my equine chiropractor came once again from California hoping to make her a bit more comfortable after another series of seizures. He made the comment that I should call a man he had taken a seminar from and plead my case. Plead is a nice term. Actually I begged, groveled, cried (you know the kind–your nose runs, you hiccup, you look like a truck has hit you?), and I prayed he would consider on such short notice helping my Vogue. 

“Rock of Ages” is now playing. Pixie Murphy (Bronze Director) got me into the clinic and onto the list for Dr. Regan Golob (Gold Director) to look her over. While I waited, the days crawled by, but Pixie suggested that I begin Dynamite Miracle Clay, Dyna Pro, TNT and Release. I discovered that if I sprayed her sheets and blankets with Release it curtailed the static that was making life even more miserable. When I carefully removed her blanket, if it was dark, I could literally witness a ‘sheet lightning’ show that frightened her to no end. She did improve considerably on the very basic Dynamite program. Finally, we load her up knowing the four hour trip may be all that she has in her, and she wasn’t as bad as she was going to be in a couple of weeks when winter hit our basin with its vengeance. Summer and early autumn were more kind to her. The final ‘amen’ was imminent and we knew it. 

They tell me Regan and Judy Sinner (Gold Director) actually lectured all that morning. I wouldn’t know, all I could hear was Vogue screaming in her stall that was below us. Finally it was time for these two gifted and knowledgeable people to meet my mare. After moments of observing, gently touching (she wouldn’t flinch, she’d buckle to the ground), reassuring her (and me) and muscle testing, her new theme “Stayin’ Alive” began, for the both of us. I was told she had Vaccinosis and Herpes. 

With a nutritional plan, a long list of products that then seemed foreign and mystical, in hand and hope in my heart for the first time in over two years we came home. We were warned there would be detoxing and that it would take two to three years for optimal health to be her norm. The music progressed to “Chariots of Fire.” Life was improving. 

We followed, absolutely to the letter, every piece of advice we were given and the ‘music’ changed once again, “Rocky” was our motto! She wasn’t just ‘existing’ she was fighting. She has consumed a UPS truckload of products and enough SOD and Miracle Clay that Vogue’s picture needs to be on the containers. Still, my Dynamite costs do not hold a candle to her previous treatment bills. All of the findings have been confirmed by an European Hair Analysis Lab this September. Just two weeks ago we went back to Glide, Oregon for Regan and Judy to see Vogue. There were many tears from those that met this dear creature only one year ago. There are not words to convey the trust, gratitude and wonder that I could ever pen so deep is my appreciation. Vogue just turned seven years old and Regan and Judy concur that I may start riding her! Thank you from the bottom of my heart Regan, Judy, Pixie and Dynamite. You have taught me “not to hope for a miracle but to expect one.” 

For the love of Vogue, 

Linda M. Bogatay Klamath Falls, OR


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*The statements made on this page were given freely and are the sole opinions of the author. We always caution that one person’s experience is not a guarantee of results. The statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, prevent or mitigate any disease. Dynamite Specialty Products takes a firm stance that our products always be used in accordance with the opinions and expertise of your trusted health care professional, doctor and/or veterinarian.

Equine Feeding Basics - Avoiding Common Mistakes Part 3 of 3

Boo-Boo #3 Detrimental Water Sources

By Judy Sinner, Dynamite Gold Director

Water is a huge part of your horse’s nutrient profile. Weighing about nine pounds per gallon, it actually makes up the bulk of the “ration”. Consider that most horses will drink an average of 10 gallons per day, which equates to nearly 90 pounds of consumption. If forage sources and supplements are optimal, and the horse still is “ADR” (ain’t doin’ right!), look at water. 


Providing chlorinated city water is one of the most common boo boo’s, yet we don’t often have a choice. Either we are on a municipal well or at events where chlorinated water is the only option. Besides tasting awful, which keeps many horses from drinking adequately, chlorinated water can suppress thyroid function and suppress beneficial gut bacteria as well. Chlorine is put in a swimming pool to kill bacteria, after all. One option is to let the chlorine “gas off” by filling a muck bucket or other larger container and letting it sit for 24 hours, then filling the usual water tub or buckets from that, after the chlorine has evaporated. If forced to use city water for a time at events, you might also consider adding just a touch of Super ACV or even some apple juice to the water, to help disguise the taste. Doing this for a few days at home before traveling can be a great idea, so they become accustomed to the taste.


Streams and other run-off water can be very hazardous. A few years ago, one distributor had several mares abort in late-term pregnancy after flooding caused a creek to over-run their pasture. The creek contained run-off from wheat land and other crop land which had recently been fertilized heavily with nitrogen fertilizers. She moved the remainder of the mares, and all was fine. Never let horses drink irrigation water, as that can be very heavily contaminated with herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers. Excess nitrogen in water will suppress oxygen in the system, as well as damage kidneys. Even at lower levels, it will suppress vitamin A which can lead to a yucky coat, and may also cause wacky behavior due to low oxygenation of the brain. Many of these compounds are endocrine disrupters as well, which can lead to metabolic issues and even founder.


If you have your own well, you still may not be in the clear. Groundwater through most of the U.S. is severely contaminated with nitrogen fertilizers and other chemicals, especially in farming areas. Lead and other heavy metals may also be either naturally-occurring or the result of leaching from industrial and mining sites, which can be hundreds of miles away via underground rivers and aquifers. Expensive though they may be, if a water test indicates dangerous levels of chemicals and metals, a filter may well protect your health and investment in your animals. Some people put a handful of Miracle Clay in the tank, stir the water up well, and let the clay settle to the bottom of the tank before allowing the horses to drink. The Miracle Clay has a strong negative charge, and will glom onto chemicals and toxins which are usually positively charged, and tie them up. Be sure to clean out the tank when it gets low, so they don’t drink the clay residue in the bottom. Be aware that garden hoses may contain high levels of lead and other metals, as well as chemicals, which may leach into the water especially if the hose is out in the sun. At the very least, let the water run for a few minutes to clear out the hose before watering the horses. Hoses from RV supply houses may be a better choice.


Never feed horses softened water. One distributor years ago had a mare who kept eating dirt, no matter what minerals we provided. She would literally leave feed to go out and dig holes, eating so much dirt that she had endured several surgeries to “clean her out.”  When we asked about the water source, the owner assured us that it was fine, “I have a water softener in the barn.” Yikes. We had her unhook that, and the mare quit the dirt eating.


Don’t use the black rubber tubs or buckets made from recycled tires. Besides tasting icky, the water will pick up the ethoxyquin and heavy metals from the tire parts. At one show I attended with friends, a gelding colicked during a workout and proved to be quite dehydrated. They were watering in their “show buckets” that were black rubber, and the water at the fairgrounds was chlorinated, as well. I had them swap out the hard plastic feed buckets and put the water in those, and use the rubber ones just for the grain, and they went back to drinking more normally. 


At home, the type of tub is critical, too. Many of the rubber and plastic tubs contain chemicals which are endocrine disrupters, and often the galvanized tubs are a better choice for pasture tanks. Especially if you are seeing metabolic issues, try switching away from rubber or plastic. Optimally, automatic waterers with stainless steel bowls are likely the best choice. It goes without saying that all water containers should be scrupulously clean, and the water of drinkable temperature: Cool in summer, and without chunks of ice in winter. Some horses “backwash” and like to gargle with water as they eat their hay. They may require either a separate tub to splash around in, and a real water container to drink from…as does one of mine. Even the color of the tub or bucket can affect their drinking choice; color has a vibration, and will affect the water energetically. Observe the obvious, and perhaps try a different color. Even the location of the water in the stall or turnout may affect how they drink. A little splash of Super ACV in the larger tubs and tanks will help keep algae down in the summer, though this is best done in plastic or rubber tanks, as the acid may leach metals from the galvanized tanks into the water.


Consider that mineral content of the water may be affecting your horses. High iron in the water, for example, can suppress copper in particular. The high iron water and soil in much of the eastern part of the country, and the southeast especially, requires that extra copper be supplemented to the horses there; adding S.O.D. for Horses occasionally works great. If you are seeing “fish-hook” hair, bleaching of coat color especially in dark horses, or parasite issues, suspect that you may need supplemental copper due to the high iron.  In the west, the water can be very “hard” and high in alkali minerals like magnesium or calcium, requiring that the horses have access to extra phosphorus. For all horses, supplementing with the Free Choice Minerals regimen (1 to 1, 2 to 1, Izmine™ and NTM Salt™) in addition to the basic daily supplement, will allow them to seek out what they need to balance their system.


Reluctance to drink may also signal ulcers, and Miracle Clay ulcer protocol works smashingly well to address that issue.
 
Bottom line is, listen to your horse. Water quality is a huge issue in horse management.  Remember that water carries a vibration. There are energetic ways to affect it through systems with magnets or other energy sources, and even your own blessing of the water can go a long way toward cleaning it up in all ways.

Dynamite Testimonial—Giddy's Amazing Dynamite Recovery

Other pictures below. WARNING: Pictures are EXTREMELY graphic.

In May of last year I decided to breed one of my Dynamite mares, Giddy. I put her in the pasture with my stallion plus an outside mare to be bred. After I put her in the pasture with them, I watched for a while and felt comfortable enough to leave them together. An hour later, I found Giddy standing alone with her head down and many bite injuries and wounds along with a tremendous hematoma on her neck. From the looks of things, Giddy had run from the stallion and got chased down through woods and then into a fence post. The main injury on Giddy was a hematoma on the left side of her neck the size of a football. I ran cold water over it and applied Miracle Clay to draw out the toxins. As for her supplements, I added Hiscorbadyne® in therapeutic levels, and extra Dyna-Pro™ to her TNT, and Breeder Pack. A couple of days later, the hematoma was leaking somewhat, but, not the way I would have liked. On the fifth day after the accident, she was still feeling very poorly and appeared to me to be worse. The weather was warm and the flies started dive bombing her wound. I sprayed Dyna-Shield around and on her wound. I had noticed maggots started to appear, and read on Dynamite Online that maggots can help keep a wound clean. Therefore, I tried removing some of them, but did not worry about getting all of them. I even utilized some of the new fly product which was being tested by Dynamite. It was a white powder, and when applied, she looked awful, but I was determined to get rid of the flies. On Saturday afternoon, five days after treating her, she acted as if she was feeling worse, and was beginning to smell bad. Her temperature concerned me also. It started at 102 degrees and 2 hours later it had increased to 103.5 degrees. Because her temperature was rising, I decided to call the local vet in case of infection in hopes of getting some antibiotics. I wanted to act responsible in a situation that seemed to me to be turning into more of a crisis. When the vet arrived he looked at me and told me to wash everything off that I had applied. Next, he proceeded to cut a huge amount of skin from her neck telling me that he was trying to prevent infection. Then he sprayed her neck forcefully with hose water making it bleed while explaining to me that I would need to do what he was doing 3 times per day. It was hard to watch this aggressive form of treatment, but I held my tongue.

After the vet had finished, he firmly told me that I would need him to come out once a week to check on Giddy, to prevent infection. Apparently, he was very busy that day, so he gave me instructions to finish up and shave all of the hair around every small and large wound she had. The vet put Giddy on antibiotics, and gave me an aerosol worm remover for the maggots. He instructed me to spray the area hard enough with the hose to make her bleed three times per day so she would heal properly. He also told me I would have to go to a research veterinary school in the near future to do a skin graft, but his main concern was to keep her from getting infected now. Another thing he advised was that I take Giddy off of Hiscorbadyne, which I did not do. Giddy seemed to be doing better and the bad smell was gone five days later, so I discontinued the additional month’s worth of antibiotics the vet recommended. I was confident that keeping Giddy on Dynamite and prayer was all I needed. I never used the aerosol product for the maggots. Also, I never asked the vet to come back because I was uncomfortable with his radical treatment of her wound. Over the next two months, I would gently rinse Giddy’s wound twice a day, and then would gently spray on a mixture of distilled water, Solace, and Trace Minerals Concentrate. Then I would put Wound Balm around the outer edges and Wound Salve on the open area, and spray on Dyna-Shield. The flies and maggots disappeared the next week, so I knew she was healing well. When the wound started to close more in the next month, I started applying Tea Tree Oil mixed with olive oil to the wound, and smeared Wound Balm all around it twice a day. Over the next two months, I noticed she was healing very fast! Interestingly enough, the wound healed so well and quickly that my husband’s client who is a surgical M.D., and saw the before pictures, commented that I should become a veterinary wound specialist. Another vet who saw Giddy during the healing process asked what had happened to her. When I told her, she told me she thought my horse looked really good and to keep doing whatever it was I was doing to help her.

Warning: The following photos are EXTREMELY graphic!

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*The statements made on this page were given freely and are the sole opinions of the author. We always caution that one person’s experience is not a guarantee of results. The statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, prevent or mitigate any disease. Dynamite Specialty Products takes a firm stance that our products always be used in accordance with the opinions and expertise of your trusted health care professional, doctor and/or veterinarian.