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Originally Posted by pstinard

That's what Dr. Dodds claims--it's the basis of her theories on saliva testing and nutrigenomics. I'm just waiting for the peer reviewed paper, which should have come first, before selling the tests and possibly giving people false hope. Right now, it's all theories and no proof. It makes me very uneasy.

Somewhere, buried in one of Dr. Dodd's articles (which doesn't have any references to peer reviewed papers), Dr. Dodds says this:

"Saliva testing also is not readily available in many laboratories. Furthermore, there's room for human error when gathering the saliva sample, as food or blood can easily contaminate the specimen. The good news is saliva collection is noninvasive, painless, relatively inexpensive and convenient for the patient."

I take this as an admission that her test may not work, but at least it's harmless, and the only thing you are losing is money. It doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

And losing $280 that could be better spent gettting real help for a dog with allergies is why I am troubled. Most dogs who scratch have environmental allergies and there are very good meds to help. I find it very disturbing when owners opt to spend money on pseudoscience type of avenues and the dog suffers.