When vagus, drainage, and trust converge – something happens that no traditional system can classify.
That's why I call it a revolution. Or a precedent.
– JanaB.
ChiccoProtocol™
This is a manifesto for every being no system ever defined as a whole.
Not a diagnosis. But context. Rhythm. Nervous system. Trust.
What if the body already knows?
Knows when to fear.
Knows when to retreat.
Knows when to trust.
Knows how to heal – if given the chance.
We chose a different protocol.
Slower. Softer.
No unnecessary interventions.
No numbing.
No dismissals.
Where scalpels were expected, there were hands.
Where sedation was standard, there was trust.
Where death was predicted, vagus was discovered.
This is a page for all the Chiccos.
And for every guardian who was told:
"Hyperkeratosis is just cosmetic."
"Don't worry about the prepuce."
"Furuncles and calcifications? Nothing to be done."
"The ear will need surgery."
"This is how we do it. Don't overthink."
We crossed out those lines.
Because when a body starts to move on its own —
before anyone even tries to "treat" it —
a protocol is born.
▶️ See parasympathetic drainage in real time:
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Chicco is a being who, from the very beginning, showed us how a body wants to be treated.
Not "just another hopeless Frenchie."
Not "just another severe atopic case."
Not "just another palliative patient."
Behind Chicco, there are thousands still unseen –
with hyperkeratosis, furunculosis, pododermatitis, discharges, inflammations, tremors, pain,
and behaviors no one could explain.
The end is the beginning.
This is not a story about an exception.
This is a story about what happens when a dog chooses life — not death.
🎥 Watch real-time recovery here
The Drainage Crown (October 18–19, 2025)
Massive full-body skin drainage unfolded in complete calm.
For more than 18 hours, the body worked without panic, without force.
Old sites reopened — places that had been waiting for safety, untouched.
What, in a standard veterinary model, would mean:
Dermipred (systemic corticosteroid),
Cytopoint (IL-31 blockade),
Equoral (cyclosporine),
CRP testing (to confirm inflammation),
antibiotic cultures, and as "dessert" — scalpel to the ear or castration —
was, in Chicco, decomposed and released through his own regulatory pathways.
And neurovegetatively, it closed itself — in deep peace.
Expert Commentary: Why This Is a Breakthrough
What occurred on October 18–19, 2025, marks a paradigm shift in understanding autonomous bodily regulation. This was an event where a hypersensitive body — without any pharmacological intervention — consciously opened immune drainage pathways, processed internal lesions (often old and encapsulated), and then expelled inflammatory material through skin pores or mucous membranes. This process:
- was not externally controlled (no injection, no artificial suppression),
- did not happen under stress (no shaking, hyperventilation, or collapse),
- had a clear beginning, middle, and end phase,
- was completed with a return to resting state and spontaneous drinking (a key marker of autonomic balance).
This type of drainage requires an absolutely safe environment, zero interference, and deep respect for the body's rhythm. It is the antithesis of the standard protocol that addresses symptoms, not root causes.
That is why it's a breakthrough.
Triggers
🟡 Sunlight
Silence.
Only the wooden floor — and a sunbeam that not only warms the skin, but calms the entire system. Sunlight is not just light. It's a signal that the environment is safe. From the very beginning, Chicco has understood its healing power. He adores the sun.
🟠 Heat
Some call it thermotherapy.
We call it our fireplace.
Fire and dry heat have healing power for us. The fire told Chicco's body: you can finally be yourself now. I'll help you.
The fireplace is our home source of homeostasis.
🔵 Water
Not for drinking.
Since the BOAS surgery, Chicco doesn't drink from a bowl. For him, water means purification — gentle, intimate, ceremonial. He comes for it himself. He decides when.
When the water, gauze, and cotton swabs are prepared — his body will ask for them when it knows it's ready.
The dog was not disturbed.
When needed, he sought contact himself — otherwise, he was left to follow his own rhythm. Drainage occurred later through:
- the left hind paw (an old "chimney" reopened),
- the skin on his forehead (mild discharge with a soft odor, not pus),
- rest phases on a towel, which he returned to spontaneously,
- brief episodes of movement he initiated on his own.
Homeostasis was restored approximately two hours after the walk.
No signs of stress.
No compensatory behaviors (chewing, licking, trembling).
The body regulated itself.
This was no coincidence.
It was proof that when we respect the rhythm of a hypersensitive dog,
he opens up, releases — and survives.
Nervus Vagus (the tenth cranial nerve – CN X)
Pure anatomy.
Not an experiment. Not an alternative theory.
The vagus nerve is a communication bridge between the brain and the organs. It is not new. It is not controversial.
Surgeon Alexandre Mensier reminds us — if we have a major artery, we also have a major nerve.
And this nerve governs the body's responses: digestion, pain, temperature, salivation, even skin function.
On October 18th and 19th, 2025, we translated the theory of vagal self-regulation into an exact, observable process.
Not just symbolically — but in full expression, with a physical impact on drainage, behavior, and release.
What happened (in the language of theory):
- The vagus nerve (n. vagus), i.e. the parasympathetic system, was activated through a safe environment, gentle touch, sleep rhythm, and the possibility to "let go" — in the sense of drainage.
- Chicco was not manipulated, but invited into regulation — his system chose the timing and pace itself.
- A spontaneous release occurred even through the prepuce — a visceral zone with dense autonomic innervation (via the pelvic plexus), making it a logical site of discharge during a vagal wave.
- After a phase of activity (play), a deep rest phase followed, anchored symbolically with a toy.
- The body requested pauses between pulses — not a full shutdown — which is typical of a properly tuned self-regulatory system, unlike collapse.
The hypothesis was fully confirmed:
If we respect the limbic system, bodily needs, and rhythm, a hypersensitive organism can spontaneously initiate drainage and regeneration via vagal pathways.
This is not merely "similar to theory."