Some inflammations don't form – they accumulate. And when the body can't flush them, it pushes them out – often through ears or sinuses. CT is the only way to detect them before they manifest as visible problems. A calcification is not a failure. It's a time capsule of what the body couldn't release in time. When the system falls behind, the body wraps it in a calcium envelope. We then "clean" it with a cotton swab and wonder why it keeps coming back. But it's not returning. It's being released. And that's okay.

— ChiccoProtocol™

Calcifications – They're Not Dirt. They're a Record.

Ignored Findings. Or Ignored Patients. 


Calcifications and drainage: the body remembers.

Some things can't be seen under a microscope, in a lab, or with a degree.

Some things only become visible when we stop interrupting the body and start listening.


🐾 What I see at home:

My dog drains on his own.

Not in pain. Not in panic.

He chooses it – calmly, rhythmically.

He lies on his side, finds warmth or shade, signals for warm water, and the process begins.

It's not a "rash". It's not an "abscess". It's not random.

It's reverse drainage, a deep expansion, without inflammation and without loss of dignity.


🧬 What I hypothesize:

These draining points visualize calcified deposits once labeled by conventional medicine as "breed issues".

They don't rupture. They don't ooze.

They're cellular memory capsules.

And now, the body is ready. It releases them.


❌ What "standard care" does:

  • Diagnoses after symptoms, not during signals.
  • Intervenes before the body can speak.
  • Labels drainage a "complication" instead of "healing".
  • Suppresses everything with steroids, antibiotics, or immunosuppressants – shutting down the process without addressing the cause.


🌱 What we do at home:

  • Observe rhythms
  • Respect intervals
  • Never interrupt drainage
  • Use warmth, clean water, trust
  • Most importantly: we don't fight the body – because the body is not the enemy.


When a Vet Says "It's Nothing"… But It's Everything


Chicco never had ear infections.

No pain. No scratching. No odor. No drops. No interventions.

His ears were clean. Always.

And yet…


❗ CT shows:

"Multiple mineralized foci in the walls of both external ear canals (incidental dystrophic mineralization or chronic otitis externa)."

— radioVET report

That's not a diagnosis. That's an excuse. It's not "chronic inflammation." 


It's metabolic backlog – stored waste the body couldn't eliminate, so it encapsulated it. Quietly. Painlessly. Until it was ready to release.


💡 Hypothesis:

Calcifications = result of a closed immune loop. Not infection. Not bacteria. Not hygiene failure. Just a hypersensitive body unable to expel overload through standard routes. So it saved it. And now, it lets it go.


🧴 No meds. No drops. No smell.

From the ears comes a viscous, slightly waxy discharge. No foul odor. No pain. No pus. Just a clean, clear release. Chicco chooses when to clean. He turns his head. He waits for a warm gauze pad. He allows gentle stimulation. Because it's not illness. It's embodied intelligence.


⚖️ Veterinary Blind Spot

If a vet sees calcifications in a dog with no history of ear infections and calls it a "coincidental finding" or a "breed trait" – they're not working with evidence. They're working with stereotype.


"Frenchie standard"?

Find a lump – ignore it.

See discharge – drop meds in.

Inflammation? Here's a steroid. An antibiotic. Immunosuppressants.

And the cycle continues.

Just don't ask why. Don't ask what the body is saying.


That's not good enough.



🧭 Ethical VET: A Drainage-Based Hypothesis

In a hypersensitive dog, calcifications are not meaningless residues.

They are maps of past load, and proof of regulatory capacity – if given the right conditions.


Ethical VET doesn't treat an ear without its context.

Ethical VET reads the system.

And it respects that the dog knows – if you give him quiet, warmth, and contact.