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Sunday, February 7, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Natural Treatment of Eczema in Dogs With Homeopathy and Diet
The natural treatment of eczema in dogs is normally by working out what the cause is and then ensuring the treatment follows natural laws.
First lets look at the likely cause.
Disease is all about a struggling immune system. Disease cannot happen when the immune system is in good working order.
There are many factors which may be contributing to your dog’s low immunity - diet, lack of exercise, medical drugs and vaccines, flea and worm treatment, your health (or lack of), harsh training methods and probably a million more.
By virtue of its daily consumption, I consider diet to be one of the most important contributors to a lack of immunity. Processed pet food, often considered to be ‘nutritionally complete’ or ‘naturally balanced’ may be conning you by their pretty packets. But your dog suffers by the nutrient poor food inside.
Just think for a moment. All quality meat goes for human consumption, where the price is high. So pet food comes from the waste. Couple that with a lack of working laws for pet food, a plentiful supply of unethical pet food manufacturers and you have a recipe for disaster.
Of course, not all pet food manufacturers are unethical, but how do you know who isn’t?
Holistic veterinarians from around the world have discovered an enormous boost in the health of their patients when they can convince their people to make a change to a healthy, non processed, mostly raw meat and bones diet. That alone may be the only natural treatment of eczema in dogs you need. That alone may cure the problem.
The skin is the main organ for de-toxing. It is the least important skin of the body. When a dog has eczema, it shows that they have only fallen one notch of health. Suppress that, and it falls another notch, with another more important organ, such as the kidneys or heart, taking the brunt of the de-tox.
The homeopathic treatment of eczema in dogs works by boosting the immune system, so the dog can cure himself. However, if the cause remains, perhaps the diet, it will return. And return. And return.
The homeopathic medicine Rhus tox is a great eczema treatment as long as the eczema is uncomplicated (by past drugs), is better in hot weather and is intensely itchy.
For more appropriate homeopathic treatment of eczema in dogs, a homeopath who treats animals may be your best option.
First lets look at the likely cause.
Disease is all about a struggling immune system. Disease cannot happen when the immune system is in good working order.
There are many factors which may be contributing to your dog’s low immunity - diet, lack of exercise, medical drugs and vaccines, flea and worm treatment, your health (or lack of), harsh training methods and probably a million more.
By virtue of its daily consumption, I consider diet to be one of the most important contributors to a lack of immunity. Processed pet food, often considered to be ‘nutritionally complete’ or ‘naturally balanced’ may be conning you by their pretty packets. But your dog suffers by the nutrient poor food inside.
Just think for a moment. All quality meat goes for human consumption, where the price is high. So pet food comes from the waste. Couple that with a lack of working laws for pet food, a plentiful supply of unethical pet food manufacturers and you have a recipe for disaster.
Of course, not all pet food manufacturers are unethical, but how do you know who isn’t?
Holistic veterinarians from around the world have discovered an enormous boost in the health of their patients when they can convince their people to make a change to a healthy, non processed, mostly raw meat and bones diet. That alone may be the only natural treatment of eczema in dogs you need. That alone may cure the problem.
The skin is the main organ for de-toxing. It is the least important skin of the body. When a dog has eczema, it shows that they have only fallen one notch of health. Suppress that, and it falls another notch, with another more important organ, such as the kidneys or heart, taking the brunt of the de-tox.
The homeopathic treatment of eczema in dogs works by boosting the immune system, so the dog can cure himself. However, if the cause remains, perhaps the diet, it will return. And return. And return.
The homeopathic medicine Rhus tox is a great eczema treatment as long as the eczema is uncomplicated (by past drugs), is better in hot weather and is intensely itchy.
For more appropriate homeopathic treatment of eczema in dogs, a homeopath who treats animals may be your best option.
Monday, January 25, 2010
What You Need to Know About Commercial Dog Food Before Buying Any More
People tend to think that commercial dog food, especially if it has been recommended by their veterinarian is of good quality and is giving your dog the best chance in life. Right?
Wrong!
While vets should be the best people to advise about dog food, sadly they’re not. Why? Because the top commercial pet food manufacturers now financially contribute to many veterinary schools. They have a foot in the door. They can, and do, influence the students.
After all you generally don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
In most countries of the world, there are, at least some basic laws governing the quality of human food, whether it’s fresh produce, meat or fast food.
In no country are there laws (which are enforced) that insist commercial pet food manufacturers use quality ingredients. That means anything can, and does, go.
After all, if meat is of good quality, wouldn’t you sell it to the highest market - the human market? So, it’s only the poorest quality meat, more often meat by-products (such as hair, intestines and contents, chicken feet, brain, skin, grizzle, fat, etc) that goes for dog food.
This means that the overall nutrient quality is as poor as it gets, as different proteins have different nutritional absorbability.
Pet food is always bulked out with inert (or not as the melamine scam from China testifies) filler. Typically, this filler will be the current cheapest carbohydrate. There’s often a world glut of something, driving down the price. It may be sugar one year, wheat the next.
Do you think the addition of sugar into your dog’s diet will serve to improve his health?
Why do you think that diabetes in dogs is on the increase?
Dogs may bulk out their food in the wild, but it would be on fresh plant matter that’s available, such as fruit or leaves.
Cooking destroys many vitamins and enzymes which are critical to the overall health of your dog.
As most dog food is dried pellets, which keep indefinitely at room temperature, preservatives must be used. Some manufacturers claim they have not added preservatives. Look carefully at the wording. They did not add it. This may be true. But preservatives will always have been added to the meat before it was delivered to the manufacturers.
It’s impossible to keep meat products at room temperature indefinitely without the use of strong preservatives. Preservatives that would never be allowed in human food, because of their poisonous effect.
So your dog may be well fed as far as volume is concerned, but will be starving for quality food. How can your dog remain healthy if he’s fed garbage?
Most people would be appalled at the process that goes into the making of commercial pet food. That would be a really good incentive not to feed it. I’m attempting to give you a glimpse behind the scenes, so you can give your dog the best dog food available within your budget and within your time available.
Wrong!
While vets should be the best people to advise about dog food, sadly they’re not. Why? Because the top commercial pet food manufacturers now financially contribute to many veterinary schools. They have a foot in the door. They can, and do, influence the students.
After all you generally don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
In most countries of the world, there are, at least some basic laws governing the quality of human food, whether it’s fresh produce, meat or fast food.
In no country are there laws (which are enforced) that insist commercial pet food manufacturers use quality ingredients. That means anything can, and does, go.
After all, if meat is of good quality, wouldn’t you sell it to the highest market - the human market? So, it’s only the poorest quality meat, more often meat by-products (such as hair, intestines and contents, chicken feet, brain, skin, grizzle, fat, etc) that goes for dog food.
This means that the overall nutrient quality is as poor as it gets, as different proteins have different nutritional absorbability.
Pet food is always bulked out with inert (or not as the melamine scam from China testifies) filler. Typically, this filler will be the current cheapest carbohydrate. There’s often a world glut of something, driving down the price. It may be sugar one year, wheat the next.
Do you think the addition of sugar into your dog’s diet will serve to improve his health?
Why do you think that diabetes in dogs is on the increase?
Dogs may bulk out their food in the wild, but it would be on fresh plant matter that’s available, such as fruit or leaves.
Cooking destroys many vitamins and enzymes which are critical to the overall health of your dog.
As most dog food is dried pellets, which keep indefinitely at room temperature, preservatives must be used. Some manufacturers claim they have not added preservatives. Look carefully at the wording. They did not add it. This may be true. But preservatives will always have been added to the meat before it was delivered to the manufacturers.
It’s impossible to keep meat products at room temperature indefinitely without the use of strong preservatives. Preservatives that would never be allowed in human food, because of their poisonous effect.
So your dog may be well fed as far as volume is concerned, but will be starving for quality food. How can your dog remain healthy if he’s fed garbage?
Most people would be appalled at the process that goes into the making of commercial pet food. That would be a really good incentive not to feed it. I’m attempting to give you a glimpse behind the scenes, so you can give your dog the best dog food available within your budget and within your time available.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Canine Cruciate Ligament - Natural Treatment
Canine cruciate ligament injury is common. Or becoming more common. I believe that there is one particular area that causes this. And that is the diet.
Dogs are typically fed a diet of processed food. This does nothing for their overall health, as commercial dog food is commonly low in quality, nutrient poor and high in chemicals.
A poor quality diet will lower the immune system of the dog, making it much more difficult to recover from injuries and to ward off disease.
However, redressing the damage already done, by a poor quality diet, is unlikely to help your dog’s current cruciate ligament problem. Important though it is to immediately implement dietary changes, something else is needed, too. Something that will boost the immune system quickly, so that your dog can start healing himself.
Homeopathy works by doing just that - boosting the immune system quickly. This is done by carefully selecting the most appropriate medicine for the job in hand. Then the frequency of dose needs to be worked out and how long that medicine is needed.
Periodically, other homeopathic medicines may be indicated as symptoms change.
All this is best left to the skills of a professional homeopath who treats animals.
However, there are some common homeopathic home prescribing medicines many of which may help in the short term, or completely resolve the case if the damage is uncomplicated or not serious.
The more serious or complicated the problem, the more likely professional help is needed.
Any injury is best started off with the use of medicinal Arnica. If the injury has just happened and is a minor injury, this may be all that is required.
However, the more complicated the injury is, or the more serious, the more likely professional homeopathic help is likely to be needed.
The homeopathic medicine Ruta is a specific for canine cruciate ligament injury, as it is for other animals, including humans. However, the personal symptoms of the dog are needed to match those of the medicine, for it to work.
The main symptom of Ruta, apart from the injury to a ligament, is a weakness. This means your dog may collapse or tend to sit or lie down a lot more than normal.
Any tendon or ligament damage tends to result in inflammation, to prevent further damage occurring. The past use of anti-inflammatory drugs may interfere with the action of Ruta. Expert help may then be required from a professional homeopath, to get things moving again.
Dogs are typically fed a diet of processed food. This does nothing for their overall health, as commercial dog food is commonly low in quality, nutrient poor and high in chemicals.
A poor quality diet will lower the immune system of the dog, making it much more difficult to recover from injuries and to ward off disease.
However, redressing the damage already done, by a poor quality diet, is unlikely to help your dog’s current cruciate ligament problem. Important though it is to immediately implement dietary changes, something else is needed, too. Something that will boost the immune system quickly, so that your dog can start healing himself.
Homeopathy works by doing just that - boosting the immune system quickly. This is done by carefully selecting the most appropriate medicine for the job in hand. Then the frequency of dose needs to be worked out and how long that medicine is needed.
Periodically, other homeopathic medicines may be indicated as symptoms change.
All this is best left to the skills of a professional homeopath who treats animals.
However, there are some common homeopathic home prescribing medicines many of which may help in the short term, or completely resolve the case if the damage is uncomplicated or not serious.
The more serious or complicated the problem, the more likely professional help is needed.
Any injury is best started off with the use of medicinal Arnica. If the injury has just happened and is a minor injury, this may be all that is required.
However, the more complicated the injury is, or the more serious, the more likely professional homeopathic help is likely to be needed.
The homeopathic medicine Ruta is a specific for canine cruciate ligament injury, as it is for other animals, including humans. However, the personal symptoms of the dog are needed to match those of the medicine, for it to work.
The main symptom of Ruta, apart from the injury to a ligament, is a weakness. This means your dog may collapse or tend to sit or lie down a lot more than normal.
Any tendon or ligament damage tends to result in inflammation, to prevent further damage occurring. The past use of anti-inflammatory drugs may interfere with the action of Ruta. Expert help may then be required from a professional homeopath, to get things moving again.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Dog Ear Infection Treatment With Diet and Homeopathy
If you are looking for an effective dog ear infection treatment you may have to look at overhauling your ideas of a good dog diet, in the process.
You see, processed dog food has been found to be the cause of many serious diseases, by holistic veterinarians around the world. Once they can persuade their dog people to change their perceptions of a what a good diet is, then the animals start to come good, with no extra treatment.
It’s much more sensible to address the cause of any problem, rather than look for a band aid and ignoring the cause.
The fact is, processed dog food, whoever sells it and tells you it is nutritious, is harmful, low quality and nutrient poor.
A quality raw diet, on the other hand, is natural, high quality and nutrient dense. Less food is needed to provide for more quality.
The cost works out at about the same.
You will simply need to put in a little more time.
But your dog will love you and appreciate you all the more.
Once that is firmly in place, you need to decide whether treatment is necessary. This will depend on the severity of the ear infection. If it’s mild, you might like to wait and see. (A diet change over to quality can instigate a detox process of vomiting, diarrhoea and skin eruptions for a few days - hang in there!)
However a serious infection may necessitate you to look for an effective dog ear infection treatment. The most effective treatment of any disease is by raising the immune system. The good diet will go a long way to achieving this. But that will take some time before you see results.
Homeopathy is a fast and effective way to raise the immune system. To use the medicines, you need to be able to match the symptoms of your dog to those of the best medicine.
Pulsatilla is a common home prescribing homeopathic medicine which can resolve ear infections, provided the symptoms agree.
The ear symptoms of Pulsatilla are that the ear pain is worse at night, worse from heat or being in a warm environment. There is some improvement in a cool environment. There can be diminished hearing with the pain, too.
The psyche of a Pulsatilla type is mild, gentle, timid, loving and easily influenced. They love being petted and having attention lavished on them. They really dislike being on their own, always preferring company.
You see, processed dog food has been found to be the cause of many serious diseases, by holistic veterinarians around the world. Once they can persuade their dog people to change their perceptions of a what a good diet is, then the animals start to come good, with no extra treatment.
It’s much more sensible to address the cause of any problem, rather than look for a band aid and ignoring the cause.
The fact is, processed dog food, whoever sells it and tells you it is nutritious, is harmful, low quality and nutrient poor.
A quality raw diet, on the other hand, is natural, high quality and nutrient dense. Less food is needed to provide for more quality.
The cost works out at about the same.
You will simply need to put in a little more time.
But your dog will love you and appreciate you all the more.
Once that is firmly in place, you need to decide whether treatment is necessary. This will depend on the severity of the ear infection. If it’s mild, you might like to wait and see. (A diet change over to quality can instigate a detox process of vomiting, diarrhoea and skin eruptions for a few days - hang in there!)
However a serious infection may necessitate you to look for an effective dog ear infection treatment. The most effective treatment of any disease is by raising the immune system. The good diet will go a long way to achieving this. But that will take some time before you see results.
Homeopathy is a fast and effective way to raise the immune system. To use the medicines, you need to be able to match the symptoms of your dog to those of the best medicine.
Pulsatilla is a common home prescribing homeopathic medicine which can resolve ear infections, provided the symptoms agree.
The ear symptoms of Pulsatilla are that the ear pain is worse at night, worse from heat or being in a warm environment. There is some improvement in a cool environment. There can be diminished hearing with the pain, too.
The psyche of a Pulsatilla type is mild, gentle, timid, loving and easily influenced. They love being petted and having attention lavished on them. They really dislike being on their own, always preferring company.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Natural Treatment of Dogs Anemia With Homeopathy
The natural treatment of dogs anemia can work very well when using homeopathy. Homeopathy works by raising the level of the immune system, which is obviously very low in a dog with anemia.
The homeopathic medicine Natrum muriaticum (Nat mur) is made from rock salt. And it is the excessive intake of salt that can be the cause of many maladies, such as anemia. Excess salt puts all the other nutrients out of balance.
Most commercial dog food has too much salt in, so if you are feeding your dog a commercial brand of dog food, this is most likely the cause of the anemia. So by continuing to feed commercial dog food may make this a recurring theme in your dog’s health.
By giving the source of the problem (in this case, the salt) back in a homeopathic (or energetic) form, you are undoing the harm done in the first place.
To select a homeopathic medicine which will have the desired result of raising the immune system, you need to match your dog’s symptoms with some of those of the medicine.
The symptoms of Nat mur include:
You don’t need to have all the symptoms, but certainly at least three. Nat mur is also a great medicine in the treatment of depression that developed from unresolved grief. Unresolved emotions can play havoc on yours dog’s health just as much as it can on yours. By resolving the grief, the others symptoms disappear, too.
The homeopathic medicine Natrum muriaticum (Nat mur) is made from rock salt. And it is the excessive intake of salt that can be the cause of many maladies, such as anemia. Excess salt puts all the other nutrients out of balance.
Most commercial dog food has too much salt in, so if you are feeding your dog a commercial brand of dog food, this is most likely the cause of the anemia. So by continuing to feed commercial dog food may make this a recurring theme in your dog’s health.
By giving the source of the problem (in this case, the salt) back in a homeopathic (or energetic) form, you are undoing the harm done in the first place.
To select a homeopathic medicine which will have the desired result of raising the immune system, you need to match your dog’s symptoms with some of those of the medicine.
The symptoms of Nat mur include:
- chronic anemia
- a high thirst
- ascites, dropsy or oedema
- dry mucous membranes, such as the nose
- thin, watery nasal discharge
- obstructed nose, so mouth breathes
- oral herpes - vesicles (blisters), aphthous ulcers, etc
- nephritis, or kidney inflammation with involuntary urination
- weak limbs, tender back
- loss of hair, with itching
You don’t need to have all the symptoms, but certainly at least three. Nat mur is also a great medicine in the treatment of depression that developed from unresolved grief. Unresolved emotions can play havoc on yours dog’s health just as much as it can on yours. By resolving the grief, the others symptoms disappear, too.
Monday, December 21, 2009
What to Feed a Dog with Diarrhea, and How to Cure it
In learning what to feed a dog with diarrhea, you may well be at the beginning of totally changing the health of your dog.
Why?
Because by finding out what the cause of the diarrhea is, and addressing that, everything is likely to improve.
Too often, treatment of ailments is by suppressing the symptoms, rather than in looking for the cause. It’s easier to suppress. You don’t have to think. And you do have to think and be open when looking for causes. It’s like being a detective. A good one has no preconceived ideas. They simply look at the facts and deal with them dispassionately, one at a time.
Diarrhea can come in two forms. The acute form is when the dog has ingested something harmful, such as with food poisoning, and the body reacts violently to expel it. It is of short duration and occurred the once.
The chronic form of diarrhea occurs frequently or may never completely go.
The most common cause of this is the food you are feeding your dog. Commercial pet food is highly toxic and nutrient poor. That is the quality is so poor that your dog is unhealthy. Your dog’s immune system just can’t deal with any offender, any pathogen in an aggressive way so it has taken a hold.
Commercial pet food is highly toxic with chemicals that would never be allowed in human food. The only way your dog can keep getting rid of this toxic load is to purge them out - constant vomiting and/or diarrhea.
The best food is the food you prepare. You know what goes into the food. You have control over the healthy ingredients. So by switching your dog’s diet from a commercial brand to a quality homemade one, you are probably getting to the cause of the diarrhea.
You can also assist your dog in the purging of the toxins, by giving the homeopathic medicine Arsenicum album. This may increase the purging for a short time, but your dog will feel much happier. Wouldn’t you after dumping a toxic load?
Learning what to feed a dog with diarrhea has the potential of curing the diarrhea, and improving your dog’s overall health.
Why?
Because by finding out what the cause of the diarrhea is, and addressing that, everything is likely to improve.
Too often, treatment of ailments is by suppressing the symptoms, rather than in looking for the cause. It’s easier to suppress. You don’t have to think. And you do have to think and be open when looking for causes. It’s like being a detective. A good one has no preconceived ideas. They simply look at the facts and deal with them dispassionately, one at a time.
Diarrhea can come in two forms. The acute form is when the dog has ingested something harmful, such as with food poisoning, and the body reacts violently to expel it. It is of short duration and occurred the once.
The chronic form of diarrhea occurs frequently or may never completely go.
The most common cause of this is the food you are feeding your dog. Commercial pet food is highly toxic and nutrient poor. That is the quality is so poor that your dog is unhealthy. Your dog’s immune system just can’t deal with any offender, any pathogen in an aggressive way so it has taken a hold.
Commercial pet food is highly toxic with chemicals that would never be allowed in human food. The only way your dog can keep getting rid of this toxic load is to purge them out - constant vomiting and/or diarrhea.
The best food is the food you prepare. You know what goes into the food. You have control over the healthy ingredients. So by switching your dog’s diet from a commercial brand to a quality homemade one, you are probably getting to the cause of the diarrhea.
You can also assist your dog in the purging of the toxins, by giving the homeopathic medicine Arsenicum album. This may increase the purging for a short time, but your dog will feel much happier. Wouldn’t you after dumping a toxic load?
Learning what to feed a dog with diarrhea has the potential of curing the diarrhea, and improving your dog’s overall health.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Finding the Cause of Puppy Vomiting Makes Treatment Easy
Is your puppy vomiting? Acute vomiting, that is a one-off occurrence, that is quickly over, may not be much to worry about. But if your puppy vomits frequently, then you do have cause for concern.
Puppies and young dogs up til about two years of age, are into everything. They experience life to the full. They are learning fast and want to be stimulated.
This means they can also try to eat everything. As they are growing, they have a high nutrient need. They need quality food. Quality food that mimics their evolutionary history.
Let’s see what that means.
Dogs are pack animals. And they work within a strong hierarchy. This means that the alpha pair get the choicest parts of the kill, the lower ranking members come next and the puppies come last. Often wild puppies are only left with the bones of the carcass.
This may sound harsh, but stop and consider for a moment. Puppies are growing fast. This means they need a lot of bone food, amongst other things. What better bone food than bone itself?
If you feed your puppy lots of manageable sized, raw bones, at least one a day, then you will be reducing the need for him to try to eat everything. This may stop the main reason your puppy is vomiting.
Vomiting is a purging. The body is trying to get rid of something that can do harm. Such as food poisoning. So if your puppy is vomiting regularly, look at the most likely cause.
The food you are feeding him.
If this is a commercial brand, then you are not only starving him, as the quality is usually very poor, you are also poisoning him with a chemical cocktail. The chemicals put into pet food are highly toxic and would never be allowed in human food, regardless of any claim made on the packet.
By feeding your puppy a quality, homemade diet, ingredients that you have control over, you may well totally cure why your puppy vomits.
In the short term, you can assist your puppy vomiting, to quickly rid his toxic load, by giving him the homeopathic medicine Arsenicum album. This assists the body in purging anything unwanted. It’s a wonderful medicine to have in your first aid kit, with so many uses, not least of all for vomiting.
Puppies and young dogs up til about two years of age, are into everything. They experience life to the full. They are learning fast and want to be stimulated.
This means they can also try to eat everything. As they are growing, they have a high nutrient need. They need quality food. Quality food that mimics their evolutionary history.
Let’s see what that means.
Dogs are pack animals. And they work within a strong hierarchy. This means that the alpha pair get the choicest parts of the kill, the lower ranking members come next and the puppies come last. Often wild puppies are only left with the bones of the carcass.
This may sound harsh, but stop and consider for a moment. Puppies are growing fast. This means they need a lot of bone food, amongst other things. What better bone food than bone itself?
If you feed your puppy lots of manageable sized, raw bones, at least one a day, then you will be reducing the need for him to try to eat everything. This may stop the main reason your puppy is vomiting.
Vomiting is a purging. The body is trying to get rid of something that can do harm. Such as food poisoning. So if your puppy is vomiting regularly, look at the most likely cause.
The food you are feeding him.
If this is a commercial brand, then you are not only starving him, as the quality is usually very poor, you are also poisoning him with a chemical cocktail. The chemicals put into pet food are highly toxic and would never be allowed in human food, regardless of any claim made on the packet.
By feeding your puppy a quality, homemade diet, ingredients that you have control over, you may well totally cure why your puppy vomits.
In the short term, you can assist your puppy vomiting, to quickly rid his toxic load, by giving him the homeopathic medicine Arsenicum album. This assists the body in purging anything unwanted. It’s a wonderful medicine to have in your first aid kit, with so many uses, not least of all for vomiting.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Pet Allergies Are a Sign Your Pet’s Immune System is Struggling
What is the cause of pet allergies? Once you know this, the treatment is easy. But, if you don’t know the cause, then the treatment is, at best a band aid, at worse, will further deteriorate your pet’s immune system.
Let me tell you why this is the case.
If you are driving down the highway and your red oil warning light comes on, what do you do?
You have two options.
The first one is that you can stop and get help to find the cause of the problem. This can be inconvenient and take time.
The other option is to keep driving, hoping for the best. It may be nothing, in which case you get to your destination on time. But it may be serious, in which case your engine may seize a few kilometres down the road, causing you much more inconvenience, lost time and much more money.
So finding the cause of an allergy in your pet is going to help bring back their overall health to how it was or more likely better, than before the allergies started.
Any illness, including allergies, are a sign of a compromised immune system. If your pet has a strong immunity, they will be healthy and able to throw off even the most serious virus, bacteria or other pathogen.
One of the most important areas that can easily compromise an immune system and so create pet allergies, is the food your feed your pet.
Even the ‘best’ processed pet food is very low grade, very nutrient poor, so your pet is likely to be deficient in many of the most essential nutrients.
Processed pet food consists of high fat, waste meat by-products, road kill and more that you probably don’t want to know about. Then a cheap filler is used to bulk out the food. Then toxic preservatives, which are not allowed in human food, are used to give the ‘food’ a long shelf life.
Packets look great, but its the contents you need to know about.
By feeding your pet good quality (human grade) raw food, you are instantly giving their immune system a boost.
Treating pet allergies from the cause up, means less hassle in the long run, less expense and a much happier pet.
Let me tell you why this is the case.
If you are driving down the highway and your red oil warning light comes on, what do you do?
You have two options.
The first one is that you can stop and get help to find the cause of the problem. This can be inconvenient and take time.
The other option is to keep driving, hoping for the best. It may be nothing, in which case you get to your destination on time. But it may be serious, in which case your engine may seize a few kilometres down the road, causing you much more inconvenience, lost time and much more money.
So finding the cause of an allergy in your pet is going to help bring back their overall health to how it was or more likely better, than before the allergies started.
Any illness, including allergies, are a sign of a compromised immune system. If your pet has a strong immunity, they will be healthy and able to throw off even the most serious virus, bacteria or other pathogen.
One of the most important areas that can easily compromise an immune system and so create pet allergies, is the food your feed your pet.
Even the ‘best’ processed pet food is very low grade, very nutrient poor, so your pet is likely to be deficient in many of the most essential nutrients.
Processed pet food consists of high fat, waste meat by-products, road kill and more that you probably don’t want to know about. Then a cheap filler is used to bulk out the food. Then toxic preservatives, which are not allowed in human food, are used to give the ‘food’ a long shelf life.
Packets look great, but its the contents you need to know about.
By feeding your pet good quality (human grade) raw food, you are instantly giving their immune system a boost.
Treating pet allergies from the cause up, means less hassle in the long run, less expense and a much happier pet.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Diarrhea in Dogs - Looking for the Cause
Diarrhea in dogs is an indication that your dog is ingesting something that is doing a great deal of harm. Both diarrhea and vomiting is a purging of the body. It is a good sign. It means you need to look at the cause, not the effect.
Diarrhea in dogs can be acute or chronic. An acute bout means that it occurs just the once and is resolved quickly. It may have been caused by eating something that is harmful, such as food poisoning.
Dogs have what I call ‘cast iron stomachs’. That is they are omnivores and can eat anything. Anything natural, that is. They can east rotting and decaying meat with impunity. They can eat a purely vegetarian diet, no problem. They can survive on a diet of earthworms in times of scarcity.
Dogs are very adaptable. To natural fluctuations and food. But not to man made problems.
Chronic diarrhea is when the condition keeps recurring, or never goes away completely. It comes about because they are constantly ingesting something that is harming their health.
And the most likely offender to this is the food you are feeding them. Processed, commercial dog food is highly toxic and nutrient poor. It doesn’t matter what the claims are on the packet, most of them are simply legal through careful wording, rather than actually truthful.
There are two things you can do to resolve diarrhea in dogs.
This medicine is absolutely fabulous at assisting the body in expelling any toxins from the body. It may increase the purging over a short period, but you will notice that your dog is happier. Who wouldn’t be after dumping a toxic load?
It’s important to keep an eye out for dehydration with any amount of purging. A healthy dog will keep up their liquid intake. An unhealthy dog may not be able to address this themselves.
To quickly resolve diarrhea in dogs, either in the acute or chronic form, will prevent any problems that may develop because of it. But you need to assist their body in doing this, rather than in suppressing the symptoms.
Diarrhea in dogs can be acute or chronic. An acute bout means that it occurs just the once and is resolved quickly. It may have been caused by eating something that is harmful, such as food poisoning.
Dogs have what I call ‘cast iron stomachs’. That is they are omnivores and can eat anything. Anything natural, that is. They can east rotting and decaying meat with impunity. They can eat a purely vegetarian diet, no problem. They can survive on a diet of earthworms in times of scarcity.
Dogs are very adaptable. To natural fluctuations and food. But not to man made problems.
Chronic diarrhea is when the condition keeps recurring, or never goes away completely. It comes about because they are constantly ingesting something that is harming their health.
And the most likely offender to this is the food you are feeding them. Processed, commercial dog food is highly toxic and nutrient poor. It doesn’t matter what the claims are on the packet, most of them are simply legal through careful wording, rather than actually truthful.
There are two things you can do to resolve diarrhea in dogs.
- the first thing is to switch the food you are feeding your dog from a commercial brand to a quality homemade one
- and the second thing to do is to purchase the homeopathic medicine Arsenicum album
This medicine is absolutely fabulous at assisting the body in expelling any toxins from the body. It may increase the purging over a short period, but you will notice that your dog is happier. Who wouldn’t be after dumping a toxic load?
It’s important to keep an eye out for dehydration with any amount of purging. A healthy dog will keep up their liquid intake. An unhealthy dog may not be able to address this themselves.
To quickly resolve diarrhea in dogs, either in the acute or chronic form, will prevent any problems that may develop because of it. But you need to assist their body in doing this, rather than in suppressing the symptoms.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Allergy Relief For Dogs - the Holistic Way
Allergy relief for dogs is all about finding out the cause. Why does your dog have allergies and not the one down the road?
If you can find the cause, then the solution is easy.
Any illness of any living being is a direct result of a compromised immune system.
If your dog’s immunity is low, then he’s likely to suffer much more than just allergies. Maybe not now, but assuredly, later in life.
The best way to treat any illness or disease for permanent resolution, is to focus on the immune system. If you simply focus on allergy relief for dogs, then you’re missing the whole point of disease.
Think holistically.
One of the most common things dogs do is eat. So look at the quality of the food you provide. If it’s a commercial brand of processed food, then I suggest this could be the biggest cause.
Processed pet food is very low in quality. It’s nutrient poor.
If you can find the cause, then the solution is easy.
Any illness of any living being is a direct result of a compromised immune system.
If your dog’s immunity is low, then he’s likely to suffer much more than just allergies. Maybe not now, but assuredly, later in life.
The best way to treat any illness or disease for permanent resolution, is to focus on the immune system. If you simply focus on allergy relief for dogs, then you’re missing the whole point of disease.
Think holistically.
One of the most common things dogs do is eat. So look at the quality of the food you provide. If it’s a commercial brand of processed food, then I suggest this could be the biggest cause.
Processed pet food is very low in quality. It’s nutrient poor.
- The meat is normally high fat content and meat by-products (hooves, intestines and their contents, .road kill, euthanised pets, etc).
- This is then padded out by cheap filler such as sugar, melamine, sawdust, crushed nut shells, etc.
- Then a toxic preservative is added to ensure the product has a long shelf life (despite the label). Substances that would never be allowed in human food.
Do those ingredients sound like a healthy diet for your dog?
You can ensure your dog’s good health, by taking control of his diet. This is not as difficult as may think. In fact, once you have done it for a week, you just keep repeating it.
Feeding home made food is not expensive either. Although the raw ingredients are more expensive, you give less, as it’s nutrient rich.
And consider the visits to the veterinarian and the antihistamine that you don’t have to purchase.
It all adds up to a win-win situation.
So instead of looking for allergy relief for dogs, focus instead on what is the most likely cause of it. Address than, and the allergy goes on its own.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Dog Allergies and How to Treat Them in Two Easy Steps
Dog allergies seem to be on the increase. They itch, they scratch in the middle of the night, keeping you awake. Their skin gets eruptions that may or may not weep. They sneeze. They get diarrhoea. You have to be careful about foods. Veterinary care becomes expensive. All very inconvenient for your dog. But also for you.
Why should there be such an increase in dog allergies?
There really is only one reason.
And that is because their immune system is badly compromised. And this is caused by two things that you can start to address right away.
If you are feeding your dog a commercial pet food, that is one of the main reasons s/he has allergies. Most commercial pet foods, including most of the big names, are nutrient poor and chemically high. What do I mean by that?
Commercial pet food manufacturers are primarily chasing a fat profit. As there are no laws (at least no laws which work) in any country that I know of, anything goes.
The meat is of poor quality - hooves, dead and diseased animals, high fat content, etc. Then it’s padded out with a cheap filler such as sugar, melamine, corn, etc with no regard for the suitability of the food to the animal.
Isolated and synthetic ‘nutrients’ are added to try to redress the low quality. These nutrients are often impossible to digest and can cause harm later on.
Then preservatives and colours are added. Even if the packet claims to have no preservatives, all that means is that the pet food manufacturer didn’t add the preservative. But it could have been added at the rendering plant, where the ‘meat’ was purchased.
These preservatives are highly toxic and would never be permitted in human food. Preservatives such as ethoxyquin.
Is it any wonder that dog allergies abound now?
The other reason for their high incidence is that they are given so many vaccines, now. Vaccines have the opposite effect that many think - it knocks the immune system for six.
So if you can start feeding your dog real food, preferably raw, you’ll go a long way to cure his allergies.
And if you take him to an holistic vet who uses homeopathy, they will be able to undo some of the vaccine damage. Enough, perhaps, to improve his immune system to the point where he doesn’t have any allergies at all.
Once you know the cause of dog allergies, it’s easy to take measure to correct them.Dog Allergies and How to Treat Them in Two Easy Steps
Why should there be such an increase in dog allergies?
There really is only one reason.
And that is because their immune system is badly compromised. And this is caused by two things that you can start to address right away.
If you are feeding your dog a commercial pet food, that is one of the main reasons s/he has allergies. Most commercial pet foods, including most of the big names, are nutrient poor and chemically high. What do I mean by that?
Commercial pet food manufacturers are primarily chasing a fat profit. As there are no laws (at least no laws which work) in any country that I know of, anything goes.
The meat is of poor quality - hooves, dead and diseased animals, high fat content, etc. Then it’s padded out with a cheap filler such as sugar, melamine, corn, etc with no regard for the suitability of the food to the animal.
Isolated and synthetic ‘nutrients’ are added to try to redress the low quality. These nutrients are often impossible to digest and can cause harm later on.
Then preservatives and colours are added. Even if the packet claims to have no preservatives, all that means is that the pet food manufacturer didn’t add the preservative. But it could have been added at the rendering plant, where the ‘meat’ was purchased.
These preservatives are highly toxic and would never be permitted in human food. Preservatives such as ethoxyquin.
Is it any wonder that dog allergies abound now?
The other reason for their high incidence is that they are given so many vaccines, now. Vaccines have the opposite effect that many think - it knocks the immune system for six.
So if you can start feeding your dog real food, preferably raw, you’ll go a long way to cure his allergies.
And if you take him to an holistic vet who uses homeopathy, they will be able to undo some of the vaccine damage. Enough, perhaps, to improve his immune system to the point where he doesn’t have any allergies at all.
Once you know the cause of dog allergies, it’s easy to take measure to correct them.Dog Allergies and How to Treat Them in Two Easy Steps
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Dog Allergies and How to Treat Them in Two Easy Steps
Dog allergies seem to be on the increase. They itch, they scratch in the middle of the night, keeping you awake. Their skin gets eruptions that may or may not weep. They sneeze. They get diarrhoea. You have to be careful about foods. Veterinary care becomes expensive. All very inconvenient for your dog. But also for you.
Why should there be such an increase in dog allergies?
There really is only one reason.
And that is because their immune system is badly compromised. And this is caused by two things that you can start to address right away.
If you are feeding your dog a commercial pet food, that is one of the main reasons s/he has allergies. Most commercial pet foods, including most of the big names, are nutrient poor and chemically high. What do I mean by that?
Commercial pet food manufacturers are primarily chasing a fat profit. As there are no laws (at least no laws which work) in any country that I know of, anything goes.
The meat is of poor quality - hooves, dead and diseased animals, high fat content, etc. Then it’s padded out with a cheap filler such as sugar, melamine, corn, etc with no regard for the suitability of the food to the animal.
Isolated and synthetic ‘nutrients’ are added to try to redress the low quality. These nutrients are often impossible to digest and can cause harm later on.
Then preservatives and colours are added. Even if the packet claims to have no preservatives, all that means is that the pet food manufacturer didn’t add the preservative. But it could have been added at the rendering plant, where the ‘meat’ was purchased.
These preservatives are highly toxic and would never be permitted in human food. Preservatives such as ethoxyquin.
Is it any wonder that dog allergies abound now?
The other reason for their high incidence is that they are given so many vaccines, now. Vaccines have the opposite effect that many think - it knocks the immune system for six.
So if you can start feeding your dog real food, preferably raw, you’ll go a long way to cure his allergies.
And if you take him to an holistic vet who uses homeopathy, they will be able to undo some of the vaccine damage. Enough, perhaps, to improve his immune system to the point where he doesn’t have any allergies at all.
Once you know the cause of dog allergies, it’s easy to take measure to correct them.
Why should there be such an increase in dog allergies?
There really is only one reason.
And that is because their immune system is badly compromised. And this is caused by two things that you can start to address right away.
If you are feeding your dog a commercial pet food, that is one of the main reasons s/he has allergies. Most commercial pet foods, including most of the big names, are nutrient poor and chemically high. What do I mean by that?
Commercial pet food manufacturers are primarily chasing a fat profit. As there are no laws (at least no laws which work) in any country that I know of, anything goes.
The meat is of poor quality - hooves, dead and diseased animals, high fat content, etc. Then it’s padded out with a cheap filler such as sugar, melamine, corn, etc with no regard for the suitability of the food to the animal.
Isolated and synthetic ‘nutrients’ are added to try to redress the low quality. These nutrients are often impossible to digest and can cause harm later on.
Then preservatives and colours are added. Even if the packet claims to have no preservatives, all that means is that the pet food manufacturer didn’t add the preservative. But it could have been added at the rendering plant, where the ‘meat’ was purchased.
These preservatives are highly toxic and would never be permitted in human food. Preservatives such as ethoxyquin.
Is it any wonder that dog allergies abound now?
The other reason for their high incidence is that they are given so many vaccines, now. Vaccines have the opposite effect that many think - it knocks the immune system for six.
So if you can start feeding your dog real food, preferably raw, you’ll go a long way to cure his allergies.
And if you take him to an holistic vet who uses homeopathy, they will be able to undo some of the vaccine damage. Enough, perhaps, to improve his immune system to the point where he doesn’t have any allergies at all.
Once you know the cause of dog allergies, it’s easy to take measure to correct them.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
The Secret to Dog Potty Training in One Easy Step
One of the biggest problems people have with the dog potty training of indoor puppies is thinking too much about what it means to them (ie the mess to be cleared up) and not enough about where the puppy is coming from.
Obviously, this is understandable. But by focussing on this aspect, you tend to miss the main contributing factor.
If you are doing all the right things such as:
but still your puppy seems a bit slow to grasp the idea, you may be unconsciously contributing to this.
So lets have a look at what most people do with a puppy when they first bring him home. The puppy is confined to a small area, often the bathroom or laundry, particularly at night, on his own.
Now lets take a look at the wild dog’s family, and so where your new puppy comes from. You can immediately see that they always remain as a family unit. Wild dogs never put a puppy in isolation, or solitary confinement, which is what this amounts to.
Dogs are pack animals. They are gregarious by nature. Isolating a youngster can cause enormous emotional trauma, which does nothing to help in your efforts at dog potty training or your future relationship and trust.
Couple that with the recent trauma he has already suffered of being separated from his mother, often at too early an age, as well as his siblings. If you have bought your puppy from a pet shop, this will have happened. Young puppies are more appealing to us, so tend to be taken from their mothers much too early. But their mothers play a key role in dogs development.
A traumatised puppy will become more and more concerned (whether or not he shows it - some internalise their emotions just as some humans do), becoming more and more anxious.
And so the potty training goes out the window - he is far more concerned about being accepted by his new family. How can he make you like him better?
And you become more and more frustrated and so irritable towards your puppy. It’s an endless spiral. It’s up to you to put an end to it.
Understand your puppy’s needs and everything will start slipping easily into place.
By keeping your puppy with you at all times, he will become confident and balanced and able to learn what you gently try to teach him. You take over his mother’s teaching and bonding role.
One way to avoid the mess and keep your puppy close by, is to section off a part of the room you are in (including your bedroom), to confine him and the mess. Put lots of newspaper or wee pads down. You might have an old toddler mobile play unit, that you can move around the house with you. Or buy a second-hand one.
You’ll find that your dog potty training will progress much more easily, because you’re not creating any separation anxiety. Not only that, but your puppy will be much easier to train, because you have created a close bond with him. He trusts you. You have proved to him you are his family. You have understood his basic needs.
Obviously, this is understandable. But by focussing on this aspect, you tend to miss the main contributing factor.
If you are doing all the right things such as:
- taking the puppy outside periodically
- making a great fuss when he does perform outside
- and ignoring the ‘bad’ performances inside
but still your puppy seems a bit slow to grasp the idea, you may be unconsciously contributing to this.
So lets have a look at what most people do with a puppy when they first bring him home. The puppy is confined to a small area, often the bathroom or laundry, particularly at night, on his own.
Now lets take a look at the wild dog’s family, and so where your new puppy comes from. You can immediately see that they always remain as a family unit. Wild dogs never put a puppy in isolation, or solitary confinement, which is what this amounts to.
Dogs are pack animals. They are gregarious by nature. Isolating a youngster can cause enormous emotional trauma, which does nothing to help in your efforts at dog potty training or your future relationship and trust.
Couple that with the recent trauma he has already suffered of being separated from his mother, often at too early an age, as well as his siblings. If you have bought your puppy from a pet shop, this will have happened. Young puppies are more appealing to us, so tend to be taken from their mothers much too early. But their mothers play a key role in dogs development.
A traumatised puppy will become more and more concerned (whether or not he shows it - some internalise their emotions just as some humans do), becoming more and more anxious.
And so the potty training goes out the window - he is far more concerned about being accepted by his new family. How can he make you like him better?
And you become more and more frustrated and so irritable towards your puppy. It’s an endless spiral. It’s up to you to put an end to it.
Understand your puppy’s needs and everything will start slipping easily into place.
By keeping your puppy with you at all times, he will become confident and balanced and able to learn what you gently try to teach him. You take over his mother’s teaching and bonding role.
One way to avoid the mess and keep your puppy close by, is to section off a part of the room you are in (including your bedroom), to confine him and the mess. Put lots of newspaper or wee pads down. You might have an old toddler mobile play unit, that you can move around the house with you. Or buy a second-hand one.
You’ll find that your dog potty training will progress much more easily, because you’re not creating any separation anxiety. Not only that, but your puppy will be much easier to train, because you have created a close bond with him. He trusts you. You have proved to him you are his family. You have understood his basic needs.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Flea Control is Easy Once You Know the Cause
Flea control doesn’t have to be chemical laden to be effective. But let’s put that aside for the moment and focus on the cause.
Fleas are rarely a problem for people without pets. But they can become a nightmare for people with pets. So the most likely cause of your flea control problem comes from your pet. Possibly your cat, but more likely your dog, as cats take their body hygiene more seriously.
Wild animals aren’t infested with fleas as their domestic cousins are. At least not healthy wild animals. So what is it about domestic dogs that attracts fleas?
Let’s look at the skin. This is the least important organ of the body. So when the dog has a problem, such as a high toxic load, the easiest way for the body to get rid of the toxins is through the skin.
This is likely to produce unsightly eruptions, but it will also alter the skin pH.
The one thing that dogs do every day is to eat. You may have heard the old saying ‘you are what you eat’. Dogs are too. Good food in results in good health. Poor food in results in poor health. Garbage in - garbage out.
Most commercial dog food consists of poor quality meat (more likely meat by-products), lots of cheap filler, some isolated and synthetic nutrients and very toxic preservatives, despite what the label may say.
None of this is in your dog’s long term health interest, but the worst part is the toxic preservatives. To try to get rid of these, your dog will develop a skin eruption which is just heaven to fleas, so they will quickly breed in such lush conditions.
Couple that with the poor nutritional content, and your dog’s skin pH is all wrong.
If you feed your dog raw meat and bones, this is very acid. And this is just right for dogs. It’s how they evolved. Raw meat, with no preservatives, means your dog will be getting the natural nutrition in keeping with his evolutionary history.
Suddenly the environment has changed. There are no skin eruptions. Fleas don’t like it as much. You may see the odd flea, but the proliferation can no longer happen.
Feeding your dog on raw meat and bones will have other benefits too, besides controlling fleas.
Holistic vets have found that when dogs are fed raw meat and bones, chronic disease just melts away. But returns with a return to commercial pet food.
Think of the whole picture rather than zoning in on just the flea control. Then everyone is a winner.
Fleas are rarely a problem for people without pets. But they can become a nightmare for people with pets. So the most likely cause of your flea control problem comes from your pet. Possibly your cat, but more likely your dog, as cats take their body hygiene more seriously.
Wild animals aren’t infested with fleas as their domestic cousins are. At least not healthy wild animals. So what is it about domestic dogs that attracts fleas?
Let’s look at the skin. This is the least important organ of the body. So when the dog has a problem, such as a high toxic load, the easiest way for the body to get rid of the toxins is through the skin.
This is likely to produce unsightly eruptions, but it will also alter the skin pH.
The one thing that dogs do every day is to eat. You may have heard the old saying ‘you are what you eat’. Dogs are too. Good food in results in good health. Poor food in results in poor health. Garbage in - garbage out.
Most commercial dog food consists of poor quality meat (more likely meat by-products), lots of cheap filler, some isolated and synthetic nutrients and very toxic preservatives, despite what the label may say.
None of this is in your dog’s long term health interest, but the worst part is the toxic preservatives. To try to get rid of these, your dog will develop a skin eruption which is just heaven to fleas, so they will quickly breed in such lush conditions.
Couple that with the poor nutritional content, and your dog’s skin pH is all wrong.
If you feed your dog raw meat and bones, this is very acid. And this is just right for dogs. It’s how they evolved. Raw meat, with no preservatives, means your dog will be getting the natural nutrition in keeping with his evolutionary history.
Suddenly the environment has changed. There are no skin eruptions. Fleas don’t like it as much. You may see the odd flea, but the proliferation can no longer happen.
Feeding your dog on raw meat and bones will have other benefits too, besides controlling fleas.
- bones help keep the gums healthy
- bones help clean the teeth
- bones provide essential calcium in the way dogs need
- crunching up on a bone keeps your dog emotionally happy
- raw meat provides nutrients in a natural and balanced form
- raw meat is easily and quickly digested
- raw meat makes evacuation easy
- raw meat creates a natural skin pH to dogs
Holistic vets have found that when dogs are fed raw meat and bones, chronic disease just melts away. But returns with a return to commercial pet food.
Think of the whole picture rather than zoning in on just the flea control. Then everyone is a winner.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Some Dog Health Problems are Easy to Resolve
Puppies are generally a delight to have around. As long as you can cope with the chewing up of garments and expensive items, the huge energy and the occasional soiling as they become potty trained.
But that’s a small price to pay for the enthusiasm for life they have, for the fun that infectiously oozes from them.
You love him. He loves you. All is well with the world.
Until he falls sick.
Then your world crashes.
The first thing that springs to mind is what caused it? Was it something you did or didn’t do? Is it your fault? Were you too vigilant or not vigilant enough? Did you overprotect him or did you let him roam free too much?
Well, chances are that it was your fault.
But only by virtue of the fact you were doing as you were told, probably because you thought someone else knew better than you. Perhaps if you had listened to that little inner voice you sometimes hear, but mostly ignore, which told you different, things may not be this bad.
It’s never too late to learn.
And animals have an amazing way of ensuring you do indeed learn, mostly from your mistakes.
So now your puppy has grown up and has a few dog health problems.
The first possible cause to consider it what he is doing every day.
Eating!
What are you feeding him?
Commercial dog food, as most holistic veterinarians have found, is the route cause of many, if not most, dog health problems.
Depending on the country, brand and era or manufacture, most commercial dog food looks something like this:
Sounds pretty unhealthy doesn’t it? Even one of those ingredients may be contributing to your dog health problem, but what if he was eating all four?
Although there are as many causes for dog health problems as there are dogs, by far the most common is the food you are feeding him.
By virtue of its daily consumption, healthy dog food, similar to the food his wild cousins eat, will go a long way to making his immune system strong, strong enough to fend off most dog health problems for years.
If you’re worried about the expense, don’t be. Feeding real food to your dog is as cheap as feeding commercial dog food. It may take a little more time, especially in the early stages as you are finding your feet, but just consider the fortune you save on veterinarian bills! They don’t come cheap by any means.
But that’s a small price to pay for the enthusiasm for life they have, for the fun that infectiously oozes from them.
You love him. He loves you. All is well with the world.
Until he falls sick.
Then your world crashes.
The first thing that springs to mind is what caused it? Was it something you did or didn’t do? Is it your fault? Were you too vigilant or not vigilant enough? Did you overprotect him or did you let him roam free too much?
Well, chances are that it was your fault.
But only by virtue of the fact you were doing as you were told, probably because you thought someone else knew better than you. Perhaps if you had listened to that little inner voice you sometimes hear, but mostly ignore, which told you different, things may not be this bad.
It’s never too late to learn.
And animals have an amazing way of ensuring you do indeed learn, mostly from your mistakes.
So now your puppy has grown up and has a few dog health problems.
The first possible cause to consider it what he is doing every day.
Eating!
What are you feeding him?
Commercial dog food, as most holistic veterinarians have found, is the route cause of many, if not most, dog health problems.
Depending on the country, brand and era or manufacture, most commercial dog food looks something like this:
- low grade meat by-products, often from a rendering plant
- cheap, health lacking filler such as paper, sawdust, sugar, nut shells, melamine
- indigestible isolated and synthetic nutrients
- toxic preservatives not permitted in human food
Sounds pretty unhealthy doesn’t it? Even one of those ingredients may be contributing to your dog health problem, but what if he was eating all four?
Although there are as many causes for dog health problems as there are dogs, by far the most common is the food you are feeding him.
By virtue of its daily consumption, healthy dog food, similar to the food his wild cousins eat, will go a long way to making his immune system strong, strong enough to fend off most dog health problems for years.
If you’re worried about the expense, don’t be. Feeding real food to your dog is as cheap as feeding commercial dog food. It may take a little more time, especially in the early stages as you are finding your feet, but just consider the fortune you save on veterinarian bills! They don’t come cheap by any means.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Dog Food for Diabetes Has the Potential to Cure
It’s a heart rendering time if your dog has been diagnosed with diabetes. Quite apart from the added burden of the extra veterinary costs, which you may be able to ill afford, what about the cost to your dog?
Is the quality of his life going to deteriorate? How is he going to cope with regular injections of insulin, if he needs them? Most dogs hate drugs and medication and will often fight you when you try to dose them.
Are you going to have trouble with this? Are you going to get hurt, as well as your dog and your wallet?
You might be asking yourself if you could have prevented this from happening, although the vet probably told you that its a common occurrence these days.
Yes, it is common these days.
And yes, you probably could have prevented it.
While doctors and veterinarians have been trained to match particular medication with a disease, homeopaths have been trained to look for causes.
So while the medication may help to stabilise your dog’s diabetes, it’s unlikely to cure it. But if you can get to the cause, and address that, you may well be able to cure your dog’s diabetes.
Your journey to success has already started with your search for dog food for diabetes.
One of the main causes of diabetes in dogs is the food you feed him. Most commercial dog food (included that promoted by most vets) is made up of about 30% low grade meat by-products (from rendering plants which take in slaughter house waste, euthanised animals, road kill, etc), about 65% filler (which can vary from a high fat content, to melamine from China, to a cheap food because of a world glut), and the balance being synthetic nutrients (which are difficult if not impossible to digest), toxic preservatives (mostly not considered fit for human consumption), appetite stimulants and artificial colour.
Some commercial dog food has better quality of meat, beyond by-products. But it still contains cheap filler and toxic preservatives, despite the claim on the packet.
As there has been a world glut of sugar, this is often used as a filler. Do you think sugar is a suitable dog food for diabetes?
Do you think any of the above constitutes suitable dog food for diabetes or any other health condition? Does it sound like suitable dog food, period?
Dogs evolved over many millions of year, as an omnivore, but at the carnivore end. This means dogs can survive on a vegetarian diet, but it isn’t normal. They are natural hunters. And while they do scavenge, so can eat carrion, their main diet is fresh, raw meat.
Holistic veterinarians have discovered that chronic disease normally melts away when dogs are fed on a diet of fresh, raw meat and bones.
By providing quality dog food for diabetes, based on the dogs evolution, the potential is there for a complete cure.
Not only is this more beneficial for your dog’s health, it is a great deal lighter on your wallet. Quite apart from the high veterinary costs, feeding raw food is cheaper than feeding commercial dog food.
And you’re a lot safer too, not running the risk of getting bitten.
Dog food for diabetes, or any other condition, needs to be based on what dogs eat in the wild.
Is the quality of his life going to deteriorate? How is he going to cope with regular injections of insulin, if he needs them? Most dogs hate drugs and medication and will often fight you when you try to dose them.
Are you going to have trouble with this? Are you going to get hurt, as well as your dog and your wallet?
You might be asking yourself if you could have prevented this from happening, although the vet probably told you that its a common occurrence these days.
Yes, it is common these days.
And yes, you probably could have prevented it.
While doctors and veterinarians have been trained to match particular medication with a disease, homeopaths have been trained to look for causes.
So while the medication may help to stabilise your dog’s diabetes, it’s unlikely to cure it. But if you can get to the cause, and address that, you may well be able to cure your dog’s diabetes.
Your journey to success has already started with your search for dog food for diabetes.
One of the main causes of diabetes in dogs is the food you feed him. Most commercial dog food (included that promoted by most vets) is made up of about 30% low grade meat by-products (from rendering plants which take in slaughter house waste, euthanised animals, road kill, etc), about 65% filler (which can vary from a high fat content, to melamine from China, to a cheap food because of a world glut), and the balance being synthetic nutrients (which are difficult if not impossible to digest), toxic preservatives (mostly not considered fit for human consumption), appetite stimulants and artificial colour.
Some commercial dog food has better quality of meat, beyond by-products. But it still contains cheap filler and toxic preservatives, despite the claim on the packet.
As there has been a world glut of sugar, this is often used as a filler. Do you think sugar is a suitable dog food for diabetes?
Do you think any of the above constitutes suitable dog food for diabetes or any other health condition? Does it sound like suitable dog food, period?
Dogs evolved over many millions of year, as an omnivore, but at the carnivore end. This means dogs can survive on a vegetarian diet, but it isn’t normal. They are natural hunters. And while they do scavenge, so can eat carrion, their main diet is fresh, raw meat.
Holistic veterinarians have discovered that chronic disease normally melts away when dogs are fed on a diet of fresh, raw meat and bones.
By providing quality dog food for diabetes, based on the dogs evolution, the potential is there for a complete cure.
Not only is this more beneficial for your dog’s health, it is a great deal lighter on your wallet. Quite apart from the high veterinary costs, feeding raw food is cheaper than feeding commercial dog food.
And you’re a lot safer too, not running the risk of getting bitten.
Dog food for diabetes, or any other condition, needs to be based on what dogs eat in the wild.
Monday, June 29, 2009
How Much Does Dog Diabetes Cost?
If your dog has diabetes, you may be concerned, not only with how your dog feels, but also with how much treating dog diabetes costs.
The one thing I can assure you, is if you stay with mainstream veterinary care, it is likely to cost you several arms and legs.
However, holistic veterinary care is not only far less expensive, it is also far more effective. Of course, this is my view, as a holistic practitioner, and the view of all other holistic practitioners, as we are a bit biased.
But holistic practitioners are always taught to look for the cause of any ailment. This is less often considered in mainstream veterinary care, who are taught more about which drugs to use with each condition.
You may have heard of the expression ‘you are what you eat’. In other words, what you eat has a direct impact on your health.
Holistic veterinarians have found that when dogs are fed according to natural laws, their health improves almost beyond belief. Which implies that the majority of food that dogs are fed, is actually making them unhealthy.
Remove the cause and the problem disappears.
So how much does dog diabetes cost? It may not cost you anything if all it takes to cure it, is a switch to a natural diet.
Contrary to popular belief, feeding a dog naturally tends to cost less that feeding a commercial dog food.
If your dog has had diabetes a long time and has been given medical drugs, you’ll be well aware of the cost of this, not only in monetary value, but also in the welfare of your dog.
Even at this late stage, switching to holistic care is likely to bring down the cost, although the treatment may be more complicated.
Holistic practitioners find that treating uncomplicated cases of disease much easier than when drugs have complicated it, as the drugs have changed things and this has to be addressed.
So more advanced stages of dog diabetes may cost you more.
But be assured, that if you find a good holistic animal practitioner, your dog diabetes cost will be minimal, your dog will be happier, and you’ll be at the exciting start of a more natural approach to life and health.
I’m always amazed at how much we can learn from animals, if only we would listen.
The one thing I can assure you, is if you stay with mainstream veterinary care, it is likely to cost you several arms and legs.
However, holistic veterinary care is not only far less expensive, it is also far more effective. Of course, this is my view, as a holistic practitioner, and the view of all other holistic practitioners, as we are a bit biased.
But holistic practitioners are always taught to look for the cause of any ailment. This is less often considered in mainstream veterinary care, who are taught more about which drugs to use with each condition.
You may have heard of the expression ‘you are what you eat’. In other words, what you eat has a direct impact on your health.
Holistic veterinarians have found that when dogs are fed according to natural laws, their health improves almost beyond belief. Which implies that the majority of food that dogs are fed, is actually making them unhealthy.
Remove the cause and the problem disappears.
So how much does dog diabetes cost? It may not cost you anything if all it takes to cure it, is a switch to a natural diet.
Contrary to popular belief, feeding a dog naturally tends to cost less that feeding a commercial dog food.
If your dog has had diabetes a long time and has been given medical drugs, you’ll be well aware of the cost of this, not only in monetary value, but also in the welfare of your dog.
Even at this late stage, switching to holistic care is likely to bring down the cost, although the treatment may be more complicated.
Holistic practitioners find that treating uncomplicated cases of disease much easier than when drugs have complicated it, as the drugs have changed things and this has to be addressed.
So more advanced stages of dog diabetes may cost you more.
But be assured, that if you find a good holistic animal practitioner, your dog diabetes cost will be minimal, your dog will be happier, and you’ll be at the exciting start of a more natural approach to life and health.
I’m always amazed at how much we can learn from animals, if only we would listen.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Feeding a Diabetic Dog
Before we look at feeding a diabetic dog, I just want to take you on a human diabetes journey.
A small group of dedicated dieticians and practitioners decided to conduct an experiment. They chose six people with type 2 diabetes. They were all put on a special diet, closely monitored by doctors, and asked to report on any changes.
Within one week, most were off their diabetes medication. Within a month, they all were.
So the questions you may now be asking are, what was the diet and can it be duplicated with dogs.
The answer to the last question first is that yes it can be duplicated for dogs.
Homeopaths always look for the cause of any disease or health problem. If you know that, and treat it, then the problem disappears. Just treating symptoms without looking at the cause seems to be heading down a dark alley.
So lets look at the cause of the human diabetes, before moving on to the canine form.
In the above situation, the six people were put on a strictly raw diet. Nothing cooked at all. So fast food was out!
It’s not just the cooking that destroys essential nutrients for a healthy body. It’s also the food itself. All processed food, such as sugar and white flour have been processed to remove the valuable nutrients that help digestion. So the molasses that comes from sugar refineries, is very rich in minerals, which would help digest the white sugar.
Likewise the wheat germ that is removed from flour, helps to digest it.
Without these valuable nutrients, the body goes badly out of balance and all sorts of things can go wrong, including blood sugar levels.
So if you’re feeding a diabetic dog one of the big brands of commercial dog food, that could be the answer to your problems.
The vast majority of commercial dog foods use a filler of some sort to pad out the protein content. This makes it go further, so is more profitable for them, less nutritious for your dog.
Fillers vary according to what ever is in surplus on the world market, making very cheap options. Sugar was (probably still is) one such filler.
Can you imagine the impact on your dog’s health, if you are feeding a high percentage of sugar on a regular basis?
If the food is the cause of your dog having diabetes, it seems sensible to change the diet. If you are feeding a diabetic dog all raw food, not only will there be no processed food, but there will be no filler either.
This alone can cure most diabetic dogs.
What you have probably been recommended to feed your dog is the most likely cause of the diabetes.
By virtue of its daily consumption, food is vital to all living beings good health. Feeding a diabetic dog on food which closely resembles that of a wild dog’s diet, is the best way of bringing health back into balance.
A small group of dedicated dieticians and practitioners decided to conduct an experiment. They chose six people with type 2 diabetes. They were all put on a special diet, closely monitored by doctors, and asked to report on any changes.
Within one week, most were off their diabetes medication. Within a month, they all were.
So the questions you may now be asking are, what was the diet and can it be duplicated with dogs.
The answer to the last question first is that yes it can be duplicated for dogs.
Homeopaths always look for the cause of any disease or health problem. If you know that, and treat it, then the problem disappears. Just treating symptoms without looking at the cause seems to be heading down a dark alley.
So lets look at the cause of the human diabetes, before moving on to the canine form.
In the above situation, the six people were put on a strictly raw diet. Nothing cooked at all. So fast food was out!
It’s not just the cooking that destroys essential nutrients for a healthy body. It’s also the food itself. All processed food, such as sugar and white flour have been processed to remove the valuable nutrients that help digestion. So the molasses that comes from sugar refineries, is very rich in minerals, which would help digest the white sugar.
Likewise the wheat germ that is removed from flour, helps to digest it.
Without these valuable nutrients, the body goes badly out of balance and all sorts of things can go wrong, including blood sugar levels.
So if you’re feeding a diabetic dog one of the big brands of commercial dog food, that could be the answer to your problems.
The vast majority of commercial dog foods use a filler of some sort to pad out the protein content. This makes it go further, so is more profitable for them, less nutritious for your dog.
Fillers vary according to what ever is in surplus on the world market, making very cheap options. Sugar was (probably still is) one such filler.
Can you imagine the impact on your dog’s health, if you are feeding a high percentage of sugar on a regular basis?
If the food is the cause of your dog having diabetes, it seems sensible to change the diet. If you are feeding a diabetic dog all raw food, not only will there be no processed food, but there will be no filler either.
This alone can cure most diabetic dogs.
What you have probably been recommended to feed your dog is the most likely cause of the diabetes.
By virtue of its daily consumption, food is vital to all living beings good health. Feeding a diabetic dog on food which closely resembles that of a wild dog’s diet, is the best way of bringing health back into balance.
Monday, June 8, 2009
How to Use Nutritious Homemade Dog Food Recipes in a Busy Life
Commercial dog food has questionable quality and nutrition, depending on the brand and their ethics at the time.
By taking control of what you feed your dog, you are taking the enormous step into assuring his maximum potential for a long and healthy life.
If your dog is healthy, you’ll have fewer trips to the vet, saving you probably many thousands of dollars.
But trying to work out how to make nutritious homemade dog food recipes to keep your dog interested, at the same time juggling work, family and home life, can be daunting.
But it needn’t be.
It’s only a question of you getting your head around a few basic concepts about healthy dog food.
For example, seven different homemade dog food recipes gives your dog a different meal every day of the week.
It also gives you a routine which is easy to work and plan for. Shopping just becomes too easy, with the same things to buy every week.
Arming yourself with the knowledge that nature knows best, after all the dog evolved very well without any help from us for aeons, you can come close to a wild dog’s diet.
Enzymes are an all important part of everyone’s diet, including dogs. So you need to ensure these are kept alive and well in the dog food you prepare.
Some nutrients are only found in organ meats, but these can be easily overfed. What is the optimum amount of organ meat in your dog’s diet and which ones should you feed?
There is one essential part of a dog’s daily diet which, if left out, will cause tooth decay, unhealthy gums and most likely an unhappy dog.
Many ‘experts’ disagree on its inclusion in a dog’s diet. By bypassing the inconsistencies of ‘experts’ and going back to the only real expert - nature - you are not left wondering who may be right and who may be wrong.
Your homemade dog food recipes needs to ensure all micro and all macro minerals are included.
Your dog manufactures some vitamins himself, but others must be included in his diet.
This means you need to know the nutrients in each type of food.
Although your homemade dog food recipes will naturally keep your dog slim and in good overall health, some dogs are naturally fat and some are naturally slim. You need to know how to vary each ingredient to suit your individual dog.
There are many, no doubt well intentioned, people who write that certain foods are dangerous to dogs. However, if your dog is receiving a well balanced diet, based on a wild dogs diet, he won’t be ravenous and will become very aware of the difference between what is good for him and what is not. You won’t need to worry that he may ingest something poisonous to him.
A constantly ravenous dog is normally one who is not receiving a balanced diet, rather one which is devoid of essential nutrients.
For your dog’s sake, learn some homemade dog food recipes. It really isn’t difficult. And your dog will love you all the more for it.
By taking control of what you feed your dog, you are taking the enormous step into assuring his maximum potential for a long and healthy life.
If your dog is healthy, you’ll have fewer trips to the vet, saving you probably many thousands of dollars.
But trying to work out how to make nutritious homemade dog food recipes to keep your dog interested, at the same time juggling work, family and home life, can be daunting.
But it needn’t be.
It’s only a question of you getting your head around a few basic concepts about healthy dog food.
For example, seven different homemade dog food recipes gives your dog a different meal every day of the week.
It also gives you a routine which is easy to work and plan for. Shopping just becomes too easy, with the same things to buy every week.
Arming yourself with the knowledge that nature knows best, after all the dog evolved very well without any help from us for aeons, you can come close to a wild dog’s diet.
Enzymes are an all important part of everyone’s diet, including dogs. So you need to ensure these are kept alive and well in the dog food you prepare.
Some nutrients are only found in organ meats, but these can be easily overfed. What is the optimum amount of organ meat in your dog’s diet and which ones should you feed?
There is one essential part of a dog’s daily diet which, if left out, will cause tooth decay, unhealthy gums and most likely an unhappy dog.
Many ‘experts’ disagree on its inclusion in a dog’s diet. By bypassing the inconsistencies of ‘experts’ and going back to the only real expert - nature - you are not left wondering who may be right and who may be wrong.
Your homemade dog food recipes needs to ensure all micro and all macro minerals are included.
Your dog manufactures some vitamins himself, but others must be included in his diet.
This means you need to know the nutrients in each type of food.
Although your homemade dog food recipes will naturally keep your dog slim and in good overall health, some dogs are naturally fat and some are naturally slim. You need to know how to vary each ingredient to suit your individual dog.
There are many, no doubt well intentioned, people who write that certain foods are dangerous to dogs. However, if your dog is receiving a well balanced diet, based on a wild dogs diet, he won’t be ravenous and will become very aware of the difference between what is good for him and what is not. You won’t need to worry that he may ingest something poisonous to him.
A constantly ravenous dog is normally one who is not receiving a balanced diet, rather one which is devoid of essential nutrients.
For your dog’s sake, learn some homemade dog food recipes. It really isn’t difficult. And your dog will love you all the more for it.
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