Puppy Training Video - Puppy Wellness (Episode 10)
Posted on Sep 29, 2008 under Dog Health, Fur Puppies\' Only, Ownership, Puppy | No Comment
Learn the warning signs that your puppy may not be feeling well. More on www.eukanuba.com
Duration : 0:5:54
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Dog Cancer Coping Guide
Posted on Sep 06, 2008 under Cancer, Dog Health, Emotional Wellbeing, Senior Dog | No Comment
Why Demian Dressler, DVM created the Dog Cancer Coping Guide and what it contains. http://dogcancercopingguide.com
Duration : 0:3:55
Does my senior dog need glucosamine supplements?
Posted on Sep 01, 2008 under Dog Health, Senior Dog, Supplements | 6 CommentsShould I be feeding my senior dog supplements for joint care?
The problem with glucosamine is that it only works in the first stages or arthritis. You should take your dog to the vet for an xray to see how many issues your dog has, and what stages your dog is in. Dogs are masters at hiding pain, and your dog may have spine or hip issues that you may not be aware of.
Dog Chiropractic Sacro-Iliac Joint Move
Posted on Aug 24, 2008 under Chiropractic care, Dog Health | No Comment
Effective move to adjust a dog’s sacro-iliac joint.
Duration : 0:0:25
Canine Acupuncture with Jeanie Marie Kraft, Lic.Ac.
Posted on Aug 16, 2008 under Acupuncture, Dog Health, Senior Dog | No Comment
As part of the “Protecting Your Pet” series on WHDH News in Boston, this segment shows Jeanie Marie Kraft, Lic,Ac. a Massachusetts canine acupuncturist, giving a treatment to Chula, a German Shepherd/Labrador mix while discussing how acupuncture works on dogs.
Duration : 0:1:49
Murphy - Dog Acupuncture
Posted on Aug 07, 2008 under Acupuncture, Dog Health, Senior Dog | 1 Comment
Pet Protect - Alternative Therapies for Pets. See the difference acupuncture has made for Murphy. Murphy suffers from arthritis and sadly medication had stopped helping, leaving his owners short of options. Luckily, acupuncture proved successful.
Duration : 0:3:14
Can acupuncture be used to treat behavior problems in dogs?
Posted on Aug 06, 2008 under Acupuncture, Behaviour, Dog Health | 2 CommentsMy holistic vet used acupuncture to treat my dog’s chronic ear infections when she was a puppy, with a lot of success. She is ten years old and has never had ear infections since. I heard the end of a story on NPR recently about acupuncture being used to treat behavior problems in dogs. Has anybody heard anything about this, and if so what?
I think it is going to depend on the type of behavioral problem and your vet’s clinical experience with it. If the dog seems prone to fear or panic, has anxiety, or tends to be obsessive-compulsive, then I think acupuncture could be quite effective. In general, acupuncture has a calming effect on people and animals. And, it won’t have the side-effects of the pharmaceuticals that are sometimes used to treat behavioral issues. Also, don’t rule out massage for your dog … http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=dog+massage May I suggest you look at these resources: http://www.acupuncture.com/animals/dog.htm http://www.beaveranimalclinic.com/holistictreatment.html#veterinaryacupuncture http://www.beaveranimalclinic.com/educationalmaterials.html I think you should go back to your vet. Get a diagnosis for the behavioral problem from both the Eastern and Western perspectives. Ask if the vet has successfully treated that problem before with acupuncture or Chinese medicine. Ask about other holistic therapies, like Bach Flower Remedies and homeopathics. Ask your vet if massage (by you) could be an adjunctive therapy for your dogs problem. Good luck =)
Video on Holistic Pet Food for Dogs
Posted on Jul 31, 2008 under Dog Nutrition, Food, Holistic / Natural Care | 1 Comment
http://www.WatchMojo.com video on why pet owners should feed their dogs holistic pet foods.
Duration : 0:2:12
Dog Wellness
Posted on Jul 25, 2008 under Caring & Living with Your Dog, Dog Health, Ownership | No Comment
Dog Wellness
Duration : 0:5:21
Are Commercial dog foods(canned and dry) responsible for the rapid deterioration of dog health since the 70’s?
Posted on Jul 21, 2008 under Dog Health, Dog Nutrition, Food | 11 CommentsVets report more disease and much greater level of dental decay in dogs over the last 20 years. I hear in US they even have dog dentists for god’s sake! This coincides with the introduction of the widespread use of commercial dry and canned food. I often work in the country and I notice dogs fed on meat, bones and scraps seem to be in superior health to those feed the convenience diet of a can or some dry. Some country vets have told me the natural, unprocessed diet is the best. Can man produce food in some factory as good as nature or is he just having him self on? Some owners who feed the commercial stuff tell me their dog likes it and he seems ok but I wonder about the long term effects on a dog of a diet that may be internally foreign to him. I encounter a lot of old dogs who develop degenerate diseases which some vets suggest is due to a processed diet with is unbalanced and deviod of a lot of enzymes. CDF is convenient, cheap and less work for the owner. Many dogs may live longer but it is usually not a quality life. Emmy duck I am looking for the truth and sane and rational debate. I will keep asking questions until I get that. Thank you Adriel I will check that resource and your observations. Much appreciated! Mustanglynnie that is not truthful. Dogs are not living twice as long as in the 70’s. Maybe longer but twice? Dogs in my area lived till 15 years plus in the 70’s. Are you saying they are living to be 30 now?
Diet does play a part, because people tend to buy the cheap quality foods such as Pedigree, IAMS/Eukanuba, Dog Chow, Alpo, etc. These foods don’t contain the proper sources of protein..they are laden with corn, wheat, soy, beet pulp, by products and some even have dyes and chemical preservatives. Dogs aren’t designed to be grain eaters or to derive proper nutrition from grains.They aren’t designed to process grains, they are meat eaters. Dogs fed these cheap foods have more allergies, UTI, bladder/kidney stones, etc. Studies are also leaning towards corn and soy as being responsible for unexplained seizures in dogs. Good quality foods that contain at the very least 2 meat protein sources and no corn, wheat, soy, beet pulp, dyes, preservatives are much healthier and dogs fed these types of foods have far fewer health issues. In an ideal world dogs would be fed raw diets or homecooked diets, however this isn’t feasible for a lot of people,therefore they need to find and feed the best quality foods that they can..those with meat sources as at least the first two ingredients and that don’t contain corn, wheat, soy or beet pulp. Also the reason it seems there is a rise in pet illness is because within the past 20-25 years more and more people are seeking medical attention for their pets and are seeing their pets as family instead of just dogs out in the back yard. Also veterinary medical advances have come a long way. I’ve worked in the vet field for 34 years and I’ve seen a lot of changes.