Category: Alternative Veterinary Medicine

4 Supplements That Holistically Treat Dog & Cat Skin Allergies

4 Supplements That Holistically Treat Dog & Cat Skin Allergies

Orthomolecular Veterinary Medicine: Natural Skin Allergy Treatment for Animals If your pet has allergies, orthomolecular medicine just might be the answer! Dr. Wendell O. Belfield developed the orthomolecular nutritional approach to the treatment, prevention, and control of skin allergies for small animals. Dr. Belfield was a veterinarian and a pioneer in promoting wholesome foods for pets. In addition, he had a successful veterinary practice in San Jose, California. In his practice, he dedicated his professional life to creating and improving orthomolecular therapies for small animals. Orthomolecular medicine is an amazing natural skin allergy treatment for dogs and cats. It utilizes

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The Use of Elderberry Juice Tonic to Help a Dog with Respiratory Distress

The Use of Elderberry Juice Tonic to Help a Dog with Respiratory Distress

Elderberry juice tonic has grown popular due to its healing effects on the respiratory organs of people. Because of this, veterinarians put the formula’s healing properties into testing its effectiveness in a dog with respiratory distress. Now, two questions for Dr. Smith: Will Elderberry Juice Tonic help my dog with respiratory distress? Isn’t elderberry poisonous to dogs? The next section of this article answers this question. Will Elderberry Juice Help Treat a Dog with Respiratory Distress? Here’s Dr. Smith’s opinion. What’s unique about the formula is that it empowers the immune system while treating respiratory distress. You’ve probably read articles

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Natural Medicines, an option for cushing's disease

Holistic Options for Cushing’s Disease

Dr. Smith’s Thoughts on Holistic Options for Cushing’s Disease By reading this question-answer session, you will learn more about holistic options for Cushing’s Disease. Note: One of the goals of Natchez Trace Veterinary Services and Dr. Marc Smith is to provide ultimate transparency. The following question and answer session was pulled from Dr. Smith’s iPhone email archives and used, unaltered, in this article.  A Question for Dr. SmithHi, I am exploring holistic options for treating my dog with Cushing’s Disease. She has just been diagnosed as “borderline” cushingoid. She has some symptoms but they are not severe. My vet thinks

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Feline Calming Collar box for cats

Pheromone Collars for Dog Anxiety, Restlessness, Inappropriate Behavior and More

We can now provide you with pheromone collars that treat dog anxiety, restlessness, destructive behavior, and more! Who Can Use Nurture CALM Collars? Dogs and cats get stressed out just like people do. For example, any type of life change might cause unwanted behaviors such as: Destructiveness Marking or urinating in the house Excessive barking or meowing Fortunately, pheromone collars can help! The Nurture CALM 24/7 Pheromone Collar is available for dogs and puppies with up to a 28″ neck. The canine calming caller contains sustained release hormones that last 30 days. How Pheromone Collars Treat Dog Anxiety, Restlessness, Inappropriate

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Melatonin & Lignan Supplements

Atypical Cushings Remedy: Melatonin & Lignan Supplements

Since I practice alternative medicine, I get questions all the time about the use of Melatonin and Lignans as an Atypical Cushings remedy for Dogs. How does the treatment work? Is it effective? And are there any side effects to the treatment? These are pretty much everyday questions in my practice! What is Atypical Cushings in a Dog? Atypical Cushings is just that, not your typical regular type. Regular Cushings is characterized by dogs that drink too much, pee too much, are pot-bellied and often have concurrent skin issues. These dogs are diagnosed by a series of tests including but

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A Picture of Pumpkin for Dog and Cat Digestive Health

Pumpkin Benefits Dog and Cat Digestive Health

Pumpkins make delicious bread and pies for humans. But, did you know that pumpkin is really good for dogs and cats as well? How Pumpkin Benefits Digestion One of the main ways pumpkin benefits dog and cat digestive health is by alleviating both diarrhea and constipation. I know it sounds odd that pumpkin can alleviate these two opposites, but it does. Pumpkin is very high in fiber. And, the healthy fiber in pumpkin works as a “bulk laxative” for pets with dry, hard stool. The same fiber also absorbs the extra liquid from runny stools making them more firm. So,

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