Alternative Treatments Archives

Also known as complementary treatments. Like conventional vets, alternative treatments attempt to stimulate the dog body’s self-healing and self-regulating mechanisms. However, complementary vets deal with the dog as a whole, considering illness to be a disruption of physical and mental well-being.

Dog Pimple: Simple and Natural Remedies to Treating It

Although dogs don't face the social stigma of having pimple showing up on their face like human do, however, it can be very uncomfortable for the dog and a sore sight to us. Pimples usually occur on younger dogs, however, ...

Book Review: Through a Dog’s Ear

If you have been to a medium-small sized grooming salon during peak hours where 4 to 5 dogs are being attended to (clip, bath, and in the dryer) while another 2 dogs in an adjacent kennel waiting to be ...

Earth Hour: Things You Could Do With Your Dog During This Hour

While we may not match up with what Sydney did last year on Earth Hour, but I’m proud that we are one of the participating cities. As a matter of fact, I've been practicing my daily earth hour for ...

Black Chicken Herbal Soup

When mom was around, she used to make herbal soup at least thrice weekly—Black Chicken Herbal Soup is one of my favorites. These days I will be lucky if I managed to cook two bowls of tonic soup per ...

Where to Find a Holistic Veterinarian?

These days more owners are embracing alternative medicines (holistic approach) as part of their dogs' health care program. This is a very good trend and I strongly believe holistic veterinary will gain greater exposure as more dog owners are ...

Home Aromatherapy Treatment versus Consulting an Aromatherapist

After exploring the various topics on canine aromatherapy, the next step would to put it into practice. This should be easy since you already know the numerous benefits (i.e. boost immune system, healing agents) your dog gain through aromatherapy. ...

How To Treat Canine False Pregnancy Once and For All

Actually the "best" form of treatment for dogs experiencing false pregnancy is to give her some young pups to suckle, using her as a surrogate mother. Opportunities like this, however, are extremely rare. Not many dog owners will have ...

How Should Aromatherapy Treatments Be Used On Dogs?

There are three techniques to administer essential oils on dogs. Either by massage (finger kneading) or by diffusion (inhalation) or by mouth (oral application). Whichever technique you use, the benefits of canine aromatherapy are countless. From a personal point ...

Cough Mixture Remedy for Dogs

Dogs (especially older dogs) sometimes suffer mild irritations in the airways that trigger coughing when weather changes or a sudden change in climate. However too much coughing dries out mucous membranes, which irritates the breathing tubes and makes coughing ...


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