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.
Published Feb 17th, 2010
By Renée
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Alternative Treatments,
Health Care
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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, ...
Published Aug 23rd, 2009
By Renée
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Alternative Treatments,
Books about Dogs
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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 ...
Published Mar 29th, 2008
By Renée
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Alternative Treatments,
Zillion Muses
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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 ...
Published Oct 4th, 2007
By Renée
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Alternative Treatments,
Dog Food Recipes
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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 ...
Published Jul 30th, 2007
By Renée
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Alternative Treatments,
Health Care
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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 ...
Published Jun 12th, 2007
By Renée
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Alternative Treatments
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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. ...
Published Apr 20th, 2007
By Renée
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Alternative Treatments,
Breeding Small Dogs
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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 ...
Published Apr 9th, 2007
By Renée
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Alternative Treatments
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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 ...
Published Mar 14th, 2007
By Renée
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Alternative Treatments,
Health Care
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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 ...