Health Tips

Pet Trend: Holistic Health Modalities for Animals

Sounds Familiar!  Nice to know that we are starting to be recognized in the press - even if we haven't made it to the New York Times or Newsweek.

Pet Trend: Holistic Health Modalities for Animals - Well Beings.

(PRLEAP.COM) (East Hampton, CT) Roll over Rover—for your massage.

As alternative and holistic health treatments become
more mainstream, veterinarians who specialize in acupuncture and chiropractic, along with specialized practitioners of massage and energy medicine, are reaching out to an unlikely group of patients—family pets.

Like humans, dogs, horses and cats can develop soft tissue injuries and imbalances, contract arthritis or experience physically adverse reactions to stress. These conditions can lead to painful structural and internal adaptations that limit the ability to lead a normal, active life.

That’s where a new breed of animal “therapists” steps in—helping to reduce nervousness and stress, poor circulation, muscle pain and inflammation, and improve range of motion

Vaccinations - Necessary or Not?

More on the over-vaccination debate:

Concord Monitor Online.

Necessary or not? Some veterinarians and pet owners are questioning vaccinations By REBECCA T. DICKSON Monitor staff June 12. 2005 8:00AM A Labrador retriever in Maine developed a cancerous tumor. In South Carolina, a Basenji broke out in sores and nearly died. And a Los Angeles couple spent $6,000 on veterinary bills after their dog, Nikki, became violently ill. A growing group of pet owners and veterinarians say illnesses like these seem to spring up after vaccinations meant to keep their pets healthy. While most animals don't suffer any ill effects from the preventive shots, and millions have been saved because of them, some people wonder whether the frequency of vaccinations is more a tradition than a necessity.

Pet Vaccine Lawsuit

Illinois Alliance for Animal Owners Rights, Animal Owners Rights Illinois, Holistic Animal Therapists, Alternative Therapies Animals, Alternative Veterinary.

Pet Vaccines Class Action Lawsuit

The Law Firm of Childress Duffy Goldblatt, Ltd. of Chicago, Illinois, has agreed to investigate and pursue a potential class action lawsuit arising from the misrepresentation of the need for pet vaccinations. Read the letter from Dr. Bob Rogers, DVM. See the additional links on our Resources page.

A view toward Vaccinations

I studied with Dr. Regan Golob in the 90's and have always found his no-nonsense approach to health to be practicle and on-target.  I completely agree with the assertion that everyone should take responsibilites for their heath and medical choices - so always educate yourself instead of relying on any one medical opinion.

Vaccines: TAKING A SHOT
By Dr. Regan Golob, DC

This month I had an experience with vaccinations. A little one-year old girl had a severe reaction to her DPT, (Diphtheria, Pertussa, Tetanus) vaccine. In reaction to this situation, I was prompted to do some research on vaccinations.

Feeding the Cushings Horse

Cushings Syndrome is a metabolic disorder often (but not always) associated with a tumor on the pituitary gland.  Traditional veterinary therapy is to kill the tumor - and the pituitary.  This results in a lifelong dependency upon drugs to support the endocrine system, which continues to fail once the pituitary is gone.   Before going to these drastic measures I prefer to rebuild the endocrine and immune systems.

Every Cushings horse that  I have seen has been severely mineral deficient.  And their livers and kidneys are extremely toxic.  So we begin with the basics:

In general, we start with recommending a base diet of grass hay, the Dynamite® free choice minerals (NTM Salt, 1 to 1 and/or 2 to 1, and Izmine), Dyna-Pro to reset the digestive flora and Herbal Green to help detox the liver and kidneys as well as support the adrenals.  I also test for Easy Boy for magnesium support at this time.   After 30 days I reevaluate the horse to see if they are ready to move on to Dynamite or Dynamite Plus for full spectrum vitamin and mineral support.  Most of these horses have to maintain with Easy Boy for quite a while - it all depends upon how far their metabolism has let down.