The natural way to support your pet’s good health

by kphev Pets

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With national Holistic Pet Day coming up on August 30th, you might wonder how you can take a much more holistic method to our pet’s overall health. because my graduation from veterinary school in 1991, I have seen an explosion and epidemic of chronic disease development in dogs and cats. Most of these chronic diseases revolve around overactive immune reactions resulting in autoimmune diseases wherein the pet’s body attacks its own tissues leading to medical disease.

The supreme autoimmune dysfunction is cancer, which also has been enhancing in incidence in ever younger animals. even common hormonal diseases, including thyroid disorders and diabetes, are due to autoimmune diseases of these organs. While we certainly have much more accurate and sensitive diagnostic tests to detect these disorders at earlier stages, holistic veterinarians always try and look at the environmental elements involved in these emerging disorders.

A basic viewpoint of any holistic specialist is that everything that is put on or in the body, whether through vaccination, diet, topical and/or oral pesticide use, may have long-term health consequences if used indiscriminately over the life of the pet. The cornerstone of any good holistic preventative health program is a species-appropriate, preferably meat-based balanced and if possible homemade diet.

Hippocrates, the dad of modern medicine, was quoted as saying “Let food by thy medicine.” sadly many veterinarians get very little training on species-appropriate nutrition in veterinary school, instead graduating with recommendations of what pet food producers or food reps tell us in our veterinary school training. numerous of these bagged and canned foods are full of unhealthy ingredients including by-products, preservatives, colorings and dyes. There are outstanding resources available on how to freshly prepare pets’ diets at home, and if done properly, the medical results and health benefits are potentially amazing. If this is not possible, there are an enhancing number of GMO-free organic foods to choose from.

Every chemical and/or medicine, including vaccinations, ought to be assessed as to necessity, as well as safety. As alternatives to yearly or every 3 year vaccination, animal guardians can ask for measurement of vaccination titers, which are blood tests, which file levels of protective immunity, so as to avoid unnecessary vaccination. As in people, the immunity to many core viral vaccinations given to dogs and cats lasts for years, if not the life of the pet. Given the role that over-vaccination plays in the development of autoimmune disease and cancer, a holistic method will always seek to take a minimalist method when it concerns vaccination.

While certain monthly oral heartworm and/or topical flea and tick preventative products are required in numerous cases, holistic guardians will often choose other natural alternatives, which are best done under the supervision and assistance of a holistic veterinarian. If, and when disease strikes, there are several holistic medical options available that work with the whole body in a much more gentle, curative manner, rather than in a suppressive manner, which only “band-aids” the condition and often leads to side-effects or worsening disease over time, while failing to address the underlying causes of chronic disease.

Modalities, including conventional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, chiropractic and classical homeopathy, are examples that are available as treatment options for numerous chronic diseases in pets. From a holistic perspective, every pet and case needs to be looked at individually as to which method is best, whether that be a conventional conventional medical approach, an integrative approach, or one that is strictly holistic. organizations such as the American Holistic Veterinary medical association (AHVMA), the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy, and the Pitcairn Institute of Homeopathy, offer lists of certified and appropriately trained holistic veterinarians. To learn much more about classical homeopathy and what that system of medicine may offer our pets, my site www.doctordym.com  also has outstanding information for animal guardians interested in a much more holistic method to their animal companion’s health and hopeful longevity.