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Re: DMSO for Tumors in Dogs

ted (LA) on 12/28/2023

Someone answer please

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Remedy Help Requested for Dog After a Mini Stroke

Richard (United Kingdom ) on 12/27/2023

Have a 13.8 Border terrier bitch that had a mini stroke at beginning of Dec '23 and wondering how safe SERRAPEPTASE would be in strengthening her brain going forward? Vet prescribed 3 weeks of VIVITONIN (50ml) twice daily.

Reading your nine point recovery plan page I now give her 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric and cayenne pepper with her food. Going to add organic spinach to food and she is having mackerel twice a week instead of tinned meat with kibble.

Should I also add HAWTHORN & GINKO BILOBA drops daily or will these damage delicate aged blood vessels?

EC: Please check out the post under "Homeopathy" from one of our readers here: https://www.earthclinic.com/pets/natural-remedies-for-strokes-in-dogs.html#homeopathy
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Non-Regenerative Anemia Remedies

Lily (Wellington, New Zealand) on 12/26/2023

Is the given remedy for dogs also safe for cats?
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Turpentine for Minor Wounds in Dogs

Katzie (Cancun, Mexico) on 12/26/2023
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I have been using turpentine straight on any minor wounds my two rescue puppies happen to get. My other "always works" substance is the Diatomaceous Earth. I rub one or the other on any skin issues of my cute little scamps, and they are kept healthy & happy. Using it full strength has never been an issue either. Sometimes I gotta go fast and grab whatever is at hand. My little turpentine bottle has never let them or me down. As a bonus, it seems to repel insects as well.

Stay well, everyone!

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Re: D-Ribose Cured Dog With Heart Murmur in 3 Weeks

Steve (SW Florida) on 12/22/2023

1/4 teaspoon in her food.

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Re: How Dogs Communicate

Alli (Glasgow Scotland ) on 12/21/2023
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Hi there, I just read your message and I noticed this with my little Skye and she's a blether always talking to me and I to her. This is wonderful to actually know for sure that's the way they communicate not only with other dogs but with us, sometimes I will say to her hey less of the back chat haha

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Re: Wound on Dog That Will Not Heal

John (Dallas) on 12/18/2023

Please explore low dose naltrexone for pets. Vets would give you a prescription. It is prepared in a compounding pharmacy. I used to order it from overseas, for myself. There’s a post here on EC about LDN.

You can use red light therapy as well. My cat loves it. I wish I could post a photo.

Lastly, acupuncture, to stimulate healing mechanisms.Yes, acupuncture. When I have severe back pain an acupuncturist treats me at home (I pay extra). One time I had mentioned my cat did not pass stool or pee for several days, she put few needles into my cat at no charge The cat urinated in an hour and the next day passed her stool. I was impressed. She, the cat, was also not eating, and started eating the same day.

LDN, red light and acupuncture stimulate body’s healing mechanisms so it heals itself, whatever is broken. You body as well as your pet’s body knows what is wrong and how to heal it

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Re: Wound on Dog That Will Not Heal

nancy (California) on 12/17/2023

I had a similar injury on my finger that antibiotics could not help. I used Manuka Honey and it worked immediately.

I saw it eat up the wound by the hour. One of the best remedies I have ever tried. Good luck.

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Re: Sugardine for Wound That Will Not Heal

Madelyn (Idaho ) on 12/17/2023

Another fantastic post, Rob! Thank you for writing this up. My son’s teacher has a wound that won’t heal and has been out from school for weeks now. I’m going to send this to him. And of course, I‘m adding Sugardine to my recipe book.

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Re: Garlic and Dogs

Pam E. (Riverside County, California, USA) on 12/16/2023

Garlic is in the same family as Onion, BUT, they are very different in how much of the toxic substance they contain! Onion has a LOT of it compared to Garlic, so it takes much less Onion than Garlic (which has a tiny amount) so it is much more likely to harm a cat or dog! Also, dried forms are much more potent than fresh.

"About 95 species of native or cultivated leeks, chives, garlic, shallots, scallions, and onions are present in North America, and more than 80 ornamental Allium species are available.

"All Allium species and the products derived from them CAN be toxic to dogs and cats1; HOWEVER, relatively FEW Allium species are of important toxicologic interest.

"Trauma to the plants, such as chewing, converts the organosulfoxides [TOXINS] to a complex mixture of sulfur-containing organic compounds.... Cooking or spoilage of Allium species does not reduce their potential toxicity.

". .. Garlic preparations that have not been aged cause direct damage to the gastric and ileal mucosa, resulting in pain and diarrhea.

"Allium species toxicosis typically ensues after consumption of a single large quantity of the material or repeated small amounts.

"Dogs and cats are highly susceptible to onion toxicosis: Consumption of as little as 5 g/kg of onions in cats or 15 to 30 g/kg in dogs has resulted in clinically important hematologic changes.

"Onion toxicosis is consistently noted in animals that ingest more than 0.5% of their body weight in onions at one time... ."

More details can be read at:

Toxicology Brief: Allium species poisoning in dogs & cats https://www.dvm360.com/view/toxicology-brief-allium-species-poisoning-dogs-and-cats

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Side Effects from Leptospirosis Vaccine in Dog

'Genie (Wyoming, USA) on 12/16/2023
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Dog at vet from bad Leptospirosis vaccine reaction: is there a cure?

There is a dog at a vet's office on all sorts of IVs to no avail. Diarrhea, not eating, in very bad shape. You name it, the vet's office keeps trying. I have read of kidney and liver damage in

these cases. Is there a cure? After many days, I am wondering. This dog is very popular in a world wide Virtual story teller's stories on Facebook.

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Re: Wound That Will Not Heal On My Dog - Please Help

Rob (Kentucky) on 12/15/2023

Sugardine – The Survival Medicine You Never Heard Of:

Sugardine is simply a paste of granulated white sugar and betadine solution mixed to a toothpaste or peanut butter consistency, and it is a remarkably safe and effective wound dressing.

Granulated white sugar heals wounds. Sugar has been used in Egypt and many other Middle Eastern countries for generations as a safe way to treat cuts and in some cases burns. Sugar draws water from the wound into a dressing accelerating the healing process, which is prescribed in African folk medicine. The sugar kills bacteria through osmotic action, and attracts the body's "clean-up crew" of macrophages and other infection-fighting elements to the wound site, thus promoting rapid cleansing and healing of the wound.

I read an article about this sugar cure for wounds back in 1985 from a woman who was trying to heal her grandmother's bedsores. The earliest mention of sugar for wound healing that could be found in the medical literature was during World War I in the Journal of the American Medical Association (Sept. 4,1915).

This treatment persisted as an old wives' tale until the mid 1970s when Richard Knutson, MD, began using sugar on hard-to-treat wounds (Southern Medical Journal, Nov. 1981). His formula involved mixing 4 pounds of table sugar with 1 pound of Betadine (iodine) antiseptic ointment (know that you're not allergic to betadine) and 6.5 ounces Betadine solution in a double boiler over low heat. He applied the mixture to a depth of one-fourth inch, changing the dressing and cleaning the wound daily. He treated over 5,000 patients over 15 years.

Ingredients for sugardine:

  • Table Sugar
  • 10% povidone iodine (or the more expensive betadine)

Procedure:

  • Mix one part 10% povidone iodine to two parts white sugar.
  • Adding more or less sugar makes it the consistency of thick honey or peanut butter.
  • Put the sugardine in a container with a tight fitting lid. The mixture will need stirring now and then but it will never go bad.

- It is my understanding that with a large open wound you pack it with sugardine and then bandage it.

Sugardyne can be safely applied to the wound without fear of any bleeding once clots have been given adequate time to form–usually 1 ½ to 2 days. A copious amount (¼ to ½ inch thick layer) of Sugardyne is applied to cover or fill the wound and then covered with dry gauze. Deeper wounds are packed full of Sugardyne to the brim. Dressings are changed once daily. Dressing changes continue until the wound if fully healed. As a rule, no skin graft will be required. Skin will automatically cover the granulation tissue (“proud flesh”) that fills the defect, completely.

Source: How and Why To Use Sugardine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xohiz1YnaI

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Wound That Will Not Heal On My Dog - Please Help

Mama (Fort Worth) on 12/15/2023

I am asking for help I have a small poodle schnauzer mix that had a cyst on her right backside for years, she managed to bust it almost 2 years ago. I drained it and cleaned it up, but it has never healed. The wound is open. I have taken her to the vet and they want to surgically remove the sack that carried the cyst. We just do not have the money to do that. Is there any other options I have to help at home. She has been wearing the cone for the most part of the day because she will get at it and make it bleed. Thanks in advance.
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Re: Vitamin C, Turmeric, Manuka Honey for Dog With Pyometra

she g (oregon) on 12/14/2023
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As far as I know so far with my dog having the same issue. I think it depends on the cycle itself. Most dogs that develop Pyometra is in diestrus phase. Mine started getting pyometra in the estrus phase. I usually do honey, turmeric and vitamin C as soon as I see the proestrus stage and continue on for at least 5 months. This time round even though I was doing the preventitive remedy, it was not helping. I got Clavamox, baytril and yunnan Baiyeo and began noticing a difference after one month. Still very little appetite. Her discharge stopped and she seemd like she was getting better after her course of antibiotics. I continued the honey, c and tumeric with yunnan. One week later she began to bleed again. I place her back on Augmenton and still continued the protocol. All was getting better with no more discharge. Then she started her diestrus stage and boom huge pools of blood. now adding homeopathic china to stop the intense bleeding with all still protocol of all the above. I am hoping this is the final release of all blood and discharge. This takes 4 months to heal as far as I can see. If all clears up by month five which is the anestrus, I will do a lapspay. hope this helps.

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Re: Essiac Tea for Pets With Cancer

Stacey (MA) on 12/13/2023

Hi I'm wondering how your Dog did think it was your dog. My husky, who is 7 years old, also has been diagnosed with mammary cancer. They operated on the tumor but now it is spread to her lungs, I am going to start her essiac right away. I have also been given her some other things, including appocaps But I think I'm going to mix it with shark cartridge or chaga mushroom which I also hear is good.

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Re: Advice Please for Digestion Problems in Rescue Cat

TiffanyC (Kansas City, MO) on 12/13/2023

Hi Shaz - I have a cat (Mitten) who prefers dry food also and would vomit every few days. He's a stray who has been with us for 4 years. Recently I purchased some slippery elm bark powder for another cat with acid reflux and decided it might be beneficial for Mitten also. Well, so far so good. It's been a couple of weeks and I haven't seen any sign of throw up.

I make a syrup with the slippery elm bark powder: Into a small saucepan place 1/2 cup cold water and 3/4 teaspoon powdered slippery elm bark. Whip with a fork to break up clumps. Bring to simmer on low heat, stirring constantly. Simmer 1 or 2 minutes or until slightly thickened to a syrup or molasses consistency. Cool and refrigerate for up to 7 days.

The plant’s mucilage content coats, soothes and lubricates the mucous membranes lining the digestive tract. I use about 1-2 ml or as needed. I mix it with a little wet food.

I wish I had come across slippery elm long ago.

Best of luck to you and your feline friend.

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Re: Can You Catch Mange From A Dog?

Katzie (Cancun, Mexico) on 12/04/2023

Scott is right - you most certainly can! I did. I was wondering why my eyes would mysteriously water at night, enough to take tissues to bed. I put it down to makeup remover or something. This went on for a few days only. THEN, I noticed my eyes and the area around it looked old, really old!! (just like mange! ). It was shocking to age 20+ years overnight!!! So I did the borax/h.p. treatment on myself and it worked. I must not have washed my hands enough after treating or petting my dogs. Anyways, YES. YOU. CAN. catch mange from a dog! It was one of the weirdest things that ever happened to me.

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Golden Paste for Lipomas in Dog

Adrienne (Kildare) on 11/30/2023

Hi Allie, I look forward to trying this! But is it 1/4 tablespoon or teaspoon of turmeric?

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Re: Can You Catch Mange From A Dog?

scott (New York) on 11/29/2023

Not true. I did get mange from the dog. Ask someone who knows, not "the internet" way too much false info.

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Re: Remedies for Matted Fur

Pam E. (South Western California) on 11/28/2023

This article (Matted Fur Remedies) suggests using Witch-hazel. I don't have any Witch-hazel, tho, so may try Aloe vera gel. And give a tiny bit of MSM mixed in their food.

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