Liver Disease Remedies

I have yorkshire terrier which is suffering from bad liver condition he also vomit sometimes which contain little amount of blood but not often, but he is very active. Now according to doctor, recommends I am giving him royal canine hepatic food. But he don't like it. So I want to know, is there any other homemade which I can give him and if there is any medicine yes which can protect his liver?

Feeding them 4 smaller meals daily instead of 2 big ones helps lighten the load on their liver. If you can find a holistic vet, use them instead. They are so much more knowledgeable and can restore your pet's health. Feed a high quality diet - we use a Liver Cleansing Diet - you can find it online. We give our Yorkie the following supplements daily - milk thistle, SamE, vitamin E, Denamarin or Denosyl. You can also find liquid extracts made for pets online that have a number of herbs and natural remedies for the liver. These work and should be given daily. No beef or red meat. Eggs and cottage cheese are easier for them to digest. Cod or white fish is excellent. Cooked white meat chicken is also good but some liver dogs can't tolerate it. You want to reduce their protein until the liver is healed. The diet we've been feeding is about 23% protein, with the rest being cooked oatmeal (type that takes 5 mins to cook) and a veggie that is good for the liver (spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, parsley, cucumber, kale, carrots, squash and some beets - not to much of this as it can cause diarrhea). Read about their liver on www.dogaware.com. If the liver isn't too badly damaged, it can heal in about 2-3 months on this protocol. NO toxic chemicals like flea products - this will only further damage their liver. Filtered water or spring water only and be sure they get plenty daily. Add to their food to help get more into them.

I was just told by the ASPCA that they notice in my 7year old female maltese/yorkie that she has in her blood enzymes liver problem. I want to give her Milk Thistle. She is 13 pounds and I don't know how much I should put in the water.

What do you mean by "good or fresh earth"? Is this a brand or do you mean get some dirt from outside? Also- anyone had bad reaction in their pet to clay? I tried it in myself once and got so ill for 24 hours have been afraid to use on myself or my dog.

Our4 pound Yorkie after surgery wouldn't eat for days and the vet said we couldn't bring her home until she would eat. Our dear friend and Chiropractor told us to take to the vet equal amounts of ACV and water and give to her as he felt she might have streph throat. It worked right away and she ate all of the food I had in my hand and wanted more. Our vet said you never heard of streph stomach as it has the stomach acid in it. Hope this helps. Blessings. Jean

Jean from Cerritos - thank you so much for your prompt response, but i'm not sure i'm following you. did your dog have strep throat, or strep stomach? the vets think our pup may have a liver shunt. would apple cider vinegar help, and why? how much should i give him? we've been giving him antibiotics, supplements and appetite stimulants to no avail. he starts to take an interest in food; he comes, smells it, licks and then backs off, as if he's afraid of the food. i recently gotten him to eat baby food rice cereal. we're just worried because the next step is to see a specialist. they will perform another ultrasound and biopsy to hopefully determine once and for all what is wrong with him. if it does turn out to be a shunt, he's expected to be put on a special diet and medication. i'm interested in the ACV and any other homeopathic remedies that may help. thanks!

to Deirdre: what brand of food are you feeding your dog? It might be one of the ingredients in the food that's turning him off. I would try either switching to another high grade food brand or giving him human food like boiled chicken and rice for a few days. If he eats the human food, then very possible it's something in the kibble that he doesn't like.

I had a dog who hardly ever ate as well... a malamute. I had to coax him every meal. He was a really finicky eater - the worst ever! I ended up doing Pat McKay's diet (reigning cats and dogs book). He wouldn't eat the raw stuff, but if I cooked it slightly he would eat it. I spent years working on this issue and my friends would laugh at me when they saw me putting food on a spoon to feed him. The thing is that he wouldn't eat and then he would throw up stomach acid all over the carpet. He lived to be 14 by the way.

Hopefully it's not a liver issue but a food one. Let us know how it goes.

this dog's gut functions/flora is destroyed by antibiotics. Use good therapeutic clay (Aztec Secret & others) or frest earth 1T in bowl of water & let dog drink daily until bowel flora is restored, then he/she will be well. Find good earth or clay or both for your dog. Either will kill unfriendly antibiotic resistant organisms (AROs, my term, like MRSA, PRSA, and many more to come) It will restore gut flora & that will do the rest.

All diseases originate in the gut. Hippocrates (460-370bc)

"The primary seat of insanity generally is in the region of the stomach & intestines." French psychiatrist & father of modern psychiatry, Phillipe Pinel (1745-1828)

And I would add, the gut is the primary seat of all acute & chronic physical diseases, including the so-called 'genetic' & those mysterious diseases like Autism that "always existed but are only now being diagnosed as such!" as the "experts" are now claiming (hogwash). Bowel flora is 85% of our brain & our immune system. When healthy it protects us against everything except industrial transfats (natural transfats, as in real butter, are healthy) Our bodies have no way to detect or protect against artificially hardened vegetable fats, transfats. Lard & coconut oil in the markets are now being hydrogenated, the Big Names do this. Big Food, Big Drug & Big Money - Big Gov. are not your best friends. Industrial Fake Fats become part of our structure, as in cell walls & inner structures, & these then malfunction, as in receptor sites & transmitter sites, & organelles. Trans fats started with margarine & Crisco, & are the biggest food nightmare & disease epidemic & plague ever to visit the human race. Then come antibiotics & birthcontrol pills & other drugs, which destroy gut flora, or allow gut flora destruction to proceed unchecked, while chasing symptoms around using natural or allopathic methods.

Jean again. I'm sorry I didn't make myself very clear. Our Yorkie had surgery and afterwards wouldn't eat and the Vet would not let me bring her home until she ate. Our Chiropractor told me that sometimes that condition is due to streph throat. He said you never hear people having streph condition in their stomach as the stomach acid takes care of that.

He had me take equal amounts of AVC and water, give it to her from a syringe and immediately she ate everything I had and wanted more food.

Your condition might be far more serious than ours.

Last week another health issue and a large vet bill. Drainage from an ear infection irritated her throat to the point where she scratched it almost raw. ACV took care of that. I hope you find a solution from your questions as you seemed to get good advice. Blessings, Jean

An interesting post re MSM for dogs arrived today that might be helpful:

https://www.earthclinic.com/supplements/MSM.html# MSMREADERFEEDBACK_19766

Have you tried nutrical? You can get at Petco- out dog will lick this up even when ill- & it's high nutrient and high calorie. Have you treated for worms? Try diatomaceous earth- mixed in food or liquid if dog won't eat. Also have ur get checked for liver shunt.

Hi I read what is happening with your baby. And I would like to suggest trying a Raw diet, they sell in patties already made. Do your research and I guarantee your baby will love it.. My dog had liver failure and I had to get rid of all the dry food. I switched to the Raw diet and become even more energized. I saw a huge difference and you will see as well. Good luck

You all have all this stuff listed that I don't know which one to use I need help very badly with my chihihuaha she is 4 pound and five year old SHES on four MEDICATIONS TWICE A DAY I have spent so so much money I just can't keep this up please help me soon and tell me what to do to get rid of this VET BILL and my little dog better and back to having a life and thanks.

How did you administer the apple cider vinegar and coconut oil to your dog?

Hi, Guardian (of many pets) --- DMSO Dr. Stanley W Jacob web site. He is the father of DMSO.

I thought that DMSO should never be injected. However, do peruse the web site.

Otherwise I use drops of milk thistle on the tongue or by syringe.

Namaste, Om

Hi Patrice,

Did you ever find anything to help shrink your dog's liver? My 10 yr old beagle has an enlarged liver 3xs normal size (ultrasound). Her blood work all comes back normal. And she is acting fine. Starving as always... but her enlarged belly sometimes pushes on her diaphragm and she struggles to breathe. The two vets she has seen seem stumped. Suggested taking a sample of her liver? I am not putting her through that. I am hoping for some good advice? Maybe the Milk thistle? Did anything help shrink your dog's liver?

Thanks! Paula

Dear Paula --- one item I can suggest from experience is Milk Thistle tincture. For years I thought because of the alcohol content it was not advisable for pets.

But one day I did give it to a cat that really needed liver treatment. And it worked. I made silent eye contact and she took it even though she was a bit overcome from the taste. But I still give it to her in a slim syringe and if I keep up with this, the stool looks much better. In addition this condition calls for probiotics. She is also doing better.

Leaving the tincture to evaporate, the remedy becomes ineffective. Milk thistle is still a major powerful remedy. But I would research on EC under ailments or liver what can be added.

All the best. Namaste, Om

Hey Om!

I too worry about tincts with alcohol, but desperate times call for desperate measures - and so glad your kitty found relief!

My dog's ALT was 508 .After checking for hours on net found Dr Andrew Jones, e-mailed him with my problem told him vet put Chauncy on Denamarin Dr Jones (on the internet, treats holistic) suggested keeping him on Denamarin plus 500 mg Milk Thistle based on his weight two week later his ALT went down to 102, amazing as this is lowest he has ever been.

Chauncy has always had this problem and gets blood work every 4 months. I used to have a local holistic vet and we parted ways but am looking for another holistic vet locally. Now he is going to regular vet and they asked me what else I put him on as the Denamarin would never have brought his ALT count down so quickly.

So question: the alcohol in a tincture will not harm the dogs liver or kidneys? I am giving blackwalnut wormwood and clove all in one to rid worms and I read the one nade with alcohol is the only one that works ..im using the one without cuz I am concerned about giving my dog alcohol.

I have a six pound Yorkie and when he gets the diarrhea I cook up plain spaghetti pasta, cool, and cut into bite size and feed him only that if it's really bad. If it's the first loose stool, I just add it to his diet. He really likes it, so that helps. He's 10 now and can still run faster than I can. This may not exactly help the liver, but it may soothe the digestive system in the meantime while the Milk Thistle cleanses the liver. Hoping your Yorkie feels better.

How much of milk thistle must we use? Please people; kindly be extremely specific in terms of dosages to help other desperate folks like me.

If you can also provide your numbers so we can call you as in some cases it's "life & death"

Regards

Prishen

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I have a six pound Yorkie and when he gets the diarrhea I cook up plain spaghetti pasta, cool, and cut into bite size and feed him only that if it's really bad. If it's the first loose stool, I just add it to his diet. He really likes it, so that helps. He's 10 now and can still run faster than I can. This may not exactly help the liver, but it may soothe the digestive system in the meantime while the Milk Thistle cleanses the liver. Hoping your Yorkie feels better."

11/24/2011: Prishen from Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa replies: "How much of milk thistle must we use? Please people; kindly be extremely specific in terms of dosages to help other desperate folks like me.

Regards, Prishen

Thank you so much for sharing your story about your little yorkie. I also have a little yorkie with a Liver problem. They always thought it's a Shut be couldn't find it. Find out my yorkie have a Liver problem when she was just a puppy She been on K/D DIET but don't like it and she won't eat L/D.Izzy my yorkie is 5 years she has a problem now she can't go potty and won't play . They can't seem to find the problem. I'm going to try the milk thistle. Thank you again!

Hi, was wondering how your yorkie did? And is doing? I have a 2 year old 3 lb male yorkie who is my life. We just found out he is having liver issues, How heartbreaking. They just prescribed him Denamarin. I cannot get him to take it. Not only that, I'm pretty scared too because I've seen people saying it's making their 40-90lb dogs sick. My baby is nothing compared to that! It's making me sick to my stomach. I'm not sure what to do but I'm willing to try anything. He's only 2 and I don't want to think of him passing on or being sick and miserable. It was relieving to see someone else with a small baby like me because sometimes I feel like the only one in the world with such a small baby!

I have a small black and white chihuahua that has an enlarged liver heart prostate. I took him to vet. and they told me he had a lot going, so I ask her I should give him milk thristle to try and help him so she gave me DENAMARIN that has the same thing in it so thought I would try it hoping it will help. I hope it helps. if anything you know please let me hear from someone.

How much and how often did you give it... only twice a day?

My friend has a standard poodle that was diagnosed with failed liver. We'd like to give it a try to milk thistle tincture. What would be the right measurement for 50lbs dog? Kindly let me know.

I would LOVE to know how to find that pet communicator u used?!! I havd tried a few but looking for a really good one. Thnx!

I would like to find out what dosage you give regarding the burdock root, milk thistle and vitamin e for liver disease. Our 6.5 lb yorkie "Oliver" possibly ate something toxic... Hydrangea or Sago Palm and is not doing well. His liver count is high and the vet has given him Denosyn but I'd be willing to try anything to help him. Could you please let me know if you think it would help and how much to give. Is it the same stuff humans take or is it special for animals? Thank you in advance for your response.

i have a question for CHERYL FROM GREENSBURG PA. i have a 10 year old boxer and his liver enzymes are way off the chart too and he also has some sort of tumor growth affecting the same area. i would like to start by helping his liver enzymes go back to normal range. other wise we are considering the same thing you would have had to do. HOW MUCH MILK THISTLE BURDOCK ROOT AND VITAMIN E DID YOU GIVE YOUR PET AND IN WHAT FORM? AND HAVE YOU RESEARCED ANY SIDE AFFECTS OF THESE "MEDICINES" ON DOGS? i really appreciate any response you can post as soon as possible. our dog is not doing so good.

I would like to find out what dosage you give regarding the burdock root, milk thistle and vitamin e for liver disease. I have a Maltese that is suffering and I am desperate. HELP ME PLEASE!!! The letter you published does not give any specifics. Thank you,

I have just adopted a male Basenji (Peyton) almost 3 weeks ago and am having behavioral problems. He is the sweetest boy with me every now and then would lash out at other dogs for no apparent reason. The breeder and I decided to talk to a Pet Communicator that I was skeptical of. Before I even asked the Pet Communicator questions she informed me that Peyton's liver needed to be cleansed of anesthesia from his neutering 3 weeks ago. She explained that the inbalance in the liver was affecting his odd behavior and when the liver is cleansed I will notice a difference in his behavior. I won't go into more detail of the visit I had with the Pet Communicator accept to say she knew things there is NO WAY she could have known about him!! I am now convinced and no longer a skeptic of pet communicators! Too the point..what she suggested to help clean his liver is to use Vitamin C in powder form and to give Peyton who is about 25 lbs 50-100 MG a day. She also suggested Milk Thistle and Dandelion. She said they usually come in 500 MG capsuls and to give him only 1/4 of the 500 MG. I would assume to get it in powder form as well. She said she uses it on her dogs (whoe are bigger then Peyton) and she gives them the same amount she suggested to me. I havn't tried it yet since I only found out last night, but I am going to. Hope this helps!

Hi

What is the mg of dosage? What form is the treatment ie. The Milk thistle, the burdock root & vitamin E - is it in a liquid form? How often do you give your pet this treatment, is is twice a day or how many hours apart do you give it his/her dosage?

Regards

Prishen Durban, South Africa

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Hi!!! So happy ur dog is better- it gives me hope for my little chi diagnosed w liver shunts. (Shout out to Greensburg, btw- I went to Hempfield!! ) What were the dosages you gave your dog? I do a lot of naturopathy w my dog, but she only weighs 5 lbs. So I get nervous. Thnx

How much vitamin E are you giving? My dog is 13lbs and13 1/2 yrs old and has had this for over 2 yrs. Please advise via email. Thank you.

My Yorkie has an enlarged liver and a systemic infection. He is on antibiotics currently. This just happened today; the vet visit. I am extremely worried. I did get him to eat a little turkey baby food but no water tonight. How much each of those supplements did you give your dog?