Friday, May 9, 2008

Natural Remidies for Good Yorkie Health

Keep in mind that some of the websites that I have linked here, even though they have great information, are trying to sell their product to you. Most of the items that are discussed in this blog can be found in your kitchen, or at a local health food store for less than you can buy on-line.
Most of these articles are easier on the eyes by following the links and reading it in it's origional form. There is only so much changing I can do with this page, unless I want to hand type all the information - yeah, right! But the information below is fantastic for understanding how herbs and natural supplements can dramatically increase the health and lifespan of your Yorkies!

Grind up seeds from fresh grapefruits, oranges, lemons, limes, or any other citrus fruit and add to food. Grapefruit seeds are a natural for killing, weakening and repelling parasites.
Add a half capsule of cayenne pepper per 50 lbs of body weight to food daily. This can be stepped up to a half capsule per 25 lbs of body weight twice a day for one week for quicker results.
Grind up a bunch of fresh parsley in a quarter cup of water and cook for three minutes. Strain and freeze in ice cube trays and add 1 teaspoon per 10 lbs of body weight once a day. Keep the rest in the freezer and use as needed.
Try grinding up pumpkin seeds and add a quarter teaspoon for each 10 – 15 lbs. of body weight daily. Do this for two weeks and then add wheat bran to the dog’s diet; soak the bran in water and add an eighth teaspoon per 10 lbs. of body weight to larger animals and just a pinch for smaller ones.
Buy some black walnut hull from your local health food store and give your dog one capsule per day. (Wrap it in a piece of cheese or something to get the dog to eat it.)


GARLIC FOR HUMAN AND DOG HEALTH Numerous medical studies show how garlic juice reduces cholesterol and helps the heart. Worldwide people take garlic pills, eat garlic cloves and spray garlic juice on food for good health. For dogs it does even more: 1. Keeps dogs from having worms and gets rid of worms that are there. 2. Helps keep fleas and ticks off dogs by getting into the dog's system and creating a garlic odor that fleas and ticks detect and avoid the dog altogether. (Don't worry, your dog won't smell like garlic. Humans can't detect the garlic odor on the dog but the insects sure will!) 3. Helps reduce dog's cholesterol level for good heart function. Garlic Juice is easiest way to give garlic to your dog, here's how most kennels and dog owners do it: Spray or pour garlic into the dog's food, mix well into the food. Here's the recommended daily dosage: 5-20 lb. dogs - 4 sprays or 1/4 ounce in food daily. 21-50 lb. dogs - 6 sprays into food and mix well. 51 lbs. and over dogs 8 sprays into food and mix well. If, for some rare reason your dog will not eat food with the garlic juice in it, mix the garlic juice with soybean oil (available in the cooking oil section at your local supermarket) and mix into food - this also helps make a very nice coat on the dog.

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Garlic juice for your pets!

Introduction Garlic was originally grown in Central Asia. It has been recognized as one of the most powerful antibiotics available -effective against bacterial, fungal and parasitic infestations.
How garlic exerts its medicinal effects Garlic contains organic allyl sulfur components specifically, S-allyl cysteine and other cysteine derivative like S-alkyl cysteine sulfoxides that are responsible for many of its anticancer, antibiotic, anti-lipid and anti-diabetic properties.
Give your pet some garlic everyday If your pet dog and cat is nearing middle age or older, it is time to add some garlic to your pet's food. Garlic protects against cancer, enhances immunity and even reduces the formation of athero-sclerotic plaques and thrombi. In companion animals too, garlic has been found to be beneficial in reducing cholesterol levels, and even lowering blood sugar levels.
Listed below are some ways in which you can use garlic to help heal your pet.
For skin boils and other bacterial infections: Take a bulb of garlic. Crush it and extract the juice. Apply raw garlic juice on the infected areas. Within a week, you will see that your pet's wound has healed and is back to normal.
As a circulation toner, blood purifier and cancer prevention: Take half a clove of raw garlic. Mash it well. Add the clove in your pet's food everyday. Half a clove of raw garlic should be sufficient if your pet is a large dog. If your pet is a small breed of dog or cat, then a quarter clove of garlic should be enough. However, what you need to make sure is that the garlic that you use is raw not any preserved form of garlic.
The raw garlic will help to improve the circulation, cure any stomach indigestion and flatulence. Besides this, if you give your pet garlic regularly, it will also help to prevent against cancer.
However, if your pet already has cancer, then giving garlic may not help very much. However, it can protect your pet from getting worse or developing new tumors.
Another property that garlic has is that it is also a powerful anti-oxidant. Therefore, when you give your pet garlic regularly, it also helps to reduce some of the degenerative changes seen with aging.
Regular consumption of garlic has been found to help reduce the ability of blood to clot and form clots i.e. an anti-thrombotic action effect.
Another age associated change is the development of atherosclerosis i.e. the hardening and narrowing of the blood vessels due to formation of plaque inside the vessel wall. Garlic has also been found to reduce high lipid levels and reduce plaque formation.
Garlic is especially useful for female pets: Garlic also contains compounds that are weakly estrogenic. This useful medicinal plant has compounds that have low concentrations of estrogen and other related compounds. Therefore, although garlic may be very useful for your pets, it may also adversely affect the fertility of your male pet, especially if you have serious plans to breed your pet. Consult your veterinarian before you start your pet on a long term course of medication with garlic.


I believe in prevention and believe a wholesome, raw or home cooked diet with some supplementation, prior to even bred is the best way to prevent problems with the lactating bitch.
The lactation process is extremely stressful for the mom, it is essential that the bitch is provided adequate calories and nutrition throughout lactation. Appropriate energy intake allows for ample milk production and prevents weight loss of the bitch.
It is essential that fresh water is supplied at all times as an inadequate fluid intake may result in a decrease in milk production. Keep changing the water through out the day so it is fresh. If you drink bottled water due to your tap water not being up to par, give bottled water to the bitch as well.
Since bitches have minimal energy stores at this time, especially if combined with large litters, and are at an extremely high risk of demonstrating excessive weight loss, poor body condition and malnutrition it is important to feed high protein, whole foods. The bitch will generally consume two to three times their *maintenance energy requirement during lactation. As a general rule, feed 150% of the maintenance energy requirement during the first week of lactation, 200% of maintenance during the second week, and 300% of maintenance the third and fourth week of lactation until weaning. Peak lactation occurs during the third to fourth week. Solid or semi solid food can be introduced to the pups following this period. The amount of milk consumed by the pups will begin to decrease as their solid food intake increases. A complete and balanced energy dense diet should be fed. It is advisable to feed several meals throughout the day so that the bitch can consume enough to meet her demanding nutritional needs. Depending on what you feed, extra supplementation should be avoided unless recommended by a veterinarian, as over-supplementation may create health problems.
Estimated Maintenance Energy Requirements*: Toy Dog (3 - 12 pounds) 150 - 450 kcal/day Small Dog (13 - 20 pounds) 450 - 700 kcal/day Medium Dog (21 - 50 pounds) 700 - 1500 kcal/day Large Dog (51 - 100 pounds) 1500 - 2400 kcal/day Extra-Large Dog (101+ pounds) 2400+ kcal/day *Energy requirements vary with breed, temperament, activity level, age, physiological state, environment, housing, etc.
A deficiency in Omega-3's causes insufficient milk production as well. It is important that if you do not feed a raw diet that you supplement EFA's . Especially prior to the bitch being bred, during the pregnancy and throughout lactation.
There is no colostrum on the market at this time that I am aware of, except bovine colostrum which has been found to cross all species barriers and be beneficial for all mammals. I know with horses, some breeders keep goats and when the goat gives birth they collect the colostrum and freeze for use if a mare should be lost and an orphan foal need the colostrum. So, you could check with horse breeders about goat colostrum.
Same with kittens, Bovine Colostrum or Transfer Factors (which are extracted from Colostrum) are the only products on the market that would help in both situations.
To enhance milk production in a dam (or queen) that is not producing enough milk, a wholesome, increased diet of whole, natural foods is the first step. Of course there are herbs and herbal formula's that increase milk production as well.
The herb fenugreek has been used for many years in humans, Fenugreek is used as a ground seed in capsule form or tea. I am not positive of the exact dose for dogs or cats but I know Human dosage is 2-3 capsules (580- 610 mg each) taken orally 3 times a day.
Results are usually noticed in about 1 - 3 days.
Hops (Humulus lupulus ) - Highly estrogenic properties useful for stimulating milk production and regulating hormonal production
Nettle Leaf (Urtica urens ) - Nettles is one of our best female tonic herbs! It is an abundant source of trace minerals and vitamins and will help to enrich and promote milk production. One of the best sources for digestible iron.
Please talk to your holistic vet about dosages and which herb or herbal blend is best for your bitches situation.
A bitch/queen that has recently delivered puppies/kittens and is nursing will have extremely high metabolic needs. She will need a food that offers not only complete nutrition, but also a good caloric intake. She must be provided with optimum nutrition. Since her metabolic needs are so high she is likely to need at least two feedings daily or more to meet her needs.
Feed , high protein, whole foods such as home cooked chicken (remove the cooked bones) or boiled hamburger. Give her a raw egg, yoke, white, broken shell (if you give her the broken shell, dry it first and grind it into a powder in a coffee grinder - Fawn) and all. If it is a small litter and they are not nursing on all of the breasts, rotate them and then express all the milk you can after the puppies have finished nursing so she will produce that much or more next time. If the puppies are not eating all the milk she will begin to not produce as much.
Hope this helps a little!

Fish Oils, Herbs - Good for Dog Immune System
By Tess Thompson
The immune system of dogs is a dedicated system that looks after the health of your pet by self-healing. It is also affected by simple factors such as prolonged diseases, irresponsible use of drugs and an improper diet. It has always been recommended that proper nutrients be provided regularly to dogs for maintaining this complex system. Fish oils and herbs make a perfect combination for a natural approach keeping the immune system healthy.
Cod liver oil is usually favored by veterinarians for it high Vitamin A, D and Omega 3 fatty acid content. Vitamin A is essential for maintaining healthy mucous membranes in eyes and ears. It also keeps the gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts in proper operable conditions. Vitamin D on the other hand helps in effective metabolism of calcium, which is essential for maintaining bone density. Fish oils, like cod liver oil, are natural sources of Omega 3 fatty acids, which are necessary to maintain overall health. Many commercial diets for dogs contain Omega 6 fatty acids in higher than recommended proportions, which can prove to be harmful. The Omega 3 fatty acids in cod liver oil acts as a balancing factor and counters the harmful effects of Omega 6 acids.
Fatty acids, to be effective, should be in the form of EPA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid) and DHA (Docosahexaenoic Acid) and are thus termed as essential fatty acids. Fish oils, including cod liver oil, are natural sources of these forms of fatty acids. Plant-based oils need to be converted from Alpha-linolenic Acid (ALA), a process that requires huge amounts of ALA for the required amount of EPA and DHA.
Essential fatty acids are necessary for some critical functions that the body must perform to maintain health.
Transport and metabolism of cholesterol and triglycerides
Normal brain development and functioning
Maintaining vision
Adrenal functioning
Regulate immune system
Herbs like aloe vera, Echinacea, astragalus, goldenseal, elder and garlic have played a significant role in maintaining a healthy immune system. A healthy immune system helps in preventing certain disease that often cause problems to dogs and dog owners alike. Liver disease in dogs is one ailment that is not easily detected as the symptoms of liver disease in dogs are subdued and difficult to correlate with the liver. It is important for dog owners to learn more about this aspect of dog health so that an early treatment may be given to avoid further complications. Ginseng is most suited for improving liver function, regenerating liver cells and ensuring general immunity against disease. It should however, be avoided in all cases of liver disease including feline liver disease if pets are already suffering from acute infections and anxiety. Shiitake mushrooms are another herb that can be considered for protecting the liver.
The natural and holistic approach to maintain the immune system is always preferred as natural remedies can be included in the routine diet without fear of side effects. Despite this, some herbs are not recommended in certain conditions and in undiluted form. It is better to use herbs after gathering full information or under supervision of a certified herbalist.
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