Archive for the ‘General Posts’ Category:
Adding a new Member to your Pack
If or when we contemplate adding a member to our family pack, I’m sure we all think about size, age, sex, type and if our budgets can cope with the addition. I know, though, that there are several other more subtle things most of us don’t think about that can affect the happiness of of our pack, both old members and new.
Fat Dogs
What is a fat dog, why does it matter and how do you know if your dog
is overweight?
Obesity is one of the most often seen medical conditions in dogs
today. Many vets have given up trying to counsel owners on the
importance of their dog’s weight and perhaps the only people who will
pay attention to this article are those whose dogs are not overweight,
but here goes.
Have a Healthier Dog
How To Have a Healthier Dog
Review of the book by Wendell O. Belfield D.V.M. and Martin Zucker
This is not a new book but I would imagine, a little known book. Dr. Belfield has an inquiring mind and has been willing to try unconventional approaches to some difficult conditions. He has had a lot of success in using Orthomolecular Medicine with some very troubling problems. If you are not a person who uses supplements for yourself, you will find much of what he has to say to be new information. If you are a person who does take supplements, what he has to say will make perfect sense.
The book is divided into four parts: Why your dog needs extra vitamins and minerals; Vitamins and minerals and what they do; The prevention plan; Shutting the door on disease, preventing and minimizing common dog disorders with vitamins and minerals. I am using one of his approaches for Spinal Myelopathy with my oldest dog. This is a condition I am very familiar with and one for which current veterinary medicine has no cure. I will be very satisfied if the condition goes no further. If it improves over time, I will be thrilled. I also have my young dogs on his prevention program. These approaches are easy and inexpensive. The important thing to keep in mind is that most natural healing approaches take time so you have to be willing to be patient.
The book is available from Orthomolecular Specialties, www.belfield.com or (408)227-9334.
Dr. Belfield does NOT do phone consultation.
Pet Health Insurance
If your pet has been to the vet lately you are certainly aware that the cost of pet health care just like personal health care is rising. More and more pet owners are now considering pet health insurance to help off set the cost of caring for their dog or cat.
