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"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." ---- Anonymous
We have provided many canine heartworm links to give you information about different health care modalities and among them is traditional veterinary information to assist in your research of heartworm disease in dogs. We do not advocate use of traditional canine heartworm treatment, but believe some of these sites are useful in obtaining knowledge about canine heartworm disease. We strongly believe everything was put on this planet that we need to cure or prevent disease. Our experiences, amongst those of MANY others, is showing without a doubt, that holistic health care is truly best. Please take your time and thoroughly research the heartworm information for your dog you have come here for. Longevity and superior health is what you will gain, as will your furry friends.
Healthy dogs rarely succumb to disease, illness, or bad behaviors. When they do, they bounce back quicker than unhealthy animals. They get plenty of exercise, sunshine, love, tlc, natural rearing foods that are biologically appropriate to the specific animal, clean environments, mental exercise in the way of proper, appropriate training, plenty of good exercise, and avoidance of toxins. They have jobs to keep them busy, whether watching the house while we are gone or making sure the couch or cats don't get eaten while we are away. They are part of our family. Often, they are better mannered than some of our human relatives and deserve the BEST possible health care we can give them.
HEARTWORM INFORMATION:
Websites and information about canine heartworm disease:
Heartworms and heartworm disease in dogs and cats.
Canine Heartworm Disease
Does your dog have heartworm - circular 607-A
American Heartworm Society
NATURAL HEARTWORM TREATMENT
The ingredients in traditional canine heartworm treatments can cause great adverse effects to your dog, even death. It is our hope that you will research ALL information and in conjunction with the assistance of a good vet. Truly consider a natural heartworm remedy that works for both you and your dog, without the harmful side effects that traditional heartworm treatments cause. Here is some information with regards to treating canine heartworm holistically:
HeartWorm Free
HeartWorm Free.Com
Holistic Veterinary Clinic - Holistic Heartworm Treatment
NATURAL HEARTWORM PREVENTION
There are many things you can do to help prevent heartworm. Consider a few of the following natural remedies to help keep your furry canine companion healthy:
Animals in the wild are not extinct and yet they are not given heartworm or west nile virus preventatives, nor vaccines or flea/tick preventatives. One of the reasons the wildlife continue to thrive is because they are eating species appropriate nutrition which helps boost and keep their immune systems strong. For dogs and cats, this means a raw meat and bone diet. Links to more info are here: Animal Nutrition
Plenty of good daily exercise. Make sure your dog gets regular exercise and at the same time, you can benefit from a healthy walk too! Again, the animals in the wild are getting plenty of daily exercise, hunting their species appropriate nutrition.
Keep your dog indoors during heavy mosquito hours at dawn and dusk. Mosquitos are usually sleeping by 11:00 pm.
Feed Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth daily. Food grade diatomaceous earth helps elimate internal parasites, which helps boost your dog's immune system making it less susceptible to dis-ease, plus it helps your dog better absorb all the nutrients from the food he or she is eating, as there are no worms to eat their food or them.
Apple cider vinegar in your dog's waterer or food may be useful at making your dog smell less tasty to mosquitos. We don't recommend giving apple cider vinegar (ACV) if you are using plastic, aluminium, or galvanized watering containers as the ACV will leach the plasticizers out of the plastic and the metals out of aluminum or galvanized containers.
Spray yourself and your companions with a good herbal flea/tick/mosquito repellant spray when going outdoors during mosquito hours.
Small amounts of raw garlic in your dog's daily food can help make them less tasty to mosquitos, just note that excessive amounts of garlic can cause heinz body anemia, so use caution when feeding garlic regularly.
Do NOT over vaccinate your dog. Animal Vaccines Information Too many vaccines lower the immune system. Here again, the animals in the wild are not vaccinated, yet they aren't extinct from heartworm disease or west nile virus. Please NEVER vaccinate a dog who has heartworm disease!
Vitamin B1 is known to repel mosquitos from humans.
And don't forget to encourage natural mosquito predators in your yard, such as frogs, lizards, bats, mosquito fish for ponds or koi and other pond fish to take care of mosquito larvae naturally, etc.
Here is some scarey information about toxic traditional canine heartworm preventatives:
Heartworm Medicine Linked to Sickness, Death - Family News Story This will tell you about the adverse reactions and deaths from the various traditional heartworm preventatives.
According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, 65% of adverse drug reactions and 48% of all reported deaths resulting from drug reactions are caused by heartworm
preventatives. The potential side effects of Ivermectin (the active ingredient in Heartgard) include liver problems, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, depression, lethargy, skin eruptions, seizures, tremors, paralysis, autoimmune disorders, thyroid problems, fever, weakness, dizziness, coughing, nose bleeds, difficulty breathing, pneumonia, irritability, sudden aggressive behavior, nerve damage, fertility problems, and
sudden death. The drug poses a particular risk to Collies and related breeds. Other chemical heartworm preventatives have many of the same side effects. In his book "The Nature of Animal Healing", Dr. Martin Goldstein states that he believes that much of the cancer and liver disease we see in dogs today is the result of years of treatment with heartworm preventatives. 98% of the dogs in his NY practice (including of course his own
dogs) aren't on any heartworm preventative.
If you must give a chemical heartworm preventative, keep in mind that both Interceptor and Heartgard are effective when given every 6 weeks instead of monthly. Unless you live in a state where mosquito season literally lasts all year (e.g. Florida), it is also very important for the health of your dog to spend at least a few months each year without the drug. Just because you see a mosquito in January does not mean that your dogs are at risk. In order for microfilariae to develop into infective L3s, it needs to be sufficiently warm (above 57 degrees for a period of time). Always give milk thistle,
Life Cell Support or an herbal liver detox blend following the heartworm drug.
This site is dedicated to all animals and their guardians. Whether you are here to find information and links to research holistic methods or just browsing, please feel free to linger as long as you wish.
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