Keep Your Dog Healthy the Natural Way

by LAZARUS, PAT

• ISBN13: 9780449005149
• ISBN10: 0449005143
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-06
• Publisher: Ballantine Books

Summary

The best treat you can give your dog is a long and happy life. Keep Your Dog Healthy the Natural Way tells you how to do it. Millions of people who use holistic healing techniques on themselves are now discovering they can apply these same powerful practices to their canine companions for a longer, healthier life. Drawing on the clinical experiences of dozens of holistic veterinarians around the country, medical writer Pat Lazarus gives you all the information you need to protect your pet's health and insure his survival to a lively old age. Inside you'll find - The inexpensive natural diet that every dog needs to maintain a strong immune system - The startling facts about conventional vaccinations--and the safer alternatives - Tailor-made diets for pregnant dogs, nursing mothers, and active puppies - The healing benefits of acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic, and food supplements for old and "terminally" ill dogs - New hope for infectious diseases, cancer, heart trouble and hypertension, arthritis, and problems of the eye, skin, and hair - The revealing truth about the ingredients in most commercial dog food And much more! With the easy, natural care detailed in this book--including an essential directory of holistic veterinarians nationwide--your dog can enjoy the good health he deserves, from puppyhood to ripe old age.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Introduction	1	(20)
Part 1 Preventing Disease and Premature Death in Your Dog: This Is Almost Entirely Within Your Power	21	(100)
Chapter 1 How Commercial Pet Foods May Be Killing Your Dog--and Why	21	(14)
Chapter 2 What Your Adult Dog Should Eat for a Long and Healthy Life--and Why	35	(36)
Chapter 3 Vaccinations Can Be Your Dog's Worst Enemy or His Best Friend: How You Can Make the Right Choice	71	(16)
Chapter 4 Special Diets for Special Times in Your Dog's Life: Pregnancy, Lactation, Puppyhood, Senior Citizenship	87	(34)
Part 2 Natural Ways of Healing the Mildly Ill, the Very Ill, and Even the "Terminally" Ill	121	(160)
Chapter 5 New Help for Crippling Disorders	121	(28)
Chapter 6 Problems of the Eye	149	(16)
Chapter 7 Problems of the Skin and Hair	165	(20)
Chapter 8 Infectious Diseases: Pneumonia, Parvo, Kennel Cough, Distemper, and More	185	(24)
Chapter 9 Some Problems of Internal Organs: Diabetes, Cystitis, Stones, Kidney Inflammation, Intestinal Worms, and More	209	(30)
Chapter 10 Heart Problems and Hypertension	239	(16)
Chapter 11 Cancer: Terminal Often Doesn't Mean Terminal Any Longer	255	(26)
How to Reach Holistic Veterinarians Throughout the Country	281	(28)
Index	309