Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Alternative medicine for dogs
I am curious what experience all of you have had with alternative medicine for your dogs. Noah has always suffered with seasonal allergies and we've tried a lot of different possible solutions but very few things make any bit of difference, short of steroids which I won't do. Last year we tried a Chinese herbal blend and saw a remarkable improvement in his symptoms. They weren't completely alleviated but it was enough to take the edge off and keep him from getting a staph infection due to relentless scratching. I wish I'd discovered it years ago. Has anyone tried an alternative flea and tick remedy that actually works? I don't like regularly putting frontline on the dogs but during flea and tick season in the fall and spring we usually treat them. This year we've found several engorged (live) ticks on the dogs within 1-2 weeks after the frontline application and I've heard a few others remarking about the same thing on their own dogs. From what I understand the frontline is supposed to kill the ticks within 24 hours. Any thoughts?
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K9 Advantix might be worth a try. It claims to repell as well as kill fleas and ticks, and repell mosquitoes. I haven't found ticks attached to April with either product, it could just be the high density of ticks you are dealing with up there! Also for the bigger dogs, if you aren't already doing this it might help to apply the product to multiple places on their back from head to tail making sure you make it all the way to the skin.
ReplyDeleteIts good to hear that there are herbal medicine available for pets now. Thank you very much for the post!
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