Today’s pet parents want to feel they are taking a proactive role in how their companion animals will be cared for. Here’s how to treat them like collaborative partners.
Responsible pet owners are a savvy bunch these days. That was the consensus after speaking with a number of pet owners and several veterinarians about the client/veterinarian relationship. Pet owners seem...
We hear so much these days about overweight horses and their health problems, that those of us with underweight patients feel almost fortunate! But don’t be too complacent. Any time a horse can’t maintain a healthy weight, there’s reason for concern.
Horses vary in their ability to burn calories. Their “metabolic rate” is influenced by genetics and body composition. We...
When United States Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health Education Act (DSHEA) in 1994, they failed to consider the potential application and benefits of supplements for animals. The Food and Drug Administration, Center for Veterinary Medicine (FDA-CVM) published a notice in the Federal Register stating that due to the lack of specific references to animals, DSHEA did not apply...
Reiki is a safe and effective energetic healing modality that is backed up by promising preliminary research. Find out how you can use it to support the animals you care for.
Last year, Dr. Oz declared Reiki his No. 1 alternative medicine secret. With 40% of Americans having tried alternative medicine -- and 60% of US households home to at...
Take a look at how antioxidants are proving beneficial for genetic eye disease in dogs and cats.
Today’s dogs seem far more predisposed to cancer and other immune-mediated diseases than dogs in decades past. Conditions like these result from an excess of oxidative stress that cannot be counteracted by the endogenous antioxidant systems of the cells, or by the typical...
Acupuncture has been practiced in China for over 2,000 years, and spread to other Asian countries such as Japan and Korea about 1,500 years ago. During the past 25 to 30 years there has been tremendous growth and development of the use of acupuncture in animals in the United States, Canada and Europe.
What acupuncture can do
Acupuncture has been used...
Making sense of ingredient lists on pet food labels can be a challenge. Here's how to help your clients.
If you want to offer your patients good nutrition, how do you know you’re recommending a good quality product? The best way is to learn how to read ingredient labels on packaged foods. Trouble is, you may find the terminology more...
Why a renowned veterinarian changed his definition of healing and began incorporating integrative therapies into his practice.
When I graduated from Colorado State University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1983, I was well prepared for the challenges of small animal veterinary practice. After doing a preceptorship in an exclusive feline specialty practice, I went to work as a small animal...
Laser therapy uses electromagnetic energy interacting chemically and biologically with tissue to produce “photo-bio-stimulation” or “photo-bio-modulation”. Light interaction with tissue is not a novel concept: electromagnetic energy stimulates photosynthesis, and induces vitamin D formation in human skin cells.
The medical use of light -- photons, small packets of electromagnetic energy -- interacting with tissue is also not novel. Ancient Greek...
Horses rely heavily on the proper function of the temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ). The ability to move the jaw correctly -- side to side, forward and back, up and down -- affects not only their ability to masticate, which is the very first step in proper digestion, but also body balance and biomechanics.
Yet proper TMJ function often gets overlooked by...
