Herbal DogTips & Products for Your Herbal Dog

All pets, both at home or in shelters, can benefit from Reiki treatments. Reiki is a gentle form of hands-on healing that helps maintain a balanced energy and promotes health and well-being.

Reiki for dogs involves the practitioner placing his or her hands lightly on or near the dog’s body. Dogs are very receptive to Reiki as it is attuned to their natural energy body. The practitioner and dog work together so that the dog can take whatever energy it needs from the treatment. The Reiki practitioner acts as a channel for the energy and this benefits both the practitioner and the animal that is being treated.

A great resource for more information on Reiki for dogs is a book by Nicole Wilde, Energy Healing for Dogs: Using Hands-On Healing to Improve Canine Health and Behavior.

Dogs are a natural sponge for the energy of their owners and for this reason can take stress and illnesses of their human companions. Many times when your dog isn’t feeling well, it may be due to something that’s going on with his owner and that he has absorbed. For this reason, Reiki is an important part of your dog’s health and well-being and should be made available to them on a regular basis.

Reiki practitioners can be located in your area through your homeopathic veterinarian or by local directories offering Reiki treatments.

To naturally enhance your dog’s life, have you thought about using herbs for dogs? Herbs have medicinal qualities and have been used for centuries for their healing properties.

When choosing herbs for your pets, its important to find organic herbs that have not been treated with pesticides. The use of pesticides kind of defeats the purpose and also affects the vibratory nature of the herbs themselves.

Herbs for Pets: The Natural Way to Enhance Your Pet’s Life, by Mary L. Wulff and Greg L. Tilford, is a comprehensive guide to caring for your pets using holistic methods and herbs. The authors are herbalists and bring their extensive knowledge of herbs and their properties to the reader.

Alternative Medicine for pets is becoming more popular and sought out every day. Many cities are privileged to now have homeopathic veterinarians and care for animal companions. Through the use of herbs, homeopathic remedies, Reiki, animal massage and other natural forms of healing, your pet will enjoy a gentler form of non-invasive treatment.

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Homeopathic remedies for dogs are being used by many pet parents to treat common dog symptoms . Homeopathy, invented by German physician Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) is a therapeutic system based on the belief that disease can be treated with drugs in very small doses causing the same symptoms in healthy animals and people just like the actual disease.

Some common dog symptoms that may benefit from homeopathic remedies include:

• Dog incontinence
• Dog separation anxiety
• Skin and allergy symptoms
• Itching
• Diarrhea and gas

Homeopathy is a gentler form of treatment for your dog and is non-invasive. Your dog and you will benefit from this holistic and often less expensive approach to treatment.

Holistic over-the-counter remedies can also be used to treat your dog’s symptoms with great success.

If your dog is exhibiting signs of illness or is not improving, get him to your homeopathic veterinarian for a checkup.

Your herbal dog will thank you with a tail wag and a kiss.

Martin J. Scott and Gael Mariani, co-authors of Bach Flower Remedies for Dogs, have created a useful and informative guide for dog owners. Bach Flower Remedies are made from flowers and are a natural alternative to conventional health treatments.

Bach Flower Remedies for Dogs compares the use of the remedies on humans versus dogs and gives a great explanation of the different remedies, their use and application.

There are currently 38 different Flower Remedies that, according to bachflower, have been used to relieve stress and emotional imbalance in human and animals for over 70 years.

Bach Flower Remedies for Dogs is a good book if you’re just getting started with the remedies, or if you’d like a great reference book on alternative care for your animal companions.