Natural Pet Health

Unforeseen Dangers of Spring

With warmer spring weather arriving in the next few weeks, pet owners face an entire new set of challenges. While your pet was likely cooped up inside during the winter, the change in climate will soon likely bring your pet outdoors—also exposing it to potential health hazards.

Nearly every system in your pet’s body can be affected by the change in season, but preventative measures can be taken to ensure your pet stays safe and healthy while frolicking in the great outdoors!

When unleashing your pet into the yard, park, or other place of recreation, be sure to err on the side of caution regarding the territory they investigate. Puppies especially tend to mistake blooms, leaves, and branches as potential chew toys, which can disrupt digestive systems or even be poisonous.

Question:

I just received Pet Calm and I had a question regarding dosage. There are several dosing options, but I’m still unsure of which one to use.

My dog has severe separation anxiety when I leave. Although she is high strung, she is fine when I am home. Should I only give it to her before I leave? How much, and can I put it in her food if she EATS EVERY BIT?

She will fight me putting it directy into her mouth. She weighs 6 lbs, and quite honestly….nothing has worked.

Not paxil, not zanax, not buspar.

Thanks,
Laurie

Answer:

Hi Laurie

Thank you for your query. We recommend giving her a large pinch of
PureCalm 3 times a day as a preventative measure.

In today’s chaotic world, combined with the unsteady state of the economy, more and more people are being forced to alter their lifestyles – whether that means taking on a second job to make ends meet or cutting back on little luxuries.

Regardless of the personal sacrifices, the effects of our stressors are trickling down to our pets. Whether our pets are being left alone for longer periods of time, not getting an extra 20 minutes of exercise, eating lesser quality food, or being the recipients of our vented frustrations, it’s important not to compromise the health of our pets, as the long-term effects can be very harmful.

As more and more people become pet owners, sometimes disturbances in behavior, such as anxiety around noise, aren’t considered before adopting or buying. However, to provide both emotional and physical support for your pet during times of nervousness, it is important to be ready to care for your pet in the best way possible—without exacerbating an existing problem or creating a new one.

* Regular exercise is essential. High energy pets need a natural outlet for their energy and exhaustion can have a dramatically calming effect on an overly active animal! Plus, exercise has been shown to have a mood-stabilizing, calming effect

While you may not realize it, your pet can suffer from stress, just like you do. It certainly won’t be the same kind of stress you feel, such as paying the bills or getting to work on time, but it is very real to your pet. Pet stress can cause a variety of problems with your pet, so as a good pet owner, it is a good idea to know how to recognize the signs and what to do.

Dogs probably show signs of stress more than cats, although cats feel it, too. Stress in pets can range a great deal and the symptoms can also vary. It seems that being a loved cat or dog in the family is quite easy. They don’t have a thing to stress about. That is just not the case. Here is a look at common pet stresses and how you can help you pet overcome these situations.

For many pets, a behavioral problem turns into a terminal disease. Every year, millions of pets that are often otherwise healthy are euthanized to give their human owners relief from their behavior problems. These problems can include unruliness, excessive vocalization, aggression, inappropriate urination, possessiveness, and destructiveness, just to name a few.

Unfortunately, euthanasia for behavior problems is the main cause of death in young animals. The high costs associated with proper veterinary attention and animal training also results in too many animals being abandoned and neglected by their owners.

However, in many cases a pet’s behavior problem can be modified and even solved completely without the use of expensive behavior therapy and training. In fact, a problem can be solved quite simply using little money with the help of flower essences.

Between unexpected visitors ringing doorbells and excess candy floating around, Halloween has the potential to cause anxiety and serious harm to your pet.

To a pet accustomed to a serene, quiet environment, even the shrieks of excited children can send them into a tizzy. Particularly if you have plans to leave your house for the evening, a constantly buzzing doorbell or knocking without your comfort could be a cause for panic… leading to wetting accidents, anxiety and potentially even frightening an older dog into a heart attack.

Be sure to have a plan of action ready for such scenarios, whether you choose to have a companion stay with your pet for the evening, or give them a natural remedy to soothe their nerves and promote calmness. Placing your pet in a quiet room as far away from your front door as possible and securing him or her with comforting toys or blankets, can also help.

More and more, the number of pet owners reporting behaviors closely resembling senility have been on the rise.

While your vet may not be able to give your furry friend a scientifically proven diagnosis, that doesn’t mean your pet isn’t exhibiting symptoms of the serious ailment commonly experienced by humans.

Domesticated dogs and cats are also becoming afflicted with more and more health disorders these days. This is likely attributed to factors like pollution, poor nutrition, stress, and unhealthy lifestyles.

Conversely, they are also living longer due to advanced medical care and home environments, and experiencing conditions that were not often seen in their predecessors because they rarely reached a certain age.

Tips to help with grieving

While society openly recognizes the hardships surrounding the death of a human family member, rarely does the loss of a pet receive the same consideration. However, for most pet owners, their furry friends are a very important part of the family!

When losing a pet, the daily routine is often severely disrupted for the family they left behind– in addition to the missing joy, affection, and companionship that pet brought.

Sometimes pet owners must even be the initiator of this stressful event, in the case of euthanasia following a period of prolonged suffering from a severe illness or injury after an accident. While it may be the only humane solution for a pet’s suffering, that notion alone often cannot provide enough solace to alleviate the difficulty of the decision.

As a pet owners, we come to expect mishaps now and then—a wetting accident after being left alone too long, changed behavior in a new environment, stomach upset after a new food—but sometimes, unavoidable and seemingly inexplicable triggers can send even the most composed animal into a frenzy.

For instance, many animals experience anxiety during thunderstorms and fireworks. Animals may cower, hide under the bed, tremble, or exhibit nervous behavior. However, sometimes the response can be disproportionate to the situation or result from an unlikely trigger such as beeping from an electronic device, a hair dryer, or a vacuum cleaner.