April 2003
The first month of spring has come and gone. What does this
mean to the health of all of our pets?
Spring is a Wood time in
traditional Chinese Medicine and a time when the liver is
at its most vulnerable time during the year. I recommend
to all of my clients, that they and their pets do something
to help detox and strengthen their livers.
In most of the country
we see a large amount of pesticides and herbicides being
used as the growing season begins. WELCOME
TO BEYOND PESTICIDES These plus the increased
use of heartworm medications, vaccinations and flea products
put a dangerous stress on the liver. There are no studies
showing how all of these combined together effect the health
of animals. For this reason I recommend you weigh the risk
of using or not using these products before exposing your
pet or yourself to these products.
I have always used
Standard Process, Standard
Process of So CA, glandulars Hepatrophin and
Livaplex. I dose them as follows; 1 per 25 pounds of body
weight for Hepatrophin and 1 per 50 pounds of body weight
for Livaplex. I also use Common Juniper (gemmotherapy)
www.dolisosamerica.com at a dose of 1 drop 5 drops per
day depending on the size and strength of each patient.
I recommend they take this for 6 weeks and then three days
out of each month to protect and detox the liver.
Milk thistle (Silymarin) is excellent to detox and protect
the liver recommend the following dose of 150 to 300
mg per day for dogs and 75 to150 mg per day for cats. Greg
Tilford, Herbalist and good friend recommends using a blend
of both Milk thistle and Dandelion in his Detox/Allergy
blend. You can find out more about his products at his company
Animal Apawthecary at Merritt
Naturals- Dog And Cat Vitamins, Animal Nutrition, Herbal
Pet Supplement. I recommend you give this three weeks
and then one week out of each month there after for protection
during the spring.
If any of your
animals have a chronic or an acute liver problem, I recommend
you get the help of a qualified alternative veterinary practicioner,
Alternative, Complementary and Holistic Veterinary Medicine
(AltVetMed), to help care for your pet.
As always I have to
put a plug in for Aromatherapy, Young
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and colostrum
because I see so many good things coming from there use
in my practice. The following is a testimonial I would like
to share with you about my patient and good buddy Alf.
Alf's Story
Dear Dr. Blake,
Just have to make your day
with another success story regarding Release
Oil Blend. Alf has had this phobia,
ever since we brought him home as a puppy, of going outside
alone. Once he is outside he hurries and does what
he needs to do and wants back inside right away.
It seems that when he was
a puppy he was outside in his yard the gate was open and
he decided to check out the neighborhood he wandered too
far and got lost someone took him in called the Humane Society
and they came and got him he was put in that special truck
in those little compartments and he was scared to death.
His family never looked for
him apparently because my husband got him from the Humane
Society when he was 13 weeks old .
So because of his past experience
Alf is afraid to be outside by himself.
On Monday, April 21 I decided
to put Release on Alf's head. Well today April 23 Alf went
outside without anyone "human" going with him
he was outside with his two buddies. He stayed outside
sleeping on the grass in the shade for nearly 2 hours. He
did not come to the door with that frightened look on his
face wanting in. When he was ready to come in he came to
the door and barked and that was it.
Amazing, isn't it?!!
Lady's Story
This is about another of my good
buddies, Lady and what her Mom had to say about its effect
on her and her other buddies at home.
Dear Dr. Blake,
I can add to the success story
even more today, when the mailman came down the street Lady
stood at the front door looked wagged her tail and never
made a sound not one! Also she has stopped chasing my cats
around I caught her thinking about it this morning she was
watching one of my cats and had that look in her eye. I
told her not to chase the cat she went back on the couch
and went to sleep.
One of the neatest things
about Lady is that she now has a spark of life in her eye
she has never had that since we first adopted her eyes sparkle
now and she has not even been on this treatment plan for
one week it's amazing Release
oil blend is amazing.
It is also helping
my cockatoo that I had asked you about using this oil on
we are still seeing tantrums but they are so much less than
they were and it's only been a few days so I'm sure in time
the tantrums will go. I have been able to get Blue to eat
his food with the Release rubbed on the rim of the
dish he won't eat the food if the RO is in the food but
at least we are getting him to breathe the vapors so that's
a start.
I am totally amazed
at how this Release works it's totally amazing no other
word for it. You sent me the Release Oil as part of Lady's
treatment plan but boy is it going a long way in helping
our family in more ways that I could have ever imagined.
Thank you for introducing my family to essential oils and
especially Release.
You can
see why this oil blend has been one of my favorites for
many years. I find that Frankincense, Lavender, Release,
R.C., Panaway and Peace and Calming are my favorites. You
can check these out at my website Young
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and how to order them.
The next part is about my dear friends the Ticks, Mosquitos
and Fleas. It tis the season to be parasatiized :O( Here
is my natural approach to helping keep these guys off of
your good buddies.
Natural Flea/Tick and Mosquito Control
Dr. Stephen Blake
This message comes from the flea capital of the United States,
San Diego. I have been here for 30 years and have had to
become a flea expert to avoid the uses of chemicals which
nearly killed me over 20 years ago ;( First of all when
you are having a flea problem, there are two factors that
are most responsible for them getting a foot hold in your
homes.
The first of these
is the immune factor. An animal that is healthy will naturally
repel parasites and they will seek greener pastures. Always
feed the family a natural diet and not over vaccinate but
there are other considerations.
Hereditary
or miasmatic conditions are common in 90%+ of all domestic
animals. I would first look at them from a homeopathic evaluation
and try to determine if there is any sign of chronic disease.
If there were symptoms I would prescribe accordingly. A
simple nutritional supplements which will help to maximize
their immune systems would be bovine colostrum, Sedona
Labs Pro: Suppliers of 100% New Zealand Colostrum, more
information at my website.
This may also help with the tapeworms but to be honest with
you all these little guys can be difficult to get rid of.
One product that I have heard has cleared many of my patients
is (Parastat 1-800-370-3447) herbal wormer for all internal
parasites.
The second part of the puzzle
is the environment. If the energy of the home has any disharmony
in it, (nothing personal) but this can weaken the immune
system also. Make sure everyone is as content as they can
be and open with each other so the animals do not stress
over their over concern for you. I often have my clients
make a mixture of the following Bach flowers and spray it
around the house to help detox negative energy from the
environment. Walnut, Crabapple, Holly, Wildrose and Wildoat.
Bathing with any natural shampoo that kills them on contact
due to its saponification properties should work. I have
used natural dish soap and found it to kill them as well
as anything.
For fleas, ticks and mosquitoes
I have the owners follow up with a Frankincense/R.C.
Rinses consisting of one drop Frankincense and one drop
of R.C. (blend of essential oils containing 4 blends of
species of Eucalyptus, Pine, Lavender, Marjoram and Peppermint.)
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per ounce of water and spraying this on the dogs after they
are dried off. You can also spray them with this any time
they are going into an area that are flea/tick or mosquito
infested to help repel them. I have also had good luck with
ultrasound devices you can get at Cosco that give off a
frequency that repels the mosquitoes. Make sure they do
not bother the pets and that where you buy them they give
money back guarantee.
I have found that if you
steam clean or rent a rug doctor and clean with Simple Green
(You may want to try this on carpet out of sight so that
just in case it discolors your carpet you will not be mad
at me;) you will kill all of the adult fleas immediately.
When the carpets are completely dry, put a mixture of 1
part Borax salts to 3 parts Salt and rake it into all carpeted
areas of the house. Leave for a week and then vacuum as
you would do normally. This treatment will last years from
my experience.
Try the safe soapy water and light bulb
flee controller. Hang light bulb 1 foot above a low
container (about a foot wide and 2-3 inches deep and with
at least 1 inch of soapy water in it. It is moved around
about 5 feet a day or have several and the flees jump to
the light (heat) and fall in the soapy water (very old method
of getting rid of fleas) Works very well :o)))
Good luck and remember "No wolf ever went to the a
chemical plant for a Flea/tick or mosquito repellent!"
Dr Stephen Blake
I
recently was told that a pet owner believed that if she
followed a particular vaccination program using fewer vaccines
and less frequent, they were guaranteed that their pet would
be safe from any vaccine related dis-ease states. This is
absolutely incorrect and should never be repeated. Any thing
can cause a potential health problem depending on the susceptibility
of the patient. Less is always better but it by no means
is a guarantee that your good friend could not a have a
severe health consequence due to any amount of vaccine.
If
I see an animal with a history of chronic eye, ear, nose,
skin discharge, I warn the client of the potential danger
this animal could have to vaccines, drugs, chemicals etc.
These are symptoms of chronic disease and should not be
aggravated by vaccines, drugs, chemicals and or poor diet.
My advise to all of you out there, is to be careful about
what you put on or in your friends the animals. "For
every action there is a reactions." Words to live by.
The you put in the body the fewer chances you have for reactions.
I would like to ask
all of you to pray for my Mom. She has been quite ill for
the past few years and is in the hospital. Please pray that
her heart and lungs will get healthier and healthier with
each and every breath she takes.
Your prayers have already
started helping her recover as I write this letter. Thank
you all for caring.
"Miracles happen each and every day, all we have to
do is get out of their way. If we do this each and every
day, more of them will come our way!"
Dr.Stephen Blake
Sincerely yours,
Dr Blake |
