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Successful Cancer Treatments for Dogs and Cats
Adapted from Dr. Kidd’s Guide to Herbal Dog Care, by Randy Kidd (Storey Books, 2000).
With incidences of pet cancers on the rise, many of us are dealing with this frightening illness in our own beloved pets.
These five simple steps, as part of a program of holistic health, can be helpful in your pet’s recovery from cancer.
1. Develop a positive belief system. Create and maintain a positive attitude. Prayer, whatever your religious affiliation, has been proved to help in the healing process. Don’t underestimate the power of this step.
2. Eliminate potential causes of cancer. Go through your pet’s entire environment. Modify it so that she or he avoids contact with pesticides, herbicides, airborne pollutants, and toxic household chemicals found in the carpets, in the furniture, under the sink, and in the garage. Give your pet filtered water, and serve water and food in non-plastic (ceramic or glass) dishes.
3.Add nutritional and supplemental support. Perhaps the most effective component of good health or healing is to put your pet on a good diet. Home-cooked organic foods are best. There are other health foods commercially available that do not contain preservatives, and they are made from mostly organic (or hormone, antibiotic, pesticide, and herbicide-free) high-quality foods.
Supplements are an excellent addition to a quality diet. Use therapeutic levels of antioxidants–vitamins A and C and the culinary herbs–and add extra levels of zinc, selenium, and omega-3 fatty acids (flaxseed). (Check with your vet to determine the proper dosages of any supplement, based on your pet’s weight.)
4. Use classical homeopathy. I have not found any medicine as powerful as classical homeopathy. . .when it works. With classical homeopathy you need to find the one remedy that best connects with the patient’s totality of symptoms, and finding this one remedy can be a challenge. Consult a holistic vet for the proper treatments.
5. Incorporate herbs to enhance organ function. When the organ systems are balanced, the body is better able to fight cancer. The major herbs I use are those that enhance organ-system function, aiding the organs that are under attack by the cancer cells. Consult a holistic vet for recommendations, or see the suggestions in Dr. Kidd‘s book.
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add your comment »Pat B, I'm sorry to hear about your cat... I would not know any treatment. There must be dietary treatments, but I think cats are a lot more difficult to feed things they won't accept than dogs.
I wish you all the strength in the world to cope with your cat's illness.
I am sorry I can't help you.
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Anyone know anything regarding cats with acute pancreatitus (or pancreatic cancer) ?
He is wasting away . I took him to a vet who did all the treatment she could but he is not responding .
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Hi Sandy,
Thank you so much for your post and tips.
I am a member of the raw meaty bones group, but I never post there. I am also a member of numerous e-groups about appropriate diets for dogs. I met Tom Lonsdale on 2 occasions and have (and read) both his books; I have been in touch with Ian Billinghurst and I also met Mogens Eliassen(or Eliasen?) and Juliette de Baïracli Levy. I have a library full of books on raw feeding and the prevention of cancer. I am afraid one can never prevent this horrible disease...
Still, members of other raw feeing groups I am a member of, told me that my Cody could have contracted cancer earlier in life if he hadn't had a raw meaty bone diet.
As I cannot feed the "whole prey model" (fur and all), I do feed vegetables in small quantities. My boxer didn't do well on grains, so I kept him grain-free, but I notice that my other dog needs grains every now and then to soften his stools a bit, as his stools are stone hard without grains and veggies.
I follow mostly Billinghurst, but I mix it with the other "teachings".
I can only say that I am trying my best to keep my dog(s) healthy.
My boxer never saw a vet since I started feeding him a raw meaty bone diet - he never needed to, whereas before that, the first year of his life, he needed to see the vet every other week! He was in perfect condition until he contracted lymphoma. He was still quite fit until he suddenly deteriorated the last few days of his life. I am sure it was due to his diet.
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Boxers are known for cancers. But I was just blown away by your post. We are doing raw meaty bone diet with this boxer in hopes that we will get away from cancers too. Our last dog a rott/boxer mix had insulinoma cancer which was awful when it came time for her to go. So I thought changing diet would be better this time around. I have done some cancer research and there are many ideas out there as to how to help either rid it or make it a better quality of life for time that is left. For one I dont feed hardly any plant food of any kind to her as dogs are carnivores. I do feed some things she likes the flavor of once in awhile. maybe you would like to check out the raw meaty bone yahoo group to at least look at a bit different way to feed dogs. They also have a cancer group in yahoo that is great too.
I do know how you must feel about loosing your fur baby. It is hard. We lost Mocha in Aug of '07' and it is now march of '08' I still cry for her. But Sophie has softened that some. Good luck with your other baby.
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These are all very good tips, but they can in now way prevent your pet from getting cancer...
Dogs do not only live in the house. We take them out as well, where the air can be polluted.
I have kept my beloved Boxer on a "Biologically Appropriate Raw Food"-diet, including herbs and antioxidants, and everything that I thought would prevent him from getting cancer, ever since he was about 1 year old. He was 8 3/4 years old when he was diagnosed with malignant lymphoma. This was one of the biggest shocks I ever got in my life, since he had been a very healthy and happy dog since he was on this diet. This was the last thing I expected. Apart from my terrible fear to lose my soul-mate, I was terribly disappointed in all these things that should have prevented him from getting this horrible disease. I gave him cat's claw, along with many other remedies that should fight cancer, but 3 months after having been diagnosed, shortly after he turned 9 years old, I felt he was losing the battle and I had him put to sleep. I am still mourning his loss and at the same time trying to pick up the pieces and continue with my life...
Nevertheless I will continue feeding my other dog a B.A.R.F.-diet, same as I have done since he joined us when he was a 13 week old puppy.
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